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.

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tomulli over 4 years ago in reply to 5690448

i dont think you can, in my case it is being pushed by Garmin via Garmin connect mobile without my intention, just at some point, typically in the moring, i will push button on watch and it suddenly shows screen telling your XXX sensor firmware has been updated to version YYY.

Also sometimes watch get stuck in 1sec update mode after "wakeup gesture" which is supposed to last 10sec only i think, easily recognizable when HR is used on the watchface it suddenly updates each second. I have no such code in the app so it cannot be the watchface. Huge battery drain obviously follows and only watch reboot helps. (By reboot i mean switch off/on)

What i mean there are still many Garmin bugs you and developers can do nothing about, just wait for fix. Based on many users reporting weird battery drain in different scenarios and what i see on mine i am convinced this is one of them. Suprisinly many people complain it got worse after 9.00, in my case it actually got much better with 9.00

5690448 over 4 years ago in reply to tomulli

Thanx for the explanation, dear Tomulli!

So hope Garmins 10.00 release will come soon with this bug fixed!!

And wish you luck to release you next Beta with current weather!

5690448 over 4 years ago in reply to tomulli

Hi Tomulli. Are there any news for us about your ticket with Garmin and about new beta release please?

Eiffeltom over 4 years ago

Hi Tomuli,

Is it possible to integrate a Body Battery index to the watch face? I like this feature of the latest models.

tomulli over 4 years ago

After very long time, i am happy to announce there is a new release available - version 0.99.8
Unfortunately settings reset issue still exists, even with current weather only allowed. There is a ticket open with Garmin and they continue investigate.

0.99.8
- Changed settings structure, it is Highly recommended to uninstall old face version before installing new one in order to avoid potential problems
- A lot of code changes and memory usage optimization with focus on help with settings reset bug investigation. As a result, weather feature is temporarily limited to current weather only.
- Fixed floorsClimbed graph
- Fixed sun events not reflecting watch set to 12h time
- Added distance as an option in addition to the steps
- Added clock custom color option for minutes and separator
- Added option to use icons instead of labels
- Added option to display weather background process is enabled instead of DND indicator for bug debugging purposes
- Removed Wifi icon as it is mostly useless and causes confusion

tomulli over 4 years ago in reply to Eiffeltom

Unfortunately Garmin did not expose body battery to CIQ developers therefore it is not possible at the moment.

5690448 over 4 years ago in reply to tomulli

Hallo, Tomulli. Could you add please graph style "filled" please? Cheers

5690448 over 4 years ago in reply to 5690448

Sorry, just have found this option! All super

tnk45 over 4 years ago in reply to tomulli

Since the setting structure changed, it's not possible to save the layout and color settings by copying the *.set files from the old version to this new release. Correct?

There's one potential bug in the previous version. Using the 12 hours setting, at midnight, the clock is still on military time (00:00)

tomulli over 4 years ago in reply to tnk45

you're correct, old set file is not compatible with new version.

12h clock going to 00 at midnight seems to be Garmin thing as they provide 00 when 12h clock is set. I ve changed code to have 12PM visible now. Will be out in next release in few hours.