A new build is on the beta branch. To try it, right-click Game of Mods in your Library, choose Properties → Betas, and pick beta.
Meet Linda
Linda is a new neural voice that runs entirely on your Mac. In English, the host, the Operator in the Studio and the First Steps narrator now speak with her. You can give any character Linda's voice in the voice picker, and new characters start with it. Lines you overhear in the world, like passing chatter and characters calling from a distance, play in each character's own voice and come from where they stand.
A livelier host
The host talks a little faster and brighter, and every reply is generated fresh. Its welcome no longer repeats a recent opening.
Faces that react
The character you're talking to looks at you, and its face shows the feeling behind its reply. Recorded face animations play in the world on each avatar's own expressions.
Ready for newer mods
Workshop items made for a newer version of the game now say so, instead of failing to load. A journey that needs a newer version tells you why it can't start. Journeys that need a Space or extra motions install them along with the journey.
Avatars and the Construct
The female starter builds cleanly at every recommended height, anime starters look better, and hooded jackets can be adjusted. In the Construct, the stage camera sits at eye level, you can see close-ups of your avatar, earlier versions wait in a queue behind it, and each body makes its own entrance.
Tell us how it goes
We'd most like to hear how Linda sounds to you, and whether replies still feel quick with her speaking. Please post in the discussions, especially if you're on an 8 GB Mac.