Paid Plugins + Scripts VaM Thin Twin (FULL) - Super fast load times

[henshin]

I think would be nice a video showing how it works, and comparing times with/without this.
Also, I'm using VAM with VirtualDesktop but without steam (I have a special .bat to open without steam) is that compatible with VaMThin?

 

[VamLightYear]

I think would be nice a video showing how it works, and comparing times with/without this.
Also, I'm using VAM with VirtualDesktop but without steam (I have a special .bat to open without steam) is that compatible with VaMThin?

Thtat's a good idea! I'll record a video as soon as I have some spare time.

Regarding VirtualDesktop, yes! VaM Thin Twin is compatible with it, and you can use it with a custom .bat too!

 

[Koaamz]

Thank you for this, I'm facing a frustrating issue though, for some reason loading the game via presets does NOT load scene/look dependencies for some reason. most of the scenes are missing assets, hair, etc.

Any tips to resolve this? thank you

 

[VamLightYear]

Thank you for this, I'm facing a frustrating issue though, for some reason loading the game via presets does NOT load scene/look dependencies for some reason. most of the scenes are missing assets, hair, etc.

Any tips to resolve this? thank you

The dependencies listed inside the files you select should be included automatially always. Even if you select "None" in the "Saved Appearance Presets". Please email me an example file where this happens and I'll be happy to debug it for you.

 

[joedub]

Love this plugin, it’s really improved load times in my far to large (600 gigs) vam install folder!

I wanted to make a suggestion for further development. I regularly use UI assist and UI browser to sort and choose looks, scenes, hair and clothing.

Is there some way to integrate Vam-thin with JJwons tools? Here is the use case. I load vamthin, it then allows me to browse the thumbnails used in uiassist/browser assist to choose what scenes I want/looks ect, then creates the virtual link to vam folders to just load those assets? This would greatly speed load times, yet still allow me to easily browse assets I want to include without organizing them in Specific folders, or always updating vam thin with new profiles for new assets. Thanks for considering this suggestion!

 

[VamLightYear]

Love this plugin, it’s really improved load times in my far to large (600 gigs) vam install folder!

I wanted to make a suggestion for further development. I regularly use UI assist and UI browser to sort and choose looks, scenes, hair and clothing.

Is there some way to integrate Vam-thin with JJwons tools? Here is the use case. I load vamthin, it then allows me to browse the thumbnails used in uiassist/browser assist to choose what scenes I want/looks ect, then creates the virtual link to vam folders to just load those assets? This would greatly speed load times, yet still allow me to easily browse assets I want to include without organizing them in Specific folders, or always updating vam thin with new profiles for new assets. Thanks for considering this suggestion!

I'll definitely look into it! When the core features are all implemented and stable I'll look into extending integration with those plugin! Thanks for the suggestion!

 

[joedub]

Maybe the best practical way to implement this is to have a ” temporary scene loader” option where all of the following occurs:
- default folders and files have virtual links created ( to plugins ect)
then user is prompted to load each of the following, but picks each of these from the restored thumbnails in vam:
-scene
-look(s)
-clothing preset(s)
-hair preset (s)

Then each of these thumbails is visible in the thinvam interface, and VAM is then loaded. User can switch back to the thumbnails ( displayed in open vamthin app window to see which resources they selected to make available. When vamthin is next opened, it clears the virtual links in this config first, and user goes through (thumbnail) selection for each again.
This would allow for rapid use of the plugin with minimum configuration and needing to search for file names instead of an image/thumbnail.

Love your plugin, but on the fly config for a scene with new looks and clothing/ hair is really time consuming, this would cut down on it.

Thanks for considering this useability change.

 

[mightkc]

Are you coming back to developing this more soon? Crossing my fingers that you work on it more.

 

[VamLightYear]

Are you coming back to developing this more soon? Crossing my fingers that you work on it more.

I'm actively working on it! Last weekend the compatibility of the new builds seems fixed, today I'm making a new testbuild for beta testers. The new official release (12.0.0) will be out in just a few days, as soon as all beta testers confirm everything works well.

 

[mightkc]

Amazing. Is it possible to add a copy-only feature so that what is brought in from the big install is copied instead of moved?

Actually, could it be an option that we don't need a 2nd VAM install. Just a repo?

 

[VamLightYear]

Amazing. Is it possible to add a copy-only feature so that what is brought in from the big install is copied instead of moved?

Actually, could it be an option that we don't need a 2nd VAM install. Just a repo?

Your original "big" installation files are never modified. The files are symlinks so the Thin preset folders use very little space (Windows doesn't show the difference between regular files and symlinks very clearly in the file explorer, so they may look like normal files, but in reality they are symbolic links to the files in your original installation)

 

[mightkc]

Your original "big" installation files are never modified. The files are symlinks so the Thin preset folders use very little space (Windows doesn't show the difference between regular files and symlinks very clearly in the file explorer, so they may look like normal files, but in reality they are symbolic links to the files in your original installation)

Can that work with networked mapped drives? My repo is on my LAN, and map a windows drive letter to the network location.

 

[VamLightYear]

Can that work with networked mapped drives? My repo is on my LAN, and map a windows drive letter to the network location.

It should work for network drives (although the read speed across the network, and the latency, will of course surely be slower than a physical drive connected to your PC). What is most important is that the drive format is NTFS, to ensure that it supports symlinks. Message me if you want to experiment with it and I can give you more detailed instructions.

 

[mightkc]

It should work for network drives (although the read speed across the network, and the latency, will of course surely be slower than a physical drive connected to your PC). What is most important is that the drive format is NTFS, to ensure that it supports symlinks. Message me if you want to experiment with it and I can give you more detailed instructions.

I sent you a DM but have not received a reply. Looking forward to test the cross network symlinks for 12x. Please send me beta access.