diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html
index 0dbb7a6f8..fd46c77b8 100644
--- a/public/index.html
+++ b/public/index.html
@@ -1185,6 +1185,15 @@
                                 <option value="3">Sentencepiece (LLaMA)</option>
                             </select>
                         </div>
+                        <div class="range-block">
+                            <div class="range-block-title justifyLeft">
+                                Token Padding
+                                <a href="/notes#tokenpadding" class="notes-link" target="_blank">
+                                    <span class="note-link-span">?</span>
+                                </a>
+                            </div>
+                            <input id="token_padding" class="text_pole" type="number" min="-2048" max="2048" />
+                        </div>
                         <label class="checkbox_label" for="always-force-name2-checkbox">
                             <input id="always-force-name2-checkbox" type="checkbox" />
                             Always add character's name to prompt
@@ -1501,6 +1510,10 @@
                                 <input id="auto_fix_generated_markdown" type="checkbox" />
                                 Auto-fix Markdown
                             </label>
+                            <label class="checkbox_label" for="allow_name2_display">
+                                <input id="allow_name2_display" type="checkbox" />
+                                Allow {{char}}: display in bot messages
+                            </label>
                             <label for="auto_scroll_chat_to_bottom">
                                 <input id="auto_scroll_chat_to_bottom" type="checkbox" />
                                 Auto-scroll Chat
@@ -1728,6 +1741,7 @@
                 <div id="rm_group_chats_block" class="right_menu">
                     <div id="rm_group_top_bar">
                         <div id="rm_button_back_from_group" class="menu_button fa-solid fa-left-long"></div>
+                        <div id="rm_group_scenario" class="menu_button fa-solid fa-scroll" title="Set a group chat scenario"></div>
                         <input id="rm_group_chat_name" class="text_pole" type="text" name="chat_name" placeholder="Chat Name (Optional)" maxlength="100" />
                         <div id="group_favorite_button" class="menu_button fa-solid fa-star" title="Add to Favorites"></div>
                         <input id="rm_group_fav" type="hidden" />
@@ -1965,6 +1979,21 @@
 
     <!-- templates for JS to reuse when needed -->
 
+    <div id="group_scenario_template" class="template_element">
+        <div class="group_scenario range-block flexFlowColumn flex-container">
+            <div class="range-block-title title_restorable">
+                <h3>Group Chat Scenario Override</h3>
+                <div title="Remove" class="menu_button fa-solid fa-trash-can remove_scenario_override"></div>
+            </div>
+            <div class="range-block-counter justifyLeft flex-container flexFlowColumn">
+                All group members will use the following scenario text instead of what is specified in their character cards.
+            </div>
+            <div class="range-block-range wide100p">
+                <textarea class="wide100p group_chat_scenario" class="text_pole" rows="5" placeholder="Type here..."></textarea>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
     <div id="past_chat_template" class="template_element">
         <div class="select_chat_block_wrapper">
             <div class="select_chat_block" file_name="">
diff --git a/public/notes/content.md b/public/notes/content.md
index 50eaabac4..64b645eee 100644
--- a/public/notes/content.md
+++ b/public/notes/content.md
@@ -422,6 +422,8 @@ To import Character.AI chats, use this tool: [https://github.com/0x000011b/chara
 
 ## Tokenizer
 
+**Important: This section doesn't apply to OpenAI API. SillyTavern will always use a matching tokenizer for OpenAI models.**
+
 A tokenizer is a tool that breaks down a piece of text into smaller units called tokens. These tokens can be individual words or even parts of words, such as prefixes, suffixes, or punctuation. A rule of thumb is that one token generally corresponds to 3~4 characters of text. 
 
 SillyTavern can use the following tokenizers while forming a request to the AI backend:
@@ -431,6 +433,18 @@ SillyTavern can use the following tokenizers while forming a request to the AI b
 3. (Legacy) GPT-2/3 tokenizer. Used by original TavernAI. **Pick this if you're unsure.** More info: [gpt-2-3-tokenizer](https://github.com/josephrocca/gpt-2-3-tokenizer).
 4. Sentencepiece tokenizer. Used by LLaMA model family: Alpaca, Vicuna, Koala, etc. **Pick if you use a LLaMA model.**
 
