What's New - ROMVault Changelog

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

Release Date: 2023-12-25

Feature Updates:

• 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)
• Added a global setting to delete previous cue packs downloaded by DatVault
• Added a Modified Date column to the Game List and ROM Details grids
• Added a context menu to the Game List grid (Shift + Right-click) which includes re-scanning options and opening a directory, archive, or No-Intro game details webpage
• Added support for new CHD compression codecs, ZSTD and CDZS
• Updated the Game List grid to hide the Description column if there is nothing to display
• Updated the “old DAT cleanup” function to also remove empty directories in the DATRoot
• Updated the layout of the global settings section
• Improved performance of deleting cue files downloaded from DatVault

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue related to path and filename lengths
• Fixed an issue with scanning archives with the Shrink compression method
• Fixed an issue where corrupt CHDs would freeze the scanning process
• Fixed an issue where corrupt CHDs could be marked as good after a Level 1 then Level 2 scan
• Fixed a scanning performance issue with v1 CHDs
• Fixed an issue where MIA status was not reflected when using the “Merged” merge type
• Fixed an issue where Tree Presets could cause a crash
• Fixed an issue where directories created by RomVault during a fix did not have modified time stored in the cache

Release Date: 2023-06-23

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a memory leak issue that could occur when scanning CHDs with a large cache
• Fixed a CHD scanning performance issue which increased CHD verification speed by 3-4x compared to chdman.exe
• Fixed an error due to a missing status combination involving the “keep only complete sets” feature

Release Date: 2023-06-16

Feature Updates:

• Added a new directory setting for “Only keep complete sets” which will prevent incomplete sets from being stored in your RomRoot (No more cue-only sets!)
• Added a new directory setting for “Use ID for numbered DAT names” which will prefix the set name with the release ID (Primarily used for No-Intro DATs)
• Added a new default fix status icon for “Rename”
• Enhanced CHD verification by removing the chdman.exe dependency
• Enhanced ZipMove functionality so that the best partially complete archive is used if there is no complete archive
• Enhanced the scanning logic so some errors are logged without halting the scanning process (E.g. locked files)

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a threading issue where loading the DATVault UI could crash RomVault on Linux
• Fixed the display of DATVault checkboxes on Linux
• Fixed several missing text issues on Linux
• Fixed an issue where header skipper definitions for lynx.xml and a7800.xml were not recognized
• Fixed an issue where duplicate directories could be stored in the cache due to case sensitivity mismatches
• Fixed an issue where MIA flags were missing from fixDATs
• Fixed an issue that prevented the user from being able to re-add the default relative ToSort directory if deleted
• Fixed a “HDERR_READ_ERROR” crash that could occur when a corrupt CHD is scanned
• Fixed a “Missing files cannot have alt values” crash that could occur if a CHD has incompatible permissions
• Fixed a “String was not recognized as a valid DateTime” error that could occur with DATVault if the user had an unusual combination of the system date format and region
• Fixed a “Unknown Tree settings in DisplayTree” error which would prevent the user from being able to update DATs without a full refresh

Release Date: 2022-12-24

Feature Updates:

• Added a way to purge old DATs from the DatVault UI
• Added a filter for MIA ROMs in the game list grid
• Added auto-creation of default directories for new setups (DatRoot, RomRoot, ToSort)
• Enhanced the ZipMove logic so that archives can be ZipMoved to the primary ToSort
• Enhanced the fix status log by adding the filesize of the Compress action
• Enhanced the handling of locked files during scanning so the scan does not halt

