Great realease, thank you very much, I have a small question hopefully can be answered easily.
I renmaed the .Dat file to iGO8.exe, everything working great, however, the renamed file icon is that of an "unknown" file, is there any way to have make it the iGO8 icon?
TIA
cheers
Shruff

[Larry Brent]

There is a newer Version for Windows Mobile

What do you mean?
A newer Version from what?

Hi all.. I installed this latest version of iGO over my previous (Jan 7) version.. everything was working before the upgrade.. now when I start the new iGO I get the message 'Failed to open file: igo\800_480\loading.bmp'.. I know it's trying to load the custom bmp I have on startup, but I think it's picking up the wrong directory.. I have everything under ui_igo8 (800_480, custom, etc..) and in data.zip also the correct dir is ui_igo8.. where does this version of iGO pick up the igo\ dir? It's driving me insane.. here's my sys.txt

Code: Select all[folders]
app="%SDCARD%/iGO8"
data="%SDCARD%\igo8"

[device]
Type="ALIAS_TOUCH HD"
sdcard_dsk_num=7

[itiner]
show_only_ahead_of_car=0

[poi]
enable_pois_before_080217=1

[interface]
maxzoom2d=6000000
show_exit=1
resolution_dir="800_480"
vga=0
wide=1
mapfontscale=100
defaulttilt3d=7600 ;new

[rawdisplay]
driver="GDI"
highres=0 ; for 800x480
screen_x=800
screen_y=480

[map]
3d_max_tiltlevel=9000
2dheadup=1 ;new
viewpreset_front1="41,100,8450,10"
viewpreset_front2="57,7000,7800,10"
viewpreset_top="379,50000,7650,10"
viewpreset_front3="140,7000,6000,10"
3d_dem_detail="3"

map_mode="3D" ;new
stop_rotate_on_map_move=1 ;new
inertia_on_map_move=1 ;new
3d_scale_carmodel=1 ; new

3dcarsizemin=30
3dcarsizemax=40
3dcarsizemul=20

3d_tunnels=1
3d_roads=1

[3d_config] ; new
roadsign_lines_per_screen=20;12
rotated_roadsigns=1
disable_roadsign_navigation_mode=0

[3d] ; new
3d_tmc_road_extra_width=200
max_poly_segments_shown_1=400 makes map drawing a lot faster
min_poly_segments_shown_1=200 makes map drawing a lot faster

[tts] ;new
always_say_road_names=1
announce_exit_directions=1
announce_street_name=1
tts_buffer=131072
announce_exit_directions=1
tts_logics=3
priority="HIGH"
skip_exit_numbers=0
supress_trivial_left=1
supress_trivial_right=1

[roundaboutcam] ;new
enabled=0
centery=50

;[smartzoom] ;new
;minangle=0
;maxangle=80
;auto_follow_on="1"
;enabled="0"
;overview_distance="3219"
;overview_zoomlevel="4828"
;overview="1"

[loading]
show_statustext=1
show_progressbar=1
progressbar_x=20
progressbar_y=437
progressbar_bmp="loading_progressbar.bmp"
loading_bmp="loading.jpg"

[debug]
cache=2048
skip_eula=1 ;new
enable_roadshadow=1 ;new
show_oneway=1 ;new
tts_min_ready_wav=1 ; new
tts_getaway_time=100 ; new
tts_expected_engine_delay=400 ; new
sound_q_length=200 ; new
hide_win_taskbar=1
show_oneway_3d=1
show_lane_info=1

[navigation]
show_current_city=1

[sound]
ding=0
queue_length=200 ; new

[phone]
driver="TAPI"
exe_path="\Windows\cprog.exe"
win_name="Phone"

[msnd] ;new
Enabled=0 ;1

thanks for your help...

Change this line: resolution_dir="800_480"

with this: resolution_dir="ui_igo8/800_480"

I think, this will help.

NB

What map to use to Nav N Go iGO 8 v8.3.2.73871 (Jan 25 2008) - R3 PDA version

use Romania_2008.10_090218.fbl not work

Romania_2008.10_090218.fbl not work

Use this one. Thx to droland and dxdy for the map and the mirror link.

where does this version of iGO pick up the igo\ dir? It's driving me insane..

This build is looking for a project_config\igo8_generic.ini to get it's settings.
Maybe you are using a PDA DATA, which only contains a "igo8_pda.ini", then you have to use the generic DATA (search for LZF's) or set the project manually in SYS.

If it does not find a specific config, it defaults to the "igo" UI, which is not present any more since iGO2006...

Change this line: resolution_dir="800_480"

with this: resolution_dir="ui_igo8/800_480"

I think, this will help.