+## Token Padding
+
+**Important: This section doesn't apply to OpenAI API. SillyTavern will always use a matching tokenizer for OpenAI models.**
+
+SillyTavern cannot use a proper tokenizer provided by the model running on a remote instance of KoboldAI or Oobabooga's TextGen, so all token counts assumed during prompt generation are estimated based on the selected [tokenizer](#Tokenizer) type.
+
+Since the results of tokenization can be inaccurate on context sizes close to the model-defined maximum, some parts of the prompt may be trimmed or dropped, which may negatively affect the coherence of character definitions.
+
+To prevent this, SillyTavern allocates a portion of the context size as padding to avoid adding more chat items than the model can accommodate. If you find that some part of the prompt is trimmed even with the most-matching tokenizer selected, adjust the padding so the description is not truncated.
+
+You can input negative values for reverse padding, which allows allocating more than the set maximum amount of tokens.
+
 ## Advanced Formatting
 
 The settings provided in this section allow for more control over the prompt building strategy. Most specifics of the prompt building depend on whether a Pygmalion model is selected or special formatting is force-enabled. The core differences between the formatting schemas are listed below.
diff --git a/public/script.js b/public/script.js
index 620cd091b..ca0fe5806 100644
--- a/public/script.js
+++ b/public/script.js
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ export {
     setRightTabSelectedClass,
     openCharacterChat,
     saveChat,
-    messageFormating,
+    messageFormatting,
     getExtensionPrompt,
     showSwipeButtons,
     hideSwipeButtons,
@@ -472,7 +472,6 @@ var preset_settings = "gui";
 var user_avatar = "you.png";
 var amount_gen = 80; //default max length of AI generated responses
 var max_context = 2048;
-let padding_tokens = 64; // reserved tokens to prevent prompt overflow
 
 var is_pygmalion = false;
 var tokens_already_generated = 0;
@@ -934,7 +933,7 @@ export async function reloadCurrentChat() {
     }
 }
 
-function messageFormating(mes, ch_name, isSystem, forceAvatar) {
+function messageFormatting(mes, ch_name, isSystem, isUser) {
     if (!mes) {
         mes = '';
     }
@@ -970,9 +969,9 @@ function messageFormating(mes, ch_name, isSystem, forceAvatar) {
         });
     }
 
-    /*     if (ch_name && (forceAvatar || ch_name !== name1)) {
-            mes = mes.replaceAll(ch_name + ":", "");
-        } */
+    if (!power_user.allow_name2_display && ch_name && !isUser && !isSystem) {
+        mes = mes.replaceAll(`${ch_name}:`, "");
+    }
 
     return mes;
 }
@@ -1060,13 +1059,13 @@ function addOneMessage(mes, { type = "normal", insertAfter = null, scroll = true
     if (count_view_mes == 0) {
         messageText = substituteParams(messageText);
     }
-    messageText = messageFormating(
+    messageText = messageFormatting(
         messageText,
         characterName,
         isSystem,
-        mes.force_avatar
+        mes.is_user,
     );
-    const bias = messageFormating(mes.extra?.bias ?? "");
+    const bias = messageFormatting(mes.extra?.bias ?? "");
 
     let params = {
         mesId: count_view_mes,
@@ -1419,7 +1418,12 @@ class StreamingProcessor {
                 chat[messageId]['swipes'][chat[messageId]['swipe_id']] = processedText;
             }
 
-            let formattedText = messageFormating(processedText, chat[messageId].name, chat[messageId].is_system, chat[messageId].force_avatar);
+            let formattedText = messageFormatting(
+                processedText,
+                chat[messageId].name,
+                chat[messageId].is_system,
+                chat[messageId].is_user,
+            );
             const mesText = $(`#chat .mes[mesid="${messageId}"] .mes_text`);
             mesText.html(formattedText);
             $(`#chat .mes[mesid="${messageId}"] .mes_timer`).text(timePassed.timerValue).attr('title', timePassed.timerTitle);
@@ -1632,9 +1636,10 @@ async function Generate(type, { automatic_trigger, force_name2, resolve, reject,
             addOneMessage(chat[chat.length - 1]);
         }
         ////////////////////////////////////
+        const scenarioText = chat_metadata['scenario'] || characters[this_chid].scenario;
         let charDescription = baseChatReplace($.trim(characters[this_chid].description), name1, name2);
         let charPersonality = baseChatReplace($.trim(characters[this_chid].personality), name1, name2);
-        let Scenario = baseChatReplace($.trim(characters[this_chid].scenario), name1, name2);
+        let Scenario = baseChatReplace($.trim(scenarioText), name1, name2);
         let mesExamples = baseChatReplace($.trim(characters[this_chid].mes_example), name1, name2);
 
