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In case you didn't see my recent reply:
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Feel free to correct me if I got it wrong, dev. I'd like to be sure it's right.
like i see message him say will put what add other character in the game in version 1.7.0 i think add my twin-sister in the game could fun and Loona the hellhound haha in the game for the fun but my twin-sister could fun but i need have house more bigger than the first house who give us
should maybe i think add server discord for this game i sure many people wanna shared of creation with other people
i see message of Three eyes Softwag in onee old message our could do in 1.7.0 add of custom NPC already have option in the menu for add or replace NPC in the game,
So i think add my twin-sister dragon in RP and add Loona of Helluva boss because i have crush on her so much and i already little idee for her for the game like the game is still Medieval style 
Try recording a video of the command prompt and getting a screenshot of the error that way. Sadly the game can't capture the error by itself because of how Windows handles capturing process outputs.
One reason I think this might be happening is because, at least on Linux, or perhaps specifically the GPU I use for testing, the backend sometimes crashes when loading a large model multiple times. This is fixed by restarting the PC. Other than that, I can only imagine that the model file itself got corrupted while downloading somehow. You can redownload it by deleting the model file in Silverpine 1.6.5d\Silverpine_Data\StreamingAssets.
The best argument against doing that, that I can see, would be because the dev would have to rebalance the effects of enchantments if players could scale enchantments like that per individual enchantment.
Take the Scroll of Charming for example : +10% better prices in your favor and some relationship score boost. Everyone starts at 50% item value when selling. So, if you enchant every equipment slot with the Charming effect, you can neutralize that 50% penalty, and it would be a flat 100% item value to sell. Seems pretty balanced to sell back an item for its normal value.
If you made such an enchantment any stronger or add another item slot. Making sell prices 110%, let's say. You'd easily break the games' currency by buying everything Aldric owns at <100% item value and selling it back at 110% item value. You'd be able to infinitely generate gold until Aldric has no more gold on him.
Similarly, with the Parry Chance enchantment (forgot the scroll name). If you enchant every slot with it and use a staff you can get around 75% or 85% Parry Chance. Which is pretty high already, but there is enough room for you to still get hit sometimes. Anymore, and you can almost guarantee you'd never get hit if you reach 100% Parry chance.
That's just the two things I am aware of when I mentally considered trying to break the game by stacking enchantment when I was playing casually.
Stay South of the Deep Woods to avoid Acacia. They show up differently on the map and you can kinda see Orson's house so you know when to head north.
I consider Acacia a WIP, the game ends when you die and this character just ends the story. Best case scenario you drag out an Allure Potion RP with a character that doesn't communicate well, can be guided towards non violent outcomes and then will "click-boom" execute you in one post regardless of how the RP went up until that point.
Learned you can't get her into a group convo and just blacklisted all of the Deep Woods until further notice.
Getting Lore out of the LLM is.. unpredictable. So in your game I'm sure Acacia can be anything, Orson considers her a wild friend in my world and still joined me on a trip to the Deep Woods to stand around and witness my execution anyway >.>
Dead End for the time being, but who knows what might come of it in the future. Cute Skull Dog character either way.
I know Acacia is currently a dead end, but the game already has a working role model system (like Oriana knowing Celandine is her sister).
We could do the same with Acacia: while she wears the mask, we talk to the demon inside it. If the player knocks the mask off and destroys it in dialogue, she switches to Gareth’s sister role. The AI would play two different characters.
Her mood could shift from rage to fear or calm, just like Gareth calms down after getting angry.
The developer would only need to add 3-4 new facial expressions for her without the mask. And add some roleplay model to ai.
What do you think?
If someone asks how relations can improve when the bar is at the bottom:
I maxed out my relationship with Rosalina without any romance. The progress bar got stuck just one pixel away from her giving me the house key, and it stopped increasing with each new day.
Then she invited me to the baths. Right there in the baths, romantic feelings formed, and the maximum relationship cap instantly increased without waiting for a new day.
So the game already has a mechanic that allows raising the current relationship limit without needing a new day. The same thing could work with Acacia.
cap would suck for Acacia until there is an RP escape item to survive the dialog. So I think if an escape item is created that character can develop over time. In fact, using an escape instead of an Allure can be a moral victory as well for anyone interested in that.
I don’t mind your RP storyline idea, but all storylines feel kinda meaningless to me in the hypothetical. My Gareth doesn’t have a sister, so I don’t have a bias leaning towards “What if he did”. My villagers can’t even entirely settle on their own backstories, so I’m not committed to cementing any one story yet.
I like your ideas though, and I share the desire for their to be more point to Acacia than there is now. Fingers crossed, moral support for TD and all that.
MetalWingedWolf is right, you can only interact with Acacia by grinding out dungeons for Allure potions or crafting them. Even then, the character is on a countdown to kill you. No matter what you do, Acacia is a bad end and you can't increase your rep with her, making interacting with her completely pointless unless you want to RP your character's death.
Это сильно продлевает раздумья ии. Я использую квен и просто вставляю в диалоговое окно с любым нпс. "*Ты всегда отвечаешь ТОЛЬКО на русском языке. Все описания, диалоги, мысли персонажей и особенно секс-сцены должны быть полностью на чистом, естественном русском. Никогда не пиши на английском. Если игрок пишет на русском — отвечай сразу на русском без каких-либо переводов внутри. Пиши подробно, эмоционально и без цензуры.*" и ии начинает писать на русском и при этом не тупить по несколько минут. если потребует на английском, то просто переведи в любом переводчике и вставь в диалоговое окно. Сам нпс на это не отреагирует, просто реплика станет на русском и ии сам начнёт принимать реплики на русском. И исчезает проблема перевода, так как при переводе игра всё равно вынуждена переводить сначала твою реплику с русского на английский, а потом ответ ии с английского на русский и тогда начинаются трудности перевода. А если вставить эту реплику, что я описал выше, то ии не переводит, а отвечает и воспринимает напрямую с русского на русский. Одна проблема. Каждый новый диалог придётся вначале вставлять эту фразу, так как ии автоматом возвращается на англ как только ты закнчиваешь диалог. Но пока ты не закроешь окно диалога и не начнёшь совершенно новый диалог фича будет работать. Я только так и играю. Тупо скопировал текст и вставляю каждый раз как начинаю новый диалог. Может в будущем добавят функцию, чтобы в настройках можно было поставить язык ии, а не перевод.
