✨ Pal Engine – Update 0.6.0 Update (2025-12-25) ✨
🎙️ 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 — no manual setup needed.
💬 Renamed Chat tab to Conversation
The “Chat” tab has been rebranded as Conversation, now clearly showing messages sent via Speech-to-Text (STT) alongside typed text.
🔇 Added Mute button next to Pal Points
A convenient mute control lets you stop Pal Engine from listening whenever you want — without losing other AI features.
🤖 Embedded Gemma LM interaction function
Core logic for handling interaction between the user and the language model provider is now deeply integrated via the Gemma LM system.
🧠 LM Studio integration implemented
You can now hook up LM Studio as your conversation-AI backend, letting you power Pal Engine’s responses with your local LM Studio instance.
👗 Added Alania – Christmas Dress
A festive new character variant! Big thanks to poohdybear for the super-fast last-minute design ❤️
📘 Added Status and Guides page (WIP)
A new status/info hub is in place — still under development, but designed to host helpful documentation, diagnostics, and guidance once fully updated.
🎄 Added Christmas Event theme
Spread holiday cheer with a seasonal theme that brings a festive look and feel to the Pal Engine experience.