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--- plugin [2018/07/28 09:45] – [Available plugins] romcenter
+++ plugin [2024/02/17 11:58] (current) – [Installation] romcenter
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 Using plugins, you only need to store one crc and one size in the datafile to recognize all formats.
-====== Available plugins ======
+====== Installation ======
+Plugin is linked to a datafile. Most of the time, plugins must be use with 'pure' hash datafiles (datafiles produced from pure rom, with no header, not interleaved or swapped).
+Plugin to use can be defined in the datafile header:
-[[Sega genesis/megadrive/32x plugin]]
+  <datafile>
+  <header>
+    <name>Nintendo Entertainment System</name>
+    <description>Nes dat</description>
+    <category></category>
+    <version>20220810</version>
+    <date>2011-08-10</date>
+    <author>Eric Bole-Feysot</author>
+    <homepage>Romcenter</homepage>
+    <url>http://www.romcenter.com/</url>
+    <comment>Test datafile</comment>
+    <romcenter
+      rommode="unmerged"
+      biosmode="split"
+      samplemode="merged"
+      lockbiosmode="no"
+      lockrommode="yes"
+      locksamplemode="no"
+      plugin="nes.dll"/>
+  </header>
-[[Nes plugin]]
+Here, when this datafile is loaded in romcenter, the nes.dll plugin will be used to calculate rom crc.
+If no plugin is specified in a datafile, romcenter will attempt to detect some games and will propose to use a specific plugin. Accepting will produce better rom identification.
+Plugin files (nes.dll here) should be located in romcenter/plugin folder.
+====== Plugins development and updates ======
+I have developed several plugins and release the source code on github: https://github.com/ebolefeysot/RomcenterPlugins
-[[Arcade plugin]]