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--- whats_new [2023/12/25 16:52] – johnsanc
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 ====== What's New - ROMVault Changelog ======
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+===== ROMVault 3.7.4 =====
+''**Release Date:** 2025-04-21''
+**Feature Updates:**
+  * Added a local copy of zstd library to ensure the zstd version does not change
+  * Added an NFO and DIZ viewer
+  * Added a scanning progress percentage for larger files
+  * Improved performance of Find Fixes by creating secondary indexes in parallel
+  * Improved the handling of temp archives when the temp file is locked
+  * Cleaned up various core functions (file scanning, ZipMove, sorting)
+**Bug Fixes:**
+  * Fixed file compare sort order for directories
+  * Fixed the directory picker so it works correctly on Linux
+  * Fixed handling for the (impossible) scenario of a zero byte file marked MIA in a DAT
+\\
+===== ROMVault 3.7.3 =====
+''**Release Date:** 2024-12-23 (Available on Discord only)''
+**Feature Updates:**
+  * Added the ability scan archives as files with a new "mixed" archive type setting
+  * Added a new "Files Only" ToSort type
+  * Added the ability to reorder ToSort directories
+  * Improved the 7z cache logic to ignore zero byte files and prevent the cache directory from growing too large
+  * Improved fixing performance over Samba shares by optimzing empty directory detection
+**Bug Fixes:**
+  * Fixed a display issue to disable the "Make New Folder" button in DatVault when Master Directories was selected
+  * Fixed irrelevant UI related error messages in RV CMD
+  * Fixed a hard crash that could occur when choosing to Fix ROMs before Find Fixes
+  * Fixed a case sensitivity issue with umlaut characters
+  * Fixed a bug where files could be leftover in the 7z cache directory after a fix completes
+  * Fixed a bug where some files were not deleted after a ZipMove operation
+\\
+===== ROMVault 3.7.2 =====
+''**Release Date:** 2024-06-25''
+**Feature Updates:**
+  * Added a new Game List filter to show/hide partially complete sets
+  * Enabled the Help menu while scanning and fixing (E.g. to view the color key)
+**Bug Fixes:**
+  * Fixed a bug that where the first dat in a directory could conflict with another dat in the directory
+  * Fixed a bug that prevented cancelling the Find Fixes action
+  * Fixed a few case sensitive rename issues
+  * Fixed an issue where RV would crash if clicking a link when no web browser installed (E.g. docker setup)
+  * Fixed an issue where the "Keep Only Complete" DAT setting could leave empty directories
+  * Fixed a bug with the fixdat format so that dir elements are not nested under game elements
+  * Fixed an issue where fixdats would not be created from the context menu if only MIA files would be included
+  * Fixed truncation issue with the description elements in fixdats which would occur due to a period character
+  * Fixed a display issue with the DatVault UI when Asian languages are used
+  * Fixed an issue with the single archive setting for subdirectories when multiple roms are present in the set
+  * Fixed an issue where S.A.M. parallelism settings could change RomVault's zstd worker count
+  * Fixed an issue where S.A.M. would not stop gracefully when the main RomVault window is closed
+  * Fixed an issue where S.A.M. would throw CorruptZip errors when directories are used as the source with zstd
+\\
+===== ROMVault 3.7.1 =====
+''**Release Date:** 2024-05-04''
+**Feature Updates:**
+  * Added support for using Category subdirectories in combination with Single Archive
+  * Added an option to opt out of crash reporting in global settings
+  * Enhanced the fixing logic for renames to avoid potential race conditions with case sensitive filesystems
+**Bug Fixes:**
+  * Fixed a crash that occured when Single Archive option was used with DATs that contained CHDs
+  * Fixed a crash due to processing corrupt 7z archives in ToSort
+  * Fixed a startup crash when more than 32 CPU cores are detected
