Romcenter 3.00 release candidate 1 released

[RomCenter]

Backup your files before using it.

Here is the release candidate 1 of romcenter 3.
This version was destined to be the final version, but some last minutes bugs make me change to this release candidate.

Bugs fixed:
- 'Open path in explorer' enabled on datafile node
- 'Clean db' disabled on some nodes
- listview not refreshed after a 'close db'
- 'check drive' disabled on some nodes
- 'rebuild all' removed (not used)
- Listview not cleaned after loading a new db
- Some menu falsely enabled after loading a db
- Custom emulator command lines not saved
- parentnode button enabled when no node selected
- db error 'multiple rows in singleton select'
- fix some log messages
- folder size = 0
- cursor pointer not always set to hourglass

Features added:
- New generic xml format
- 'Short path name' option to display short paths in view
- Name of database in main treeview node
- Zipped CHD detected
- 'Samples mode' info in statusbar
- Several options disabled if not avail in database (chd, samples, bios...)
- DB nodes hidden if not avail in database (chd, samples...)
- Search box is back
- 'remove useless files' no more by default
- 'create ghost games' by default
- DB info set when creating a mame database
- French translation (still incomplete)

Reports bugs and comments in the dev forum.

Windows installer version :

rc300rc1.zip

(5.58 MiB) Downloaded 8594 times

- unzip in a directory
- run rc300rc1.exe
You can install this version over the previous one.

No installer version :

rc300rc1a.zip

(6.58 MiB) Downloaded 5779 times

- unzip in a directory

Enjoy

[rooney665]

thanks a lot amigo..

[A.Bogard]

Nice, I'll test it.

Expect news from me right?

[Wanderer]

2 Eric, a question about samples in MAME:

What if one does not not have/wish to include samples in the roms at all?

For example, i have no samples at all. Still, RC shows in red all roms that contain samples. Can i somehow tell RC to ignore missing samples so the roms will be colored in green instead of red?

[RomCenter]

No, you can't. But it could be a new option in a future version.

You must remove samples from the datafile before creating the database.

[Wanderer]

No, you can't. But it could be a new option in a future version.

Yup, that might be useful. Since the games are playable without the samples, it would be nice to be able to see them in green somehow.

[RomCenter]

Right