Hey people of Perchance and to whoever developed this generator,

I know people keep saying, “The new model is better, just move on,” but I need to say something clearly and honestly: I loved the old model.

The old model was consistent.

If I described a character — like a guy in a blue jumper, red jeans, and purple hair — the old model actually gave me that. It might sound ridiculous, but at least I could trust it to follow the prompt. When I used things like double brackets ((like this)), the model respected my input.

And when I asked for 200 images, the results looked like the same character across the whole batch. It was amazing for making characters, building stories, and exploring different poses or angles. The style was consistent. That mattered to me. That was freedom.

Now with the new model, I try to recreate those characters I used to love and they just don’t look right anymore. The prompts don’t land. The consistency is gone. The faces change, the outfits get altered, and it often feels like the model is doing its own thing no matter what I ask.

I get that the new model might be more advanced technically — smoother lines, better faces, fewer mistakes. But better in one way doesn’t mean better for everyone. Especially not for those of us who care about creative control and character accuracy. Sometimes the older tool fits the job better.

That’s why I’m asking for one thing, and I know I’m not alone here:

Let us choose. Bring back the old model or give us the option to toggle between the old and the new. Keep both. Don’t just replace something people loved.

I’ve seen a lot of people online saying the same thing. People who make comics, visual novels, storyboards, or just love creating characters — we lost something when the old model was removed. The new one might look nice, but it doesn’t offer the same creative control.

This isn’t about resisting change. This is about preserving what worked and giving users a real choice. You made a powerful tool. Let us keep using it the way we loved.

Thanks for reading this. I say it with full respect. Please bring the old model back — or at least give us a way to use it again.

please

  • Petra@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 hours ago

    With the old model, when I created characters using the same prompt across multiple generations, I got images that looked like the same character every time — same face, same style, same feeling, with only small variations. That’s what I loved. That consistency mattered. I could trust it. It made character creation easy, fun, and powerful for storytelling.

    Now with the new model, I use the exact same prompts, same settings, and even the same seed structure — and yet the results look completely different. The style shifts, the faces change, and it feels like I’m getting a new person each time. Even the framing is inconsistent — for example, the old model would show the full torso, while the new one sometimes crops too close, like it’s focusing only on the top half.

    Please demonstrate this. What are the prompts and seeds you are using here? What results you were expecting? What results you got? I posted examples previously.

    I’m not saying throw out the new model. I’m saying: give us the option to choose. Let those of us who found value in the old system keep using what worked for us.

    I answered this before. To make this request more likely, you need to show that what you got before or what you want isn’t reasonably achievable with the new model.

    Please don’t dismiss this as just a prompting issue. It’s a model behavior issue. And I really hope the devs take this feedback seriously.

    For this to be taken as a model behavior issue, you need to provide information. What are the prompts, seeds, results you are getting? You are only talking in abstract terms here. Please provide some actual examples here.