Ilustrious-Nova-V4.0 (Harmonic Edition)

V4.0 is the definitive release. It fixes the "high-contrast/burning" issues of V3.1 PRO by switching to a Hybrid Merge Architecture.

The V4.0 "Harmonic" Logic

Previous versions used Injection everywhere, causing style instability. V4.0 separates the concerns:

1. Anatomy (Input/Middle Blocks): Uses Surgical TIES (Injection). We "force" the bone structure and finger anatomy from NoobAI into IllumiYume using a Top-K filter.
2. Style & Color (Output Blocks): Uses Linear Interpolation (LERP). We gently blend the render styles (80% IllumiYume / 20% NoobAI). LERP guarantees that pixel values never overshoot, completely eliminating the "fried/burnt" look at high CFG.
3. Prompt Adherence: Text Encoder mixing increased to 35% NoobAI to better understand complex tags.

Improvements

• ✅ CFG Support: Safe to use CFG 4.0 - 9.0 without burning.
• ✅ Fingers: Retains the superior V3.1 anatomy logic.
• ✅ Colors: Smooth, natural, and not over-saturated.

Recommended Settings

• Sampler: Euler a / DPM++ 2M SDE
• CFG: 6.0 - 8.0 (Now supports higher CFG!)
• Steps: 28+