+  * Fixed a bug that caused the status log to close after a fix was complete when using the "scan, find, fix" shortcut
+  * Updated the default setting for Max ZSTD Workers to "Auto"
+  * Added a missing status when a file needs to be deleted but its flagged as MIA in the DAT
+\\
+===== ROMVault 3.7.0 =====
+''**Release Date:** 2024-04-02''
+**Feature Updates:**
+  * Added new structured archive formats for zstd Zip/7z and TDC (Total DOS Collection) Zip
+  * Added the ability to raw copy zstd compressed files between archives
+  * Added raw copy functionality to and from 7z archives
+  * Added decompression support for several 7z compression filters
+  * Added support for DATs with timestamps (E.g. TDC)
+  * Added modified Date/Time to the Game List grid
+  * Added new graphics for the Game List grid to show current and preferred storage type
+  * Added multithreaded zstd compression options to Global Settings
+  * Added default 7z storage options to Global Settings
+  * Added a Dark Mode toggle to Global Settings
+  * Added an option to convert complete archives to your preferred format during a fix
+  * Enhanced ZipMove to work with zstd zip and 7z archives
+  * Enhanced ZipMove to work with TDC zip archives
+  * Enhanced archive fixing logic to use a priority system to pick the most efficient source for a fix
+  * Enhanced archive fixing logic so that 0-byte files are not prematurely deleted which would prevent ZipMove
+  * Improved performance of handling 0-byte files
+  * Improved error reporting
+  * Rebranded trrntzipUI to SAM (Structured Archive Maker) and added new zstd archive options
+  * Rebranded RV7Z to 7Z-LZMA-Solid thoughout the UI
+**Bug Fixes:**
+  * Fixed a crash that could occur if the DatRoot folder was missing and you attempted to add a directory from the DatVault UI
+  * Fixed a crash when ZipMove was wused on a set with NotCollected ROMs
+  * Fixed a crash related to the category reorder buttons
+  * Fixed a crash when loading old ROM Center DATs
+  * Fixed a crash that could occur during a fix due to Samba file locking
+  * Fixed an issue related codepage 437 to better support lower ASCII values (<32)
+  * Fixed an issue with reading some DATs generated by FB Alpha
+  * Fixed an issue that could result in duplicate directory rules in the cache file
+  * Fixed an issue where repacking zips in a ToSort would modify the timestamps of the contents
+\\
+===== ROMVault 3.6.4 =====
+''**Release Date:** 2024-01-09''
+**Bug Fixes:**
+  * Fixed an issue where RV7Z files would be needlessly recompressed
+  * Fixed a missing fix status icon for "MIA found, but won't be used because it results in an incomplete set"
+  * Fixed an issue with the description tag in Fix DATs
+  * Increased the maximum DAT size limit for DatVault to support very large DATs (E.g. TeknoParrot)
+\\
+===== ROMVault 3.6.3 =====
+''**Release Date:** 2024-01-04''
+**Feature Updates:**
+  * Enhanced the Directory Mapping window to highlight non-existent directories in red
+**Bug Fixes:**
+  * Added checks to ensure directory exists while creating a directory mapping
+  * Fixed the DAT XML loader to load non-standard characters in XML
+  * Fixed a DatVault crash that could occur on startup
+  * Fixed a crash that could occur when adding directory mappings
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 **Feature Updates:**
-  * Added a new Single Archive directory setting to use subdirectories only if a set contains multiple roms or a rom/set name mismatch (Great for archiving TOSEC with shorter paths)
   * Split Directory Settings into Directory Mappings and DAT Rules for greater flexibility
+  * Added a new Single Archive directory setting to use subdirectories only if a set contains multiple roms or a rom/set name mismatch (Great for archiving TOSEC with shorter paths)
   * Added a new DAT Rule to use category tag values as subdirectories (Most useful for Redump DATs)
   * Added the ability to prioritize categories for subdirectories in case the DAT contains multiple for a partiular set (Common with No-Intro)