Watchface: Digital for TactixD and Digital for TactixD v2 Beta

This is forum to streamline questions processing, feature requests, bug reporting and general discussion regarding
Digital for TactixD face: https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/d4fbcc93-5e5e-4030-8278-2bd8463921db
Digital for TactixD v2 Beta: apps.garmin.com/.../15c35159-bae3-4c12-8539-5305ccd1b933

Idea behind this face is that the best face is the one which is set exactly as i want it.

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Q&A:

Why there are so many settings available? It is hard to navigate through them:
Sending watchface user defined parameters such as color, font and screen placement through app settings seems to be the only available option at this moment. Amount of settings is a tax for having many objects available. During time i've found out  there are also problems and limitations coming with amount of settings, therefore version 2 is being in development where at least some of the fields configuration will be simplified.

Why are my settings changes not reflected on WatchFace ?
It seems this issue is tied to Garmin CIQ app which is not able handle huge amount of settings properly. When settings are done through Android/iOS Garmin Mobile app all should work as expected.

Will be there Weather details available ?
Yes, weather is in progress and will be included in v2 version. Currently testing various weather providers APIs and fighting with best details visualization on the screen.

Why is my language not supported i see only squares instead of characters ?
During short life time of this face 26 custom fonts have been already requested and implemented. Fonts consume a lot of available resources, therefore characters are limited to the absolute minimum => english characters and numbers only. Languages with 'special' characters such as czech, russian, japanese etc. cannot be supported until more resources will be available to watch faces. Toggle button "Force English Day/Month Name" to force most exposed fields to english has been implemented instead.

Will more features be implemented ?
Yes, i am adding more features based on incoming requests. Priority is usually set by amount of requests.

  • Sofar all ok! I have changed and saved several data randomly, also switched on  weather. Later in the evening i will config all how i wish and report once more! Sofar after activity all settings stay ok! But i will need 1-2 hours to inspect all properly. Screenshots and big report will follow at night.

    Thanx! Sofar fantastic!!!

  • Same with your status. I am trying the "Show current weather text Info". Because it has been reset when turn on Show current weather text Info. I am thinking about what's wrong with it.

  • V2 Seems more stable and I have been able to make some changes but had two crashes, reset both to default values. I am sure someone else will experience the same. Bit frustrating but it a Beta so its ok. Keep up the great work.

    Cheers Pierre

  • If there is a watch crash during settings change watch goes automatically to the default settings. Thats how Garmin  intentionally programmed it.
    So the right question is what has crashed the watch. For that would be great if i can get more details what has been exactly done.

    So far i've received only two types of crashes through Garmin crash report feature for 0.90.10.
    Unfortunately none of them has details which can point to something specific.

    I can see following crashes. These first ones are caused by installing face to watch with old firmware version where some code functions are not supported. I can do nothing about these.
    Error Name: Symbol Not Found Error
    Occurrences: 16
    First Occurrence: 2020-05-12
    Last Occurrence: 2020-05-12
    Devices:
        fēnix® 5 Plus: 7.10
        fēnix® 6X Pro / 6X Sapphire / 6X Pro Solar / tactix® Delta Sapphire: 2.30
        fēnix® 5X Plus: 7.10
    App Versions: 0.90.10
    Languages: deu, fre, swe
    Backtrace:
        Rez.WatchFace:46

    I also got 1 following crash from MARQ which is set to traditional chinese and it crashes on first setting load. I can only assume it has something to do with chinese language, as it crashes on line converting user setting to number. Latest MARQ SW version is 9.00 so it may be related.
    Error Name: Unexpected Type Error
    Occurrences: 1
    First Occurrence: 2020-05-12
    Last Occurrence: 2020-05-12
    Devices:
        MARQTm Commander: 8.10
    App Versions: 0.90.10
    Languages: cht
    Backtrace:
        DigitalForTactixDView.loadSettings:37
        DigitalForTactixDApp.onSettingsChanged:32

  • Hi Tomulli,

    The last crash and reset to default I had was when I saved a change which was to change the weather broadcast frome 5 days to 3 days, they when selecting "done" using my samsung mobile on Android and using garmin express app, it suddenly all gone back to default settings.

    F6PRO

    Sw v9.00

    GPS 4.31

    CIQ 3.1.7

    Hope it helps

    Rrgds

  • Finally, everthing is set up that what I want. And it doesn't happen reset again. In the future, I will test it if there exists other bug or issue. I will let you know.

  • And another reset to default values after all my settings changed. If nothing touched then all is good.

    Went to the widget page and back, the watch face was back to default values and settings.

    Rgds Pierre

  • The same issue. After switching from watch face, it resets to defaults.

  • Tonight will change settings one by one, and after any setting change will test watch. Maybe i will catch the problem this way

  • So, Tomulli. I have catched the issue.

    When i turn on weather and api, and then weather icon+text weather conditions-then watchface crashes after switching widget or activity. Sometimes at once, sometimes after 1-2 minutes.

    The only 4 changes i made to default:

    Weather on

    api

    Weather icon

    Weather text 

    I hope it will help you.