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where empty directories and 0 byte files were deleted from locked branches and ToSort directories
• Fixed a DatVault “invalid JSON” error
• Fixed a missing “In DAT merged, delete” status icon in the ROM details grid
• Fixed an issue with Fix DAT creation so that MIA flags are retained
• Fixed CMP DAT processing to interpret values with UTF-8 character encoding
• Fixed a crash that could occur if a RV temp archive cannot be deleted
• Fixed a crash that could occur when generating Fix DATs for directories using the Single Archive setting
• Fixed an issue where the cache can become unstable and trigger errors on every change
• Fixed an issue where corrupt CHDs could lose their corrupt status
• Fixed several missing images for edge case statuses in the ROM details grid
• Fixed DAT processing so that DATs that use the Single Archive setting are not reprocessed with every DAT update
• Fixed the task bar icon used by registration window
• Fixed an issue that could lead to elevated RAM usage after refreshing all DATs
• Fixed an issue where files can be stuck in a “cyan” state until rescan
• Fixed a crash that could occurs when moving a file open by another process
• Fixed an issue where readable corrupt zips that require fixes cause repeated errors
• Fixed an issue where DatVault can load with no Groups displayed and refreshing causes a crash
• Fixed an issue with Fix DAT creation where missing ROMs from “Single Archives” are included as orphaned ROMs in the wrong Fix DAT
• Fixed a missing image for “In DAT merged, move to ToSort” in ROM details grid
• Fixed a crash that could occurs if a RV temp archive is open by another process during a rename
• Fixed a crash that could occurs during Full DAT creation if the DAT has missing rom names
• Fixed a crash that could during a cache backup if not enough space
• Fixed an issue where ZipMove is sometimes not used if the archive to be moved contains a 0 byte file
• Fixed an issue where fixed from 7z archives to uncompressed sets do not use the 7z cache
• Fixed an issue where the “_0” is inserted into the incorrect place to avoid naming conflicts if the set name contains periods
• Fixed an issue where ampersand characters in the directory settings Dir Location are not displayed
• Fixed an issue where recompressing to RV7Z shows a status of “TrrntZipping” in the status log
• Fixed an issue where an unaccounted for combination of ROM statuses can occur during a fix and throw an error
• Fixed an issue where a filesystem error could occur if RomVault tries to ZipMove an archive while it is open in another application

Release Date: 2022-10-24

Feature Updates:

• Added experimental support for Dark Mode, enabled with a RomVault3cfg.xml flag (<Darkness>true</Darkness>)
• Added TorrentZipUI into the RomVault interface, accessible via the Help menu
• Added the ability for anyone (not just DatVault users) to submit “MIA Found” info to DatVault
• Added a new setting to send “MIA Found” information anonymously
• Added artwork support in the for the C64 DAT
• Enhanced the scanning progress window to show the file currently being processed
• Enhanced the MIA submission functionality to support CHDs
• Enhanced the Game Info panel by adding the Category value
• Enhanced the Game List grid filter to clarify merged and deduped

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for a bug where CHDs were incorrectly merged if the DAT contains CHDs with a .chd extension
• Fix for a bug that could cause CHD files to be incorrectly named with an extra .chd extension
• Fix for a crash if RomVault is launched without a DatRoot directory
• Fix for a crash that could occur when an MIA file is found but DatVault is unreachable or times out
• Fix for a crash due to “Incorrect Extraction size found 0 expected X” while scanning a corrupt archive with Shrink compression
• Fix for incorrectly reporting ZIP files as corrupt that used Deflate64
• Removed unnecessary Console.Write lines that could slow down scanning / fixing using Linux

Release Date: 2022-07-04

Feature Updates:

• Added a new ROM status for MIA (Missing in Action)
• Added the ability for select DatVault users to submit MIA information directly from RomVault
• Added automated MIA flagging into DatVault DATs based on user submissions
• Added the ability to opt-in/out of sending found MIA notifications back to DatVault
• Added a way to prevent the scanning engine from scanning specific files by prefixing “ignore:” to any ignore rule in global settings
• Added the ability to override any of RomVault's default images with graphics packs
• Added the ability to provide unique images for each of the four tree presets
• Added a new “ZipMove” fix action which greatly speeds up certain types of fixes (E.g. Rearranging your DatRoot)
• Enhanced the DAT Info and tree panels to display MIA information where applicable
• Enhanced the tree icons to better visualize completion less MIA
• Enhanced the DAT creation feature from the tree context menu
• Upgraded the cache version from 3_1 to 3_2 due to structural changes to support the new MIA feature

