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iGO_PAL - DEFAULT SKIN - WITH IMPROVEMENTS

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Why iGO_PAL?
Well first of all I like its speed and stability. Many experienced members here know that it bears great similarity with iGO_Israel which is mother of all. I have been using iGO_PAL for a long time and it has been tested and proved. It has all modes (truck, bus etc).
IT SIMPLY WORKS.

I am using this version for some time know and I tested it as well as many drivers all around the world.

- Default NNG Graphics remained the same - IT HAS TO STAY LIKE THAT.

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- Increased font size
From the very beginning this was a big issues. Especially for drivers that have some problems with their sight or simply because some devices are too small. It could have been improved with DPI and BASE_DPI settings but not always and not really good. So I did some minor changes inside skin.zip file and within
params_override.css

Here are the changes:

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fontsize_main: 32;
fontsize_sec: 26;
fontsize_sec_twoline: 24;
fontsize_button: 32;
fontsize_warning:28;
fontsize_title: 24;
fontsize_disttext: 24;
fontsize_map_msgbx:26;
fontsize_map_msgbx_sec:24;
fontsize_travelplanner: 26;
fontsize_tripcomputer_nextmaneuver:48;
fontsize_inputfield:28;
fontsize_clock:30;
fontsize_countryinfo_sign: 36;
fontsize_tmcdelay: 28;
fontsize_noitems:22;
fontsize_traffic_delay:40;
fontsize_editspeedcam:40;
fontsize_tripcomputer:21;
fontsize_separator_small:18;
fontsize_routemethod:28;
fontsize_next_street:30;
fontsize_itinerarywarnings_sec:18;
fontsize_tripcomputer_speed:70;
fontsize_speed: 32;
fontsize_cond_speed: 26;
fontsize_next_maneuver: 22;
fontsize_hwyinfo: 38;
fontsize_hwytime: 20;

Now it looks like this with AUTO DPI and SCREEN AUTO

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As you can see...eta bar is bigger, current city name is bigger and city name that we drive towards is bigger.

- 2D Turn
A great feature that TomTom GO has and PONGO also. At every turn iGO turn changes from 3D to 2D mode. It helps a driver with complex turns, intersections and cities. Customized mapcustom.zip

3D before it changes to 2D

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and now in 2D

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CHANGED DEFAULT DAY AND NIGHT SCHEME COLOR.
As you can from the pictures above night scheme is like TomTom . I saw it by driving Ford Kuga. It is intense and keeps drivers attention to it.

2ND Maneuver - ALWAYS VISIBLE
This is a great feature that our friend NicuT did for us.
At some complex intersections it is sometimes extra useful to have second maneuver always visible so driver is informed in advance where he should turn.

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- TUNNEL in a different manner...
I know we are all about cool graphics but sometimes with great graphics we sacrifice greater good, in this case that means drivers experience or usefulness. In this case I am thinking about TUNNEL and JUNCTION VIEW. I admit it looks great but i it really helpful. In my case IT WAS NOT. So I disabled it.

How to disable/enable JUNCTION view

- SETTINGS
- NAVIGATION VIEW
- JUNCTION VIEW (On/Off)

- TUNNEL ANIMATION DISABLED - Made more useful.
It has been done by editing your sys file

[debug]
leave_tunnel=1
enter_tunnel=1

and the result is as following...I find it better. The driver has better overview what is in front of him after the tunnel. How much before the tunnel, how much is left etc.

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It has full truck support...*Nothing new just an info that this version is FULL

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SPEEDCAM...it is viisble at 2000m and beeps every 500m
Why?
I read that highway camera can catch up to 1800m so I set it to 2000m just to prevent possible fines.
It beeps every 500m..I see no reasin that camera beeps all the time. It is just terrible so i changed to every 500m.

And I did that here in my SYS file
; S P E E D C A M - C A T : 0
[speedcam_category:0]
activated_spoken_type=none
approach_beep_distances=500
approach_beep_spoken_type=sound
approach_beep_sound="Speed camera"
overspeed_spoken_type=none
warn_distances="150:2000,140:2000,130:2000,120:2000,110:2000,100:2000,90:2000,80:2000,70:2000,60:2000,50:2000,40:2000,30:2000,20:1000,10:2000"

I edited my speedcam.zip and data.zip in order to disable NNG limitation for speedcams in FRANCE and SWITZERLAND. In this version cameras beep in France and SW. Please be informed that such action can result in huge fines in case you have been caught. Do this on your own risk.

Extra UXs that I added to improve driving experience...

- Fuel consuption - It shows how much fuel you need for your trip.
- Blue lane info - It seems more modern with blue lane info
- splashscreen.zip - Neutral iGO loading screen
- width_road_x1.5 - Wide road to improve visibility
- housenumber - It shows house numbers left or right as you drive by.
- android_contacts - Google Maps coordinates, places can be shared directly to this version.
- Alert_o4i - It makes every notification in RED - Big red banner
- route_from_track - You can load your old routes or review your route and all the places you have been.
- labs - Thx NiCUt - We can add Petrol, Station, Parking, Route Overview, Screenshot etc in a Cockpit
- city - It shows city name all the time.


I hope you like my idea and I expect your support.
(Next version to be uploaded and described is AVICSYNC.

...to be continued...