https://wiki.romvault.com/ 2026-04-14T22:36:44+00:00 https://wiki.romvault.com/ https://wiki.romvault.com/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:logo.png text/html 2024-04-27T16:15:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=archive_types&rev=1714234528&do=diff Archive Types RomVault supports several different archive options for your ROM sets. Unlike most other ROM managers, RomVault focuses on consistency and normalizes archives. All archives that RomVault creates are deterministic. Everyone's archive for a particular set of files will be 100% hash equal if the same archive options are used. text/html 2024-05-04T15:58:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=bugs_known_issues&rev=1714838296&do=diff Bugs & Known Issues Help us help you! If you find a bug or experience a crash, please report it on the ROMVault Discord in the bug-reporting channel. Its always helpful to provide context around your setup, details about when the crash occurred, screenshots, and how to reproduce (if possible). text/html 2022-11-24T22:30:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=cache_structure&rev=1669329008&do=diff Cache Structure RomVault stores all information about scanned and datted files in the RomVault Cache. This cache file is essentially a highly optimized database that includes filenames, sizes, hashes, modified timestamps, and pertinent flags to track various ROM statuses. text/html 2024-07-14T00:42:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=color_key&rev=1720917779&do=diff Color and Icon Key RomVault supports custom graphics packs. Custom graphics should be placed in ZIP archive named graphics.zip or in a folder called graphics in the RomVault directory. Refer to the Graphics Packs section for more details. Anyone is free to create their own graphics and share with the community. For example, the graphics pack below was created to assist color blind users by changing the ROM statuses to use unique iconography for better differentiation. text/html 2025-04-27T20:46:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=config_xml&rev=1745786762&do=diff Config XML (Advanced) The RomVault3cfg.xml file contains all of the global, directory, and filter settings used by the application. The settings for ToSort directories are not stored in this XML. ToSort directory definitions are stored in the cache and are not editable outside of the RomVault UI. text/html 2024-04-10T22:41:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=custom_sounds&rev=1712788898&do=diff Custom Sounds RomVault supports custom sounds for errors and completion events. There are no GUI options to control these sounds, but you can place custom sounds in an audio directory next to the RomVault exe. Path Purpose text/html 2023-07-04T15:39:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=datvault_setup&rev=1688485180&do=diff Getting Started with DATVault This quick guide will show you how to configure RomVault to update your DATs using DATVault. Initial setup may take a few minutes or more depending on how many DATs you plan on monitoring with DATVault. If you have any questions feel free to ask on the text/html 2025-04-27T15:09:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=directory_settings&rev=1745766592&do=diff DAT Rules DAT rules allow you to configure how you want your ROMs stored. These settings offer a lot of flexibility and control over your collection. To get the most value out of RomVault its best to spend time understanding exactly what options are available and how they work. text/html 2025-05-16T22:46:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=downloads&rev=1747435569&do=diff ROMVault and TrrntZipUI Downloads Application Version Release Date Description Download Link text/html 2023-07-04T15:31:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=error_messages&rev=1688484674&do=diff Error Messages This page is under construction and should not be considered comprehensive. This page aims to document all “friendly” errors you may encounter along with guidance how to resolve those errors. All Stack Trace errors should be considered bugs and reported on the text/html 2025-04-26T21:53:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=faq&rev=1745704410&do=diff Frequently Asked Questions How do I improve the performance of RomVault? Everyone's setup is different, but there are some things you can do to optimize performance. Refer to the Performance Tuning guide for details. Why does RomVault take so long to scan the first time? text/html 2024-07-14T01:06:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=global_settings&rev=1720919166&do=diff Global Settings Global Settings can be edited from the top menu: Settings > RomVault Settings ---------- DAT Root Directory This is the directory where all of your DATs are located. The directory tree in the left pane of the RomVault interface mirrors the DAT Root directory structure. text/html 2024-04-17T16:23:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=graphics_packs&rev=1713371013&do=diff Graphics Packs and Sounds RomVault supports custom graphics packs and sounds. A graphics pack allows you to replace most RomVault images so you can personalize to your liking. Anyone is free to create their own packs for their personal use or to share with others. text/html 2025-04-26T21:50:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=help&rev=1745704253&do=diff RomVault Help ---------- The wiki is a constant work in progress. If you cannot find what you are looking for, please join the RomVault Discord and feel free to ask for help. The RomVault community is full of people willing to help out fellow ROM collectors. ---------- text/html 2024-07-11T14:48:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=how_datvault_works&rev=1720709329&do=diff How DATVault Works DATVault acts as an indexing, updating, and delivery service for DATs. DATVault is designed to be flexible and it does not force you to organize your DATs in any specific way. When are the DATs updated? DATVault checks various sources for updates multiple times per day on a fixed schedule. Any updated DATs are processed and enriched with text/html 