RomVault Arcade Workflow (Stub)¶

This page is a placeholder for documenting the full RomVault-based arcade workflow used with this project.

Status: TODO (draft scaffold only)

Goals¶

• Document how Vault sources are prepared and maintained.
• Document how curated outputs are linked into a ROMM-compatible arcade folder.
• Document frontend launch configuration expectations (ES-DE and others).

Current Working Inputs¶

• MAME 2003 Plus Vault source:
• /mnt/media-emulation/RetroLibrary/roms/Vault/Arcade/mame-2003-plus-reference-set/roms
• FBNeo Vault source:
• /mnt/media-emulation/RetroLibrary/roms/Vault/Arcade/fbneo_1003_bestset/fbneo_1_0_0_3_best/games

Planned Steps (To Be Expanded)¶

1. Refresh DATs into cache:
2. retro-collection-tool arcade dats update
3. Validate DAT parsing/filter rules:
4. retro-collection-tool arcade dats verify
5. Verify vault coverage report:
6. retro-collection-tool arcade verify
7. Perform hardlink sync into ROMM arcade folder:
8. retro-collection-tool arcade sync

TODO: RomVault Sorting Notes¶

• Add exact RomVault profile/layout assumptions.
• Add naming/normalization rules expected before running sync.
• Add reconciliation flow for missing or mismatched sets.
• Add collision review process for archives present in both FBNeo and MAME sets.

TODO: Frontend Configuration (ES-DE and Others)¶

• Add ES-DE platform/core mapping examples for single arcade folder layout.
• Add FBNeo-first, MAME-2003 fallback strategy.
• Add examples for RetroArch core assignment and launch command conventions.
• Add notes for alternative frontends with similar core-priority behavior.

Notes¶

• Current implementation links filtered game archives only and ignores DAT-marked BIOS archives.
• If both sets target one output folder, later-linked files with the same archive name replace earlier ones.