config PONY: fixed model import and learning rate

configs/PONY.knf.yaml

@@ -193,20 +193,23 @@ training:
       # cache_dir: .simpletuner-cache/text # Override generated text cache dir.
       disabled: false
 
-    # Generate a SimpleTuner user_prompt_library JSON from fixed Pony prompts.
-    # Manifest-derived prompts are intentionally omitted for Pony because
-    # kneifftools currently supports generated validation profiles for chroma
-    # and flux2 only.
+    # Generate a SimpleTuner user_prompt_library JSON from manifest-sampled tag
+    # prompts plus a few stable Pony probes.
     validation_prompts:
       enabled: true
       filename: simpletuner-validation-prompts.json
-      positive_prefix: "score_9, score_8_up, score_7_up, source_furry, rating_safe, "
+      positive_prefix: "score_9, score_8_up, score_7_up, source_furry, "
+      from_manifest:
+        profile: tag
+        seed: 42
+        activation_token: Rook_Kaefer
+        species_token: felkin
+        negative_control_species: wolf
       custom:
-        pony_portrait: "Rook_Kaefer, felkin, close-up portrait, detailed lighting"
-        pony_fullbody_reference: "Rook_Kaefer, felkin, full-body character reference, standing, solo"
-        # pony_body_detail: "Rook_Kaefer, felkin, body detail reference, torso, hands, legs, tail, clean anatomy"
-        # pony_fur_detail: "Rook_Kaefer, felkin, fur texture reference, ladybug markings, mane, tail, paws"
-        # pony_anatomy_reference: "Rook_Kaefer, felkin, rating_explicit, nude anatomy reference, sheath detail, clean lighting"
+        pony_safe_portrait: "rating_safe, Rook_Kaefer, felkin, close-up portrait, detailed lighting"
+        pony_safe_fullbody_reference: "rating_safe, Rook_Kaefer, felkin, full-body character reference, standing, solo"
+        pony_safe_fur_detail: "rating_safe, Rook_Kaefer, felkin, fur texture reference, ladybug_fur_markings, mane, tail, paws"
+        pony_explicit_anatomy_reference: "rating_explicit, Rook_Kaefer, felkin, nude anatomy reference, sheath detail, clean lighting"
 
     # Model and LoRA settings merged into the top-level SimpleTuner config.
     model:
@@ -219,10 +222,9 @@ training:
       lora_format: diffusers # SDXL LoRA format expected by SimpleTuner for this run.
       flux_lora_target: null # Remove the Flux/Chroma default from generated config.
 
-      # Converted Pony Diffusers directory from the WSL ComfyUI model store.
-      # SimpleTuner loads tokenizer/text-encoder metadata normally here instead
-      # of using Diffusers' fragile single-file SDXL pipeline loader.
-      pretrained_model_name_or_path: /mnt/wsl/comfyui-models/models/checkpoints/_base_finetunes/ponyDiffusionV6XL_v6StartWithThisOneDiffusers
+      # Full-pipeline converted Pony Diffusers directory from the WSL ComfyUI
+      # model store. This preserves Pony V6 text encoders from the checkpoint.
+      pretrained_model_name_or_path: /mnt/wsl/comfyui-models/models/checkpoints/_base_finetunes/ponyDiffusionV6XL_v6StartWithThisOneFullDiffusers
       pretrained_unet_model_name_or_path: null
       pretrained_vae_model_name_or_path: madebyollin/sdxl-vae-fp16-fix
       pretrained_transformer_model_name_or_path: null
@@ -250,7 +252,7 @@ training:
       # hub_model_id: ladybird-pony-lora                # Optional Hub model id if push_to_hub is enabled.
 
       optimizer: adamw_bf16              # BF16 AdamW optimizer.
-      learning_rate: 0.0001              # Common SDXL LoRA starting point.
+      learning_rate: 0.00025              # SDXL LoRA learning rates fall between 1e-4 and 5e-4
       lr_scheduler: constant_with_warmup # Ramp up LR to avoid weird color biases.
       lr_warmup_steps: 100
       seed: 42                           # Training seed.