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- | Directory | + | DAT rules allow you to define locations for your ROMs and settings for how you want those ROMs stored. These settings offer a lot of flexibility and control over your collection. To get the most value out of RomVault its best to spend time understanding exactly what options are available and how they work. |
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The directory settings can be accessed in two ways: | The directory settings can be accessed in two ways: | ||
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* '' | * '' | ||
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==== Don't Auto Add DAT Directories ==== | ==== Don't Auto Add DAT Directories ==== | ||
- | If two or more DATs share a directory then RomVault will automatically create a subdirectory for each DAT so that they do not conflict with each other. If the " | + | If two or more DATs share a directory |
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* **Headerless** - Only ROMs without headers will be included. | * **Headerless** - Only ROMs without headers will be included. | ||
- | < | + | <WRAP info>The " |
==== Single Archive ==== | ==== Single Archive ==== | ||
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==== Use description (instead of name) for auto added paths ==== | ==== Use description (instead of name) for auto added paths ==== | ||
- | If two or more DATs share a directory then RomVault will automatically create a subdirectory for each DAT so that they do not conflict with each other. If the "Use description (instead of name) for auto added paths" option is __disabled__ then these subdirectories will be named as follows: | + | If two or more DATs share a directory |
* The value of the ''< | * The value of the ''< | ||
* If no ''< | * If no ''< | ||
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==== Only Keep Complete Sets ==== | ==== Only Keep Complete Sets ==== | ||
This option will prevent incomplete sets. This is useful when you only want to collect a subset of games in DAT or you want to ensure everything you collect has all files for playability in a frontend. | This option will prevent incomplete sets. This is useful when you only want to collect a subset of games in DAT or you want to ensure everything you collect has all files for playability in a frontend. | ||
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===== Filename Exclude ===== | ===== Filename Exclude ===== | ||
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{{: | {{: | ||
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==== Filenames not to remove ==== | ==== Filenames not to remove ==== | ||
This setting allows you to specify rules for files to ignore. Any ignored files are still scanned by RomVault, but they are flagged with an " | This setting allows you to specify rules for files to ignore. Any ignored files are still scanned by RomVault, but they are flagged with an " | ||
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|Exact|'' | |Exact|'' | ||
|Wildcard|'' | |Wildcard|'' | ||
- | |Regex|'' | + | |Regex|'' |
- | < | + | <WRAP info> |
- | < | + | <WRAP tip>For assistance with regex, try [[https:// |
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- | ====== Cascading Directory Rules ====== | + | ===== Cascading Directory Rules ===== |
Settings for a directory will cascade to all of that directory' | Settings for a directory will cascade to all of that directory' | ||
directory_settings.txt · Last modified: 2024/05/08 15:12 by johnsanc