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0.35.0 (#242)
Major features:
- Autonomous scene direction via director agent (replaces auto-direct)
- Inline image display in scene feed
- Character visuals tab for portrait/cover image management
- Character message avatars with dynamic portrait selection
- Pocket TTS and llama.cpp client support
- Message appearance overhaul with configurable markdown display

Improvements:
- KoboldCpp: adaptive-p, min-p, presence/frequency penalty support
- Setup wizard for initial configuration
- Director chat action toggles
- Visual agent: resolution presets, prompt revision, auto-analysis
- Experimental concurrent requests for hosted LLM clients
- Node editor alignment shortcuts (X/Y) and color picker

Bugfixes:
- Empty response retry loop
- Client system prompt display
- Character detail pins loading
- ComfyUI workflow charset encoding
- Various layout and state issues

Breaking: Removed INSTRUCTOR embeddings
2026-01-27 10:22:41 +02:00

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Load a scenario

Once you've set up a client and assigned it to all the agents, you will be presented with the Home screen. From here, you can load talemate scenarios and upload character cards.

To load the introductory Infinity Quest scenario, simply click on its entry in the Quick Load section.

Load infinity quest

!!! info "First time may take a moment" When you load the a scenario for the first time, Talemate will need to initialize the long term memory model. Which likely means a download. Just be patient and it will be ready soon.

Interacting with the scenario

After a moment of loading, you will see the scenario's introductory message and be able to send a text interaction.

Getting stgarted scene 1

Its time to send the first message.

Spoken words should go into " and actions should be written in *. Talemate will automatically supply the other if you supply one.

Getting started first interaction

Once sent, its now the AI's turn to respond - depending on the service and model selected this can take a a moment.

Getting started first ai response

Quick overview of UI elements

Scenario tools

Above the chat input there is a set of tools to help you interact with the scenario. You may also notice an agent activity bar appearing above the tools when agents are working - this shows which agents are currently processing in the background.

Getting started ui element tools

These contain tools to, for example:

  • regenrate the most recent AI response
  • give directions to characters
  • narrate the scene
  • advance time
  • save the current scene state
  • and more ...

A full guide can be found in the Scenario Tools section of the user guide.

World state

Shows a sumamrization of the current scene state.

getting started world state 1

Each item can be expanded for more information.

getting started world state 2

Find out more about the world state in the World State section of the user guide.