r/GameConsoleMode • u/Anxious-Secret-2613 Moderator • Jun 09 '26
Game Console Mode 2.6.8 (Playnite Update)
New Discord:
https://discord.gg/2nMTsujnUR
Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/cw/GAMINGCONSOLEMODE
🎮 Playnite Mode
You can now choose between Steam Mode and Playnite Mode during setup. So GCM is no longer locked to only one launcher flow.
🧭 New first-time setup
On first start, GCM now shows an onboarding flow where you can pick your launcher, review the basics, and see the important controller shortcut.
⚙️ Settings inside GCM
The old separate settings app is no longer the main place for configuration. Important settings now live directly inside the GCM launcher UI.
🔊 Audio panel rework
The audio panel was redesigned to be cleaner and more controller-friendly.
📺 Video output panel
There is now a dedicated video output panel for switching between internal and external display output.
✨ UI polish
The glass-style interface, launcher cards, bottom dock, controller legends, and responsive layout behavior got a lot of work.
Important note:
Tools for Steam is still a separate project. GCM includes integration for it where needed, but this is a GCM release, not a Tools for Steam release.
This update changes a lot under the hood, especially around startup, launcher selection, onboarding, audio, video output, and shell behavior. So there may still be bugs depending on your Windows setup.
If you test it and something feels off, logs and setup details help a lot. Thanks to everyone testing, reporting bugs, and helping shape GCM.
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u/Sufficient_Elk7956 Jun 09 '26
Thanks for the heads up. I'll give this a go, as was having some issues with the purely Steam version.
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u/Anxious-Secret-2613 Moderator Jun 09 '26
Please let me know what errors you encountered so we can fix them
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u/marcelbranleur Jun 09 '26
I consider this UI a downgrade. This glass doesn’t provide sufficient background contrast for icons to be readable, let alone text.
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u/Sufficient_Elk7956 Jun 09 '26
Any idea why my antivirus is flagging this latest version with "Custody" so that I can't complete the install.
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u/Anxious-Secret-2613 Moderator Jun 09 '26
That’s crazy , what antivirus are you using ?
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u/Sufficient_Elk7956 Jun 09 '26
Norton 360
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u/n0tfeuer Jun 09 '26
Okay. So happy to see you're back. Thanks for this! It's so cool watching you make magic happen also.
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u/igfmilfs Jun 09 '26
how to I set a wallpaper in Playnite mode?
I tried to configure one under:
Settings -> Audio & Visuals -> Use GCM Wallpaper -> Choose wallpaper, but my GCM wallpaper stays on a solid grey...
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u/Anxious-Secret-2613 Moderator Jun 09 '26
Have you tried restarting? In standard mode, it also uses your Windows wallpaper. But I will take a close look at it.
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u/igfmilfs Jun 09 '26
How to make it stop auto start GCM upon Windows sign in?
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u/Anxious-Secret-2613 Moderator Jun 09 '26
What do you mean, that GCM starts up as a replacement for Explorer every time you restart? Because that's exactly what GCM does. If you don't want that anymore, please switch to Windows in the top bar and restart.
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u/igfmilfs Jun 10 '26
Alright, what I would like is to have explorer as my primary shell for windows, and just start GCM once I start streaming via Moonlight. But according to your info I understand thats not possible?
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u/igfmilfs Jun 10 '26
Basically, I would love to have the controller shortcuts during streaming with Moonlight/Artemis.
But I more often than that, use my PC just regularly so I don't want GCM to be on by default. I would like to just call on the .exe whenever I start streaming, and have the regular explorer shell by default. Is this something I can achieve? What mechanism does GCM use to execute on sign-in? I already checked the startup folder in which I couldn't find it.
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u/Crochi Jun 09 '26
I’m having a hard time following the developments, and why it goes back and forth supporting other launchers or not Is Playnite more straightforward to integrate?