Pipe Out Checkpoint Loader v2

Pipe Out Checkpoint Loader v2 does the same job as Pipe Out Checkpoint Loader - one pipe in, nine outputs out (model, clip, vae, latent, width, height, batch_size, model_name, vae_name) plus a pipe pass-through - with one difference that matters: it's flagged DEPRECATED, while its near-twin in the Loader category isn't.

If that sounds redundant, you're not wrong. This is exactly the kind of duplicate you get when a pack author renames and re-folds nodes to fix how they showed up in the node library - which is precisely what the RvTools README says happened between versions. The two nodes are functionally interchangeable: same slot layout, same positional unpack, same typed outputs. The non-deprecated Pipe Out Checkpoint Loader is the one to reach for in new work; this v2 badge exists mostly so old saved workflows keep resolving. ComfyUI doesn't refuse to run deprecated nodes - it just marks them, and many people keep them around for years.

So what's it for? Same thing as the whole family: it's the outlet where a loaded-model pipe gets handed back to the graph. If the nine-slot pipe was built by the matching In node, this splits out the model for your KSampler, the clip for your conditioning, the VAE for your decode, and the width/height/batch_size/name strings for whatever wants them. Positional order is the contract - feed it a differently-sized RvTools pipe and execute throws.

Install. ComfyUI Manager → search "RvTools" → install ComfyUI-RvTools_v2 and restart, or:

cd ComfyUI/custom_nodes
git clone https://github.com/r-vage/ComfyUI-RvTools_v2
# restart ComfyUI afterwards

No models or keys. Manual clones should pip install -r requirements.txt (opencv-python, pynvml, piexif, Pillow, pilgram) before restarting.

The catches. Don't overthink the v2 name - it's not a newer or better layout than "Pipe Out Checkpoint Loader"; if anything it's the opposite, since it carries the deprecated flag. If you're choosing between the two, pick the un-deprecated one. Also remember that this pack is itself superseded: the README's first line tells you to migrate to ComfyUI_Eclipse. For an inherited workflow, none of that blocks you - the node loads and unpacks fine today. Just don't build fresh graphs on a deprecated duplicate of a superseded pack unless you're ready to migrate later. And keep the 9-slot vs 6-slot distinction in mind: this one is 9, the "Small + v3" family is 6, and mixing them is the classic source of "why is my pipe node red" posts.