[tools] RomVault V3 RC 1 30/08/19

August 31st, 2019

• Over the last 2 or 3 years Romvault has been developing into what is now RomVault 3. It started of with the want to include file header detection and fixing. (as used in No-Intro DAT's) and developed into a major core re-work also pulling the core apart into cleaner libraries. Any time you pull some code apart and add a bunch of new features lots of new bugs tend to creep in along the way, which is why it has been the length of development it has been. So now I believe V3 has got to a point where it very much more stable again with a ton of new features over V2. Now there are a few things still being cleaned up, and also a big list of future development, but I wanted to get V3 out to a larger user base, so here it is!!! In the next day or so I will probably also work on a what's new list for V3. So please try it (Yes it will make a new cache file and so a full rescan will be required if you are switching from V2.) And as always most of the bug fixes come from the userbase reporting errors to me, so please keep them coming!!!
• Also the RC version does still ask you to register your email at the startup this is because V3 reports crashes back to me with your email, So if I see an interesting crash I can then contact you to try and understand what cause the crash, so we can work together to resolve the bugs.

October 18th, 2019

• RomVault 3 RC 10, Bug fixing release, handles corrupt 7z files better now, and also corrected a couple of data issues with header dat sets.

September 30th, 2019

• RomVault 3 RC 9, Return on Linux / Mono support, fixed a couple of directory separator issues, so that Mono RV should now work again, please let me know if it is working again mono users.

September 24th, 2019

• RomVault 3 RC 8, Added back support for DAT that have rom files and CHD files, and CHD in the mame software list dats, There is a new dropdown in the directory settings where you can choose which type of file you want to keep from the DATs.

September 19th, 2019

RomVault 3 RC 7, Some more bug fixes and code cleanup.
I am now on a missing to fix the error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object, when reading in DAT files.
If you have seen this, could you please let me know which DAT's you are reading and what merge/compression settings if any you have set for these DATs, Thanks
I am trying out a new way for people to get in contact with me, I have started up a discord server you can join it right Here.

September 17th, 2019

RomVault 3 RC 6, should have both the bugs from September 11th squashed now! Also some more drive mapping compress rules bugs has also been fixed. Please do report anything you find, none of these bugs would have been fixed if it was not for your feedback guiding me into the cause of the bugs. So Thank you to all that have emailed and helped out.

September 12th, 2019

RomVault 3 RC 5 With bug #2 from yesterday squashed. Now please send me you logs and lets see what else shows up to get fixed.

September 11th, 2019

Small bug fix setting compression rules in DAT files was fixed in RC4.

Please help report bugs

There are a couple of crashes I am trying to track down that I cannot reproduce but I see them coming in from the error logs.
1: __RomVault.tmp tempZipOut was left open
2: Source and destination Size does not match. Logic Error.

If you are seeing either of these errors happing, or anything else that is repeatable. I need your help to fix them... Please upgrade to RC4, so I am getting the full log reporting and then also click on 'Settings' in the top menu bar, then 'RomVault Settings' in the dropdown menu and then in the dialog screen check that 'Debug Log Enabled' is ticked on.

'Settings'--->'RomVault Settings'--->'Debug Log Enabled = Checked'

Then run a fix again to reproduce the error you are getting, and then you should see a 'Logs' directory created in the same direction as the RomVault.exe, please send me the log that was datestamped to be the error you just captured, and send (email) this log report. Thank you.

PS. Bug 2: size does not match, has already been reported....bug found... and fixed... will be releasing a fix soon.
Nice when the system works.!!

September 19th, 2019

RomVault 3 RC 7, Some more bug fixes and code cleanup.
I am now on a missing to fix the error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object, when reading in DAT files.
If you have seen this, could you please let me know which DAT's you are reading and what merge/compression settings if any you have set for these DATs, Thanks
I am trying out a new way for people to get in contact with me, I have started up a discord server you can join it right Here.

September 17th, 2019

RomVault 3 RC 6, should have both the bugs from September 11th squashed now! Also some more drive mapping compress rules bugs has also been fixed. Please do report anything you find, none of these bugs would have been fixed if it was not for your feedback guiding me into the cause of the bugs. So Thank you to all that have emailed and helped out.

September 12th, 2019

RomVault 3 RC 5 With bug #2 from yesterday squashed. Now please send me you logs and lets see what else shows up to get fixed.

September 11th, 2019

Small bug fix setting compression rules in DAT files was fixed in RC4.

Please help report bugs

There are a couple of crashes I am trying to track down that I cannot reproduce but I see them coming in from the error logs.
1: __RomVault.tmp tempZipOut was left open
2: Source and destination Size does not match. Logic Error.

If you are seeing either of these errors happing, or anything else that is repeatable. I need your help to fix them... Please upgrade to RC4, so I am getting the full log reporting and then also click on 'Settings' in the top menu bar, then 'RomVault Settings' in the dropdown menu and then in the dialog screen check that 'Debug Log Enabled' is ticked on.

