Piper gets stuck on a loop when voice model not found

[art-from-the-machine]

If Piper is unable to find a voice model, it will get stuck on a loop trying to load it. To fix this, the list of available models should be pulled into a list by reading Piper's model folder when Mantella starts. This way, if a model is not in the list, Mantella can instead load a generic model for the NPC.

[C1obs]

I'm experiencing the "Could not find voice model..." error within mantella that i use with skyrim. It's great to see that you've identified a potential fix.

I'm wondering if there's any update on when this fix might be implemented into the mod itself? Or, if there's any workaround or temporary solution that end-users could apply?

Thanks for creating such a wonderful mod!

[chrisoutwright]

I am missing some models in the folder:

MantellaSoftware\piper\models\skyrim\low

There should be:

<style> </style>

name	voice_model	bio	bio_url	advanced_voice_model	skyrim_voice_folder	race	gender	species	ref_id	base_id	author	voice_accent	note
Delphine	Delphine	Delphine, a Breton woman, owns and runs the Sleeping Giant Inn in Riverwood with, along with a Nord man named Orgnar. .....	/wiki/Delphine_(Skyrim)	Delphine	FemaleUniqueDelphine	Breton	Female	Human	13485	13478	Bethesda	fr	Shawn - doneish

but no such voice model I saw in folder..

[KiraSlith]

Any chance of an update on this? Mantella getting completely stuck endlessly restarting Piper (even after Skyrim is closed) because it can't find a voice, like MaleDunmer.onnx, is a huge brick wall against leaving on ambient behaviors.

[acj1990]

Every time I run this mod it self-bricks for this reason, very quickly.

[Nieu5traszony]

Yes it is definately a bug, it happens to me same way, but there is simple workaround for the time being. In relation to 'Delphine' missing files, there is actually her voice in the folder, just under 'uniquefemaledelphine.onnx' (and coresponding .json file). So just make a copy of those both files and rename them to delphine.onnx and delphine.json, just like mantella console tells you to. You can probably substitue other missing voices too. Hope that helps :-)