indieVelo Update Version V0.2.44 Released April 8, 2024

The latest indieVelo update V0.2.44 released April 8, 2024, brings iOS to a wide range of iPhones/iPads, and online event organization.

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Another week and two more giant leaps forward for indieVelo. The consistent progress toward making indieVelo the premier cycling esports platform continues with another set of highly sought-after fundamental upgrades. 

iOS release: indieVelo is now successfully running on both iPhones & iPads. As noted last week, the rollout will initially be limited to members of the indieVelo Founders Club.

Here’s how to access the iOS version of indieVelo:

  1. Click here to join the Founder’s club: https://indievelo.com/checkouts/indievelo-founder/ 
  2. Email help@indievelo.com and provide your AppStore email address.
  3. You will receive a return email with the relevant permissions needed for download.

 

indieVelo now uses its own new adaptive graphics and memory modes to allow it to run on a very wide range of mobile devices. 

This means you’ll be able to enjoy high-resolution 4K graphics with beautiful shadows and stunning night skies on the latest hardware, but it will also still run at a much lower resolution on 5—or even some 10-year-old mobiles.

Online Signup: indieVelo now fully supports signing up for events online. Anyone can now organize a custom event, and indieVelo automatically provides a unique URL for online signups. 

They can then share that link with anyone, wherever and whenever they want (for example, publicly for anyone to use or privately with an access code to limit entries), and riders can click on it to sign up for the event. 

Another huge thank you goes to Mike Swart for his work on indieVeloHub to enable this.

indieVelo from your phone how-to-guide
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As always, there’s a bevy of other additions, improvements, and fixes throughout this week’s release (see below for full details). These mostly focus on very significant improvements to the underlying infrastructure to massively improve frame rates and memory usage for the mobile versions, but due to indieVelo’s unique cross-platform shared codebase, PC and Mac users also automatically gain these huge benefits.

Finally, for anyone who still hasn’t found all 5 Traditional Easter Eggs hidden around the indieVelo world, here is a quick clue:

  • Two eggs are on the main island.
  • Base Camp and Coastal Loop are the routes that go right by.
  • Three eggs are on the new mountain.
  • Ice Circuit, Climbers Delight, and False Flat are the ones you should try.
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Note for Mac Bluetooth users: If you find that the Bluetooth icon on the pairing screen has turned red, please follow the instructions linked from https://wiki.indievelo.com/docs/apple-mac-ble-permissions/ to first completely remove, and then re-add, permission for indieVelo to use the Mac Bluetooth connection.

indieVelo How-to-Guides

Do you want to steepen your indieVelo learning curve? Check out our How-to-Guides page for details!

If all has gone well, you shouldn’t have to do anything to get the new version, as indieVelo will self-update the next time you start it up. If you find any problems, however, instructions on how to manually update are on the website: https://wiki.indievelo.com/docs/updates

Please note that, depending on when you installed indieVelo, you may see a warning message recommending that you update the installer/launcher to the latest version. If you see this, download it again from https://indievelo.com/downloads, and the update will automatically apply. The entire process typically takes a minute or two, often much less.

The full patch notes are below!

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“Thank you, everyone, for your continued help and support. Please do keep your thoughts and suggestions coming for future releases. With 100% of indieVelo’s roadmap based on your ideas for what you want to see, every comment is hugely appreciated. It makes an enormous difference to how indieVelo continues to grow and evolve in the future.”

George Gilbert

indieVelo April 2024 Challenges Announced
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Patch Notes – V0.2.44 – Key changes from the last version:

  • Added iOS (iPhone / iPad) version of indieVelo.
  • Added links to enable sign-up to events online at indieVeloHub.
  • Improved size of action buttons on mobile.
  • Improved sensitivity of button presses.
  • Improved BLE pairing on mobile devices.
  • Improved support for BLE FTMS trainers that send invalid FTMS data.
  • Improved handling of BLE if permission to use BLE is not granted.
  • Improved event rating weightings on hilly courses.
  • Improved diagnostic collection for lost network connections.
  • Improved audit logging of custom event results.
  • Improved security of API.
  • Improved performance of custom arches in custom events.
  • Improved terrain occlusion infrastructure.
  • Improved optimization of trees, grass, and flowers.
  • Improved texture compression on low-memory mobile devices.
  • Improved graphics shader management infrastructure.
  • Improved automated error reporting infrastructure.
  • Improved automated build infrastructure.
  • Improved handling of memory when insufficiently available.
  • Improved performance / FPS throughout.
  • Improved memory usage throughout.
  • Improved initial load time.
  • Improved build size.
  • Fixed bug with chat menu default scope during events.
  • Fixed bug with route map for events with custom finish locations.
  • Fixed bug with rejoining an event using late join after finishing it.
  • Fixed bug with eliminating riders early in custom events.
  • Fixed bug with workouts if rider exits world while passing a checkpoint.
  • Fixed bug with display of Stages SB20 Dreamdrive gear display.
  • Fixed bug with Android install creating two App icons.
  • Fixed bug with updating Team Settings.
  • Fixed bug with default values when creating a new event.
  • Fixed bug with error when BLE device disconnects while auditing.
  • Fixed bug with error when BLE device is shut down while connecting.
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