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Color and Icon Key

RomVault supports custom graphics packs. Custom graphics should be placed in ZIP archive named graphics.zip or in a folder called graphics in the RomVault directory. Refer to the Graphics Packs section for more details.

Anyone is free to create their own graphics and share with the community. For example, the graphics pack below was created to assist color blind users by changing the ROM statuses to use unique iconography for better differentiation.

Accessible graphics pack: graphics.zip


Game List Grid

ROM Statuses

Resting
Green, Correct Green The ROM is correct.
Super Green, MIA Correct Super Green The ROM was known to be MIA (Missing In Action), but you found it. (Good Job!) (*)
Red, Missing Red The ROM is missing.
Salmon, MIA Salmon The ROM is known to be private or missing in action (MIA). (*)
Cyan, Unknown Cyan The ROM is not needed here. Use 'Find Fixes' to see what should be done with the ROM.
Light Cyan, Un-Needed Light Cyan The ROM is not needed here because it belongs in the parent or primary deduped set.
Gray, Not Collected Gray The ROM is not collected here because it belongs in the parent or primary deduped set or is a 'BadDump' ROM
Magenta, Move To Sort Magenta The ROM is in a ToSort directory.
Dark Blue, Ignore Gray-Blue The file matches an ignore rule.
Fixing
Yellow, Can Be fixed Yellow The ROM is missing here, but it's available elsewhere. The ROM will be fixed.
Super Yellow, MIA can Be fixed Super Yellow The MIA ROM is missing here, but it's available elsewhere. The ROM will be fixed. (*)
Orange, Needed for fix elsewhere Orange The ROM is not needed here, but it's needed elsewhere. The ROM will be moved.
Light Orange, Needed for fix here Light Orange The ROM is needed here, but has the incorrect name. The ROM will be renamed.
Purple, Move to ToSort Purple The ROM is not needed here, but a copy isn't located elsewhere. The ROM will be moved to the Primary ToSort.
Pink, Move to ToSort Pink The ROM is needed here and you have a copy, but fixing would result in an incomplete set. The ROM will not be fixed.
Brown, Delete Brown The ROM is not needed here, but a copy is located elsewhere. The ROM will be deleted.
Problem
Blue, Unscanned Blue The file could not be scanned. The file could be locked or have incompatible permissions.
Bright Red, ROM Corrupt Bright Red The file is corrupt.
Bright Red, Archive Corrupt Bright Red The archive containing the file is corrupt.

RomVault's MIA ROM status is based on the presence of the mia="yes" tags in the DATs. Most No-Intro DATs include this tag for MIA ROMs. All DATs provided by DatVault support this special tag for MIA tracking.

The MIA tags in DatVault DATs are submitted by the community and removed automatically when MIA ROMs are found and scanned using RomVault. The community-driven approach ensures DatVault DATs contain the most up-to-date information about MIA ROMs right in the RomVault UI, so there is no need to refer to external wikis for MIA information. Refer to the MIA ROM Tracking section for more details.

RomVault 3.6.0 WIP4 and above supports the ability to prevent incomplete archives with a directory setting. This setting is beneficial for people who want to collect multi-track Redump sets, but do not want common tracks or cue files to result in incomplete sets.

Set Types

Have
folder The set is uncompressed.
zip The set is a regular ZIP archive.
tzip The set is torrentzipped. Modified timestamps are set to the first MAME release date.
tdc zip The set is zipped with deflate compression. Modified timestamps preserved and match a TDC dat.
zstd zip The set is zipped with zstd compression. Modified timestamps are nulled.
7z The set is a regular 7zip archive. RomVault only supports reading this type of archive.
t7z The set is torrent7zipped. RomVault only supports reading this type of archive.
non-solid lzma 7z The set is a non-solid 7zip archive with LZMA compression. Modified timestamps are nulled.
solid lzma 7z The set is a solid 7zip archive with LZMA compression. Modified timestamps are set to the first MAME release date. This is the old RV7Z.
non-solid zstd 7z The set is a non-solid 7zip archive with zstd compression. Modified timestamps are nulled.
solid zstd 7z The set is a solid 7zip archive with zstd compression. Modified timestamps are nulled.
Missing
missing folder The uncompressed set is missing.
missing torrentzip The torrentzipped set is missing.
missing tdc zip The TDC zipped set is missing.
missing zstd zip The zstd zipped set is missing.
missing non-solid lzma 7z The non-solid LZMA 7z set is missing.
missing solid lzma 7z The solid LZMA 7z set is missing.
missing non-solid zstd 7z The non-solid zstd 7z set is missing.
missing solid zstd 7z The solid zstd 7z set is missing.
Corrupt
corrupt zip The ZIP set is corrupt.
corrupt 7z The 7z set is corrupt.


