VamLightYear
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VaM Thin Twin 10.0.0 (FULL) - Super fast load times
🕑 Added 2024-03-21 13:16:33 +0000 UTCFour new features in 10.0.0!
Rename Presets - now you can use your custom names for each preset
Add support for Clothing presets and Hair presets under the "Saved Appearance Presets" section
Use SHIFT-Click to select multiple vars at the same time - faster selection of items to include
Add Refresh button which refreshes the UI and shows new files
More improvements:
Fix compatibility with some files when stored in subfolders under AddonPackages
Deleting a preset also deletes the Thin VaM folder to leave a clean drive
Work in progress:
Add vars downloaded in Thin VaM back to original AddonPackages
Select include all files from one or several Authors
Hugely reduce your VaM load times! Now with full graphical interface!
This tool seamlessly integrates with your VaM installation, providing shortcuts and a graphical interface to automatically create and start a thinned-down version of your VaM installation that only contains the files you will need, hugely reducing the load times.
Does not use extra disk space.
Dramatically reduce load times.
Almost instant creation/update.
Features (FULL VERSION):
Choose which scenes and files you want to use when you launch the Thin VaM
Automatically includes all dependencies and needed files: Just select the scenes that you want to open, everything else will be added automatically! Everything that is not needed will be left out
Favorites: Include all / do not include / Select some specific ones
User default plugins: Include all / do not include / Select some specific ones
Saved scenes: Include all / none / only Favorites / Select some specific ones
Saved appearance presets: Include all / none / only Favorites / Select some specific ones
Search and select any other var file you want
Create shortcuts
Choose shortcut location in desktop or in your VaM folder
Shortcuts for launching VaM.exe, Desktop Mode, or Open VR
Launch the Thin VaM
Customize what to do when launching the thinned-down version of VaM
Multiple presets: you can save different combinations and launch them with a single click
DOWNLOAD
(note: you will receive your license automatically in your patreon email)
VaM Thin Twin 10.0.0
https://mega.nz/file/pKsUgTQY#5KorEioZxO5alH3fAti1hAPApqWShjr5I6fghDENMJ0
VaM Thin Twin 10.0.0 debug version (in case you get any errors please run this version and send me the log files that you will find in C:/VaM_ThinTwin_logs , I will provide support to you until it works correctly)
https://mega.nz/file/8bEGWD4C#QdyVWdClecbvCOOKtPcm-HQJtJU4GXxBk1fvP1pLiHo
Please read all the information in this post before using it for the first time.
How to install VaM Thin Twin
Just drop your license (VaM_ThinTwin_X_license_YourUsername.txt) in your VaM installation directory, next to VaM.exe ; and run the installer inside the zip file.
(Note: You will receive your license in an email when you sign up in Patreon check the spam folder if you can't find it. Mark it as "not spam" and add to your contacts so that you don't miss any future licenses)
Usage instructions
The VaM Thin Twin graphical interface opens automatically after install/update. When you use it for the first time, select the VaM.exe of the main VaM installation where you have all your var files. You can have thousands of var files here.
Once you select which files you want to use, you do not need to open the graphical interface again, just use the shorctus to launch the Thin VaM directly in the fastest way. Come back to the graphical interface if you want to change the selected files or other settings.
In the center tab you can select exactly what you want to include. Whenever you make changes, click Save or Update Thin Files to update the Thin VaM.
You can launch the Thin VaM directly from the buttons at the bottom. You can also customize the launch behavior using the checkboxes next to the buttons.
Once you Save or update the Thin VaM with your desired files, you can create shortcuts with the buttons on the right. Next time, if you don't need to change the selected files, use the shortcuts for launching the Thin VaM directly in the fastest way!
To make selecting any file or many files quicker and more convenient; for each category you have helper buttons to Select/remove all, Show only selected, and a Search bar.
Other info
Vam Thin Twin does not modify or change anything in your original VaM installation. It runs in parallel in a folder called VaM_Thin_<Preset name>.
If you use SteamVR through Virtual Desktop and have issues launching in VR or with your controllers, you might want to add a "non-Steam-Game" to you library pointing to VaM.exe inside VaM_Thin_<Preset name>.
If you use the SOTTR trick for raytracing, instead of renaming VaM.exe to SOTTR.exe, just copy it and then rename it, so that you have both VaM.exe and SOTTR.exe in the same folder.
The folder VaM_Thin_<Preset name> contains links to files in your main VaM folder.
