Paid Tool VaM Thin Twin (FULL) - Super fast load times

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

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)


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 you 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!