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for an issue where the rootdir tag of a SuperDAT could take precedence over the directory name containing the SuperDAT
• Fix for a cached notification message after deleting discontinued DatVault DATs
• Fix to prevent a crash when trying to use a ToSort directory that is no longer accessible
• Fix for a logic error related to dedupe DATs and the Unneeded ROM status
• Fix for a display issue with the DatVault DAT location column which could occur if you add new JSONs without automatically downloading the associated DATs
• Fix for an issue where a directory rule for a specific DAT did not work unless the DAT was in its own directory
• Fix for 7z files being flagged with a header type of “Nothing” if the 7z was packed in a ZIP archive
• Fix for a crash that could occur if you clicked slightly outside the DatVault “select all” checkbox
• Fix for a an issue related to zero byte files stored uncompressed without size or hash data in the DAT (E.g. HTGDB)

Release Date: 2022-03-08

Feature Updates:

• Added a new feature to DATVault where cue packs are automatically scanned when downloaded
• Added support for a new dedupe status flag. This flag is used in the “DeDupe” DATVault DATs which allow users to save disk space on large sets with common files across TOSEC-ISO and Redump.
• Added a link to the RomVault wiki from the Help menu
• Added a link to check for updates from the Help menu
• Added a check for available updates during application launch which allows the user to upgrade with one click
• Added experimental support for ZSTD compression using libzstd.dll when present in an “x64” subfolder in the RomVault executable directory
• Enhanced the right click copy to clipboard functionality in the game list and rom details grids so that individual field values are copied
• Enhanced the DatVault progress bar to indicate the current operation
• Enhanced the DatVault add new DATs UI checkboxes so your previous selections are remembered

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for a scenario where name conflicts can occur when using the single archive setting
• Fix to prevent invalid directories and filenames on Windows (E.g. directory cannot end in a period)
• Fix for a crash that could occur when attempting to launch a game from a ToSort directory
• Fix to prevent a scan and fix operation from running simultaneously if keyboard shortcuts are used
• Fix for a logic error that was erasing CHD version tags during a scan

Release Date: 2022-01-31

Feature Updates:

• Added a new directory setting for “Header Type” which can be used to enforce headered or headerless ROMs
• Added a new DATVault option to immediately download DATs after selecting a directory
• Enhanced native CHD verification by adding support for deflate V4 CHD without chdman.exe
• Enhanced the Quick Scan (Level 1) to also calculate MD5 or SHA1 for uncompressed files

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for a crash when initially updating DATs with DATVault if the DATRoot is not in the default location of the RomVault exe
• Fix for incorrect Linux path separators when saving DATs with DATVault
• Fix for a Linux display issue where the side buttons could appear missing
• Fix to calculate and store the AltCRC32 of headered ROMs
• Fixes related to the D,F,V flags not being properly assigned

Release Date: 2022-01-06

Feature Updates:

• Added a progress bar for DATVault initial data load
• Added a new sortable DATVault column for uncompressed size of DAT contents
• Added a new default DAT directory feature to DATVault to help people quickly add new DATs using the most common organization approaches
• Added Windows long path support to DATVault operations (to coincide with supporting TOSEC DATs)
• Enhanced DATVault performance by compressing server to client payloads with ZSTD
• Changed the Update DATs shortcuts for consistency

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for a crash that could occur when double clicking an archive in a ToSort directory from the game grid
• Fix for a crash that could occur when both discontinued and new DATs in DatVault are selected then clicking the Add button
• Fix to disable saving/applying tree presets during scanning/fixing
• Fix to better handle case sensitive renames by waiting before attempting to reference files from a newly renamed archive

Release Date: 2021-12-25

Feature Updates:

• Added a new tree pre-set feature to allow the user to save different tree selection/expansion favorites
• Added a progress bar for DATVault updates
• Added an instance count column to the ROM details grid
• Added a popup to show a dupe list on click of a instance count value
• Added the ability to read -listroms output from the RAINE executable
• Added an ESC keyboard shortcut to close dialog windows
• Added the ability to sort any of the columns in the ROM details grid
• Enhanced DAT reader performance by parrellizing code
• Enhanced the DATVault groups filter to a redesigned and categorized tree
• Enhanced the Directory Rules window to be more intuitive with reorganized settings and additional tooltip content
• Enhanced the directory rule application so only relevant DATs are reprocessed upon update
• Enhanced the display of ROM sizes by using separator characters and right justified values in the fixing log and ROM details grid
• Changed the default directory rule to use “Nothing” as the merge type instead of “Split”
• Changed the filename cleansing to be less aggressive and only trim whitespace (requires a full DAT refresh)
• Changed the tree behavior so that updated DATs are no longer auto-selected in the tree
• Changed the menu bar order and keyboard shortcuts for consistency with the left buttons
• Removed the ability to cancel a DAT update/refresh

