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🧠 More embedded AI model choices Pal Engine now supports more built-in lightweight function-routing models, giving you a choice between FunctionGemma, Llama 3.2 1B, and Qwen2.5 1.5B for internal action and helper tasks....
🧭 VRM 1.0 preview rotation fix Fixed a bug where some VRM 1.0 characters were facing the background instead of the camera in the character preview modal during import. 💬 /animations command fix The `/animations` comma...
🧠 Expanded LM Studio model shortlist Pal Engine now includes more curated local LM Studio models, including the bigger Gemma 2 9B and Gemma 3 12B options for stronger replies, plus NVIDIA Nemotron as an experimental com...
📸 Character Photo Booth has been implemented Pal Engine now includes a dedicated Character Photo Booth, making it easy to frame your character, capture shots, and create cleaner screenshots directly inside the app. 🎁...
⬆️ Top snapping now works again Characters can now snap correctly to the top of the screen instead of ignoring that edge while other snap directions continue to behave normally. 🧹 Faulty VRM hair rotation behavior has...
🆔 Steam user ID handling has been reduced Pal Engine now prefers the internal Pal Engine user account for core session and chat sync flows, improving compatibility when Steam is not part of the active setup. 📐 Perspec...
🎨 Modern interface, dark by default Pal Engine now ships with a sleek, fully redesigned Dark Mode interface as the default experience — smoother, cleaner, and easier on the eyes whether you're chatting or browsing your...
🗣️ Tons of new Piper TTS voices We added a much larger Piper voice library, giving you many more choices for different character styles, accents, and voice personalities. 🎙️ Better Voice & Speech workflow Voice settings...
🔗 Connect your VRoid Hub account from the Store Pal Engine now lets you link your VRoid Hub account directly from the Store so you can browse VRoid Hub content without leaving the app setup flow. 🧭 Browse Staff Picks,...
🗑️ Delete your own submitted community characters Users can now delete their own submitted Community Characters directly from the Shared By You section. ⏪ 24-hour restore window for deleted submissions Deleted submissi...
🛍️ Store Characters now include official Alania models Alania Default and Alania Christmas were moved into Store Characters, so users can claim and import them directly from the Store flow. 🌐 Community Characters model...
💬 Better chat history management Chat history handling is cleaner, with improved synchronization between Gemini cloud chats and LM Studio local chats.
🎤 Voice is now manual only Wake-word listening was removed. 🎛️ Compact voice quick controls Voice controls are now cleaner and shared between the popover and Conversations. 🧠 Better muted behavior Conversation mode c...
🎤 Voice is now manual only You now start voice chat when you want. Wake-word listening was removed, so the app will not listen in the background anymore. ⚙️ Voice settings are simpler We removed wake-word options and k...
🪟 Animation UI improvements Animation tabs were moved from the Animation Control Window into the Client Window under a dedicated Animations tab, making character control more accessible and streamlined. 🧲 Smart charac...
- Improve Client Window design - Implement Poses tab in Animation Control Window, to allow user set a animation of type Pose and play it (character will stay in that pose until canceled or interupted). - Add more keybind...
🎙️ Implementation of Text-to-Speech and Speech-to-Text internal tools Built-in voice features are now in place, and we’ve added a dependency manager that will download and install the external engines/models you choose —...
- Improve notification system
- Implement Notification system - Fix bone capsules not properly detecting region clicks with interaction button. ✨ Pal Engine – Update 0.5.8 Small Update 2 (2025-10-05) ✨ - Interaction animations should be interupte...
- Refactor Character upload form to fix issues when user uploads a large vrm model.
- Fixed Show Debug Information to show bone capsules - Added more adjusted bone capsules in order to improve on character hover and character area interaction clicks.
- Improve client and animation control window UI, and add expandable menu for smaller window sizes. - Refactor character blink algorithm, testing new way of handling character blink. - Remove character animation settings...
Fixed a bug in character upload that was causing infinity loading and second pal engine instance opening
Here’s what’s new: New tabs in Animation Control: • Random Dances — choose which dance animations are included in random dance mode • Random Idles — select which idle actions appear in random idle mode • Interacti...
This release brings major animation tools and customization features to Pal Engine: - Animation Controller: preview all built-in animations and toggle them on/off. - Full support for .vrma format (VRM Animation), letting...