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: 2020-12-24

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: 2020-12-12

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: 2020-11-26

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: 2020-11-10

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: 2020-11-09

Feature Updates:

• Added support for saving UI filter selections