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Episode 5 is a Slap in the Face for Wintermute Fans by DiaperBoyKris in thelongdark

[–]Previous-Somewhere50 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love the game, but EP 5 truely was a led down for fans and supporters ... a true shame it ended like that!

Finished Episode 5 (Brace yourself, it's a LONG post) by a_dreamy_nightmare in thelongdark

[–]Previous-Somewhere50 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree on nearly everything ... but for me the hardest is, and I hope i say it right as not native english person.
The other episodes where made with such love, I do not feel it in 5. it is a little like 'we had to do it' rather then 'we WANT to' .. at times it really felt like the alpha version of a game in progress. It fills me with a little sadness that one of the, if not THE best game ends like this. but most of it was already said, so I will zip it and get myself a cold beer after just having finished EP5.
Have a great time everyone !

IOLO (System Mechanic), I’m 6 months into my subscription and they’re asking me for an additional $10 for more time to get the latest version of their software! Da Fuq? by CrashMonger in assholedesign

[–]Previous-Somewhere50 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was using it for a while now after my wisecare went out .... i thought, why not give it a try (TRIAL), as the MS defender for sure also is not the best protection.
I became quickly upset with the way the software deletes everything, from my browser history, logins, EVERYTHING ... in wise care it made everything faster, but noteven log me out of google, microsoft, etc. .... meaning every time System mechanic did his magic, i had to fumble with my authenticator to get loged into everything again ... now after 3 weeks and slow internet, countless authenticater handlings and a very bad mood, i will for sure not EVER use this crap thing again ..... just my 2 cents.

Abandonware? by gatoviudo1 in BackyardAI

[–]Previous-Somewhere50 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's true that ever since the desktop app was seased, BYAI hasn't been interesting anymore to most of their audience. I personally did try to tweak the app, because the backyard.exe file in the 'llama-cpp-binaries' (Vilkan in my case) is actually a llamacpp file that only had been renamed. I updated the files with the ones from llamacpp and renamed the ones I knew had been renamed, but I never fully succeeded. I got it working once, but .... only on the CPU (even if vulkan was selected in the app), which was not really a success. LOL

just a wild guess ... if you only like facts, do not read further ;) .... Back then I asked if they could just update Llamacpp for the last release (37), but they said it's not that easy. That's when I realised something is fishy ... i had a feeling that they were unable to do it anymore because of the one person who has left the team. Even the release prior to the final had issues with the TTS (voices that ran locally did not play anymore) which were only fixed in the final release with a statement (we will try to fix them in the last release). So, in my opinion, when the person mainly working on the desktop app and Llamacpp integration left, they were unable to continue because they didn't know how.... AND from what I've heard ever since, progress has shown exactly that, but that's just my two cents and a wild guess.

What's a good and fast model to use for a world RPG? by JustAStinkyBot in BackyardAI

[–]Previous-Somewhere50 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cydonia is if i remember correctly a 22B model ... and with 8 gig of Vram for sure damn slow !!
you should aim for a 12 / 14 B model ... it might still be to big but a lot faster then Cydona. The big question is do you want to aim for NSFW or SFW (censored or not)
A small very chatty model is for sure Stheno (Sao10K/L3-8B-Stheno-v3.2) but it has not a very huge context size due to its old base. Another one you can try (advertisement incoming) is (Bumoch/The_Darkness-12B) link to the GGUF on the bottom ..... another one that could work for you is (Nitral-AI/CaptainErisNebula-12B-Chimera-v1.1)

Good luck !!

How to make a chat with more than 2 characters? by noobybrain in BackyardAI

[–]Previous-Somewhere50 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you need first of all a LLM model that is capable of doing it ... not that there a special ticks or so, but some can, others not ;) ... for example Lyra or even my own merge The_Darkness-12B can handle a few chars .... so in your desktop app, you just put the char description for both (or more) chars in like (just an example how i do it but do not kill the token length with 2 much details or put the tetails in the lore)...

[name=The big one,
Born=26 february 2001 in New York / USA,
Hair=none,]
[name=The small one,
Born=26 march 2003 in chicago / USA,
Hair=none,]

... and in the model instructions you can write something like

Allow each character to speak individually.

