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 ====== What's New - ROMVault Changelog ======
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+===== ROMVault 3.7.5 Preview Build (3.7.4 WIP15) =====
+''**Release Date:** 2026-04-12 on Discord''
+**Feature Updates:**
+  * Added a new MIA update function for near real time MIA updates from DatVault (DV Subscription required)
+  * Added a new MIA cache file to store all MIA info independent from main cache
+  * Added a new error reporting system to report MIA update issues
+  * Added a configurable timeout for DatVault downloads and increased the default timeout
+  * Added ability to run multiple SAMUI instances
+  * Added config files that remember RV window position and panel sizes
+  * Added a zoom slider to NFO viewer
+  * Added the size of the archive being moved with ZipMove actions in the fixing log
+  * Enhanced the handling of MIA info by flagging the data source (original DAT vs DatVault MIA cache)
+  * Enhanced the fixing logic so that zero byte files are not removed from 7z archives in ToSort directories
+  * Enhanced merging logic to use alpha/number sort order (mainly to match Pleasuredome MAME merging method)
+  * Enhanced the DAT reader to better support MESS dats
+  * Improved scanning performance by increasing scanning buffer size
+  * Improved performance by optimizing byte array compare code
+  * Improved number display by using thousands seperators
+  * Improved ROM Details grid display by hiding Merge and AltHash columns if they contain no data
+  * Moved all config files to a dedicated config directory
+  * Upgraded RomVault to .net10 (.net framework 4.8 build still available for Linux users)
+**Bug Fixes:**
+  * Fixed a crash due to incorrect rom headers
+  * Fixed a crash due to the 7z cache ToSort being inaccessible
+  * Fixed a crash due to an incorrectly cased file name
+  * Fixed a crash due to a file cannot be deleted
+  * Fixed a crash due to delayed old archive deletions during a fix
+  * Fixed a crash due to archives with overlaping paths with differing character case in the same archive
+  * Fixed a crash due to single archive mode being used with dats with <dir> tags
+  * Fixed a crash due to unexpected Game and ROM grid states
+  * Fixed a bug where zero byte files were not consistently packed with zstd compression
+  * Fixed a bug where the DAT Override checkbox did not work with the Mixed (Archives as Files) storage setting
+  * Fixed a bug where the Show Empty checkbox state was not remembered between application starts
+  * Fixed a case where Alt hashes could be errorneously wrtitten to cache when a CHD or headered file fix ends due to an error
+  * Fixed a case where the Game and ROM grids were not refreshed correctly
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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
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 ===== ROMVault 3.7.3 =====
-''**Release Date:** 2024-12-23''
+''**Release Date:** 2024-12-23 (Available on Discord only)''
 **Feature Updates:**