Layla v5.3.0 has been published!

This version includes multiple exciting changes!

Introducing a new animated character Eleonora: A vision of youthful elegance, Eleonora sits poised upon her family's ancestral throne, her striking emerald eyes revealing an intelligence that belies her young age. Her platinum-blonde hair cascades in delicate waves beneath a finely crafted golden tiara, framing porcelain features set in an expression of dignified curiosity. Her slender frame is adorned in an elaborate white gown with intricate gold embroidery befitting her royal status, while the ornate choker at her neck showcases her noble house's craftsmanship. Though not yet crowned, the graceful confidence in her posture and the thoughtful gaze she directs toward her future subject's hint at the potential she possesses as heir to her kingdom's throne.

She is animated with idle, talking, and thinking animations. The animations will update based on your input! (https://www.layla-network.ai/post/how-to-start-a-voice-chat-with-your-characters)

Additionally, this update adds the ability to duplicate the preset characters, so you can use them as a base to create your own. This includes the animated ones! So you can use the animations to create your own character.

XTC Sampler

Layla supports the XTC sampler (EXclude Top Choices). This sampler boosts model creativity by excluding the top choices based on pre-defined settings. This allows the character/model to get creative without sacrificing coherence. For more details on how it works and some feedback from users, you can see here: https://www.reddit.com/r/SillyTavernAI/comments/1f5zxck/xtc_this_sampler_is_pretty_good/

You can configure the settings by going to Advanced Settings screen in Layla

Phi-4 support

This update of Layla also adds support for the newly released Phi-4 family models by Microsoft. From Microsoft, Phi-4 models "excels at complex reasoning in areas such as math, in addition to conventional language processing": https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/aiplatformblog/introducing-phi-4-microsoft%E2%80%99s-newest-small-language-model-specializing-in-comple/4357090

Full Changelog

New features:

• added a new animated character

• added ability to duplicate characters (including preset characters and animated characters, which will allow you to use the animation for your own characters)

• added XTC samplers in Advanced Settings

• added support for Phi-4 family models

Improvements:

• added feature to generate image prompt using your selected LLM in SD mini-app

• improved animated character lips movement; lips will start moving when sound is played instead of on LLM output

Bug fixes:

• fixed bug where saving backup data directly to file system does not work for very large backups

• fixed bug where character info is not updated after editing until a reload

• fixed bug where deleting a character does not refresh the characters list

• fixed bug where TTS voices were not playing in phone silent mode

• fixed bug where TTS voices do not play after stopping it once

• fixed bug in image generation resulting in "workspace alignment" issues

• fixed bug where character tags are not showing in the character creator

• fixed bug where deleted characters were still sending proactive messages