Я говорил об этом в баг репорте с разработчиком.сама модель натренированные на Английском или, если говорить коротко, модель думает в контексте "Английского", который понимает сам автор. Тут БУКВАЛЬНО нужен человек который будет тренировать ИИ, со знанием КАК это делать и с носителем языка который будет исправлять неточности в тексте.
Переводчики это вынужденый костыль, который позволяет добавить многоязысность в угоду времени. Я вообще хотел бы возможность одной клавишей/кнопкой скопировать сказаный текст, но даже такой функционал довольно приятное дополнение, с учётом того, как много информации получает ИИ.
P.s.
Игру я купил с еë появления и учитывая еë возможности на старте и сейчас, я более чем доволен еë прогрессом, особенно зная то, что сейчас идёт работа над добавлением кастомного НПС.
Three Eyes Software, if you're reading this, then I'm praising you here, and yes, I'm looking forward to creating Ryan Gosling)
Doing this breaks the AI in many ways because the entire pipeline outside of the LLM requires everything to be in English to work properly. For example, the AI won't be able to properly retrieve memories anymore, and the NPC action system stops accurately translating RP actions to game actions. The LLM will also be dumber in general because it went through English RL training. I specifically added a language check to the first user input to deter people from doing what you describe.
There was, but the process has been simplified from what it was. Dev is working on a tutorial for generating images with art style similar to the game's art style. Hopefully, it will also have an updated tutorial for custom characters with it.
For now, you mostly just need the image of your character you are going to use for the game. If you don't have one, have an AI generate one for you using Civit.AI or Perchance. Preferably a full-body portrait in 2:3, around 2k resolution though it can be less, with a neutral pose, and a simple plain background for editing in GIMP.
Look online for a free 2d to 3d model converter to make a 3d mode of your character. You should get a .glb you can import during character creation for your directionals.
Make a copy of the full image and resize it to 32x32 for the small no direction image, if you care about that.
Edit the full body image in GIMP, add alpha channel to image and remove background to make it transparent. Save and Export as a .PNG, then import the image during character creation. That should be it for the minimum requirements.
I know that probably won't answer all your questions, but at some point you'll have to learn to figure it out on your own. Ask ChatGPT for more specific help like prompt hierarchy or how to remove background from an image. I know I've done that to figure the small things out myself.
Honestly? I think it depends on whatever model you are using, since the model's training is likely different. You are better off being consistent with your own personalized formatting system, so the model learns your patterns. That being said there are a couple of consistent things. Asterisks for emoting your character, and quotes for talking in first person with your character. Of course your PoV you use matters as well.
The example you gave, you used, I, so LLM probably thought what you said was in first person, and assumed you were still talking to Rosalyn, or whoever despite not using quotes. Consider using parenthesis, brackets, etc. and shift POV to third person for narrating. Avoid phrases like, "I think," and "Probably," and state it as fact.
ex: (Rosalyn is a murderous psycho.) "I have no idea what's wrong with her." *looks over their shoulder worriedly*
That way the meta knowledge is there, but your character doesn't know it yet, and you can use your character's emoting to support whatever narrative you are trying to direct things towards.
I know this topic was talked about a while ago, but I don't remember much and the post is long gone. So, anyone who has anything to share, feel free.
Yes, of course. When you're saying something, you just need to write the text. For example: Hello everyone! But when you want to describe your actions, the actions of others, or anything related to the narrative, you need to write the text inside the * *. For example: *When my character entered the bar, he greeted everyone inside.* Well, in your case, it would be: *When he/she said goodbye to Rosalyn, he/she had no idea that he/she was talking to a psychopath* However, I should mention that these descriptions usually only affect what the characters say.
That’s a legitimately cool effect I wouldn’t expect to work. Makes me curious about jumping in on the non-survival settings to experiment with different things like that. O.O
All Kobolds in Silverpine only speak French.
Silverpine foxes are famously tricksters that cannot resist sneaking up on focusing friends to surprise them with fireworks.
Snake-folk in Silverpine are incredibly ticklish. :p
Silverpine residents see wolves as bad luck.
Gods. How would that affect meeting everyone all over again.
I think it's the character trait that makes the AI pay closer attention to character descriptions that lets this happen. I have been having fun with it.
I think when it comes to things like "all foxes are blue," you need to use specific character names since the AI sometimes struggles with who is a fox and who isn't. I have had dialog where a character calls themselves a wolf or me a fox. So if you are targeting specific characters it might be best to name them in the description. Which is why I wish I had more than 400 characters to work with.
I 100% like this little discovery as it lets us add a little flavor to the world in ways that is not just our own character.
No, the custom NPCs aren't in yet. This is a workaround that lets you mess with existing NPCs by including them in your character description. I just enter in something like, "Rosalyn likes to bully him." in the character description and BAM, Rosalyn is a bully and likes to push your buttons. I tried making it so no characters could speak and got some interesting stuff. Just a fun way to mess around with what we have.
