Mantella – v0.14 Preview 2
🚨 Mantella v0.14_preview_2 is here — and it’s packed! 🚨
The AI-powered voice interaction mod for Skyrim and Fallout 4 just leveled up with a massive update — natural conversations just got even more immersive, reliable, and tweakable!
🔥 What’s New?**
- 🎧 Skyrim Whisper model added — optimized STT for vanilla Skyrim voices!
- 📝 Smarter summaries — LLMs now keep track of convos way better.
- 🧠 NanoGPT joins the LLM lineup — more model variety, more personality!
- 📦 Claude prompt caching via OpenRouter — faster & cheaper API calls.
- 🎛️ Per-NPC config profiles — assign unique LLMs, TTS engines, and parameters to each character!
- 🎲 Random LLM selector — keep NPCs unpredictable (and fun).
- 🔐 Secure secret key management via JSON — no more hardcoded keys!
- 🐧 Linux support + remote service fixes — cross-platform play is real.
- 🗣️ Server-side push-to-talk — less accidental muttering, more intentional chatting.
- 🧪 GitHub Actions testing now live — more stable updates ahead!
🐞 Bug Squashed & Polished**
- Piper/XTTS launch issues fixed (especially on non-Windows!)
- Sentence parsing smarter (ellipsis ✅, asterisks ❌)
- Character limit bumped to 450 chars
- Radiant quests & turn logic fixed → NPCs actually listen now 🗣️
- Logging cleaned up + weather descriptions… less poetic, more practical ☀️
📦 Bonus: Prep for `onedir` builds is done — standalone distro coming soon!
🔗 Dive into the full changelog: [v0.14_preview_1…v0.14_preview_2](link)
Let’s see what wild NPCs you bring to life! 🧙♂️✨