[TOOLS] Romulus 0.037 14/03/18

0.037

• ADDED a speed hack at rebuild files when trying to check duplicated checksums.
• ADDED Message question when trying to close Romulus.
• ADDED A description modification mask for Offlinelist profiles. Thanks to xlmldh.
• ADDED Simplifed chinese and Traditional chinese language by xlmldh.
• ADDED Detection of OS region China or Taiwan to set Simplified/Traditional chinese as default language at first run.
• ADDED Forze MD5 and/or SHA-1 message in log at profiles that needs it because has not enought CRC32 information.
• ADDED Detection of "No Sets information DATs" displaying this message and not an error reading DAT.
• ADDED Support for DOSCenter based DATs. More info at http://www.totaldoscollection.org/DOSCenter/
• ADDED to Community a basic module to connect to Romulus server with communications using private or public chats and 256bits encryption.
• FIXED File writing problems in some cases.
• FIXED Problems deleting files inside 7zip archives created with old 7zip versions.
• FIXED Displaying DATE and TIME values ignoring your system configuration.
• FIXED RTF encoding problems with "" char used in exportation to Word format.
• FIXED When found a dupe rom and must be stored in same ZIP file.
• FIXED Problems with downloadfile function inside threads.
• FIXED Problems extracting DATs from mame based EXE.
• FIXED Problems displaying menus information on asian Windows versions. Thanks to xlmldh.
• FIXED Updating Offlinelist profiles using the Offlinelist updater of Scanner option.
• FIXED Transparences and displaying images of buttons in Windows XP. Thanks to xlmldh.
• FIXED Problems launching emulators with unicode params.Thanks to xlmldh.
• FIXED WindowsXP and Vista commandline encoding problems. Thanks to xlmldh.
• FIXED Problems with current working directory of emulators when launching emulators. Thanks to xlmldh.
• FIXED Encoding DATs detection for imporation. Thanks to xlmldh.
• FIXED Problems displaying Files/Folders dialogs. Thanks to Agus.
• FIXED Wrong displaying information and a unnecessary delay when user click a column at loaded profile list.
• IMPROVED Community form interaction with the other forms.
• IMPROVED Rebuild speed for profiles with only CHDs.
• IMPROVED Scan/Rebuild when profile has baddumps.
• REDUCED Small freezing time when finishing DATs importation.
• CHANGED Time counter non based on OS datetime. Prevents problems if user changes datetime when Romulus is running.
• CHANGED Rollback ESCAPE button to close a Window with keydown event again.
• UPDATED CHDMan binaries to 0.193 version.
• UPDATED RAR binaries to 5.50 version.
• REMOVED in Settings - Advanced "Check for baddumps and duplicates", now always is checked and created by user decision.
• REMOVED hottrack painting in profiles and scan lists to decrease CPU render usage.

0.036

• FIXED Problems managing Zip files in some cases.
• FIXED Saving configuration - Advanced for use RAR5 mode compression and search for duplicates and baddumps. Thanks to mtdew000000
• CHANGED Close forms pressing ESCAPE key from keydown event to keyup.
• UPDATED 7zip binaries to 16.04 version

0.049

• FIXED Updater list extraction information.

0.048

• ADDED Updater new DAT group. Antopisa - Progetto Snaps. Thanks to Rowlaxx
• ADDED Updater new DAT group. Retroplay - Amiga. Thanks to Rowlaxx
• FIXED Windows defender positive virus by unknow reason.

0.047

• FIXED Updater displaying profiles list. Thanks to Rowlaxx
• ADDED Information at bottom of Main form if window is set as stay on top or normal.
• ADDED Updater new DAT group. Gruby's Adventure packs.
• ADDED Updater new DAT group. Retroplay - English translations and MSU chips.
• ADDED Updater new DAT group. Super Mario World Hacks.
• ADDED to Updater an option to store downloaded DATs after imported it or delete it.
• ADDED to Updater a button to display downloaded DATs folder in your file explorer.
• ADDED to Updater popuplist. Select all and invert selection options.
• ADDED to Updater popupmenu new option, download without prompts.
• CHANGED Updater doubleclick in list now will download selected profile DAT.
• FIXED Some minor visuals.

0.046

• IMPROVED Speed at scanning when profile has big compressed sets with thousand of files inside folders.
• IMPROVED Compatibility importing softwarelist DATs.
• WRITED Native CHD header reader. No more CHDMAN binaries needed. Now CHDs detection is more fast.
• FIXED Extract to option of Scanner details list popupmenu.
• FIXED Popupmenu display when right click at Profiles treelist at a new node.
• FIXED Import DAT from MAME based EXE option.
• FIXED Lost displaying file extension when using generator in a not compressed files.
• FIXED Locked folders when search files inside for scan/rebuild process.
• FIXED Mousewheel function at lists when list is in a dissabled window.
• FIXED Duplicated files copying files from Scanner - copy selection popupmenu option. Thanks to ToniBC
• FIXED Some visuals.
• RECODED All updater search dats process. Now is more accurate.
• ADDED Description column to updater dats list.
• ADDED Autodownload dats option at updater dats list. Including batch download process. Thanks to RowlaxX for his incredible work.
• ADDED Tons of new dats groups like Connie, DatsSite, MAME, Dos Collections.
• ADDED Statusbar information if main form is on stay normal or stay on top mode.
• REMOVED Rawdump from Updater list. Seems Rawdump project is dead :(