2024-07-14T00:47:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=install_and_setup&rev=1720918063&do=diff RomVault Setup How to download and setup your first RomVault system. RomVault is a standalone executable without an installer. You can run RomVault from any location you like, but it must have write access to that location. Do not put RomVault in the Windows text/html 2023-04-09T04:32:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=introduction&rev=1681014755&do=diff Welcome to the RomVault Wiki Homepage www.romvault.com What is RomVault? RomVault will take one or more DAT files and your set of ROM (zip) files, and clean up your files to match your DAT files. If you find more ROMs to add to your collection RomVault will scan and merge in these files, and if new DATs are released you can easily scan in these new DATs and update your ROM collections to match, all of this can be done with just a few button clicks in the UI. text/html 2025-04-25T15:12:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=linux_setup&rev=1745593964&do=diff Setting up RomVault on Linux RomVault is designed as a Windows application, but it will run on many Linux distros using mono. The instructions below outline the basic steps to initially setup RomVault on Linux using the Ubuntu distro as an example. text/html 2023-07-04T15:18:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=mame_listxml&rev=1688483914&do=diff How to create MAME sets with RomVault RomVault will allow you to build, repair, or upgrade a MAME collection in a few easy steps: * Set up RomVault for the first time * Add MAME DATs * Configure directory settings * Scan your ROM sets * Fix your ROM sets text/html 2023-07-04T15:36:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=merge_types&rev=1688485016&do=diff Merge Types RomVault's directory settings allow you to specify the merge type of your sets if parent/clone information is available in the DAT. This is most common with MAME and HBMAME “listxml” DATs. Non-Merged Set A non-merged set contains absolutely everything necessary for a given game to run packaged in a single folder or archive. Every game is completely independent from any other game. text/html 2023-03-06T20:45:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=merging_drives&rev=1678135559&do=diff Merging Drives for Large Collections RomVault does not currently have the ability to assign multiple ROM paths to a single DAT. For example, you cannot assign and to your PlayStation 2 DAT at the same time. This may be problematic if you use multiple drives and a particular collection cannot fit on a single physical drive. However, you can use other applications to merge multiple drives or paths together so they appear consolidated and can be accessed as if it were a single drive. text/html 2023-09-08T02:34:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=mia_rom_tracking&rev=1694140460&do=diff MIA ROM Tracking RomVault is the only ROM manager that supports tracking MIA (missing in action) ROMs. These are ROMs that are known to exist since they are included in DATs with hashes, however they have not been found or shared publicly. RomVault's MIA tracking feature allows you to see which ROMs are MIA directly from the RomVault UI. text/html 2023-07-04T15:08:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=news_feed&rev=1688483335&do=diff News Feed and RomVault Updates This page may not be up-to-date and is primarily for historical reference. For the latest news visit the main site at romvault.com November 15th, 2021 Time to automate your DAT downloading with: DatVault With the release of ROMVault V3.4.1 DatVault has been updated with a new UI to enable updating many of your Dats with just a couple of clicks. (DatVault helps support the development of ROMVault by being available through a Patron subscription.) text/html 2023-12-08T14:46:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=organizing_dats&rev=1702046790&do=diff Organizing Your DATs RomVault's DATRoot is where you keep your DATs and it outlines how you want your ROMs organized. The ROMRoot is the location where your ROMs will be stored on your filesystem. If you have a basic setup with a single DAT in each directory, your ROMRoot will mirror your DATRoot. text/html 2025-03-31T19:47:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=performance_tuning&rev=1743450454&do=diff Performance Tuning RomVault is capable of processing your archives and ROMs very quickly. Consider the following performance tuning tips below to allow RomVault to work as optimally as possible for your system. Use an NVME or SSD for your cache file text/html 2022-11-20T19:08:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=requested_features&rev=1668971334&do=diff RomVault Feature Requests The list below may be outdated. Please refer to the new and improved RomVault Feature Request Tracker. Feel free to add any new requests or vote on the ones you like! Larger Features (To be added in Version 4.0)RVDat extensions to DAT format to support date/time and describe the file compression type in the DAT, also file order from the DAT and zip file comments stored in the DAT. text/html 2023-07-04T15:26:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=romvault_comparison&rev=1688484402&do=diff RomVault vs. clrmamepro RomVault is constantly changing. New features, enhancements, and fixes are regularly added to meet the needs of the retrogamers and collectors alike. The table below compares RomVault to clrmamepro, the most common alternative. If there is a useful feature another tool has which is missing from RomVault, please tell us about it on text/html 2025-10-12T03:29:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=rvzstd&rev=1760239772&do=diff RVZstd This specification defines the implementation of ZIP archives as used by the RVZstd standard. This standard is RomVault's implementation of deterministic ZIP archives compressed with zstd. Archive format General format of an RVZstd .zip archive with n files: text/html 2024-04-14T23:46:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=scanning_fixing_levels&rev=1713138386&do=diff Scanning and Fixing Levels RomVault defaults to Level 2 scanning and Level 2 fixing. These