VMU Tool 0.7.3 - screenshots

here are a few screenies, just to keep you updated :)
click on the thumbnails to see them in 640x480.

it shows the new gui and improvements.
the BG images are the new ones kindly offered by Mickey242.

the "DUMP_000.VMU" file is a dump of your whole VM saved in a compressed file.
http://bswirl.kitsunet.org/vmutool/vmutool073_t1.png

you can load the file and overwrite the current VM content with your backup from the actions menu.
http://bswirl.kitsunet.org/vmutool/vmutool073_t2.png

animated icons with alpha channel and kanjis are now supported.
http://bswirl.kitsunet.org/vmutool/vmutool073_t3.png

the new options menu. the BG image selector has been removed, instead you can use any BG image you want and define its path in a config file.
http://bswirl.kitsunet.org/vmutool/vmutool073_t4.png

the previous bug that made the DC reboot or freeze has been fixed.
also the files list is pre loaded so its really faster and less annoying to browse your dirs.

the VM emu and the gameshark/codebreaker codes editors are the next things to implement, probably it will take a while.

the next version released should look really polished compared to the previous ones.

im waiting for your comments ;)

WOW, you keep us busy Â*;D This looks great! Can't wait to see it in action! I guess we should wait for finishing the DCEvo image with these VM files when this comes out...

The screenshots look amazing :)

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I guess we should wait for finishing the DCEvo image with these VM files when this comes out...

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i dont know exactly what you mean. do you mean it would be better for DCevo to wait for the next release before releasing an image with VM files included?

if so i think the best solution would be eventually to make a separate disc with your VM files, since the app supports swapping.
this way it could be used with any version of VMU Tool.
plus i dont know when ill release the next version, i want it to have the VM emu implemented but im waiting for dirtysanchez to reply, and after that it will probably require time to make the 2 compatible.

how many VM files do you have so far?

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The screenshots look amazing

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thanks :)
i couldnt show the animated icons in action but its a nice plus to me.

wow! its a great news! cant wait to see in action :)
oh! one more thing... if you added more new text i can still translate it for polish.

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if you added more new text i can still translate it for polish

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yes that would be appreciated, thanks :)
ill contact you when ill have finished all the menus so i dont need to add new text later.

looks ace. this is an excellent piece of software. any news on the vmoo collaboration at all?

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looks ace. this is an excellent piece of software

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cheers.

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any news on the vmoo collaboration at all?

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hehe, yes.
the VM emulator has been recently implemented and is fully working.
you can now choose a VM game from the filemanager and run it with the "Play" option of the actions menu.

the sound is not implemented, and the framerate is not always accurate, one of my favorite games aka powerstone is quite buggy, but thats an issue with marcus' emulator, not dirtysanchez' port.

apart from that its really good.
it runed all the games i tried so far, and im enjoying playing my VM games on the TV and the VM screen at the same time, without having to change the batteries.

im just optimizing the LCD rendering and implementing flash saving to the VM.
i think it will be ready for the release quite fast.
ill need to finish the other stuffs before though.

ill post screenshots soon ;)

i cant wait for that, vmoo is one of my fave pet emus ive been keeping an eye on ;)

Short note: I'll keep you updated on the VM files collection progress. I did not collected that much so far, but I also didn't used all "channels" that are available for searching them atm, cause I am quite busy with all these DCEvo project, but as you said that you may do a release soon, I see what I can do to speed my work a bit up Â*;)

There's someone from OnlineConsoles that offered most stuff that's available over there for this release but I'll have to check if he's the person that's actually able to give me the permission for that...

http://dreamcast.onlineconsoles.com/...cles.php?cid=4

Then there's some guy who offered me a lot of gamebreaker codes for many games, but I don't have any expierence with that, since I never used cheat codes. Will you be able to use them without modification or must they be 'converted' to VM files (for v0.7.3) ???

Good news about VMoo! Is there any way to optimize the few flaws it has like with PowerStone that u've mentioned in the near future (or even for this release)?

I should really watch for more VMU games Â*;)

@ M@jik: Nice to see u arround! I didn't knew that u've done the Polish translation for VMUTool! Cool that is. Maybe we should work together for collecting some VM files over at the Polish DC scene too?

Chris