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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8335570 over 4 years ago

I have updated V.2 beta v0.99.54 and I cannot set anything that I used to set. Returns to the default screen, (fenix 5x plus)

tomulli over 4 years ago in reply to 8335570

I can see in Garmin Error Reporting tool many errors coming from watches, all of them are "symbol not found" errors and all of them on lines where settings are being read during app startup or settings change. I doublechecked code and all settings are included. I suspect it has again something to do with IQ store and especially their settings not working properly. I received reports for 5 series and 6S so far, while at the same time same watches are running fine for other people.

5473255 over 4 years ago in reply to tomulli

Mine was showing not found for a few days after i reinstalled it. It went away after an update but now another update came and it looks like all my settings went back to default. 6 Sapphire

tomulli over 4 years ago in reply to 5473255

Yeah, i start to suspect they allowed us to use on the watch settings due to the too many bugs,problems and memory consumption with their original way of settings exchange. It is no secret i am not a fan of their way of doing things with respect to this.
If i will find memory safe way i plan to move all settings to the watch itself.

Highlander over 4 years ago

Hello.

What am I doing wrong with the Detailed Forecast setting? Also find the API setting for the weather

tomulli over 4 years ago in reply to Highlander

You re doing nothing wrong. Garmin just did not implemented Garmin Weather support for CIQ apps for your watch type.

Highlander over 4 years ago in reply to tomulli

Ah, OK i understand

tomulli over 4 years ago in reply to 5690448

Single gesture is a no go, screen would be switching with each hand move, in addition Garmin has nasty bugs with gestures (eg. watch staying permanently in high power mode), meaning at least double gesture is required and that bring another many challenges.

tomulli over 4 years ago

Heads-up to all with problems after the updates. I just experienced following:

Due to the troubleshooting of one 6S user issue i have released version 0.99.55. At that moment 0.99.53 was installed on my watch. After clicking update in Garmin Mobile i started to have weird problems with the face. When checking what version is actually installed on the watch in Garmin Mobile it was showing 0.99.54 instead of 55 which was visible in IQ store, meaning one version older release than the latest one. I had to completely uninstall watchface, resync watch and install back in Mobile connect to get 0.99.55. Without resync i was getting 54 again.

There are obviously still problems with IQ store. Always check what version is actually installed when experiencing problem.

tomulli over 4 years ago in reply to 5690448

I couldn't go sleep without trying this crazy idea again.

0.99.58 with screen mode option for Double Wrist twist alternation is released. looking forward for feedback. Don't blame me if you do your gesture wrongly ! :).