seems like a decent restore before I broke everything earlier

scripts/playlist_generator.gd

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ extends Node
 @export var generate_playlist_now = false
 @export var checksum_test = false
 @export var load_playlist_from_file = false
-@export var maps_in_rotation : Array[String] = []
+@export var maps_in_rotation : Array[level_resource] = []
 @export var gamemodes_in_rotation : Array[gamemode]= []
 @export var levels_per_round : int = 5
 @export var rounds_per_match : int = 3
@@ -33,14 +33,16 @@ func generate_playlist() -> void:
 		for i in rounds_per_match:
 			var round = []
 			for x in levels_per_round:
+				var gamemode_path = gamemodes_in_rotation.pick_random().resource_path
+				var level_selection = maps_in_rotation.pick_random()
 				var level_details = {
-					"map" : maps_in_rotation.pick_random(),
-					"gamemode" : gamemodes_in_rotation.pick_random()
+					"level_path" : level_selection.level_path,
+					"level_name" : level_selection.level_name,
+					"gamemode_path" : gamemode_path
 				}
 				round.append(level_details)
 			matches.append(round)
 		playlist.append(matches)
-	print("PLAYLIST : ", playlist)
 	
 	save_playlist(playlist)
 	generate_playlist_now = false
@@ -75,9 +77,6 @@ func load_playlist():
 		GameGlobals.playlist_test = playlist
 		GameGlobals.current_match = playlist[0]
 		file.close()
-		print("PLAYLIST: ")
-		print("------------------------------------------------------------------------------------")
-		print(playlist)
 	else:
 		print("no data saved, generating new playlist...")
 		generate_playlist()