         // Parse example messages
@@ -1782,7 +1787,7 @@ async function Generate(type, { automatic_trigger, force_name2, resolve, reject,
                 allAnchors,
                 quiet_prompt,
             ].join('').replace(/\r/gm, '');
-            return getTokenCount(encodeString, padding_tokens) < this_max_context;
+            return getTokenCount(encodeString, power_user.token_padding) < this_max_context;
         }
 
         // Force pinned examples into the context
@@ -1935,7 +1940,7 @@ async function Generate(type, { automatic_trigger, force_name2, resolve, reject,
                     allAnchors,
                     quiet_prompt,
                 ].join('').replace(/\r/gm, '');
-                let thisPromtContextSize = getTokenCount(prompt, padding_tokens);
+                let thisPromtContextSize = getTokenCount(prompt, power_user.token_padding);
 
                 if (thisPromtContextSize > this_max_context) {        //if the prepared prompt is larger than the max context size...
                     if (count_exm_add > 0) {                            // ..and we have example mesages..
@@ -2012,7 +2017,6 @@ async function Generate(type, { automatic_trigger, force_name2, resolve, reject,
             if (power_user.collapse_newlines) {
                 finalPromt = collapseNewlines(finalPromt);
             }
-            //console.log(`---Calculated Prompt Tokens: ${getTokenCount(finalPromt, padding_tokens)}`);
             let this_amount_gen = parseInt(amount_gen); // how many tokens the AI will be requested to generate
             let this_settings = koboldai_settings[koboldai_setting_names[preset_settings]];
 
@@ -3250,7 +3254,12 @@ function messageEditAuto(div) {
     }
     chat[this_edit_mes_id]["extra"]["bias"] = bias ?? null;
     mesBlock.find(".mes_text").val('');
-    mesBlock.find(".mes_text").val(messageFormating(text, this_edit_mes_chname, chat[this_edit_mes_id].is_system, chat[this_edit_mes_id].force_avatar));
+    mesBlock.find(".mes_text").val(messageFormatting(
+        text,
+        this_edit_mes_chname,
+        chat[this_edit_mes_id].is_system,
+        chat[this_edit_mes_id].is_user,
+    ));
     saveChatDebounced();
 }
 
@@ -3271,10 +3280,15 @@ function messageEditDone(div) {
     mesBlock.find(".mes_edit_buttons").css("display", "none");
     mesBlock.find(".mes_edit").css("display", "inline-block");
     mesBlock.find(".mes_text").append(
-        messageFormating(text, this_edit_mes_chname, chat[this_edit_mes_id].is_system, chat[this_edit_mes_id].force_avatar)
+        messageFormatting(
+            text,
+            this_edit_mes_chname,
+            chat[this_edit_mes_id].is_system,
+            chat[this_edit_mes_id].is_user,
+        )
     );
     mesBlock.find(".mes_bias").empty();
-    mesBlock.find(".mes_bias").append(messageFormating(bias));
+    mesBlock.find(".mes_bias").append(messageFormatting(bias));
     appendImageToMessage(chat[this_edit_mes_id], div.closest(".mes"));
     addCopyToCodeBlocks(div.closest(".mes"));
     this_edit_mes_id = undefined;
@@ -5214,7 +5228,12 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
         $(this)
             .closest(".mes_block")
             .find(".mes_text")
-            .append(messageFormating(text, this_edit_mes_chname, chat[this_edit_mes_id].is_system, chat[this_edit_mes_id].force_avatar));
+            .append(messageFormatting(
+                text,
+                this_edit_mes_chname,
+                chat[this_edit_mes_id].is_system,
+                chat[this_edit_mes_id].is_user,
+            ));
         appendImageToMessage(chat[this_edit_mes_id], $(this).closest(".mes"));
         addCopyToCodeBlocks($(this).closest(".mes"));
         this_edit_mes_id = undefined;
diff --git a/public/scripts/extensions.js b/public/scripts/extensions.js
index 51d412242..bfa67bed5 100644
--- a/public/scripts/extensions.js
+++ b/public/scripts/extensions.js
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ async function connectToApi(baseUrl) {
         if (getExtensionsResult.ok) {
             const data = await getExtensionsResult.json();
             modules = data.modules;
-            activateExtensions();
+            await activateExtensions();
         }
 
         updateStatus(getExtensionsResult.ok);
@@ -273,12 +273,15 @@ async function loadExtensionSettings(settings) {
     }
 
