First development build for 3.7 in April 2024

Summary of changes from v3.6 release

GUI

• New graphical splashscreen with version and load progress indications, as illustrated above.
• Ctrl+q for Quit on Linux, command+Q on macOS and Alt+F4 on Windows.
• Drag and Drop Images onto a ride, Images gallery Python chart available for download from CloudDB.
• Main Window gets drag/drop from Overview
• Context help for Create/Edit User Metrics

CHARTS

• Compare mode for Map chart
• Configurable grayscale filter for Map chart
• Ignore zeros option for curves in Metrics Trends charts (this makes the charts saved by this version incompatible with previous ones)
• Zoom & Pan for the Performance chart using +mouse wheel and mouse wheel click and drag
• PfPvPlot (QA) - allow vertical scales up to 2500N
• Fixed Weekly tiles in default Trends layouts
• Map chart - Added interactivity to the Smallplot
• Better user experience when drawing segments on the map
• Python Chart Editor Cosmetics

FILE FORMATS

• Support for the new FIT structure used by latest Garmin units, fixes the no-laps problem, but still doesn’t work with multisport files.
• Update FITmetadata.json to FIT SDK 21.133
• Generic Support for Session and Lap in FIT files
• GPX parser - support ns3 TrackPointExtension name

METRICS

• Enable Pace metric for Walking (this will trigger a full metric re-computation o the first start)
• Rename fatigue zones for consistency
• DataFilter - isAero
• Interval Metadata
• Datafilter xdataseries(), xdataunits() and xdatavalues()

TRAIN

• New icons for the bottom bar honor light and dark themes
• Added Bluetooth pairing to the device wizard and BTLE support on macOS versions 12/13/14
• Workout Editor supports MRC flavored qwkcode (Watts as percentages of CP)
• Download Strava Routes as Workouts
• New zoomed elevation widget for slope/distance workouts with video
• Option for coalescing neighboring sections with the same watts in ERG mode workouts
• Workout Plot - realtime curves honor FFWD/RWND and lap F/B

TRANSLATIONS

• Updated German translation
• Updated Spanish translation

BUG FIXES

• Fix crash on invalid perspective filter
• Fixed rounding error on loading and saving erg files
• Enable Multiple custom power curves for virtual power
• Fix memory leak in Split Activity Wizard
• Bluetooth FTMS fix to get device speed
• Cursor in text workout editor was invisible
• Fix crash on metadata config
• Fix some non-translatable strings and update ts files
• Fix lap data auto-reset in slope workouts
• Fix broken workout directory check for the first start
• Fix shortcuts not available due to translations
• Fix issues after perspective switch
• Ignore dot folders on athlete open/backup/delete

DEPRECATED FEATURES

• Deprecate Today's Plan integration
• Deprecate export to KML files

TECHNICAL CHANGES

• Upgraded Qwt to 6.2 (branch: qwt-multiaxes)
• Upgrade Travis-ci builds to macOS 12.6 with Qt5.15
• Upgrade Travis-ci Linux version to Ubuntu 20.04

ASSET SHAs

Windows 64Bit SHA-256 - c0951e977264896e9025ecda149a5eca49e01b04c2859007a0b6560c8d7bc787

macOS 64Bit SHA-256 - 5ae6473c39a294425f7efff167ce639124b6dc757109de12069ed6d5b26d7cf2

Linux 64Bit SHA-256 - fcf9a5f0e4bd2b17a74e589fb27c86553c4b1cfa42a853978cb8e47938c8f2a4

IMPORTANT:

Feedback and ideas are welcome at the users forum, you will find a thread about this release there.

Windows installation notes:
a) Download and run the .exe file, do not install to the same folder as an existing install
b) Install the vc++ redistributable
c) Reboot before running
All 3 steps are required.

MacOS installation notes:
a) Download and open the dmg file
b) Drag and drop where you would like to install
c) Authorize GoldenCheetah to run
Don't run directly from the DMG.

Linux installation notes:
a) Download the AppImage where you like to install
b) Make it executable: $ chmod a+x GoldenCheetah_v3.7-DEV_x64.AppImage
c) Run: $ ./GoldenCheetah_v3.7-DEV_x64.AppImage
Don't use the version from your distro applications store, it is likely outdated and incomplete.

Note: If you experience problems please see Troubleshooting on the wiki and ask questions at the users forum if you need help, please don't open GitHub issues until a bug is confirmed.