0.045

• CHANGED Romulus web host to https://romulus.cc
• ADDED shutdown or hibernate OS when scan or rebuild process ends. From scanner/rebuilder window use the hourglass button to set this option.
• ADDED support for longpaths at add DATs function.
• ADDED support for longpaths at Builder option
• ADDED support for XML DATs without header information. Thanks to ToniBC
• ADDED Tagalog "Philippine" language. Thanks to Elijah067
• ADDED Tagalog language OS autodetection on Romulus first run.
• IMPROVED Speed at dislaying profiles list.
• FIXED Copy file option from scanner list popupmenu when origin drive is same as destination drive doing a move operation not a copy. Thanks to ToniBC
• FIXED Displaying header filename when batch process are running.

0.044

• ADDED A lot of new code for Community module. Working hard to make this dream reality.
• CHANGED Romulus web host to https://romulusrommanager.000webhostapp.com/
• FIXED Popupmenu from Scanner-Profiles tabs.
• FIXED Rare rendering problem when updating status icons of Scanner-Profiles tabs.
• FIXED Notifications display in Windows 10.
• FIXED Center on screen forms by compiler bug.
• FIXED Visuals displaying forms.

0.043

• ADDED Cache for compressed files. Up to 5000% speedup reading compressed files after 1st scan. Thanks to Agus for his insistence.
• ADDED Cache for rebuilding uncompressed and compressed files. Up to 5000% speedup process after 1st rebuild. Thanks to Agus for his insistence.
• ADDED At Updater DATs option popupmenu to select to open URLs with integrated navigator or default system navigator.
• ADDED Copy to clipboard option at popupmenu in lists. With this you can copy to clipboard under mouse text.
• ADDED detection of param at importation DATs.
• INCREASED Cache compression.
• REWRITED Cache for Offlinelist updating images. Now is more accurate.
• FIXED Reading 7z files with some special compression methods. Thanks to Agus
• FIXED Rebuild results when a compressed file is manually removed and is added again using rebuild function.
• FIXED Close tab button position.
• FIXED Saving default XML header filename when a new DAT is imported.
• FIXED incorrect behavior in some parts when mouse buttons are swapped.
• FIXED Sorting profiles and games list on column click.
• UPDATED CHDMAN binaries to 0.211 version.
• UPDATED 7z binaries to 19.00 version
• UPDATED RAR binaries to 5.71 version

0.042

• FIXED problems reading/writing files and sometimes crashes when managing long path filenames.
• IMPROVED Speed at Offlinelist profiles updating/downloading pictures and less CPU usage.
• ADDED Cache for Offlinelist profiles images updater.
• ADDED Close button for tabs.
• ADDED Polish language. Thanks to Michip
• ADDED Polish O.S language detection when Romulus first run.
• CHANGED Languages list from settings in native language country names.
• MINOR Bug fixes.

04/01/2019

• FIXED batch scan/rebuild start problem from profiles list option

I would like to remind you that it is possible to add more languages to Romulus with your help. Just only have to edit the translation file found at downloads section.

01/01/2019

Happy new year and happy new Romulus.

Here are the changes :

• FIXED problems getting information from CHDs in paths with "%" chars.
• FIXED rebuilding files in profiles with CHDs and no ROMs.
• IMPROVED recovering last focus when closing forms to go back.
• NO MORE flickering when batch run for rebuild or scan. More speed added because is not necessary to close and reopen window for every profile.
• REWRITED saving cache by some problems. Now old cache files won't work you must rescan again to save new cache files.
• REMOVED Trurip dat group for Updater. Trurip is dead ?
• UPDATED CHDMAN binaries to 0.205 version.

11 - 09 - 2018

Finally a new Romulus version is out.

Here are the changes:

• ADDED A copy files option from Scanner master list. Now you can select sets and use this option to copy to a folder without extract them. Thanks to Michael Lachmann
• FIXED bug releasing Zip file(s) after extract them from "extract selected files to..." option from scanner main menu.
• FIXED Importation problems when Clone/s has same file/s of Master set with different checksums.Now this is detected and the Master/Clone relationshing must be dissabled.
• FIXED Problems managing compressed files in RAR and 7z format that contains "%" chars.
• FIXED XML param <homepage> to <homeweb> in DAT files.
• FIXED Problems reading PNG images with unicode path at Windows 10 and maybe other last OS.
• FIXED Bugs releasing vars when closing Romulus.
• SPEED new hack for uncompressed files scan.

0.038

• FIXED Problems with invert selection and mark and unmark option at Constructor. Thanks to Agus
• FIXED Problems with minimization/maximization with Modal Forms. Thanks to Teo Teorex
• FIXED RTF encoding problems again to display messages.
• FIXED Problems executing commandline problems with non ASCII characters in Asian Windows versions. Thanks to xlmldh.
• FIXED Samples detection at Clrmamepro old DATs format. Thanks to zousizhe