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Frequently Asked Questions

Does this cost money?

No, but we recommend OpenAI, which costs money based on usage. Typical usage costs are around $0.10 per hour, depending on your playstyle. Alternatives are available, but will need some additional setup and may not work as well.

Do I need a microphone?

Yes, you will need a working microphone to interact with the AI and preferably a headset to prevent the AI from hearing itself.

My antivirus software is flagging the application as a virus. What should I do?

Some antivirus software may flag the application as a virus due to a false positive. This can be very annoying and you may need to add an exception in your antivirus software or disable it, if you encounter this issue. All our source code is publicly available and our build process is available (and can be replicated) in the repository. Please also report this to your antivirus software vendor as a false-positive, to hopefully get this resolved in the future. After you have added an exception, you may need to re-download and re-extract the application, as the antivirus software might have quarantined or deleted important files.

The AI response is breaking up after a few words. What should I do?

If you are using Voice Activation, the AI gets interrupted when Voice is detected through the microphone. If your microphone is picking up the AI's own voice, it will interrupt itself. There are multiple options to prevent this:

  • Enable "Mute microphone during response" toggle in the settings, which will automatically mute the microphone while the AI is speaking, but also prevent you from purposefully interrupting the AI.
  • Use Push-to-Talk instead of Voice Activation, which will interrupt the AI only when you press the Push-to-Talk key.
  • Use closed headphones, which will prevent the microphone from picking up the AI's voice.

Do you support other languages than English?

Generally yes, but there are a few places that are currently english-only. The AI can understand and speak multiple languages, but due to some additionally process for numbers they might not be read correctly. Additionally, the AI tends to fall back to english sometimes, due to most of the game-events being in english. This can usually be fixed by reminding the AI of the language you want to use.

I paid money for the OpenAI API, but the AI is still not working. What should I do?

OpenAI sometimes needs a few minutes to process your payment. If you are still having issues after a few minutes, please check your OpenAI account for any issues. If you are still having issues, please get in touch with us.

Does it work on Linux, Steam Deck, Proton, Wine?

We have a native Linux version available, but it requires some special setup. Please contact us on discord and we will help you get it running.

Can I use Deepseek or other reasoning models?

While technically possible, reasoning models have a response time of many seconds to minutes, which is not suitable for real-time interaction. The advantage of these models in coding and mathematics is not useful in the context of creative writing and storytelling and due to the long reasoning chains, these models are far more expensive than our recommended configuration.

I have encounter a bug or an issue, what should I do?

Please report the bug on our Discord server, make sure to include screenshots and a description of what happened before the bug occurred. If you can, please also include the log file, which can be found in %localappdata%\com.covas-next.ui\logs using Windows Explorer.