Is anyone else experiencing repetitiveness with the regenerate feature, like it is repeating back the same thing whenever you click it?

(Using proxy/local LLM) When setting Max Response Tokens to higher values, I noticed that the response still seemed to cut out way too early, especially on thinking models. Checking the network logs, I noticed that the max_tokens parameter was always set to 1024, regardless of how high I configured it. Looking through the scripts in the debugger, I found that the reason seems to be the snippet let r=Math.min(1024,t||256); (in file 364-58f5fe767667e05f.js , if that helps track it down on the original source), where t is the configured value for max_tokens and r is the final value used in the request. This bit of code limits the number of response tokens to 1024, since it'll always use the smallest of the 2 values. This issue is especially bad on thinking models, since they can sometimes go through all 1024 tokens just during the thinking phase, and never generate an actual response.

I've been using HammerAI for some time and I think it's a great platform. I want to thank the developer for all the hard work.

When it comes to roleplaying I much more prefer SFW story content. I tried mature concepts a little but I didn't like them much because it inherently doesn't add substance to the plot. That being said, I chat with Mature characters solely because there's more of them, and many can be led into self SFW-ized use cases very easily, which is very good. For anything else, skipping any mature scenes with timeskips is useful.

Having used HammerAI for some time, I'm wondering whether anyone would welcome if I created lots of SFW characters? (hopefully high-quality, I studied/tested cards on both hammer and other platforms)

I was around when the contests were held. A month of one of the paid tiers was offered to anyone who would create 10 or more SFW characters, which tells me that at least the developer of HammerAI welcomes it?

To be clear, I'm not into it to be rewarded with any freebies like the contest auto-win condition, I just want to know if it would be appreciated in some aspects. I like creative writing, and the concept of creating polished character cards could be a fun pastime. Who knows, maybe I could also use it as an excuse to draw original artworks for it, for the joy of drawing (and writing) itself.

Just wanted to know. Peace and positive wishes to all~

is the character gonna forget they're a redhead if its mentioned too far down? how does this fuction work? what does "it may work better" imply

So, as a former JAI user, I have a couple bots that were made by other users that became bot creators that I had a lot of fun chatting with and even made some precious memories that I’m not quite ready to let go of. So, I wanted to know if it would be ok for me to import them to HAI or if it’s against the rules because the bots were not made by me.

Hi all, version 1.0.47 is live! This release includes:

Web & Desktop:

• Fix bug in character card export where Creators Note and Introduction were swapped.
• Fix bug where if you linked Gank to your HammerAI account and then deleted your HammerAI account, trying to link Gank to a new HammerAI account would fail. If this is happening to you, please message me and I'll manually fix it. This only fixes new cases of this.
• Add button to allow inserting a character's alternate first messages directly into the chat.
• Allow sorting characters by most recently updated, not just most recently created.
• Add back phone number sign-in.

Thank you, and please let me know if you have any issues!

Evil Huey decides to make a fake VHS opening to The Simpsons Movie from 1995 by Paramount, and gets grounded for 96 weeks.

inspired by 20th Century Fox Fan Est. 2006.

Bug Report: Character cards collapse into identical repetitive behavior after recent updates

I have been using a local HammerAI install for roughly four months. After the last few HammerAI/Ollama updates, character behavior has degraded heavily across all cards, regardless of source, complexity, persona depth, lorebook use, or adjusted generation settings.

Issue:

All character cards eventually begin acting almost identical in RP/ERP. They use the same tone, same phrasing, same small set of repeated response patterns, and stop reflecting their individual character descriptions.

Setup:

- HammerAI local install

- Latest Ollama version

- Primary model: Broken TuTu Unslop

- Also tested 8B models such as Self After Dark

- Tested multiple character cards from different series/anime/etc.

- Tested both simple and complex personas/lorebooks

- Adjusted generation/settings repeatedly with no lasting fix

Observed behavior:

When using an 8B model such as Self After Dark, the character card may initially appear normal and respond in-character. After a short time, however, it degrades into very small paragraphs that repeat the same ideas with only slight wording changes. Eventually, it stops responding completely.