Deleting VaM_Thin_<Preset name> is safe, it only deletes links to the files from your VaM install.
Deleting individual files or folders inside VaM_Thin_<Preset name> is not safe! You might accidetally follow a link and end up removing the actual files in your VaM install.
If you get a Safe delete error it's because VaM Thin Twin has a built-in check before deleting anything. If it doesn't look exactly like a Thin VaM, it aborts the delete operation, to avoid accidentally deleting anything that it shouldn't.
In case of Safe delete error, or if you want to clean up, just delete the Thin folder like this. Never go inside that folder and delete things there.
Even though features such as safe-delete are included in the app to make it as safe as possible, errors can always happen, so you should make a backup of your existing files before using the app. This is good practice when using any kind of software.
File systems: VaM Thin Twin supports NTFS and other filesystems such as FAT. However, only NTFS supports links. If you run the app in a VaM install placed in a non-NTFS drive, the Thin files update will take minutes instead of seconds, and they will utilize a lot of extra disk space. Launching VaM from the shortcut will still be equally fast, but updating the included files will take much longer. I strongly recommend that you put your VaM install in a NTFS drive. It's the default in Windows, so almost everybody has it like this already.
Features coming next for patrons
Add vars downloaded in Thin VaM back to original AddonPackages. (in progress)
Select include all files from one or several Authors. (in progress)
Buttons to launch bypassing SteamVR.
Shortcuts that perform update+launch.
Export/import presets.
Custom arguments in the launch shortcuts.
Add tags to vars and select by tag.
Select vars/files outside VaM installation folder.
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Requested and done:
Rename Presets.
Use SHIFT-Click to select multiple vars at the same time.
Filter Saved scenes.
Filter Appearance presets.
Button to add all items matching search
Button to remove only search results and a separate one for removing all
Ask for confirmation when deleting presets, and when unselecting all items
Please do not hesitate to send me your ideas and suggestions! Every time a new feature is implemented I will create a poll for the patreons to vote which feature they want me to implement next.
You can always send me a private message to get support if you encounter any issue.
Enjoy your faster VaM experience!
Comments
Vam Light Year
Great! Let me know if you need help with anything else
WasLikeThem
what is 'patreon email'? i'm waiting for the licence. found it now in the spam section, in my email
Vam Light Year
I like this idea! I will implement it in the future features!
Tremaux
Ye sorting by date would be very useful, if there was a profile that allowed the last 100-200 newest files, and just constantly cycled through leaving you enough time to add to favorites.
Harrier
This could be a very useful feature! Finding new VARs from 10,000 of them is pretty hard even with a search. In general, sorting is important for any app that deals with thousands of rows of data. BTW, VTT is a great product!
Vam Light Year
Hi! Unfortunately that's not possible, VaM opens most of the important files while the game is running and Windows doesn't allow to change files open in another program
Issana
Can you add the option to update the thin folder while the game is running?
Vam Light Year
Very soon! I'm working on a big feature which is syncing files downloaded in the Thin VaMs back to the main VaM; and a couple more smaller features. Sure I'll send you the beta as soon as it's stable enough!
Uebaka
When will there be anything new? Can you send me a beta?
Vam Light Year
That makes me very happy! Thank you for your support!
coco
it would take me an hour to set up everything from plugins to looks etc, then it would crash because steam vr decided to die. Absolute suffering. Now the 800 gb folder loads 200 times faster thanks, really good good quality on this software
Vam Light Year
It's almost instant once Patreon verifies the membership, please check your inbox and Spam folder. If you can't find it message me and I'll help you
Jason Clymer
how long does it take to get the email
Vam Light Year
Noted! I'm adding it to the to-do list
Harris Sirrah
Here's a feature request - but first of all, let me say this is a fantastic tool, absolutely essential for VaM, and I greatly appreciate that you're constantly adding new features and improving the existing ones. One thing I'd love to be able to do is sort the search results in the VTT interface by date instead of alphabetically. The use case is that I'd love to create a preset for just the latest set of VARs I've downloaded, for quick evaluation if they are worth keeping. Many thanks again!
Mr Orange
Thank you for taking the suggestions and adding them. It's working great as far as I can tell, great work =)
w
Keep up the great work loads faster with every new version.
Uebaka
thanks !
Bancho
Awesome!!
XadamadaX
thanks for all the fixes and new features, the app is now twice as good!
