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.

  • Former Member
    Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to 5690448

    I have no options to configure the face via the pc app

    (there needs to be a [...] next to the face to open config settings .. like on the first 2 faces)

  • Hmmm, strange. I do have. 

    Tomulli, what do you think of this?

  • That's weird, i see Beta in mine. I have "Beta Alpha"  for development&debugging visible only to me and Beta as a public release

  • Former Member
    Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to 5690448

    Would you be willing to share the configuration you have here?  

  • Hi, Tomulli. Can you give us 3 sizes of weather icons please? Just we have choise between big and very small. Can you add middle size please, if possible? 

    Cheers

  • Dear RONIN,

    Sofar i am getting some updates to get all symmetrical.  Give me 1 day pls, tomorrow will send you my configs, no problem, friend.

  • Former Member
    Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to 5690448

    Thank you.

  • Former Member
    Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to 5690448

    I have the Garmin Fenix 6 Sapphire Titanium. I can try re-installing the face w/ the pc app (?) At the moment I’m not really motivated to mess w/ anything, because I have my face ALMOST the way I want it, I’m scared to touch it. 

  • From your screenshot it seems there may be something wrong with your installation. Reinstall may fix it.

    Just early warning, as written in the beta face description, Beta may be erasing settings intentionally at the moment i need to do significant changes which will not be compatible with older version.
    5690448 request for "middle size icons" is one of those due to the available resources constrain.

    I strongly recommend to make favorite settings notes.

  • well, this is more tricky than it sounds. In theory i can, but .. there is Garmin imposed resources/memory limit. All icons takes a lot of resources, at this moment i have already ready part which will allow exchange of labels to corresponding icons such as stairs, steps etc. It does not leave space for third set of weather ones, same like there is no space for additional fonts or special characters fonts for some languages anymore.
    On the other side adding middle size weather icons and skip normal icons features will consume less memory resources due to no need to add additional code.

    Question for all of you, what is preferred ?