[Watch face] Gallifrey Time (With real gallifreyan language from Doctor Who) v1.5

SzathmaryDominikSzathmaryDominik Posts: 24Member Pebbler
edited June 2013 in Pebble Watchapp Directory

Gallifrey Time

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Not only for Time Lords!
(Warning: The Tardis Translation Matrix takes awhile to kick in with the written word.)
So I made the first watchface with real Gallifrey numbers, with minute animations, and 2 BONUS that appear twice a day. With both 12 and 24 version in one. The graphics of the numbers generated with the built in function + some own for the half circles.
PBW:
http://db.tt/25DJZAZ4 (1.1) [Original with 2 bonus animation, that occurs twice a day.]
http://db.tt/h2T5eSM0 (1.3) [Version without the 2 bonus animation] (also smaller)
http://db.tt/SNq1pjIM (1.5) [Simple version without any animation, and all the graphics generated] (FINALLY lag free!)
Notes:

1.1-3 - rewrited the number circle generation functions, to make it faster, and adjusted the half circles lines. Rewrited animation too.



Guide

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  • H1 - Orgin of the first digit of the HOUR.
  • H2 - Orgin of the second digit of the HOUR.
  • M1 - Orgin of the first digit of the MINUTE.
  • M2 - Orgin of the second digit of the MINUTE.

Numbers-Digits and other TIPSimage

  • 0 - The ZERO is displayed with a SINGLE LINE what started from an Orgin point and goes OUT from the BASE circle to the frame.
  • 1 - ONE is displayed with a SINGLE LINE what started from an Orgin point and goes to the opposite site.
  • 2 - TWO is displayed with a FULL CIRCLE.
  • 3 - THREE is displayed with 2 CIRCLE.
  • 4 - FOUR is displayed with 3 CIRCLE.
  • 5 - FIVE is displayed with a HALF CIRCLE that located INSIDE a BASE circle.
  • 6 - SIX is displayed with 2 HALF CIRCLE that located INSIDE a BASE circle.
  • 7 - SEVEN is displayed with 3 HALF CIRCLE that located INSIDE a BASE circle.
  • 8 - EIGHT is displayed with a HALF CIRCLE that located OUTSIDE a BASE circle.
  • 9 - NINE is displayed with 2 HALF CIRCLE that located OUTSIDE a BASE circle.
Other tips:
  • It's easier to read if you know that when 11 displayed it's  2 CROSSED LINE.
  • When 10,20,etc displayed the upper digit (second digit of hour or minute) is allways a LINE that located outer a BASE circle.

TODOS:

  • Polish the graphics
  • Make the animation smoother

Mission for greater battery life

This watchface implemented with re-drawing every minute, and with MINUTE_UNIT, and the animations just occurs only at the beginning of a minute (with a few ms delay, and duration). Some of the watchface do this with SECOND_UNIT, what makes the Pebble to do a tick every second, what obviously cost more power. 
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Comments

  • ArjunSrivastavArjunSrivastav Posts: 17Member
    This is really awesome, but there's a BUNCH of lag switching into the watchface. It even crashes my Pebble one out of three times I switch!
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  • JobNijenhuisJobNijenhuis Posts: 6Member
    So, am I right if I guess the time on the example watch is 21:53?
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  • SzathmaryDominikSzathmaryDominik Posts: 24Member Pebbler
    Thank you guys the feedback. 

    Those who can't read the WF can learn from the GUIDE, actually it's pretty easy, after a few hour... Maybe later I'll make a graphic instructions.

    I'm testing a new version today, to get rid of the lags and freezes... When I don't have any after a day, I release it. (at now no freeze and lag since 2 hours)


    Job Nijenhuis said:
    So, am I right if I guess the time on the example watch is 21:53?
    Yes it is! 
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  • HsianChangHsianChang Posts: 3Member
    awesome watchface!

    is it possible to make a version without the 12 and 24 animations?
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  • Beth_MeachamBeth_Meacham Posts: 23Member Pebbler
    I love it! This is something I was hoping for.

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  • 8a22a8a22a Posts: 449Member Regular
    This is very unstable for me.
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  • SzathmaryDominikSzathmaryDominik Posts: 24Member Pebbler
    I just uploaded the new version, plus I made another without the bonus animations. I hope you guys like it. :)
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  • Beth_MeachamBeth_Meacham Posts: 23Member Pebbler
    Still a little fuzzy when it redraws.  But it's surprisingly easy to get the hang of reading the time.


