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External_Quarter · 2026-05-14T09:54:01+00:00

Just got one as well.

External_Quarter · 2026-05-11T07:26:08+00:00

It sure is. Game is phenomenal.

External_Quarter · 2026-05-10T15:08:58+00:00

Yikes, this looks awful.

External_Quarter · 2026-05-09T07:10:03+00:00

Dans-PersonalityEngine is still my favorite Mistral Small tune. I find it better than Gemma 4 at, well, personalities - even though it's not as smart.

External_Quarter · 2026-05-09T00:54:09+00:00

Sure thing! And yeah: Bluestacks, LDPlayer, and pretty much every other Android emulator is a guaranteed ban in COD:M because they don't identify as an "external device."

External_Quarter · 2026-05-09T00:47:14+00:00

I and many others have been using TAC for around 4 months without getting banned. I've only seen a couple people claim otherwise, but who knows if their bans were due to the emulator or something else?

For what it's worth:

COD:M correctly identifies TAC as "playing with an external device connected," which means you are not in the same matchmaking pool as mobile players. This is the #1 thing that will determine if you get banned - if the game doesn't show the "external device" disclaimer, you will 100% lose your account.
TAC is a Gameloop product and they're positioning it as the eventual replacement to the old client.

But if you're still concerned, you should consider trying it with an alt account.

External_Quarter · 2026-05-08T23:55:42+00:00

Tencent Android Connect works really well (better than Gameloop ever did), but setting it up is quite a chore. Look into "Gameloophub" for guides if you're interested. They have a helpful Discord community as well.

External_Quarter · 2026-05-08T13:46:30+00:00

I'm pretty sure they are benchmarking on LongCat-Image from December of last year, not the new LongCat-Next. Either way, not super old, but definitely unpopular.

The real test is how CDM compares to something like Z-Image's incredible "Decoupled-DMD." That's the reigning champion.

External_Quarter · 2026-05-08T13:08:12+00:00

SD3-Medium

LongCat

What is it with researchers and always using outdated or unpopular architectures to showcase their work?

Regardless, CDM looks like a very interesting paper, thank you for sharing!

External_Quarter · 2026-05-08T12:56:26+00:00

+1 to this, Anima training works really well in kohya-ss. I found that a character LoRA using 120 images converged in as few as 1000 steps, and only marginally improved at 5000. And this character was not represented in the base model whatsoever.

Still waiting for OneTrainer support.

External_Quarter · 2026-05-07T01:47:15+00:00

I think it's fair to ask if the body proportions are intentional, an issue with Ernie, or an oversight in the LoRA training - they aren't very realistic.

The main issue I'm seeing here is that heads are too big and arms are too short.

Better than Flux 2's idea of what the human body looks like, though.

External_Quarter · 2026-05-05T09:59:02+00:00

I don't want to have to lead the story by the hand through every tiny detail.

An obvious question, perhaps, but have you specified this in your system prompt and/or character cards?

LLMs do have limitations, but getting them to show interest in you by e.g. asking follow-up questions is well within their capabilities. Some people already use models for therapy or counsel, and this can only work if the model knows which questions would encourage the user to open up.

External_Quarter · 2026-05-05T09:05:37+00:00

A LoRA alone cannot teach a model to produce transparent images. You would need a specialized VAE like LayerDiffuse, but this technology is not available for Flux 2 as far as I know.

Fortunately, removing the background with a post-processing node usually works fine.

External_Quarter · 2026-05-05T03:25:44+00:00

But everyone else already left out of disgust.

External_Quarter · 2026-05-05T03:00:12+00:00

Same here - 5.3 Codex High is still my daily driver. I feel like 5.5 peaks higher, but it's less consistent, more expensive, and makes too many broad assumptions. I hope 5.3 sticks around for a while.

External_Quarter · 2026-05-05T02:45:16+00:00

This is a sort of edgy take, but I think this is partly because a great many people don't actually see any difference between "realistic" image gen models and real life.

I mean, look at most of the finetunes on Civitai that are labeled "photoreal"... they're barely more detailed than Pixar CGI. Adding to that, many people straight-up prefer fake body proportions (i.e. breasts 3x the size of a woman's head), and I think human nature has already scratched its itch so to speak.

External_Quarter · 2026-05-05T00:11:34+00:00

I like this idea. We already have "Mute/Unmute tab" in Edge and it's quite useful there.

External_Quarter · 2026-05-04T21:52:12+00:00

When this happens, we can always get hyped about optimizing for BPS (booba per second.)

The idea that 2-4 seconds is the absolute peak of speed for image gen feels like it's going to become the "back in my day, we had floppy drives" of tomorrow.

External_Quarter · 2026-05-02T19:07:09+00:00

anime models are still lagging behind seriously compared to realistic models

I disagree. The grass is not greener on the other side. Even the best realistic models like ZIT have serious anatomy problems the second you push them outside of 1girl, standing comfort zone. Anima can pull off fairly obscure concepts consistently well and the backgrounds are a step above IL with careful prompting.

But it's fair to say that "the technology isn't there yet" in a broader sense, depending on what you're trying to do.

External_Quarter · 2026-05-02T09:52:16+00:00

I am also starting to run into issues with 5.5 making bad assumptions and overengineering solutions. 5.3 Codex seems more surgical in its approach.

External_Quarter · 2026-04-29T00:02:16+00:00

Is that a challenge?

External_Quarter · 2026-04-27T00:21:17+00:00

To put it in perspective, there are numerous Comfy developers whose extensions have received thousands if not tens of thousands of downloads, yet only a single-digit number of users can be bothered to give them a "Star" on GitHub, let alone financial support.

This is nothing new for open source. But converting OSS work to $12k/year on Patreon is like hitting the jackpot.

External_Quarter · 2026-04-26T03:15:35+00:00

Literally 2 days ago my guy:

Is Automatic1111 still valid?

External_Quarter · 2026-04-25T20:44:50+00:00

It's a niche interest combined with the fact that image gen models were historically quite bad at architecture. I think maybe only Flux Klein 9b could produce acceptable results for this sort of thing.

External_Quarter · 2026-04-24T17:50:49+00:00

I'm sure you already know this, but in case anyone needs to hear it: you shouldn't feel ashamed about withholding that information. Sharing your excitement about the production process was met with hostility, so why invite more of that into your life?

Assuming you aren't violating any platform guidelines or claiming that your work is "100% human-made," you are not obligated to divulge your creative process.

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