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VaM Thin Twin 8.0.0 (FULL) - Super fast load times
🕑 Added 2023-11-10 13:40:05 +0000 UTCA lot of new additions in 8.0.0! More options to select what you want to include, finer filters in each section which lead to even lower load times, optimized processing of saved scenes and also appearance presets.
- New options for fine-tuning selection of saved scenes
- New section to include/exclude Appearance Presets!
- New option to customize whether unselected Saved scenes and Appearances are shown or not
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 8.0.0
https://mega.nz/file/0LElnSxJ#hmuL5Dy-h2WaEj7wj5NxjxCSbqPYEd8PpHmgvhsW_H8
VaM Thin Twin 8.0.0 debug version (in case you get any errors please run this version and send me the log files, I will provide support to you until it works correctly)
https://mega.nz/file/VLsCyLLL#g0Gl00FZvLH40staQ6QEBDumMcjxRKEX-LMIzqQid-E
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>.
- 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
- Select include all files from one or several Authors.
- Use SHIFT-Click to select multiple vars at the same time.
- 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.
- Add vars downloaded in Thin VaM back to original AddonPackages.
- ...
Requested and done:
- Filter Saved scenes.
- Filter Appearance presets.
- Button to add all items matching search
- 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
Hi! You can either install another version that works for you, and it will be replaced; or to uninstall you can uninstall it like any Windows program from "Add or remove programs". However, if you are getting any error or issue, please send me an email/message with the details and I will investigate it till it works for you.
Dan 2st0n3d
hi VamLightYear, how can I uninstall this if not working?
Vam Light Year
Hi! You can use a .bat file the same way you do now, just replace the path to VaM_Thin_PresetX instead of your regular VaM folder
sd2g3asg
How do I go about launching thin twin from Virtual Desktop without launching steamVR? I use a .bat file to launch vam so I don't need steam
Harris Sirrah
Yes, please! Like Saito above, I have thousands of appearances saved as appearance presets/vap files.
Bancho
Thanks, but simply relocate the vam installation directory by browsing on the VTT app doesn't work. sent detail via DM
Vam Light Year
Got it! I've sent you some instructions
Bancho
DM sent about relocating the VaM installation directory. Please check.
Vam Light Year
Hi! Thanks for the detailed info. I see what's happening, Thin Twin is looking for .json appearances. I'll start looking into providing support for the .vap files too right away
Saito Kagemusha
Hi, absolutely loving how useful this is! One question, do the saved appearance presets have to be in a specific folder, and use a specific file format, to be recognised by Thin Twin? I have over 1000 saved appearance presets, but in the Thin Twin interface it only picks up a dozen or so. When I have looked in my VaM installation folders, the ones being shown are in folder VaM\Saves\Person\appearance\ and they are a .json format. These are the saved "Looks presets" which would be saved/loaded from the General Presets tab within VaM. The 1000+ items from the "Appearance Presets" tab within VaM are all stored in a different folder VaM\Custom\Atom\Person\Appearance\ and are in .vap format. Is Thin Twin looking in the correct place? Or is there something unusual about my installation? Thanks.
Vam Light Year
Ok! Do not hesitate to contact me if you ever get any issue!
rkarnhuehh
I failed to reproduce the issue with my other plugins disabled, so please disregard.
Vam Light Year
Hi, I was not aware of that incompatibility. I'll investigate it and provide a fix. Could you please install the debug version, select only that scene, and launch it; then email me the log files that will be created in your main VaM folder
rkarnhuehh
I find that any scene with sub-scenes does not successfully transition between them, e.g. scenes by Scamp or Sapuzex, but rather hangs on a black screen. Am I doing something wrong, possibly, or is this a known incompatibility?
Vam Light Year
Do you get an error message? Please install the debug version and email me the two log files that will be created inside your main VaM folder. I'll support you until you get it working
Eduardo Ramos
After installing the application it cannot update the presets, what should I do?
Vam Light Year
Definitely! I'll add them to the to-do list!
Wolmarc93
Awesome! Please consider a way to drag the mouse cursor down to select boxes. Also, I have all my vars separated in custom folders per type - it'd be epic if we could select whole package folders too!
Vam Light Year
That is one of the features I'm working on, it's under "Features coming next", it's not implemented yet. After each release I ask all patrons which features you want me to prioritize, and I go ahead and implement those next.
Wolmarc93
Hey VLY, how does the "Use SHIFT-Click to select multiple vars at the same time." work? I have only a certain author pulled up and want to select all his vars at once, about 20 of them, instead of a tedius one at a time and tried the SHIFT-Click which isn't working in the latest version for me. What am I missing?
Wolmarc93
Being able to choose which of the 1000s of scenes to load that I've accumulated over the years is so F N awesome!!!
Matthias Peitsch
My vote is this one: Add vars downloaded in Thin VaM back to original AddonPackages. I actually didn't realise that updates downloaded through VAMthin didn't show up in the regular program. I wondered why I had to keep downloading updates all the time...
