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List of Feature Requests for RomVault

Larger Features

Set headered sets to only fix with headered files.
Zip files scanned as files, so that DATs stored as file with zip files in the DAT will scan and fix correctly.
Support Date/Times, this means:
- Replacement to trrntzip that stores dates. (RVZip)
- Unordered List ItemNew Dat Format to store dates. (RVDats)
RVDat extensions to DAT format to support date/time and describe the file compression type in the DAT, also file order from the DAT and zip file comments stored in the DAT.
RVDat extension and Date/Time support should enable EXO and T.D.C. to be supported by RomVault.
Parallel File Scanning.
Improved file reporting, such as HTML report.

Improve the usability for color blind users (Ex. hover-over info shown in the bottom frame for the status icons)
Improve the descriptions for the different scanning and fixing levels
Update and reorganize the color key help content so its easier to read
Support for push notification for scanning / fixing complete and errors (Ex. Pushbullet, Pushover, Boxcar, etc.)
Improve graceful shutdown (Reports from Kludge about hanging during exit using mono)
Improve performance of fixing when many status log rows are displayed on screen at once

Combine the “Regular” and “Rename” orange status totals or create a new icon for renames
Repurpose the unsed blue “unscanned” status for roms that could not be scanned due to file system errors (Ex. permissions)
When using the “No Subdirs” directory option, display as sets instead of ROMs

Ability to have ignored directories within the DatRoot
Safely support ToSort folders that exist somewhere within the RomRoot
Organize Corrupt zips when the corrupt zip is found in ToSort (Currently zips are only moved to the Corrupt folder if they were found in the RomRoot)

Allow the user to access all 3 scanning levels for an ad hoc override of your current settings
Ability to level 3 re-scan an individual set

Support wildcards in the global file ignore settings
Option to move or rename complete sets when needed instead of copy & delete
A setting for FixDAT output directory
A setting to define an external FixDAT post-processing script to execute (Ex. to run DATs through SabreTools)
A setting to define an external FixDAT pre-processing script to execute (Ex. to delete old FixDATs)
A setting to scan both the contents of archives as well archives themselves when in “Files” mode

Ability to control the file ignore rules and support wildcards (Ex. allowing all .sbi files)
A setting to only keep full sets in the RomRoot
Ability to set the scanning level as part of directory settings
Ability to assign multiple paths in directory settings (Ex. pooling MAME CHDs across multiple drives)
Ability to use “folder-less” uncompressed single file sets (Ex. GameCube ISOs)

Display 0-entry DATs as green when there is only one DAT in a folder
Show the number of dats in a folder in the tree (Currently only ROM Have/Miss is shown)
Ability to rename ToSort directories for display in the tree and present alphabetically by ToSort label (Currently this shows full paths to each ToSort)
Ability to pivot the directory tree by level for an alternate view of your collection (Ex. “Type > System > Group” pivot to “Type > Group > System”)
Ability to save a set of tree selections as a favorite

Allow the user to pause scanning or fixing
Allow the user to force cancel scanning or fixing and cleanup the cache up to the last fully processed file. Today the only option is a hard forced shutdown which leads to the cache becoming out of sync compared to what was scanned. (Ex. a multi-stage cancel: Cancel → Force Stop)
Show the file that is currently being processed in the scanning/fixing status window
If a file cannot be scanned for any reason (Ex. permissions issues) then log the error in the status window
Show statistics in the status window while fixing (Roms fixed / remaining)
Add a compression status progress bar or percentage for the current file (Like chdman verification while scanning)
Ability to perform a dry run fix with logging that shows what RomVault would do (Useful when changing directory settings to see the impact)

Ability to filter the fix log by the status column (Ex. Show everything except Deletes)
Ability to rearrange the columns of the fix log

A setting to configure the RomRoot depth from 0-4 levels deep
Add the functionality of RVX into RomVault at a directory level (Ex. Store everything under “RomRoot\Arcade” in deduped RVX format)