     $("#extensions_url").val(extension_settings.apiUrl);
-    $("#extensions_autoconnect").prop('checked', extension_settings.autoConnect).trigger('input');
+    $("#extensions_autoconnect").prop('checked', extension_settings.autoConnect);
 
     // Activate offline extensions
     extensionNames = await discoverExtensions();
     manifests = await getManifests(extensionNames)
-    activateExtensions();
+    await activateExtensions();
+    if (extension_settings.autoConnect && extension_settings.apiUrl) {
+        await connectToApi(extension_settings.apiUrl);
+    }
 }
 
 $(document).ready(async function () {
diff --git a/public/scripts/extensions/tts/index.js b/public/scripts/extensions/tts/index.js
index 97e133900..2180159e2 100644
--- a/public/scripts/extensions/tts/index.js
+++ b/public/scripts/extensions/tts/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-import { callPopup, saveSettingsDebounced } from '../../../script.js'
+import { callPopup, is_send_press, saveSettingsDebounced } from '../../../script.js'
 import { extension_settings, getContext } from '../../extensions.js'
+import { is_group_generating } from '../../group-chats.js'
 import { getStringHash } from '../../utils.js'
 import { ElevenLabsTtsProvider } from './elevenlabs.js'
 import { SileroTtsProvider } from './silerotts.js'
@@ -43,6 +44,11 @@ async function moduleWorker() {
         return
     }
 
+    // Message is currently being generated
+    if (is_send_press || is_group_generating) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     // Chat/character/group changed
     if (
         (context.groupId && lastGroupId !== context.groupId) ||
@@ -115,7 +121,7 @@ async function playAudioData(audioBlob) {
 window['tts_preview'] = function (id) {
     const audio = document.getElementById(id)
 
-    if (!audio.hidden) {
+    if (!$(audio).data('disabled')) {
         audio.play()
     }
     else {
@@ -131,7 +137,7 @@ async function onTtsVoicesClick() {
 
         for (const voice of voiceIds) {
             popupText += `<div class="voice_preview"><span class="voice_lang">${voice.lang || ''}</span> <b class="voice_name">${voice.name}</b> <i onclick="tts_preview('${voice.voice_id}')" class="fa-solid fa-play"></i></div>`
-            popupText += `<audio id="${voice.voice_id}" src="${voice.preview_url}" hidden="${!!voice.preview_url}"></audio>`
+            popupText += `<audio id="${voice.voice_id}" src="${voice.preview_url}" data-disabled="${voice.preview_url == false}"></audio>`
         }
     } catch {
         popupText = 'Could not load voices list. Check your API key.'
diff --git a/public/scripts/extensions/tts/system.js b/public/scripts/extensions/tts/system.js
index 9acef12b3..e07a32843 100644
--- a/public/scripts/extensions/tts/system.js
+++ b/public/scripts/extensions/tts/system.js
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class SystemTtsProvider {
         return speechSynthesis
             .getVoices()
             .sort((a, b) => a.lang.localeCompare(b.lang) || a.name.localeCompare(b.name))
-            .map(x => ({ name: x.name, voice_id: x.voiceURI, preview_url: '', lang: x.lang }));
+            .map(x => ({ name: x.name, voice_id: x.voiceURI, preview_url: false, lang: x.lang }));
     }
 
     previewTtsVoice(voiceId) {
diff --git a/public/scripts/group-chats.js b/public/scripts/group-chats.js
index 20b2568e0..96cd2ae9e 100644
--- a/public/scripts/group-chats.js
+++ b/public/scripts/group-chats.js
@@ -449,11 +449,11 @@ async function generateGroupWrapper(by_auto_mode, type = null, force_chid = null
 
             const resolveOriginal = params.resolve;
             const rejectOriginal = params.reject;
-            params.resolve = function() {
+            params.resolve = function () {
                 isQuietGenDone = true;
                 resolveOriginal.apply(this, arguments);
             };
-            params.reject = function() {
+            params.reject = function () {
                 isQuietGenDone = true;
                 rejectOriginal.apply(this, arguments);
             }
@@ -909,9 +909,11 @@ function select_group_chats(groupId, skipAnimation) {
     if (groupId) {
         $("#rm_group_submit").hide();
         $("#rm_group_delete").show();
+        $("#rm_group_scenario").show();
     } else {
         $("#rm_group_submit").show();
         $("#rm_group_delete").hide();
+        $("#rm_group_scenario").hide();
     }
 
