speud
May 5th, 2004, 18:50
Well it has been slightly delayed but its finally coming :)
here are links to the SBI (http://bswirl.kitsunet.org/vmutool/vmutool_070_sbi.rar) to easily create an image with Selfboot Inducer, the elf file (http://bswirl.kitsunet.org/vmutool/vmutool_070_elf.rar) to upload from your PC with dc-load, and the scrambled bin (http://bswirl.kitsunet.org/vmutool/vmutool_070_scrambled_bin.rar) to burn on a multisession disc or to use with any sefboot app.
here is a sample of the readme file:
What is VMU Tool ?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is an app for the Dreamcast and especially for its memory card, the VMU.
With this tool you'll be able to:
- manage files from your VM easily (copy, rename, remove copy protection...)
- download saves and minigames from your CD or your PC
- backup files from your VM to your PC
- increase your VMU capacity to 241 blocks
- change the icon and color without having to reformat your VM
- hexedit your files or your whole VMU
- dump your VMU to your PC
- edit existing extra icon or draw a new one
- save extra BG images for your boot menu
plus a few other things that are not yet implemented...
The goal of this project is to have everything you need for your VM gathered
in one ultimate VMU Tool :)
What's new in version 0.7.0 ?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- fixed a lot of bugs
- added an "Options" menu with a skin selector
- implemented multi-language menus
- allowed free browsing in "Open CD/PC" functions instead of the "vmutool" dir
- rearranged the menus so they are more user friendly
- implemented the Extra icon editor
- made the app check for existing files with ability to overwrite them
- added the ability to rename the file before saving
- optimized the code to gain some speed (noticable with the Hexeditor)
- implemented VM icons and eyecatches for files created with the app
- added an Extra BG selector
- fixed the creation date and time
- probably a lot of other things that took me so long but I can't remember :P
please read the readme file before asking any question like "how it works?", "how i do this and that?", "why it is doing this?", etc.
also it may be good to read the previous "VMU Tool" topic, a few things have changed from the previous version though.
for example you dont need to create a "vmutool" dir anymore nor need to have the extensions in lowercase.
i didnt want to delay the release once more so i kind of rushed this release at the end, the options menu is a bit buggy but thats the only thing i noticed.
thanks for reporting other problems you encountered that are not already mentionned in the readme.
here are some more screenshots:
http://bswirl.kitsunet.org/vmutool/ss4/t1.png (http://bswirl.kitsunet.org/vmutool/ss4/1.png) http://bswirl.kitsunet.org/vmutool/ss4/t2.png (http://bswirl.kitsunet.org/vmutool/ss4/2.png) http://bswirl.kitsunet.org/vmutool/ss4/t3.png (http://bswirl.kitsunet.org/vmutool/ss4/3.png)
enjoy ;)
here are links to the SBI (http://bswirl.kitsunet.org/vmutool/vmutool_070_sbi.rar) to easily create an image with Selfboot Inducer, the elf file (http://bswirl.kitsunet.org/vmutool/vmutool_070_elf.rar) to upload from your PC with dc-load, and the scrambled bin (http://bswirl.kitsunet.org/vmutool/vmutool_070_scrambled_bin.rar) to burn on a multisession disc or to use with any sefboot app.
here is a sample of the readme file:
What is VMU Tool ?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is an app for the Dreamcast and especially for its memory card, the VMU.
With this tool you'll be able to:
- manage files from your VM easily (copy, rename, remove copy protection...)
- download saves and minigames from your CD or your PC
- backup files from your VM to your PC
- increase your VMU capacity to 241 blocks
- change the icon and color without having to reformat your VM
- hexedit your files or your whole VMU
- dump your VMU to your PC
- edit existing extra icon or draw a new one
- save extra BG images for your boot menu
plus a few other things that are not yet implemented...
The goal of this project is to have everything you need for your VM gathered
in one ultimate VMU Tool :)
What's new in version 0.7.0 ?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- fixed a lot of bugs
- added an "Options" menu with a skin selector
- implemented multi-language menus
- allowed free browsing in "Open CD/PC" functions instead of the "vmutool" dir
- rearranged the menus so they are more user friendly
- implemented the Extra icon editor
- made the app check for existing files with ability to overwrite them
- added the ability to rename the file before saving
- optimized the code to gain some speed (noticable with the Hexeditor)
- implemented VM icons and eyecatches for files created with the app
- added an Extra BG selector
- fixed the creation date and time
- probably a lot of other things that took me so long but I can't remember :P
please read the readme file before asking any question like "how it works?", "how i do this and that?", "why it is doing this?", etc.
also it may be good to read the previous "VMU Tool" topic, a few things have changed from the previous version though.
for example you dont need to create a "vmutool" dir anymore nor need to have the extensions in lowercase.
i didnt want to delay the release once more so i kind of rushed this release at the end, the options menu is a bit buggy but thats the only thing i noticed.
thanks for reporting other problems you encountered that are not already mentionned in the readme.
here are some more screenshots:
http://bswirl.kitsunet.org/vmutool/ss4/t1.png (http://bswirl.kitsunet.org/vmutool/ss4/1.png) http://bswirl.kitsunet.org/vmutool/ss4/t2.png (http://bswirl.kitsunet.org/vmutool/ss4/2.png) http://bswirl.kitsunet.org/vmutool/ss4/t3.png (http://bswirl.kitsunet.org/vmutool/ss4/3.png)
enjoy ;)