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 ====== What's New - ROMVault Changelog ====== ====== 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:**
 +
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 +  * 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 ===== ===== ROMVault 3.7.4 =====
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   * Fixed file compare sort order for directories   * 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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