Rebel UNET Legacy ⚠️

Rebel UNET Legacy ⚠️ is the pack's loader for the unet folder - the older home for standalone diffusion model files, before the ecosystem settled on diffusion_models. It wraps the same core UNETLoader machinery as the Rebel Load Diffusion node, but points its file dropdown at unet instead. The "Legacy" in the name and the warning emoji are the pack telling you the truth: this folder is the old way, kept around mostly because a pile of existing workflows and older downloads still expect it. If you're starting fresh with a modern split model, you almost certainly want Rebel Load Diffusion (targeting diffusion_models) instead.

How it works

Same wrapper architecture as the rest of the pack: pull the native UNETLoader input definitions, pin unet_name to the unet folder's file list, delegate the load straight to core ComfyUI. Nothing custom about the loading itself - it's the stock loader reading a different directory. The animated background and color scheme are pure frontend decoration. If you have a model sitting in unet, this node will load it exactly as the stock loader would.

The inputs that matter

• unet_name - the model file, listed from models/unet. Note the folder: this is what separates it from the Diffusion loader, and it's also the main reason to use this node at all.
• weight_dtype - default, fp8_e4m3fn, fp8_e4m3fn_fast, or fp8_e5m2. fp8 halves memory with minimal quality loss and is the sane choice on tight cards.
• theme / color_scheme - the 12 animations and 14 palettes. Decoration.

The output is a single MODEL socket, feeding your sampler or LoRA chain.

Installing it

Identical to the rest of the pack:

cd ComfyUI/custom_nodes
git clone https://github.com/RealRebelAI/Rebels_Animated_Nodes.git

Restart ComfyUI, then hard refresh the browser (Ctrl + F5 / Cmd + Shift + R) - the forced reload is what gets the animations to actually draw. No dependencies, no model downloads. It lives under Rebel AI → Animated Core.

Where people get burned

• "My diffusion model isn't listed." Right - this node only lists the unet folder. If your file is in diffusion_models, use Rebel Load Diffusion instead. This is the single most common confusion between the two, and the "Legacy" name exists precisely because of it.
• Red node when loading an old workflow. If a shared workflow references this class and you don't have the pack, ComfyUI shows it red. Install the pack, restart, done.
• Nodes 2.0 kills the animation. The pack renders on the legacy canvas; the load works fine but the backdrop can go flat under the newer frontend.

Honest take: this node exists so old workflows with unet-folder paths stay reskinnable. If that's you, it's a faithful drop-in. If you're setting up a fresh modern pipeline, pick the Diffusion loader and let this one stay legacy in spirit.