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for a crash that could occur when selecting the “Show Merged ROMs” filter
• Fix to make the gray merged ROM status show properly for split sets
• Fix for a display issue where corrupt archive icons are only displayed at levels above the directory where the corrupt archive resides
• Fix to prevent DATs with no ROMs from being auto-expanded and auto-selected in the tree
• Fix to the missing counts in the tree and summary panes to exclude ROMs with a blue status
• Fix for launching ROMs directly from the game list grid
• Fix to prevent the ROM details grid from auto-scrolling back to the top of the list every few seconds during a fix
• Fix to properly handle case sensitive directory renames during a fix
• Fix to prevent a “Rescan needed” error if the only fix is to correct the character case of the ROM and source of the fix was in the same archive
• Fix for a scenario that could cause a scan to silently end early and erase subsequent items in that directory from the cache
• Fix to properly scan files with invalid timestamps
• Fix to properly handle scanning files with incompatible permissions, which were previously skipped with no indication
• Fix to prevent a crash and cache out-of-sync scenario if a file is in use by another process during a fix
• Fix to prevent a “Zip64EndOfCentralDirError” if the total number of disks is equal to zero in the central directory of the ZIP archive (Invalid… but extractable)
• Fix to prevent a “Specified argument was out of the range of valid values” error which could sometimes occur during a fix
• Fix so that Single Archive settings work properly if the DAT is not in its own folder
• Fix to make Single Archive settings work properly with ROMs that have a double extension (E.g *.iso.dec)
• Fix to use a move operation instead of copy/delete when uncompressed sets are renamed using the Single Archive option
• Fix to properly save and read DatVault login information on Linux
• Fix to make the side icons visible on Linux

Release Date: 2021-11-15

Feature Updates:

• Added DATVault, an automatic DAT downloader and updater
• Changed ToSort file ignore rules back to global

Bug Fixes:

• Fix to prevent files left in 7z cache folders
• Fixes for various UI crashes

Release Date: 2021-10-25

Feature Updates:

• Added ZSTD read support for ZIP and 7z archives without requiring an external .dll
• Added the ability to define file ignore rules as part of directory settings
• Added the ability to use wild cards and regex with file ignore rules
• Added a “Shift + Click” shortcut for the check boxes in the tree which suppresses descendant selections
• Enhanced the Fix cancelling so that it stops immediately instead of waiting until the end of the current fix
• Enhanced double check delete logic to mitigate the case where the same directory is mapped to more than one part of the tree
• Changed global file ignore rules to ToSort file ignore
• Cleaned up the 7z writing code

Bug Fixes:

• Fix to keep the DAT info in sync when clicking around the tree and game grid
• Fix to prevent a full disk error from corrupting the cache
• Fix to report the correct rule if you reset all directory rules

Release Date: 2021-07-04

Feature Updates:

• Added the ability to navigate around the UI during a scan or fix
• Added support for nearly all ZIP decompression methods (including ZSTD with external .dll)
• Added support for scanning v1-4 CHDs without requiring chdman.exe
• Added the ability to sort by most columns in the game grid
• Added context menu items in the tree to do a level 1 or 3 scan
• Enhanced the logic for checking for fixes with zero length files to improve performance
• Enhanced and reorganized the Color Key help form
• Changed the default scanning level to Level 2
• Changed the ROMVault logo so it looks nicer
• Updated RVCmd to use .NET Core 3.1 so there are now Windows-x64 and Linux-x64 builds

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for various case sensitivity issues while fixing files
• Fix for a t7zip checking bug for bigger than 32-bit t7zip files
• Fix to report the correct rule if you reset all directory rules
• Fix for an issue where archives were incorrectly marked as good if the only fix required was due to case sensitivity
• Fix to ensure DATs that have CHDs named with the .chd extension are no longer renamed to *.chd.chd