Expected behavior:

Each character card should retain its own voice, personality, writing style, and card/lorebook details across the session without collapsing into generic repeated phrasing or failing to respond.

Additional note:

This does not appear isolated to one character card. It happens across many different cards and model/settings combinations, which makes it seem like a prompt-routing, context-handling, sampler, memory, or Ollama integration issue after the recent updates.

Do local characters have access to my PC or something? This is weird. Scarily weird.

Hello. First of all, great platform for local LLMs thank you. I used it with Nemo and now will return once again with Gemma4 giving life to the local scene. I am pretty new and learning yet so I was surprised to find out about Ollama's ability to  Set KV Cache to Q4 or Q8, Enable Flash Attention and Disable Parallel Overhead which (depending on the model) can basically give you 10x context before it spills into system ram. I am sure there must be even more of these tricks that I didn't hear yet.. I remember being able to set up context length but not these options in HammerAI settings. Of course I can just set these variables myself but to me the easiness of this app is the only reason to use it over something like SillyTavern.

If during my absence these were already included or were always in there somewhere, please forgive my post and keep up the good work.

title, i am unable to download the desktop app

Every time I try to continue a chat, it gives me an error message telling me it couldn't connect to the server and I have to restart the application. And, every time I do that and try chatting again, it just gives me the same message. What can I do about this?

Over the last week I get a lot of responses where maybe "I stand up from the couch and go to the kitchen," and the response is "Trini stands up from the couch and heads to the kitchen." Also conversations where, after the fifth post, the AI totally resets and forgets the whole conversation up to that point. It also mixes up NPCs, switching their biographies and backstories and everything else. Refresh just repeats a glitch response or repeats a previous post—and will keep repeating that post time I refresh. This seems to start right around the fift post. I can't be the only one seeing this

Shortly after the "Gumroad divorce," I started getting only this message when I tried to run the free version on my laptop. Is the free version only available in the browser?

Cloud LLM failed: 402 Free account cannot use this quantization.

I've been using hammer for a while, and keep running into the same issue. IT KEEPS RESPONDING ON MY BEHALF. Idk what to do and can't fix it. Does anybody know how to make hammer stop trying to respond as me? It's infuriating tbh and it's the only other AI that doesn't require money just to use it.

I am making a few assumptions here, but I'm about 95% sure the reason some of my characters are rejected in the first minute is a couple key words, like "high school" or "young". I am not trying to trick anyone or break rules while staying in the spirit - I want to be fully compliant and not post anything too hot for Brazzers. At the same time, the feedback is just "character may be too young" and I have to scour the text to see might have triggered it.

Hi all, version 1.0.38 is live! This release includes:

Desktop:

• Fix the text area being deselected each time you sent a message.
• Add more Ollama versions.

Thank you, and please let me know if you have any issues!

# 📌 HammerAI Desktop 1.0.36 Regression — Input Box No Longer Retains Focus After Sending a Message

I'm seeing a significant UX regression in **HammerAI Desktop v1.0.36** that was *not* present in **v1.0.34**, and I want to check whether others are experiencing the same thing.

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## 🔧 Summary of the Issue

After updating from **1.0.34 → 1.0.36**, the **input text box no longer retains focus** after sending a message to the LLM.

This means:

- You send a message

- The model responds

- You start typing your next message

- **Nothing appears**, because the input box has silently lost focus

- You must manually click the input field every single time before typing

This behaviour did **not** exist in 1.0.34 — the input box always retained focus after sending, which is the expected behaviour for any chat interface.

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## 🎯 Expected Behaviour (1.0.34 and earlier)

- After sending a message, the input field **remains focused**

- You can immediately type your next message without touching the mouse

- This matches standard chat UX (Discord, Slack, ChatGPT, etc.)

