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Getting started
Install Dreami, open it for the first time, and send your first text.
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Dreami adds a messaging app to the phone your Zois carry in inZOI. This page takes you from nothing to your first conversation.
What you need#
- inZOI on your PC, with mods enabled.
- The Dreami mod, from the Download page.
- An AI to write the replies: either your own provider with your own key, or Dreami AI, the ready-made one. You can change this later.
Install the mod#
1Download the Dreami zip from the Download page and unzip it. You get a folder called DayDream_763BB5E0.
2Put that folder in
Documents\inZOI\Mods\InGame. If there is no InGame folder yet, create it. The folder named DayDream_763BB5E0 must sit directly in InGame, not inside another folder, and Dreami should only be installed once.3To update later, copy the new folder over the old one and choose to replace the files. Don't delete the old folder first, because Dreami keeps its saved settings there.
Open Dreami in the game#
1Start inZOI and load a household.
2Open your Zoi's phone. Dreami is an app on the home screen, after your last app. A blue dot on it means you have unread texts.
3Tap it. You land on the hub: your Zoi's card on top (tap it for their profile), your own profile under it, then HEARTDM (text your Zoi), DREAMDM (text other Zois as your Zoi), Contacts, Settings and Today, your Zoi's week and plans.
4The first time, a guided tour walks you through the screens. You can replay it any time from Settings > Replay tutorial.
Tell Dreami who you are#
Open You on the hub and set your Name. It is needed before you can talk to a Zoi. Everything else under About you, including your age, is optional. If you forget, a popup tells you and the You card lights up.
Choose your AI#
Open Settings > AI text provider. There are two choices:
- Custom provider: your own OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, OpenRouter, a local Ollama and more, with your own key. No Patreon needed.
- Dreami AI: ready-made AI, nothing to install. How you switch it on depends on where you downloaded Dreami: see the two lists below. The full step-by-step is on Choosing your AI.
TipYou only need one of the two. Patreon is only for Dreami AI; with your own provider you can skip it.
Downloaded from CurseForge#
Dreami from CurseForge has a different Dreami AI page in its Settings. It takes a Dreami AI key, and there is no Patreon sign-in inside that download.
1Get your key. Sign in to your dashboard on daydreami.fyi, open API keys and copy your key.
2In the game, open Dreami: Settings > AI text provider and choose Dreami AI.
3Paste the key on the key card and tap Connect. The card says Key accepted. In use. and your limits show below it.
Downloaded anywhere else#
Every other download links Dreami AI through Patreon. There is no key to copy.
1Follow Dreami on Patreon. Open Dreami's Patreon and join. The free membership is enough for Dreami AI Free.
2In the game, open Dreami: Settings > Patreon and tap Connect Patreon.
3Sign in to Patreon and allow Dreami. Copy the link Dreami shows into a browser on your PC, or scan the QR code with your phone.
4Go back to the game. Dreami links by itself after a few seconds and says Linked. Your limits and their timers are in Settings > Patreon.
Both lists end in the same Dreami AI, with the same limits and tiers. Your own provider needs neither.
Send your first text#
1Tap HEARTDM on the hub. This is a chat with the Zoi you are playing.
2The first time with a Zoi, Dreami asks how you know them. Pick the closest option, or write your own. See How Zois feel about you.
3Type something and send it. Their reply appears a moment later.
TipPrefer it dark? Settings > Appearance switches the whole app between Light and Dark, in the game and on the phone.