Release Date: 2021-04-26

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for an issue with fixing files when using a case sensitive filesystem
• Cleaned up logic related to fixing

Release Date: 2021-04-23

Feature Updates:

• Enhanced fixing performance with more parallel operations

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for a “double check delete” logic error

Release Date: 2021-04-08

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for a crash that could occur when fixing 7z archives

Release Date: 2021-01-26

Bug Fixes:

• Fix to enable archive fixes if the only change is due to ROM character case (requires a full DAT refresh)

Release Date: 2020-12-24

Bug Fixes:

• Fix to prevent overwriting unknown (unscanned) files while fixing
• Fix for multiple 7z cache directories being created
• Fix to enable the 7z cache for 7z archives in ToSort directories
• Fix for a crash when a Full Report is generated
• Fix for the tree display so DATs containing zero files show as green instead of red

Release Date: 2020-11-26

Feature Updates:

• Added a Single Archive directory setting that allows aggregating sets into a single folder or archive as well as controlling when subdirectories are used
• Enhanced the archive decompression performance by using a new un-Deflate stream
• Enhanced the refresh performance of the fixing report window

Bug Fixes:

• Fix to prevent using chdman.exe to validate v1 CHD files (chdman.exe does not support them)
• Fix for a bug where a locked (read-only) directory did not set uncompressed files to read only
• Fix for a bug where not all zipped files where being deleted in a fix, and a second fix was needed to delete them
• Fix for a bug reading Unicode names from an archive
• Fix for a bug with the DOSCenter DAT File Reader where the filename contained the word “size”
• Fix for a crash that could occur if a directory could not be accessed
• Fix for a DAT reader bug where un-needed directory entries where not correctly removed from the DATs while loading
• Fix for a ROM details grid display bug where files in a root ToSort directory were not displayed
• Fix for an incorrect directory separator used when evaluating DAT rules on Linux

Release Date: 2020-08-04

Bug Fixes:

• Fix to correctly read ZIP files with Unicode file names instead of reporting them as bad archives

Release Date: 2020-07-20

Feature Updates:

• Upgraded to a newer .NET version that permits using UNC paths instead of having to call the file kernel dll's
• Switched from ILMerge to ILRepack to make the single .exe files for the releases

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for a crash if no ToSort directory exists, or if there is already a file with the same name in ToSort
• Fix for a crash when 7z archives have a zero byte file by itself in the archive
• Fix to prevent loading a DAT if the DAT contains no files
• Fix for ZIP filename character encoding to use Unicode if the filename does not fit the 437 encoding (Original IBM PC encoding)

Release Date: 2020-03-13

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for a bug in the ZIP64 writing code where if a ZIP archive was created smaller than 4GB, but contained more the 65536 files, then the ZIP64 headers were written incorrectly

Release Date: 2020-03-11

Feature Updates:

• Re-added the ability to set directory settings on DATs
• Added logic to clean auto-created directory names so they don't contain illegal characters

Release Date: 2020-02-25

Feature Updates:

• Added an option to use the DAT description tag for auto-created directory names
• Added the “Recompress” status to the fixing log
• Added better error reporting on failed file delete
• Enhanced UI performance, including faster tree selections and a “virtual” game and ROM details grid
• Enhanced the UI with various minor display changes
• Enhanced the auto-create directory logic so that it does not re-read the DAT unnecessarily
• Removed Alt columns from the ROM details grid when they are not relevant

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for a UI bug in the game grid
• Fix to make DATs without a description tag display properly in the tree
• Fix for extended logging
• Fix to make Alt ROM info display correctly in the ROM details grid
• Fix for sorting null game descriptions
• Fix to add a missing RootDir value from XML headers in the external DAT converter

Release Date: 2020-01-24

Feature Updates:

• Added the ability to generate a fixDAT from any level in the tree via context menu
• Changed 7z caching so it is now always enabled
• Changed the fixDAT creation so that a description is not added if there was no description in the original DAT

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for a 7z cache bug
• Fix for a UI bug with the directory name when there were unzipped files with directories in the ROM name