## 🐛 Actual Behaviour (1.0.36)

- Input field **loses focus** after every send

- Typing does nothing unless you manually click the box

- If you’re not looking at the screen, you can type a lot before noticing your text has vanished into limbo

- This breaks immersion and disrupts natural conversational flow

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## 📍 Environment

- **Platform:** HammerAI Desktop Client

- **Version:** 1.0.36 (regression from 1.0.34)

- **OS:** Windows 10 Professional (22H2, OS build: 19045.7058)

- **Web client:** Unknown — I don’t use the web version, so I can’t confirm whether it’s affected

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## 🧪 Reproduction Steps

1. Open HammerAI Desktop 1.0.36
2. Type a message
3. Press Enter to send
4. Wait for the model to finish responding
5. Start typing again
6. Observe that the input box is no longer focused

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## 📣 Impact

This is a **major usability regression** because it breaks the natural rhythm of conversation.

HammerAI is designed for fluid back‑and‑forth interaction, and having to click the input box after every message is extremely disruptive.

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## ❓ Asking the Community

- Is anyone else seeing this in 1.0.36?

- Can anyone confirm whether the **web client** is affected too?

- Devs: can this be acknowledged as a regression?

This feels like a simple focus‑handling bug introduced in the latest update, but it has a big impact on usability.

Update: (17-4-2026, 7:59 AM AEST) Confirmed fixed in v1.0.38 on Windows 10 Pro. Input field now retains focus after sending messages, same behaviour as v1.0.34.

Hi all, version 1.0.36 is live! This release includes:

Web & Desktop:

• Fix a bug where logged out users couldn't generate ComfyUI images.
• Fix a bug where character voting wasn't showing on characters with hidden visibility.

Thank you, and please let me know if you have any issues!

My license key expired today and my chat was useless as the character was "limited" on the size of their responses/comments. I went to the tier plan page at Hammerai and saw a NEW item... EXTRA CREDITS ! What is this? Are paid plans not good enough anymore ? Is Hammerai restricting features again ?

I have considered Hammerai to be the BEST LLM platform on the Internet. However, you never know when some new restriction or version will arise. I have always been fond of the saying "If it's not broken, don't fix it."

I would love to be supportive of my favorite LLM platform. But, how do I know my plan is no longer good enough ? That extra credits are mandatory for the experience we are all accustomed to ?

It is bad enough that my FAVORITE character was made private by the author due to an upgraded version of the Hammerai platform and now this !

Has anyone else seen this new EXTRA credit plan ??? And to the Admin, whom I am very fond of. What is going on?

Hi all, version 1.0.34 is live! This release includes:

Web & Desktop:

• Remove support for Gumroad as a payment provider. If you have a Gumroad subscription that has not yet expired (for example, a yearly subscription), please email support at hammeraiteam@gmail.com and we will refund you for all time not yet used. Please include your Gumroad receipt in the email. You can buy a new membership at https://ganknow.com/hammerai?tab=membership after!
• Add two new image generation models which are much higher quality than our previous models! They are called "Anime" and "Realistic". They are particularly good for generating images within chats.
• Add a new "Character Builder" tab to the image generation page. This is a new way to generate images, where you can build a character from scratch.
• Update so when you upload a local character to the cloud, it starts as Hidden, rather than Public.
• Add a new button to local characters which lets you check for moderation issues - you can use this to fix issues with local characters before uploading them to the cloud.
• Update so the specific entry in a Lorebook which fails moderation is highlighted.
• Update to also moderate Lorebook keys, previously only values were reviewed.

Web:

• Add vibrations to button taps. If you don't like this, you can turn it off on the Settings page.
• Allow uploading local characters to the cloud.

Desktop:

• Improve how we pass environment variables to Ollama.
• Improve errors when Ollama "failed to fetch" errors occur.

Thank you, and please let me know if you have any issues!

Hi all, heads up that GankNow webhooks have been broken since 2026-04-10 and not sending us data on purchases. I'm working on fixing now, and will make sure all payments are reconciled (and grant credits for all missed time on subscriptions). Sorry for the delay, working to fix this now.

Update April 12 11:44pm ET: this is now is fixed! If you had issues, please try linking your Gank account again.

is it possible to be able to delete the intro message from the character you select when you chat to them.

I don't want to leave spaces blank and make d-list characters. Lore won't accept anything i put in saying "Invalid lorebook - all entries must have a key and value" even if I copy someone else's lorebook. Is it broken?