Romcenter

Hi all, some news.

Dev is going nicely and I now have a full 64b version (but still in .net 4.0).
I have started to rewrite some plugin written in c/c++ by other people, and they can now be built in 64b. I have to make romcenter able to load 'managed plugin' written in c#.
This is now done and a7800, gameboy, nes and sega md are already available here on github: https://github.com/ebolefeysot/RomcenterPlugins
I also added unif and nes2 format recognition to nes plugin.

Romcenter have two new options right now: one to use extension provided by the plugin (real rom extension) when renaming rom, and another to make 'no dump' roms act like available roms. When the ‘no dump green’ option is checked, the file is green, despite the missing ‘no dump’ rom: When unchecked, file is yellow and need fix: If you check the plugin extension usage, roms are renamed with the real extension: When unchecked, extension is taken from the datafile, and is unique for one given game: I still have some work to do before releasing a new version. The main thing is to finish plugin rewrite in 64b.

That's all for now, see you soon.

Nice news Eric! Thanks for all the work.

Hi

Great work!
Eric, is'the 'no dump' option a fix for this bug I posted too?

https://bitbucket.org/ebolefeysot/romce ... lete-games

Hi, yes, this is related, thank you for the link.
I added a remark and marked the ticket as resolved.

Is MAME software list support (-listsoftware command) also planned?
I'm missing this in current romcenter. Other rom managers I really dont like (bad GUI and not user friendly as romcenter!). So I would love this added in romcenter.

I was also wondering if a search textbox could be added. This could be used to filter the games in case we only want to select games that contain a certain text string and we only want to fix those (not the whole collection of mame or a dat file).
After searching, romcenter could auto select all found games in the current mame/dat file games list loaded in romcenter and we then can fix only those.
This can be used to fix games we play the most. We can repeat searching to fix other search results.

What do you think of this feature, Eric?

This exciting progress!

Do you think that this work will better enable RomCenter to run in Wine?

Hello,
A portable version that would not require install would be great

John42 wrote: Sat Aug 10, 2024 10:35 am Hello,
A portable version that would not require install would be great

Check this thread. It's a beta version but no installation is required...

Is RomCenter dead now? Should I find a new rom manager at this point?

Hey Ich habe mal eine Frage, hatte jemand schonmal das Problem das Romcenter nicht startet? Habe es schon mehrfach Deinstalliert und wieder neu Installiert aber es Startet nicht. Ich weiß auch nicht ob es an Windows 11 selbst liegt. Ich wäre dankbar wenn mir jemand helfen könnte.

A Letter to the Developer

Dear Developer,

I want to take a moment to express my sincere gratitude for your incredible work on RomCenter. It has been, without a doubt, the best and easiest-to-use ROM manager I’ve ever encountered, and many of us in the community have benefited greatly from your dedication.

Unfortunately, it seems that RomCenter is no longer being updated at a pace that can keep up with the rapid changes in emulator and Windows updates. As much as we all wish to continue using such a valuable tool, the lack of updates has made it difficult to maintain stability.

I would like to kindly suggest considering the option of open-sourcing RomCenter by starting a GitHub repository. This would allow the community to contribute and ensure that this amazing tool can continue to be utilized and improved for years to come.

Thank you again for all of your hard work and for creating such a wonderful tool.