     $("#rm_group_delete").off();
@@ -1264,11 +1266,35 @@ export async function saveGroupBookmarkChat(groupId, name, metadata) {
     });
 }
 
+function setGroupScenario() {
+    if (!selected_group) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const template = $('#group_scenario_template .group_scenario').clone();
+    const metadataValue = chat_metadata['scenario'] || '';
+    template.find('.group_chat_scenario').text(metadataValue);
+    callPopup(template.get(0).outerHTML, 'text');
+}
+
+function onGroupScenarioInput() {
+    const value = $(this).val();
+    const metadata = { scenario: value, };
+    updateChatMetadata(metadata, false);
+}
+
+function onGroupScenarioRemoveClick() {
+    $(this).closest('.group_scenario').find('.group_chat_scenario').val('').trigger('input');
+}
+
 jQuery(() => {
     $(document).on("click", ".group_select", selectGroup);
+    $(document).on("input", ".group_chat_scenario", onGroupScenarioInput);
+    $(document).on("click", ".remove_scenario_override", onGroupScenarioRemoveClick);
     $("#rm_group_filter").on("input", filterGroupMembers);
     $("#group_fav_filter").on("click", toggleFilterByFavorites);
     $("#rm_group_submit").on("click", createGroup);
+    $("#rm_group_scenario").on("click", setGroupScenario);
     $("#rm_group_automode").on("input", function () {
         const value = $(this).prop("checked");
         is_group_automode_enabled = value;
diff --git a/public/scripts/power-user.js b/public/scripts/power-user.js
index f226bf62e..e053f615e 100644
--- a/public/scripts/power-user.js
+++ b/public/scripts/power-user.js
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ const send_on_enter_options = {
 
 let power_user = {
     tokenizer: tokenizers.CLASSIC,
+    token_padding: 64,
     collapse_newlines: false,
     pygmalion_formatting: pygmalion_options.AUTO,
     pin_examples: false,
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ let power_user = {
     auto_fix_generated_markdown: true,
     send_on_enter: send_on_enter_options.AUTO,
     render_formulas: false,
+    allow_name2_display: false,
 };
 
 let themes = [];
@@ -372,9 +374,11 @@ function loadPowerUserSettings(settings, data) {
     $("#play_message_sound").prop("checked", power_user.play_message_sound);
     $("#play_sound_unfocused").prop("checked", power_user.play_sound_unfocused);
     $("#auto_save_msg_edits").prop("checked", power_user.auto_save_msg_edits);
+    $("#allow_name2_display").prop("checked", power_user.allow_name2_display);
     $(`input[name="avatar_style"][value="${power_user.avatar_style}"]`).prop("checked", true);
     $(`input[name="chat_display"][value="${power_user.chat_display}"]`).prop("checked", true);
     $(`input[name="sheld_width"][value="${power_user.sheld_width}"]`).prop("checked", true);
+    $("#token_padding").val(power_user.token_padding);
 
     $("#font_scale").val(power_user.font_scale);
     $("#font_scale_counter").text(power_user.font_scale);
@@ -747,6 +751,17 @@ $(document).ready(() => {
         saveSettingsDebounced();
     })
 
+    $("#allow_name2_display").on("input", function () {
+        power_user.allow_name2_display = !!$(this).prop('checked');
+        reloadCurrentChat();
+        saveSettingsDebounced();
+    });
+
+    $("#token_padding").on("input", function () {
+        power_user.token_padding = Number($(this).val());
+        saveSettingsDebounced();
+    });
+
     $(window).on('focus', function () {
         browser_has_focus = true;
     });
diff --git a/public/style.css b/public/style.css
index 0cdc27c9a..2486f68e8 100644
--- a/public/style.css
+++ b/public/style.css
@@ -1878,6 +1878,7 @@ input[type='checkbox']:not(#nav-toggle):not(#rm_button_panel_pin) {
     background-color: white;
     box-shadow: inset 0 0 3px 0 var(--black70a);
     cursor: pointer;
+    flex-shrink: 0;
 }
 
 /* the checkbox starts with a size 0 background of a checkmark */
@@ -3652,7 +3653,8 @@ toolcool-color-picker {
 }
 
 .openai_restorable,
-.poe_restorable {
+.poe_restorable,
+.title_restorable {
     display: flex;
     flex-direction: row;
     justify-content: space-between;