Romcenter

Hi Some quick news: I'm dealing with latest bugs and optimizations. I have found some special cases which makes problems and inconsistencies, like devices of devices with nodump roms :? . Tonight, tests seems all ok. I will now do a full fix of my 7000 reference files in all rom/bios/sample modes to...

Hi, yes it does.

Ok, I will.

Hello The current dev status of romcenter 4.1 is stable. All unit tests are running ok. It means all engines operations are ok. I'm now checking that the user interface behaves as expected. I already detected some problems and I'm currently fixing them. I start to look at the requested command line ...

You're right, xml or json to describe action can be the solution. About upgrading a db (because a new rc version comes with a new db version), rc actually does it when opening the db. There is no specific action to do that and you have no choice but updating. I will provide a first version with only...

Great news also.
Syntax for commands are open. It will more or less be what you propose.
I can offer several switch for anything that can be usefull, from updating a db, adding paths or fixing rom.

Some new on work in progress: I worked last week on refactoring some part of the code. The final version will be more stable. I'm now dealing with configuration part (injecting config class). This will fix problems with settings sometimes not saved. Tuesday, I will attempt to rewrite the plugin test...

Hi
This behavior is not correct. I fixed something similar in the next version.
Anyway, I will check these specific cases to be sure it is correct in v 4.1
Thanks for the reports and examples.

Hi Wanderer

I'm not sure to understand the goal. Do you mean updating romcenter databases with datafiles new versions ? without opening all databases ?

If yes, I can provide in the next version a command line interface. This is one point in my todo list. This behaviour is already used for the tests.

Hello During the previous tests I did last week, I found a bug about 'nodump' devices, which are duplicated when loading datafile, and another one when datafile contains inconsistencies between main devices status and same devices used in clones. For example, main using a device rom marked as good, ...

Are you using parent-clone datafiles ?
Can you post the name of a no-intro datafile with the problem ?

Romcenter wiki has been upgraded to the latest version. I also added a link to the new romcenter tsx plugin for msx files developped by imulilla

Some news: I have reworked the cancellation part. It is now more reliable and no more hang. I have fixed a bug in the db v2->v3 migration process. Now all integrations tests are green. I will now start heavy testings: fixing thousand of files with the last mame version, switching from merged mode to...

Many thanks. I will check that.

Thanks for the list. I will check that.

It is possible to get all green rom, of course. you just have to check in red games which roms are missing and find them. you can safelu try to delete red files. Romcenter will check if a rom is about to be lost if deleting (if there is only on copy of it) and it will ask a confirmation in this case...

Answer 'no' and see if your roms are identified (not grey). If not, reload it and anser 'yes'

To be plenty compatible with the new version of the forum, I installed a new style.

You can move all tools bar where you want, and also move datagrid headers to the top to group. For example, move 'main game' column to the 'group' area to get a v3-like datagrid.

Thank you for your support.
Speed is still an issue with big dat, but the next version will be faster.

Also, I will need a 64b version for the next romcenter64. Can you compile such a version ?

Many thanks. I will include it in next version.
I'm planning to release all plugins as open source in github. Can I include yours with credits?

Hi I can't reproduce these 'out of memory' errors. If you restart your pc, does it fix the problem? Do you have enough disk spaces on your different disks? Also, can you check the memory consumption (using task manager) during loading ? Note that this is a 32b version, and it is limited in ram amoun...

The 'check' status on icons means the game is marked as 'verified' in the dat. This is mostly used with no-intro dats.

Hi all, some new at last... I regularly work on romcenter to improve reliability and speed, and with covid-related disruptions, I haven't taken the time to post any news. Sorry for that. Not all current changes are visible in romcenter, but they are necessary to improve the quality of code for futur...

Yes, you're right, a 'uncompressed' option is missing.
Working on uncompressed rom will keep them uncompressed, but exporting to a new game will create an archive.
I will fix that in next release.
Can you fill a request here for tracking ?
https://bitbucket.org/ebolefeysot/romcenter/issues
Thanks.

Hi
I'm fine, thanks for asking . Sorry for the lack of updates.
I'm focusing on the new version. I will post some news today on current work ans status (hopefully).

Hi all Some quick news on what's going on. I'm working on refactoring the romcenter source code to prepare migration to .net core. This mean extracting all windows specific codes like dialogs or disks accesses from the various library. At the same time, I'm migrating db engine to v3. This work is do...

Here is the first fix for 4.0. Not a lot of bugs, and most are fixed in this version :) Requirement : .net framework 4, windows xp to windows 10 The 4.0 branch will be the last version compatible with windows XP (<3% of romcenter users are on xp). 4.1 branch will use a modern framework (4.6 or 4.7) ...

hi
Seems related to this issue: https://bitbucket.org/ebolefeysot/romce ... t-roms-fix
I will fix that.