settings are best for almost all scenarios, however the options and use cases for the other levels are outlined below. Scanning Levels There are 3 different scanning levels which are accessed from the text/html 2024-07-14T00:45:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=shortcuts&rev=1720917908&do=diff Shortcuts ---------- Keyboard Shortcuts Updating DATs Update new DATs F5Refresh all DATs SHIFT + F5DATVault Update CTRL + F5 Scanning ROMs Scan new and modified ROMs in selected directories, headers only SHIFT + F6Scan new and modified ROMs in selected directories, full hash check text/html 2026-01-08T21:16:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=sidebar&rev=1767907009&do=diff [romVault] First Things First * Introduction * News Feed * Changelog * Downloads * Help * RomVault vs clrmamepro * FAQ Quick Reference * UI Overview * Color Key * Shortcuts * Error Messages Beginner Tutorials * Windows Setup * Linux Setup * Building MAME sets * Upgrading * Side Buttons * Organizing DATs * Performance Tuning Settings * Global Settings * Scanning / Fixing Levels * DAT Rules * Archive Types * Merge Types * Single Archives * … text/html 2021-11-29T14:40:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=side_buttons&rev=1638196804&do=diff The Side Buttons ---------- Update DATs [Update Dats] Click 'Update DATs': Scan the DATRoot directory and load in and new or updated DAT files. When a new DAT comes out (Like going from MAME 0.223 to MAME 0.224), simply delete the MAME 0.223 DAT and replace it (in the same directory) with the DAT for MAME 0.224. Then Click on 'Update DATs'. Once this completes you will see exactly what has changed in the new DAT. You do not need to re-scan your ROMs as they have not changed. You just ne… text/html 2025-04-27T04:48:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=subdirs&rev=1745729286&do=diff Single Archive Options RomVault has the ability to store your sets in a variety of ways using the Single Archive option in DAT Rules. This feature is unique to RomVault - no other ROM manager can manipulate the way sets are stored. The most common use case for Single Archives is to bundle potentially thousands of small ROMs into a single zip. text/html 2025-10-28T22:04:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=supported_dats&rev=1761689062&do=diff DATs Supported by DATVault DATVault is under continuous development and new DAT sources may be added at any time. DATVault currently supports the following DAT sources: text/html 2021-11-29T14:43:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=top_menu&rev=1638197038&do=diff RomVault Top Menu ---------- Update Dats ---------- AddToSort ---------- Scan ROMs Scan new ROMs headers only Scan new ROMs with full hash check ReScan all ROMs with full hash check ---------- Find Fixes ---------- Fix ROMs ---------- Settings text/html 2025-07-25T22:01:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=torrentzip&rev=1753480877&do=diff TorrentZip This specification is intended to define the implementation of zip as used by the TorrentZip standard. Archive format General format of a torrentzipped .zip file with n files: Archive Start[local file header 1][file data 1][local file header 2] text/html 2022-11-20T19:07:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=tosec_dats&rev=1668971224&do=diff How to use TOSEC DATs with RomVault TOSEC packages their DATs along with a few scripts needed to move the DATs into their proper place for use with a ROM manager. These packs also contain CUE files for disc based systems. Below is a short guide how to get up and running with TOSEC DATs using RomVault. text/html 2025-04-27T05:22:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=tosort_directories&rev=1745731320&do=diff ToSort Directories ToSort directories contain any files that are not included in any of your DATs. You have the ability to add multiple ToSort directories for different purposes. For example, you could assign a ToSort directory for newly downloaded files and another for any files that are removed from your RomRoot. text/html 2024-04-11T02:08:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=trrntzipui&rev=1712801289&do=diff Update History for Trrntzip.UI & Trrntzip.NET.exe Both C# implementations of trrntzip format. Latest versions available here : https://www.romvault.com/trrntzip/ Trrntzip update history 2020-11-26Another edge case ZIP64 bug was found where a file is added to a zip that is initially bigger that 4Gb but compresses down to less than 4Gb. (In this case the total zip filesize is less than 4Gb.) The local header for the compressed file does correctly contain ZIP64 extensions, as does the central di… text/html 2026-01-04T19:41:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=ui_overview&rev=1767555711&do=diff RomVault Interface Overview ---------- ---------- Side Buttons The side buttons include the main actions needed for working with RomVault on a regular basis. Shortcuts: Action Mouse KeyboardUpdating DATs Update new DATs LEFT CLICK F5 text/html 2025-04-27T03:18:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=upgrading&rev=1745723899&do=diff Upgrading RomVault RomVault has a built in updater. When a new official release is available, you will be notified during application launch. The instructions below explain how to manually upgrade, for example to WIP (Work-in-Progress) builds shared on text/html 2026-04-13T02:46:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=whats_new&rev=1776048368&do=diff What's New - ROMVault Changelog ROMVault 3.7.5 Preview Build (3.7.4 WIP15) Release Date: 2026-04-12 on Discord Feature Updates: * Added a new MIA update function for near real time MIA updates from DatVault (DV Subscription required) * Added a new MIA cache file to store all MIA info independent from main cache text/html 2022-06-26T00:42:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.romvault.com/doku.php?id=what_is_datvault&rev=1656204160&do=diff What is DATVault? DATVault is a service built into RomVault which helps keep your DATs up-to-date. With DATVault, you can simply click a button to update your DATs to the latest versions from your favorite ROM cataloging projects. Why DATVault?