It's been a while..

Hey people!

How you doing?
Hope you've all been well.

It's been a few years since I've updated this blog, (I actually forgot I made it. XD)
Anyway, with Pebble shutdown, It's gonna start getting harder to get the watches.

The strap mount on my own pebble broke a while back, so I now I can't wear it anymore.

Anyway, I recently picked up a "Xiaomi Mi Band 4" it's a cheap little $35 fitness tracker,
but turns out, you can make custom watchfaces for it!

So while I was waiting for it to arrive, I got started on a new project...

Think of it as 'Pebble Terminal Lite'

Sadly a lot of features had to be cut(mainly the animations)
But I think it still looks pretty cool!
The 'battery meter' (health bar) looks much better,
 as it uses the actual font from the game.

The extra icons only show up when your device is locked, in Do not disturb, or when Bluetooth is disconnected, so it will have a cleaner design normally.

Anyway, for the few that follow this blog still, I figured I should post an update.

Thanks for reading, if you also have a mi band 4, you can get the watchface here:https://amazfitwatchfaces.com/mi-band-4/view/12456

Navi Engine Goes Open source!

Well I never did get config pages working,
but I did manage to get around to making the code user friendly enough to make it open source!
It'ss till a HUGE mess! but I was able to make this in just under 1 hour:

A fully working Bass PET using just some sprites from RockmanEXE 4.5,
and navi engine 2.8! No extra programming required!
If you want to make your own PET with your own favorite navi, then NOW YOU CAN!
you can watch the step-by-step process here:

The Navi Engine source code is stored here:
https://github.com/BOBdotEXE/PEbbleTerminal

Finally some progress!

I've been using the 'megaman basic' watch face as a test dummy for getting a settings page up and running, And I finally got it!

there's still quite a bit of work ahead, as this little thing needs to be adapted for the many options that the PET watchface has,
but it means were in the final stretch!

PET watchface V0.44 (Extra Code Enabled!)

+Faster updates on battery level. (Live updates)
 +New 'charging' indicator. 
+uses less cpu power, and a little less battery. 

known bugs: 
-'bt disconnected ' visual indicator is still broken (same with 0.43)

By implementing 'live updates' the battery level is only checked/updated whenever the level actually changes! before I'd only have it check ever 30 seconds, this was slow, and  forced a check even if the battery was exactly the same!

The new 'Live update' system will only be triggered when the battery level actually changes!
and it should display the new level within a few seconds.

also a visual "---" will show up when the watch is charging.

As for the bug, turns out that happened in 0.43, but I have yet to track down the cause,
it's possible that I've run out of image memory, and the HP box/battery display is now using up the memory that used to have the 'disconnected' overlay that showed up in the older version:

rest in peace, maybe we will meet again one day!

in case you missed it!

just some quick news, a small update to the megaman watch face was pushed out.
(v 0.42)
and now the battery meter now be red if your HP/ battery level is 20% or even 10%, and the color change should be a bit more consistent.
Also, the timing on the clock time change animation has been tweaked a little bit, (let me know what you think of the old vs the new)

Coming up:
+Code cleanup
+add special 'charging status' for the hp/battery box

Eventually: (navi engine 3)
+Add a config page so you can turn elements on/off
+Release source code
+Navi builder tutorial.

new update! v0.4 !

This new update add a better looking Battery display.
and that's about it.
but if you have auto updates turned on, it should be heading out to your pebble very soon!

more delays!

well, I've transitioned to a new job,
it's great that I get more money, but now I have much less free time,
development will be much slower from now on, but it's still in progress.

no new news at this time, but I'll try to start working on the HP/battery meter  thing today.