'Settings'--->'RomVault Settings'--->'Debug Log Enabled = Checked'

Then run a fix again to reproduce the error you are getting, and then you should see a 'Logs' directory created in the same direction as the RomVault.exe, please send me the log that was datestamped to be the error you just captured, and send (email) this log report. Thank you.

PS. Bug 2: size does not match, has already been reported....bug found... and fixed... will be releasing a fix soon.
Nice when the system works.!!

September 12th, 2019

RomVault 3 RC 5 With bug #2 from yesterday squashed. Now please send me you logs and lets see what else shows up to get fixed.

September 11th, 2019

Small bug fix setting compression rules in DAT files was fixed in RC4.

Please help report bugs

There are a couple of crashes I am trying to track down that I cannot reproduce but I see them coming in from the error logs.
1: __RomVault.tmp tempZipOut was left open
2: Source and destination Size does not match. Logic Error.

If you are seeing either of these errors happing, or anything else that is repeatable. I need your help to fix them... Please upgrade to RC4, so I am getting the full log reporting and then also click on 'Settings' in the top menu bar, then 'RomVault Settings' in the dropdown menu and then in the dialog screen check that 'Debug Log Enabled' is ticked on.

'Settings'--->'RomVault Settings'--->'Debug Log Enabled = Checked'

Then run a fix again to reproduce the error you are getting, and then you should see a 'Logs' directory created in the same direction as the RomVault.exe, please send me the log that was datestamped to be the error you just captured, and send (email) this log report. Thank you.

PS. Bug 2: size does not match, has already been reported....bug found... and fixed... will be releasing a fix soon.
Nice when the system works.!!

September 7th, 2019

• RomVault 3 RC 3 is now ready for download, I believe I have the drive re-mapping working correctly again now.

September 5th, 2019

• A major bug was found in RC2, it has been taken down until the problem has been resolved, please use RC1 until problem is fixed.

RomVault 3.0.26 Beta 11/06/19

A few more quick bug fixes, plus added the user info screen back in from Beta 2, so that I can contact people to ask about how they are getting the errors they get.
Please fill in your email correctly, so I can get back to you from error reports.

February 9th, 2017

There was an error in my 2.6 releases of RomVault that stopped it working using Linux (Mono), so here is RomVault (2.6.2) which should work again in Linux. This version also contains Delta Filter for 7z files, fixing decompression on .wav files. (Thanks for all the feedback, that has helped track down these problems.).

Also on another note... I have added a running total for how much has been donated, via the donate button. Yes, it was just $30 for all of last year, kind of makes me a little sad.

January 30th, 2017

Turns out there was a error in my 7z code when working with non-compressed files inside of 7z files, this is now fixed and here is the quick update. RomVault (2.6.1)
So also: To go along with this bug fix there is a new version of Trrntzip.NET (2.5.1) with the same fixes in the compression code.

January 28th, 2017

Today I am releasing RV 2.6, RomVault now has the ability to read .7z files in the ToSort directory, I have spent a lot of effort writing a .7z reader in C# to get this working. I have looked around the web, and belive I have now coded into RV the most complete C# only .7z reader that exists, there are others that are close but none that I have found are as complete as I now have coded up for RV. (I guess I should release this .7z C# library as others would probably find it usefull.)

Also I have reworked the mame listxml dat reader to make it work correctly again, please let me know how it goes, and if you find it usefull Click my donate button.

So just to be clear, RV still stores its files in the RomRoot directory as .Zip files, so if you wanted to convert you .7z library for MAME into a .Zip library simply put you .7z files into ToSort, then scan and fix, and your files will be converted over to trrntzip .zip files in RomRoot.
I have compiled this release using .NET 4.5.2, so please be sure you have that available on your machine.

January 28th, 2017

Today I am releasing RV 2.6, RomVault now has the ability to read .7z files in the ToSort directory, I have spent a lot of effort writing a .7z reader in C# to get this working. I have looked around the web, and belive I have now coded into RV the most complete C# only .7z reader that exists, there are others that are close but none that I have found are as complete as I now have coded up for RV. (I guess I should release this .7z C# library as others would probably find it usefull.)

Also I have reworked the mame listxml dat reader to make it work correctly again, please let me know how it goes, and if you find it usefull Click my donate button.

So just to be clear, RV still stores its files in the RomRoot directory as .Zip files, so if you wanted to convert you .7z library for MAME into a .Zip library simply put you .7z files into ToSort, then scan and fix, and your files will be converted over to trrntzip .zip files in RomRoot.
I have compiled this release using .NET 4.5.2, so please be sure you have that available on your machine.

November 25th, 2016

I just added a beta release of RV 2.5, I have spent some time restructuring and cleaning up the code, and added some beta test code in the background. So if you want to download this version and test it, please do, but don't go crazy running this version on your main sets, until I get some good feed back, and I make an official release.