Distance Playlist Manager

A tool for the racing game Distance that offers advanced playlist management features.

Features

• Retrieve the levels of a workshop collection and add them to a new or existing playlist.
• Randomize levels in a playlist.

How To Use

Downloads can be found on the Releases page.

The tool works like a classic command line tool, meaning you give it a command which specifies what the tool should do. Commands can be supplied in two ways:

• Run (double-click) the tool and enter your command in the interactive mode. (The rest of the documentation assumes this method.)
• Call the tool from a command line/script/... and pass your comamnd as an argument.

Commands

Commands can have <argument>s that are required and/or [option]s that are... optional. When an argument contains spaces, it needs to be enclosed in "double quotes".

collection

• Syntax: collection <collection-url-or-id> [--playlist <name>] [--gamemode <mode>]
• Arguments/Options:
  • <collection-url-or-id>: The URL or Steam ID of a workshop collection.
  • [--playlist <name>]: The name of the playlist to which the levels are added. If omitted, the collection name and game mode are used to generate a name.
  • [--gamemode <mode>]: Only levels that support the specified game mode will be added to the playlist. Possible parameter values are Sprint, Challenge, Stunt, or ReverseTag. Default is Sprint.
• Examples:
  • collection 2799461592
    • Retrieves all levels from the collection "Competitive Levels" and adds them to the playlist "Competitive Levels (Sprint)".
  • collection 2087489130 --playlist "Air Control Challenges" --gamemode Challenge
    • Retrieves all Challenge levels from the collection "All air control style maps v2" and adds them to the playlist "Air Control Challenges".

playlist shuffle

• Syntax: playlist shuffle <playlist>
• Arguments/Options:
  • <playlist>: The name of the playlist to be shuffled.
• Examples:
  • playlist shuffle Favorites
  • playlist shuffle "Competitive Levels"

Additional Notes

Distance seems to (re)load your playlists in the following situations:

• When you select a game mode in Arcade.
• When you open the level selector in a multiplayer lobby.
• When you return to main menu from a level.

Keep that in mind if you're using the tool while Distance is running.

Also, I had no problems with cloud sync when using the tool, whether Distance was running or not.