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megavolt85 wrote: I don’t know why the VM2 developer is so opposed to your suggestion, even my MAPLE adapter contains the command to change the VMU bank, at the moment there is no software that could switch the memory bank, but at any time I can add this feature to openmenu or dreamshell

I'm not sure if you know how much you are m'y Idol.

TapamN wrote:I suggested that, but he didn't seem interested.

Oh wow, good on you for suggesting and their stance makes zero sense to me. Especially with the addition of SD card and essentially infinite storage, why limit automation and force everyone to select the virtual VMU manually?

It’s a relatively lightweight feature to add, but in my eyes the lack of it makes VM2 quite unappealing. Doesn’t feel very next-gen, lol. I think it’s fair to say it’s an expectation these days since this is being done for other consoles too.

NightBreeze wrote:

TapamN wrote:I suggested that, but he didn't seem interested.

Oh wow, good on you for suggesting and their stance makes zero sense to me. Especially with the addition of SD card and essentially infinite storage, why limit automation and force everyone to select the virtual VMU manually?

It’s a relatively lightweight feature to add, but in my eyes the lack of it makes VM2 quite unappealing. Doesn’t feel very next-gen, lol. I think it’s fair to say it’s an expectation these days since this is being done for other consoles too.

Think for a moment that the project is created by only one person. As for the Next Gen VMU, what do you want to see next? color lcd? new cpu hardware? play mp3/flac music? More stuff means money and time and no one want to pay for 200 €/$ for vmu.If everybody want an official NexGen VMU must be made from a big company at least who don’t give a shit for a official dead console. People always must think and appreciate when comes this projects from fans.

DarkSynbios wrote:More stuff means money and time and no one want to pay for 200 €/$ for vmu.

Are you serious now? People asked only one simple function, the addition of which takes 10-15 minutes.

megavolt85 wrote:

DarkSynbios wrote:More stuff means money and time and no one want to pay for 200 €/$ for vmu.

Are you serious now? People asked only one simple function, the addition of which takes 10-15 minutes.

Yeah I don't see a problem with it if the source code is available maybe he can get some help with programming something for it. Now from using his Dreamcon I could see some issues since every-time a "new" VMU is detected it needs to repair with the dreamcast.
But at the end of the day the user would need to know to unplug find the VMU that game save is on plug in sync then load game which is kinda a pita. But with the amount of VMU's you can store on a micro SD card maybe you could do something that says each game gets its own VMU only game I could see issues with that is PSO.

I received a prototype unit of the VM2 today, pretty close to production version (but still not 1:1).

I figured I'd share this thread with you all

https://twitter.com/DerekPascarella/sta ... 0261026020

I forgot about this no idear it finalized out of concept prototyping and recently indiegogo'd for a black one for my birthday ^.^

He emailed back says I've avoided the holiday rush risk of never arriving that it'll ship mine in the new year

ateam wrote:I received a prototype unit of the VM2 today, pretty close to production version (but still not 1:1).

I figured I'd share this thread with you all

https://twitter.com/DerekPascarella/sta ... 0261026020

Do you know @Chris dear @ateam ? I'm jealous about your benefit
Thanks for sharing those photos. You mean the final product will be bigger ?
I noticed the screen of the VM2 is not totally the size than the controller hole.

ateam wrote:I received a prototype unit of the VM2 today, pretty close to production version (but still not 1:1).

I figured I'd share this thread with you all

https://twitter.com/DerekPascarella/sta ... 0261026020

any word on some bank switching for game recognition or is this still off the menu?

fafadou wrote:Do you know @Chris dear @ateam ? I'm jealous about your benefit
Thanks for sharing those photos. You mean the final product will be bigger ?
I noticed the screen of the VM2 is not totally the size than the controller hole.

We have a friendly relationship, yes.

Regarding the screen size, what you see there is the final dimensions. It may take a little getting used to, but in my opinion it's not a problem. The screen looks fantastic.