Release Date: 2020-01-05

Feature Updates:

• Added a right click shortcut on the Fix ROMs button to scan/find/fix in succession
• Added an experimental feature to display MAME Extras artwork in the game grid
• Enhanced the DAT reader logic so that -listxml output from the MAME executable will match ROM source collections

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for some minor UI issues related to unneeded stats in the ToSort directories
• Fix for an experimental feature to launch MAME ROMs from the game grid

Release Date: 2020-01-03

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for some minor UI issues

Release Date: 2020-01-02

Feature Updates:

• Enhanced the tree to better display multiple dats that share a single directory
• Cleaned up 7z code to prepare for future enhancements

Bug Fixes:

• Fix to make “Don't Add Multi DAT DIRs” directory setting work properly

Release Date: 2019-12-24

Feature Updates:

• Added more verbose reporting for fixes
• Cleaned up 7z code to prepare for future enhancements

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed the scanning progress box when corrupt files are found

Release Date: 2019-12-12

Feature Updates:

• Added experimental read support for 7z archives compressed with ZSTD

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for bug related to directory mappings and incorrect DAT rule sort order
• Fix for adding directories to a 7z archive
• Fix for a crash that could occur when there are zero length files (directories) in an archive and size is not specified in the DAT

Release Date: 2019-11-26

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for a few bugs related to Level 1 scanning and fixing
• Fix for a few bugs with 7z archive scanning and fixing
• Fix to deal with corrupt 7z archives better
• Fix for a crash due to trying to delete a null filename during file copy

Release Date: 2019-11-10

Feature Updates:

• Added support to map directories using UNC paths
• Added the ability to select and copy text from the UI info boxes

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for a UI crash when scanning DATs

Official release of ROMVault 3.x
Release Date: 2019-11-09

Feature Updates:

• Added support for saving UI filter selections

Release Date: 2019-10-18

Bug Fixes:

• Fix to handle corrupt 7z files better now
• Fix for a couple of data issues with headered DAT sets

Release Date: 2019-09-30

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for a directory separator issue to better support Linux with mono

Release Date: 2019-09-24

Feature Updates:

• Added support for DATs that have both ROM and CHD files
• Added support for MAME CHD software list DATs
• Added a new directory settings option to choose which types of files you want to keep: ROMs, CHDs, or both

Release Date: 2019-09-19

Bug Fixes:

• Fixes for several small bugs and overall code cleanup

Release Date: 2019-09-17

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for an issue with archive type directory setting
• Fixes for several other small bugs

Release Date: 2019-09-12

Feature Updates:

• Added support for DATs that have both ROM and CHD files

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for an issue that caused a “Source and destination size does not match” error

Release Date: 2019-09-11

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for a small bug regarding compression rules in DAT files

Release Date: 2019-09-07

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for an issue where directory mapping was not working properly

Release Date: 2019-09-05

Feature Updates:

• Various small UI updates

Bug Fixes:

• Fixes for various directory rule issues

Start of beta release series for ROMVault 3.x
Release Date: 2019-08-31

Feature Updates:

• Major core code updates and rework into cleaner libraries
• New cache version to support new V3 features (Note: This requires a full rescan)
• Added a crash reporting feature

Release Date: 2018-07-26

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for ZIP archive corruption when files larger than 4GB are compressed smaller than 4GB

Release Date: 2017-02-09

Bug Fixes:

• Fix to re-enable support for Linux using Mono
• Fix for decompression of WAV files from 7z archives using delta filter

Release Date: 2017-01-30

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for working with non-compressed files in 7z archives

Release Date: 2017-01-28

Feature Updates:

• Added the ability to read 7z archives in the ToSort directories
• Upgraded the .NET version to 4.5.2

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for working with non-compressed files in 7z archives

Release Date: 2016-11-25

Feature Updates:

• Restructured some core code for better readability
• Added some beta test code for new upcoming features

Release Date: 2016-06-27

Bug Fixes:

• Fixes for report generation
• Fix for an issue with sorting by file size
• Fix for a small issue with multi-threaded file checking

Release Date: 2016-05-19

Feature Updates:

• Added multi-threaded file checking

Release Date: 2016-02-12

Feature Updates:

• Added multi-threaded file hashing

Bug Fixes:

• Fixes for a few small issues reported by users

Release Date: 2015-01-27

Feature Updates:

• Added support for Linux with Mono (Requires version 3.10 or above)

Release Date: 2014-04-22

Feature Updates:

• Added support for displaying extra metadata present from Trurip DATs

Bug Fixes:

• Fixes for a few DAT loading issues

Release Date: 2014-03-04

Feature Updates:

• Added support for displaying extra metadata present from Trurip DATs

Bug Fixes:

• Fixes for a few bugs that caused a crash when fixing files
• Fix for a case sensitive rename fix scenario
• Fix for moving files out to the ToSort directory

Release Date: 2014-01-27

Feature Updates:

• Enhanced the performance of rescanning directories with a lot of files

Bug Fixes:

• Fix so that corrupt CHDs are properly handled during a fix operation
• Fix for a few other CHD fixing issues

Release Date: 2014-01-07

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for a very stubborn “comparing null ulong” error related to CHD fixes and missing size/crc info

Release Date: 2013-12-23

Bug Fixes:

• Fix to cleanly handle a missing DATRoot directory
• Fix to add better error handling to hunt down the “ulong null” problem
• Fix to ensure that status of ignored files is set properly when loading the cache
• Fix for an error with decompressing some CHD files

Release Date: 2013-12-20

Bug Fixes:

• Fix to cleanly handle a missing ROMRoot directory
• Fixes to try to hunt down the “ulong null” problem

Release Date: 2013-12-19

Feature Updates:

• Added support for CHD files using chdman.exe
• Added support for reading ZIP archives with more obscure compression methods
• Enhanced the scanning process so locked files are skipped
• Upgraded the cache file structure to support new features (Requires a full rescan)

Bug Fixes:

• Fixes to improve stability
• Fixes to improve error logging

Release Date: 2013-02-23

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for an error that occurred when trying to fix a 0-byte file

Release Date: 2013-02-07

Feature Updates:

• Added support for the <clrmamepro forcepacking=“unzip”> DAT header tag

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for the 'Unknown double check delete status MoveToSort' bug
• Fix for the negative totals being reported in the ToSort directory

Release Date: 2013-01-26

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for an issue in the DAT update code where if the file has a case sensitive rename, a zip file would be left in an inconsistent state
• Fix for an “Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection.” error while fixing caused by not having a ToSort directory created
• Fixes for clearer error messages, in an attempt to track down a couple of other crashes

Release Date: 2013-01-19

Feature Updates:

• Public release of features added in version 2.0.6
• Enhanced the loading speed of the splash screen

Bug Fixes:

• Fixes for a few DAT loading issues

Release Date: Private Test Release

Feature Updates:

• Added support for custom graphics using a supplemental images.zip file placed in the same directory as the ROMVault executable
• Added a check for locked files while fixing
• Enhanced error trapping and reporting around every file open, read, and write
• Enhanced the processing of DAT files and report errors in the progress window
• Enhanced the DAT loader to ignore hidden files in DATRoot directories while DAT scanning

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for Double Check Delete status “Ignore”
• Fix reporting problem with DATs in the root of the DATRoot

Release Date: 2013-01-14

Bug Fixes:

• Fix to enable ROMVault to load properly if the update server is unreachable
• Fix to prevent a crash when generating a miss list report

Release Date: 2013-01-11

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for a “Could not find self” error when deleting empty directories
• Fix for path greater than 260 characters while Level 2 scanning

Release Date: 2013-01-10

Feature Updates:

• Added Offline mode so that ROMVault does not check home if you are offline
• Added CloneOf / RomOf information for MESS XML DATs

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for a problem with relative paths, if you change the default location of any of the directories
• Fix for empty directories being left behind while fixing

Release Date: 2013-01-10

Feature Updates:

• Enhanced the DAT loader to always use <RootDir> information if supplied in a DAT

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for a 0-byte file matching a no-dump rom which caused error messages

Release Date: 2013-01-09

Feature Updates:

• Added Support for 'rebuildto' in DATs to enable subdirectories to be specified in DATs
• Added 'nodump' instead of 'flags nodump' as some DATs are missing the key word flags

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for cancelling a scan leaving ZIP file status in an inconsistent state
• Fix so that a fix operation now removes unknown empty directories

Official release of ROMVault 2.x
Release Date: 2013-01-08

Feature Updates:

• Added scanning levels: 1) Headers only, 2) Decompress and hash if changes detected, and 3) Force decompress and hash
• Added fixing levels 1, 2, and 3 to correspond to the new scanning options
• Added support for filenames greater than 260 characters
• Added support for fast ZIP processing
• Added Unicode filename support
• Enhanced the core data structure to be based on files and directories instead of just DATs
• Enhanced the DAT loader

Release Date: 2012-06-08

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for the first character of the directory and filenames being lost in the ToSort directory if you have set your ToSort mapped as a root directory (E.g. D:\)

Release Date: 2012-02-07

Feature Updates:

• Added ZIP64 support so you can now store zip files larger than 4GB

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for a DAT scanning issue with DAT files with .xml file extensions

Release Date: 2011-12-03

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for a problem scanning MESS XML DATs
• Fix for a problem fixing files if the zip was in a subdirectory in ToSort

Release Date: 2011-05-10

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for a “Can not create a file when that file already exist” error when moving files out to the ToSort directory

Release Date: 2011-04-27

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for a few issues with file copy/move across different drives

Release Date: 2011-04-25

Feature Updates:

• Added more thorough file checking to handle unexpected results much better

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for a problem moving unknown directories if the Tosort directory is on a different volume from the RomRoot directory

Release Date: 2011-04-23

Bug Fixes:

• Fix so that ROMs must match the proper character case to be counted as correct
• Fix to remove extra spaces and the period character at the end of filenames

Release Date: 2011-02-25

Feature Updates:

• Added support for TorrentZip so now all new ZIPs created by RomVault will be TorrentZipped
• Added an option to convert all ZIP archives to TorrentZip format
• Added an option to compress using a slightly different compression method that is a bit smaller than TorrentZip
• Added an option to copy raw compressed data without the need to recompress
• Added a TorrentZip icon to the Game List Grid to differentiate the archive type

Release Date: 2011-02-17

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for a corrupt ZIP issue if the ROM filenames had characters greater than ASCII 127

Release Date: 2011-01-28

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for an issue reading hexadecimal values from DAT files

Release Date: 2011-01-23

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for an “Index was out of range” issue

Release Date: 2011-01-17

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for a bug loading MESS XML DATs that contain hexadecimal numbers (E.g. c64_cart.xml)

Release Date: 2010-07-08

Bug Fixes:

• Fix so corrupt ZIPs are now correctly moved out to the ToSort/Corrupt directory
• Fix so that files open by another application are marked with unknown status
• Fix for reading DATs so that size is no longer needed if the status is “nodump”

Release Date: 2010-06-28

Feature Updates:

• Enhanced the fixing logic so that files are deleted from the ToSort directory as soon as they are no longer needed

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for reading DATs with the loadflag=“continue” tag

Release Date: 2010-05-25

Bug Fixes:

• Fixes to support some MESS XML DAT edge cases

Release Date: 2010-05-22

Feature Updates:

• Added support for MESS XML DATs
• Added support for more than one DAT to exist in a DatRoot subdirectory (Note: The “name” tag will be used to auto-create subdirectories)
• Upgraded the cache structure to support new features (Requires a full DAT refresh and file rescan)

Release Date: 2010-05-13

Bug Fixes:

• Fix so that files in a subdirectory in the ToSort can be used for fixes

Release Date: 2010-05-12

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for a few minor tree view issues
• Fix to better trap files with names that are too long

Release Date: 2010-04-25

Feature Updates:

• Added wildcard support to the exclude file list
• Added Yes/No options to the unknown file and directory moving code
• Replaced the TreeView control so that Disabled DATs can be added if the filenames are too long
• Upgraded the cache structure to support new features (Requires a full DAT refresh and file rescan)

Bug Fixes:

• Fix for a few crashes

Official release of ROMVault 1.x
Release Date: 2010-04-12