NB

thanks for your input but this didn't work.. i'll try the next suggestion..

where does this version of iGO pick up the igo\ dir? It's driving me insane..

This build is looking for a project_config\igo8_generic.ini to get it's settings.
Maybe you are using a PDA DATA, which only contains a "igo8_pda.ini", then you have to use the generic DATA (search for LZF's) or set the project manually in SYS.

If it does not find a specific config, it defaults to the "igo" UI, which is not present any more since iGO2006...

I'm using the v10 data.zip from this forum.. (previously I was using the v9) and it has always worken fine with the jan 7 version of iGO.. rather then change the data.zip, i'd prefer to enter the correct line in sys.txt.. what exactly should i enter?

what exactly should i enter?

one of these:

Code: Select all[project]
name="igo8_generic"

or

Code: Select all[interface]
skin="ui_igo8"

But better look for the error - the v10 contains the required "igo8_generic.ini", so it should work...
Try to empty your SYS first - there are really many entries: do you need them all?

EDIT:
There is no ALIAS_TOUCH_HD.INI in v10 DATA, so you may change your device type - try this one:

Code: Select all[device]
Type="ALIAS_XPERIA"

what exactly should i enter?

one of these:

Code: Select all[project]
name="igo8_generic.ini"

or

Code: Select all[interface]
skin="ui_igo8"

But better look for the error - the v10 contains the required "igo8_generic.ini", so it should work...
Try to empty your SYS first - there are really many entries: do you need them all?

EDIT:
There is no ALIAS_TOUCH_HD.INI in v10 DATA, so you may change your device type - try this one:

Code: Select all[device]
Type="ALIAS_XPERIA"

I tryed with an empty (bare minimum) sys.txt but that didn't help.. i compared the v9 and v10 versions of data.zip: v9 has only igo8_generic.ini (identical to the one in v10) and no igo8_pda.xxx.. i removed this from v10 data.zip and am trying now... i'll try also [project]
name="igo8_generic.ini"

thanks for your help.. trying now..

..no joy.. setting
[project]
name="igo8_generic.ini"
in sys.txt didn't help.. neither did removing the igo_pda.xxx file in data.zip... any other ideas?
just to recap, i had the jan 7 version working fine with the v9 data.zip.. i manually copied all the new stuff from the Jan 25 version (dlls, exe) over the jan 7 version (keeping my previous maps, themechanger stuff, custom loading bmps in ui_igo8..) and replaced v9 data.zip with v10.. no joy.. even with data.zip and branding.zip from jan 25 i'm not able to load.. always getting that igo\ directory referenced somewhere..

..no joy.. setting
[project]
name="igo8_generic.ini"
in sys.txt didn't help.. neither did removing the igo_pda.xxx file in data.zip... any other ideas?
just to recap, i had the jan 7 version working fine with the v9 data.zip.. i manually copied all the new stuff from the Jan 25 version (dlls, exe) over the jan 7 version (keeping my previous maps, themechanger stuff, custom loading bmps in ui_igo8..) and replaced v9 data.zip with v10.. no joy.. even with data.zip and branding.zip from jan 25 i'm not able to load.. always getting that igo\ directory referenced somewhere..

Sorry - remove the ".ini" part; I edited my post!
The removal of unneeded files will never solve any problems...

BTW: Where are you starting your EXE from?
You will always have to edit the SYS.TXT in the same folder as the EXE - so for PDAs you will have to look into \Programs\iGO8 (or so).

..no joy.. setting
[project]
name="igo8_generic.ini"
in sys.txt didn't help.. neither did removing the igo_pda.xxx file in data.zip... any other ideas?
just to recap, i had the jan 7 version working fine with the v9 data.zip.. i manually copied all the new stuff from the Jan 25 version (dlls, exe) over the jan 7 version (keeping my previous maps, themechanger stuff, custom loading bmps in ui_igo8..) and replaced v9 data.zip with v10.. no joy.. even with data.zip and branding.zip from jan 25 i'm not able to load.. always getting that igo\ directory referenced somewhere..

Sorry - remove the ".ini" part; I edited my post!
The removal of unneeded files will never solve any problems...

BTW: Where are you starting your EXE from?
You will always have to edit the SYS.TXT in the same folder as the EXE - so for PDAs you will have to look into \Programs\iGO8 (or so).

i have everything on my sd card (dir \iGO8).. I'm going to try your suggestion.. hold on..

JOY!!!! that did it.. removing the .ini part from project got it working.. thanks again for your help.. it even imported a couple of addresses from my contacts (something I haven't seen since igo 8.0)..