Version 3.00 beta 2 released

[RomCenter]

This is a beta version released for testing.
Backup your files before using it.

Here is romcenter 3.00 beta 2. This version is stable and afaik, no more bugs are known. If you find some more, please post a message in the forum.
A lot of tests have been done with mame, as we can find almost all types of roms in the mame list.
Next version will focus on datafiles which support plugins, and the new datafile format support.
No more important features will be added until the final version.

Due to the 'size' field update to support large files (> 2GB), you can't update your old databases. Sorry.

Bugs fixed:
- Bios roms not used in any games (awbios...) are removed in bios merge/unmerge mode
- Bios roms sometimes deleted
- Miss/have message text wrong in txt file
- Abort if disk is full
- "String truncation" error
- "Unknown error 12"
- Two dll added (needed on some systems)
- "conversion error" during samples fix
- "File exists in disk, but not in db" error during samples fix
- Error when moving some roms outside sample path
- Can't select 'backup folder' in parameters form when 'recycle bin' is checked.
- "Invalid variant operator" during fix
- "remove roms to recycle" option not saved
- "file not found" when fixing some CHD
- "existing file" when moving some samples files
- "file not found" when moving some samples roms
- Problems in file identification
- Db migration fails to import roms and files in some cases
- "Index out of bound" when loading chd folder with empty zip
- Empty listview sometimes after fast scrolling
- Folder date not always reported to db
- Filters button status not correct after db loading
- Many small fix to address specific roms problems

Features added:
- Sample processing rewritten
- Icons in option form
- Report roms/bios/sample modes in log
- Standalone installation (just unzip)
- Added possility to set "datapath = .\" in startup.ini
- Datutil 2.34
- Right arrow = dble click in left view
- Dble click on right view= play game
- Add the last part of folder name before filenames in log
- Improve duplicate detection in sample path
- Create settings path structure when not found
- Switch sample mode from split to merge when removing sample path
- Clean db menu : export and import db. This clean and compact database
- Auto sweep database
- Remove path icon in left view when path is not available
- Move all "size" info to 64 bits to handle files and roms > 2GB (unfortunatly, zip dll doesn't support >2GB files yet)
- Faster roms display
- Listview update temporization when browsing with keyboard (-> faster browsing)
- Display log messages in status bar when log window is hidden
- Error detection during db export
- "Backup folder" size and nbfiles removed (too long for big folders)

Reports bugs and comments in the dev forum.

Windows installer version :

rc300b2.zip

(5.34 MiB) Downloaded 6617 times

- unzip in a directory
- run rc300b1.exe
You can install this version over the previous one.

No installer version :

rc300b2a.zip

(2.08 MiB) Downloaded 4190 times

- unzip in a directory

Enjoy

[Wanderer]

Hi Eric

I've taken a quick look at the new beta and i have a few "first-look" comments.

1. Maximize RC window, then close and restart RC. Even though the window is maximized when it starts the second time, it does not cover the whole screen.

rc3b2max.png (10.14 KiB) Viewed 46140 times

2. Load a database from the menu. At that point, when all nodes in the tree are closed and without having selected any node in the tree, just press the "parent node" button. An access violation occurs.

3. When you try to "fix" something, the log displays:

Code: Select all

Fix incorrect rom files
Ready

When you press the refresh button though, it just says

Code: Select all

Refresh rom path...

without "ready" when finished so one may be fooled and wait for some time assuming the refreshing is still going on. This happeneds when a database has been loaded without having any rom paths opened (or selected).

4. It might be more helpful if the "Datafile" branch in the tree also contained the name of the datafile (i.e. "Datafile (mame v0.100)") instead of having it in the titlebar only.

5. The "open path in explorer" on a tree branch is a nice touch. What happens if a user uses another file manager though?
My ideas on that:
The "open path in explorer" could be under "shell operations" menu and be named "open rom path" or "open rom folder". Then in preferences, one could also define the file manager in 2 fields ("file manager exe" and "file manager parameters") the same way it happens in the "emulators" tab. You could also add a "file manager title" and use it in the menu ("open rom fodler in <file manager title>").

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I like the new version very much. Visually, it's very improved and it loads the database in seconds (compared to "minutes" it took for RC2 and RC3 alpha versions). Simply fantastic. I'll try to do some tests when i find some time to see how it goes when doing the "real work" (rom checking)...

[RomCenter]

Very interesting report.. and easy to fix. Thank you.

The "open path in explorer" does not call a particular explorer. It just tell windows to open the path. It will open with the default one.

<text removed, the problem reported yesterday does not occur on beta 2>

[Wanderer]

The "open path in explorer" does not call a particular explorer. It just tell windows to open the path. It will open with the default one.

Yes, assuming you have replaced the default "Windows explorer" with another one everywhere in Windows. I'm not talking about this, i'm just talking about using a different file manager as a plain program, without replacing Windows Explorer. In that case the "open path in explorer" will just use Windows Explorer. That's why i suggested that solution.

Unfortunatly, I find a big problem today with mame 0.124.

Funny. You wouldn't expect such a thing to happen. It did though!

I'm working on a general fix and hope to post a new release this week-end.

That's great.

[RomCenter]

I'm not sure it concerns a lot of people. Anyway, I add it to the todo list.
And the other problem does not concern beta 2.

[Wanderer]

I'm not sure it concerns a lot of people. Anyway, I add it to the todo list.

Yes, it will probably concern only me(!) If it's not too much trouble, i'd appreciate it, thanks. It's not that important of course...

[rooney665]

thank you for romcenter 2.71 and dats