New Parameter Placeholder
- Added
%ROMSYSTEMFOLDER%placeholder that resolves to the specific system folder containing the ROM being launched.
RetroAchievements Integration
- Improve the hashing of GameCube and Wii games with better support for RVZ, WBFS, GCZ, CISO, and WIA file formats.
- Significantly expanded system name aliases for better matching (Nintendo N64, SEGA MEGA-CD, ARCADE - MAME, Nintendo - Game Boy Advance, and many more).
Dokan Installation Check
- Integrated
DokanServiceinto the Updater that detects missing Dokan library and offers to download and install it after updates (x64/ARM64 support). - Enhanced CHD/ZIP mount error messages with specific Dokan exit code reasons (STATUS_DLL_NOT_FOUND, STATUS_ORDINAL_NOT_FOUND).
Enhanced Error Handling & Robustness
- New RetroArch special characters in path detection (shows a clear message about mkdir permission denied).
- MAME corrupted INI auto-restore from bundled sample when unknown option warnings are detected.
- MAME error detection expanded to catch
mame64,WRONG LENGTH, andRequired files are missingpatterns. - Protocol handler errors now show a localized message box instead of throwing an exception.
- Guard against directory disappearance races during file enumeration.
Code Refactoring
- Extracted
RomHistoryLoaderservice fromRomHistoryWindowfor cleaner separation of concerns.
System Image Handling
- Fix a bug while loading System image preview in the Edit System Window.
Unit Tests
- New test suites for
MameManager(corrupted/XML/empty dat files),RetroAchievementsManager, andRomHistoryLoader. - Added
ServiceProviderMockhelper for mockingApp.ServiceProviderin unit tests. - Added test for XAML string key regex extraction.
- Added auto-sorting tests for detecting and fixing alphabetical ordering issues in resource files.
Dependency Updates
- SharpCompress 0.47.4 → 0.48.0
- YamlDotNet 17.0.1 → 17.1.0
- Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk 18.4.0 → 18.5.1
Full Changelog: release5.3.3...release5.4.0