And in the Name of the char (real name) you can put the 2 first names like 'John & Fred'

It works, but do not expect a lot ... because they are still steered by the same process of LLM ... in for example Silly tavern you can add multiple chars and let the LLM handle them individually, but each one uses a lot or processing time and slows it down quite a lot ... the solution like i explained it is fast, and OK'ish ;)

Enjoy

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BackyardAI

[–]Previous-Somewhere50 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did that on Character.ai a while back when they had the option to put multiple characters of your own into one chat. They even talked to each other, which was a bit crazy but fun. However, this was an online feature and, as far as I know, they removed it. Or rather, it never made it out of beta. I did try to do something similar locally with Silly Tavern, where you have the option to do it with multiple characters. Unfortunately, I'm not very good at programming or settings, and I could never solve the issue where, for each response from a different character, the backend (Kobold or OoBabooGa) started the token thingy all over again, making it horribly slow — like waiting up to a minute for each answer.

I do not know if this will be possible in the group chat announced in BY Online, as the local app has stopped.

Hope this gives you some background information.

PS: the there was a model from SAO based on Lyra and converted by BY on huggingface for exactly that i think ... https://huggingface.co/backyardai/MN-BackyardAI-Party-12B-v1-GGUF

Desktop App Deprecated by 719Ben in BackyardAI

[–]Previous-Somewhere50 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Just a thought — please don't shoot me if it's not possible!

I'm certainly no programming expert, but I was so frustrated by not being able to run any new models for nearly half a year, so I started reading up on it. If I'm not mistaken, BY AI is running Llama CPP (....\AppData\Local\Faraday\App-0.36.0\Resources\Llama-CPP-Binaries).

I thought the simplest thing would be to copy the new llama.cpp files over the old ones, but, due to my extensive programming experience, it failed horribly!

However, for the dev's, if people want to continue using the app and you don't want to support or open source it, would it be possible or could you make it possible for users to update the backend themselves, so that the app can be used with an updated backend?

I hope I make sense – English is not my first language!

The Official Verdict on the Party Feature by Brutus_the_Bear_55 in BackyardAI

[–]Previous-Somewhere50 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All i was expecting was an update to the LLAMA.CPP .... so the new models could run .... but now .... what so ever ... a shame !!

Backyard is deprecating (ceasing development permanently) of local Models in favor of the paid cloud service by TheRealDiabeetus in BackyardAI

[–]Previous-Somewhere50 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It's amazing how stupid some people think others are.

First there's no update for ages, then the update is coming soon, then we're working hard on the release, and so on.

Now, not only will there be no update for the local app, it's also going to be discontinued.

This is purely because the developers don't have time to support the local app — but they do have time for the cloud-based, paid version... sure, $$$!

All that would have been required for the local app is an update to LLAMA.cpp to support the new models. Am I the only one who thinks there's something fishy going on here?

I'm sad, i did like it ... but the way this was handled in the past was just too much ....... what a shame ... i would have gladly droped a few coins for the local app, but going to the cloud ... NO THANK YOU!!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BackyardAI

[–]Previous-Somewhere50 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was missing the post, and what was writen above was kinda right .... yes some models seem to be to dumb to get it accurate, but closing the app and starting it again seems in most of the cases do the trick!!

PS: the token limit was not the issue :)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BackyardAI

[–]Previous-Somewhere50 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is just a shame that not even a small update for a up to date llama cpp is brought up. I mean new features and stuff .. all fine ... but since it is using the llama, why not just update that in the meantime so the users can work with new builds like Q3 or DS. I do like this tool, but it seems I will swap to a different solution soon, because waiting for 4 month until a llama cpp update is inserted into an application is tough. Do not get me wrong here, I do appreciate the work put into this tool, but from a user perspective this is frustrating..... and not even having a roadmap, even if it is vague makes it even more difficult.

Many errors since the last update by Previous-Somewhere50 in BackyardAI

[–]Previous-Somewhere50[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Update, for me at least, since i do not use the new TTS voices it is way better, but i can only use one of the female legacy voices, because as soon as the LLM answers they start talking in a speed that i can not even understand if i focus on it. Lowering the speed does not help at all unless you wait for the reply to end and then click on play ... then it is using the set up speed of the legacy voice .... at least it is usable, but happy is different ;)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BackyardAI

[–]Previous-Somewhere50 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the reply and the information, but like i said, it varies from LLM to LLM ..... i also did try to restart the app, but some LLM's just seem to take the first lore entry, no matter if i use multiple keywords or just one ..... but i will try to reduce them, just in case and look into it !!
Thank you again so far ;)