Table of Contents
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 | ||
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Green | The ROM is correct. | |
Super Green | The ROM was known to be MIA (Missing In Action), but you found it. (Good Job!) (*) | |
Red | The ROM is missing. | |
Salmon | The ROM is known to be private or missing in action (MIA). (*) | |
Cyan | The ROM is not needed here. Use 'Find Fixes' to see what should be done with the ROM. | |
Light Cyan | The ROM is not needed here because it belongs in the parent or primary deduped set. | |
Gray | The ROM is not collected here because it belongs in the parent or primary deduped set or is a 'BadDump' ROM | |
Magenta | The ROM is in a ToSort directory. | |
Gray-Blue | The file matches an ignore rule. | |
Fixing | ||
Yellow | The ROM is missing here, but it's available elsewhere. The ROM will be fixed. | |
Super Yellow | The MIA ROM is missing here, but it's available elsewhere. The ROM will be fixed. (*) | |
Orange | The ROM is not needed here, but it's needed elsewhere. The ROM will be moved. | |
Light Orange | The ROM is needed here, but has the incorrect name. The ROM will be renamed. | |
Purple | The ROM is not needed here, but a copy isn't located elsewhere. The ROM will be moved to the Primary 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 | The ROM is not needed here, but a copy is located elsewhere. The ROM will be deleted. | |
Problem | ||
Blue | The file could not be scanned. The file could be locked or have incompatible permissions. | |
Bright Red | The file is 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 | |
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The set is uncompressed. | |
The set is a regular ZIP archive. | |
The set is torrentzipped. Modified timestamps are set to the first MAME release date. | |
The set is zipped with deflate compression. Modified timestamps preserved and match a TDC dat. | |
The set is zipped with zstd compression. Modified timestamps are nulled. | |
The set is a regular 7zip archive. RomVault only supports reading this type of archive. | |
The set is torrent7zipped. RomVault only supports reading this type of archive. | |
The set is a non-solid 7zip archive with LZMA compression. Modified timestamps are nulled. | |
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. | |
The set is a non-solid 7zip archive with zstd compression. Modified timestamps are nulled. | |
The set is a solid 7zip archive with zstd compression. Modified timestamps are nulled. | |
Missing | |
The uncompressed set is missing. | |
The torrentzipped set is missing. | |
The TDC zipped set is missing. | |
The zstd zipped set is missing. | |
The non-solid LZMA 7z set is missing. | |
The solid LZMA 7z set is missing. | |
The non-solid zstd 7z set is missing. | |
The solid zstd 7z set is missing. | |
Corrupt | |
The ZIP set is corrupt. | |
The 7z set is corrupt. |
ROM Details Grid
Resting Statuses | |
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The ROM is correct. | |
The ROM is known to be MIA but you have it. | |
The ROM is missing. | |
The ROM is known to be MIA. | |
The ROM is not needed in the set. Use find fixes to determine what should be done with the ROM. | |
The ROM is present but unneeded because its wanted in a parent or primary deduped set. | |
The ROM is uncollected because its wanted in a parent or primary deduped set. | |
The ROM is in a ToSort directory. | |
The file matches an ignore rule. | |
The file is unscanned. | |
The file is corrupt. | |
Fix Actions | |
The ROM is missing. It can be fixed. | |
The ROM is missing and known to be MIA. It can be fixed. | |
The ROM is unscanned. It can be fixed by another copy of the ROM. | |
The ROM is corrupt. It can be fixed by another copy of the ROM. | |
The ROM is corrupt and known to be MIA. It can be fixed by another copy of the ROM. | |
The ROM is missing and you have a copy, but fixing would result in an incomplete set. The ROM will not be fixed. | |
The ROM is not needed here. It can be renamed to fix another ROM in the set. | |
The ROM is not needed here. It can be used for a fix elsewhere. | |
The ROM is not needed here. It will be moved to the Primary ToSort. | |
The ROM is not needed here. It will be deleted because a copy exists elsewhere. | |
The ROM is not needed here. It can be moved to the parent or primary deduped set. | |
The ROM is not needed here. It will be moved to the Primary ToSort because its deduped or merged. | |
The ROM is not needed here. It will be deleted because its deduped or merged and a copy exists elsewhere. | |
The ROM is no longer needed in ToSort. It can be used for a fix elsewhere. | |
The ROM is no longer needed in ToSort. It will be deleted because a collected copy exists elsewhere. | |
The file is corrupt. It will be moved to the Primary ToSort in the 'Corrupt' sub-directory. | |
The ROM is needed here, but the set would be incomplete. It will be removed and used for a fix elsewhere. | |
The ROM is needed here, but the set would be incomplete. It will be moved to the Primary ToSort. | |
The ROM is needed here, but the set would be incomplete. It will be deleted because a copy exists elsewhere. |
DAT Tree
Branches | |
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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. |