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LongGameAnon's Retard Guide to use Expression/Emotion packs
Disclaimer
| This guide was made with using Windows+Nvidia in mind.
Table of contents
Step 1: Get a Bot and an Emotion pack
We will use my Sarah: -Road Trip Edition- bot for this guide.
Note: (All of my Sarah bots have the same expression pack and share a folder. So once you download it for one it'll work for all of them)
Link: Sarah -Road Trip Edition-
Step 2: Adding the Bot and Expressions to your Silly
Now that you have downloaded the bot and the expression pack. Go to your Silly Tavern and import both.
1.) Import your bot (I think majority of you know how to do it)
2.) Select the bot you want the emotions to be set with.
3.) Once the bot is loaded click the triple stacked boxes. Then click the Character Expressions dropdown. It should look like Pictured below but without the pictures.
4.) Click the upload sprite pack .zip file button. Then select the .zip file your expressions was packed with when you downloaded it. This will load the expressions in and create a matching file inside your /public/characters/ folder.
5.) Ensure that the expressions show.
Expressions are matched to the character based on the name of the folder matching the name of the bot.
Step 3: Opening the Extensions Colab
Now that we have the bot and the expressions are loaded and matched with it we need to run SillyTavern's extensions.
To get a link use the link below OR click on the link pictured below.
link: Extension Colab page
If you don't use the link above below is a Guide on where to click inside Silly to get to the same place.
Step 1: 
Step 2: 
Step 4: Running Colab and getting the API
Now that we are in the Colab click the play button pictured below and wait a bit (It will be slow the first time. Give it some time grab a coffee, leave me some nice reviews or join the discord lol).
After some time has passed scroll down into the results field and stop when you see this:
The highlighted link is your API link. Copy it and paste it into your SillyTavern Extensions API Field and click connect. Pictued below:
Step 5: Having fun!
You should be all set to go! Here are somethings to make it more enjoyable.
1.) Turn on Waifu Mode / Visual Novel Mode Pictured below.
2.) Add a background to the chat.
Click Here are some backgrounds I made for Sarah -Road Trip Edition-
3.) Change your Chat theme to be semi-transparent.
4.) Turn on TTS. (You have it now in the extensions tab!)
There are free options for you to use!
Final thoughts
I hope this guide helps out everyone that wants to try Silly Tavern Extensions and wants to play around with Expressions packs.
Please check out my bots here:
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Join the discord here:
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Or Email me:
LongGameAnon@proton.me
Keep having fun everyone!