ROM Details Grid

Resting Statuses
Correct The ROM is correct.
MIA Correct The ROM is known to be MIA but you have it.
Missing The ROM is missing.
MIA Missing The ROM is known to be MIA.
Unknown The ROM is not needed in the set. Use find fixes to determine what should be done with the ROM.
Unneeded The ROM is present but unneeded because its wanted in a parent or primary deduped set.
Uncollected The ROM is uncollected because its wanted in a parent or primary deduped set.
In ToSort The ROM is in a ToSort directory.
Ignored The file matches an ignore rule.
Unscaned The file is unscanned.
Corrupt The file is corrupt.
Fix Actions
Missing can be fixed The ROM is missing. It can be fixed.
MIA can be fixed The ROM is missing and known to be MIA. It can be fixed.
Unscanned can be fixed The ROM is unscanned. It can be fixed by another copy of the ROM.
Corrupt can be fixed The ROM is corrupt. It can be fixed by another copy of the ROM.
Corrupt MIA can be fixed The ROM is corrupt and known to be MIA. It can be fixed by another copy of the ROM.
Incomplete won't be fixed The ROM is missing and you have a copy, but fixing would result in an incomplete set. The ROM will not be fixed.
Rename The ROM is not needed here. It can be renamed to fix another ROM in the set.
Needed for fix The ROM is not needed here. It can be used for a fix elsewhere.
Move To ToSort The ROM is not needed here. It will be moved to the Primary ToSort.
Delete The ROM is not needed here. It will be deleted because a copy exists elsewhere.
Merged needed for fix The ROM is not needed here. It can be moved to the parent or primary deduped set.
Move merged The ROM is not needed here. It will be moved to the Primary ToSort because its deduped or merged.
Delete merged The ROM is not needed here. It will be deleted because its deduped or merged and a copy exists elsewhere.
ToSort needed for fix The ROM is no longer needed in ToSort. It can be used for a fix elsewhere.
Delete The ROM is no longer needed in ToSort. It will be deleted because a collected copy exists elsewhere.
Move To Corrupt The file is corrupt. It will be moved to the Primary ToSort in the 'Corrupt' sub-directory.
Fix Incomplete The ROM is needed here, but the set would be incomplete. It will be removed and used for a fix elsewhere.
Move To ToSort The ROM is needed here, but the set would be incomplete. It will be moved to the Primary ToSort.
Delete The ROM is needed here, but the set would be incomplete. It will be deleted because a copy exists elsewhere.


DAT Tree

Branches
The branch is collapsed.
The branch is expanded.
Checkboxes
The branch is deselected. ROMs will not be scanned and cannot be used for fixes.
The branch is selected. ROMs will be scanned and can be used for fixes.
The branch is locked as read-only. ROMs will be scanned and can be used for fixes, however they will not be altered.
Folders
No ROMs are missing from any DATs in the branch. Also used to signify an empty ToSort directory.
No ROMs are missing from any DATs in the branch, except for MIA ROMs.
Some ROMs missing from DATs in the branch.
All ROMs are missing from DATs in the branch. Also used to signify a ToSort directory that only contains corrupt files.
ToSort directory with files present.
DATs
No ROMs are missing.
No ROMs are missing, except for MIA ROMs.
Some ROMs missing.
All ROMs are missing.