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  • SzathmaryDominikSzathmaryDominik Posts: 24Member Pebbler

    The fuzzy thing is part of the redrawing animation:
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    I just wanted tat not just apperar the new digit, so I made this to look cool, but maybe to someone that just look like a glitch...
    Beth Meacham said:
    Still a little fuzzy when it redraws.  But it's surprisingly easy to get the hang of reading the time.



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  • HsianChangHsianChang Posts: 3Member
    thanks for the simple version!
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  • EricHansenEricHansen Posts: 5Member
    The only thing not to like is the huge amount of latency when coming in and out of the watch face. I'm betting that much latency means a lot of calculations, and that means a short battery life.
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  • SzathmaryDominikSzathmaryDominik Posts: 24Member Pebbler
    Not so many calculations, the watchfafe still laggs somehow when I comment out the hour/minute circle generation... I don't know at now what couse it, but im still on it.
    Eric Hansen said:
    The only thing not to like is the huge amount of latency when coming in and out of the watch face. I'm betting that much latency means a lot of calculations, and that means a short battery life.

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  • StevenIrvingStevenIrving Posts: 2Member Pebbler
    I would just like to note, I have been using this since you released it, and it is pretty much wonderful. As for battery, I had a full charge the day before, and just this morning I noticed the battery icon, so with five days of use I don't think this is a huge battery drain at all.

    So yes, very awesome watchface! It's great pretending to be a Time Lord.
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  • 8a22a8a22a Posts: 449Member Regular
    Seems a lot better now. :)
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  • SzathmaryDominikSzathmaryDominik Posts: 24Member Pebbler
    Thank you guys the feedback :) 

    I tested the battery life too, it was good, but it's also depends on the daily notification numbers, light and vibration settings.
    I made a new version, now without any animation, and all the graphics generated at now, what made the Watchface  more faster than the previous versions. Don't worry, I'm trying to add the animation again later, maybe that caused the lag.
    I know its a bit different but If someone want a faster version, or get rid of all the animation, here it is now:
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  • 8a22a8a22a Posts: 449Member Regular
    It's definitely faster but doesn't look quite as good.
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  • ArjunSrivastavArjunSrivastav Posts: 17Member
    edited May 2013
    Barry Ward said:
    It's definitely faster but doesn't look quite as good.
    I also thought this, but have you ever thought that it actually looks *way* cleaner?
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  • StevenIrvingStevenIrving Posts: 2Member Pebbler
    edited May 2013
    Current problem with that animation-free version (1.4): When the fourth digit is an 8 (half circle outside) it shows up as a 5 (half circle inside). 
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  • SzathmaryDominikSzathmaryDominik Posts: 24Member Pebbler
    Ow, sorry, i just wrongly spelled a variable.
    Uploaded the fixed pbw, just re-download the last 1.4, and now it will be fine. :)
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  • SzathmaryDominikSzathmaryDominik Posts: 24Member Pebbler
    edited May 2013
    Finnaly I made the new version (1.5) completly lag free... :) The background slightly different now, but I hope it will be good enough. :)

    almost forgot one more note:
    now the hour only re-rendered hourly, so minutely only just the minute changes, to save more battery :)
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  • ClayLeveringClayLevering Posts: 1Member
    Just got my Pebble today and this was the first thing I installed.  Oh sweet babbbbbbby jesus.  This is awesome.
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  • ochetskiochetski Posts: 3Member
    AWESOME!

    Found many with simple Doctor Who images, only you did it right. Thanks a lot.
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  • ZachryThayerZachryThayer Posts: 1Member
    This watch face is awesome, just one peeve. Gallifreyan starts at 6 o'clock and goes counter-clockwise meaning that the hours needs to be below and to the right of the minutes.
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  • drwrosedrwrose Posts: 339Member Regular
    The Doctor checks his Gallifrey Time watchface:

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  • DanyelLawsonDanyelLawson Posts: 1Member
    The least significant digit may come first in an anticlockwise language to allow for easy disambiguation of the smallest frequency of time being measured at the beginning of the moment.
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  • actcohenactcohen Posts: 9Member
    I like this. Going to take me a while to get use to reading the digits (not easy at first sight).
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  • BlaufeldBlaufeld Posts: 27Member
    Very, very nice!
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  • AlexTorresAlexTorres Posts: 2Member Pebbler
    I love it. And it's not too hard to get used to the numbers :D
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  • LitheariumLithearium Posts: 2Member
    Unfortunately the firmware update 1.13.0 broke this watchface. It's blurring and does not look the same at all. Will we see to get it fixed in time for the 50th anniversary episode later this month?
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