The little sharp hills in NYC got escalators… 
Something like Col du Telegraphe would be a good one. It’s not that hard in real life and isn’t super steep. Even with 40ºC when I rode up it with all the cars stuck in a mega traffic jam (one side of the road collapsed) it was okay and certainly easier than some of the others I had done before it.
I agree, but I’d seen that suggested before. 
I’m having the same issue too. Wasted 30 minutes rebooting, power cycling trainer and checking cables. Tired of this stuff, so uninstalled Zwift. Time to bike outside, cancel zwift and move to another platform next winter.
Zwift updates are always a dice roll. Their obvious lack of adequate automated and manual testing never ceases to amaze.
Wahoo Direct Connect is broken for me as well with this latest release. Only WiFi and Bluetooth options appear for me.
perhaps it is just the little icon being mixed up? Does it actually still work even though it shows the wifi signal?
@Arend_teRaa might have some insight?
oh look, they changed the icon and got rid of the ethernet one… are you guys all sure it doesn’t work? Just looks like the icon changed
Yeah my icon changed but everything is working fine.
I would prefer to have unique icons distinguishing wifi and ethernet!
It could simply be that Zwift has done away with the ethernet icon and just gone with using the WiFi icon for all direct internet connections. It does still work, despite the icon change. But I find it strange that that’s not in the release notes, given that a few months ago Zwift specifically created and called out in a release update the new icons, ethernet included, as a feature in the pairing screen to make pairing visually easier. No mention of this in the latest release. It was strange that despite months of no Direct Connect/Ethernet drops, the day I get the update I get a dropout.
I uninstalled/reinstalled Zwift, checked local network settings to allow Zwift to connect, still no Ethernet port icon. I connected to the WiFi pairing, no issues, and unplugged the Direct Connect from the trainer and got an immediate dropout. Plugged it back in, Zwift picked up the signal, and I reconnected, no problem.
So, I guess, at this point, did Zwift just overlook the mention of the ethernet icon removal, or is there something else going on, and should those of us with this trainer set-up expect more dropouts?
Trainer: Wahoo Kickr v5 Direct Connect (no WiFi built in) to router.
Computer: Macbook Air 2023 M1 chip
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| Mike Mike_Rowe1
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Charles:
I’m on a Kickr v5 (no WiFi built in) so no idea why the WiFi icon is even displaying on the pairing screen. The Ethernet icon is gone.
perhaps it is just the little icon being mixed up? Does it actually still work even though it shows the wifi signal?
@Arend_teRaa might have some insight?
Sorry, wrote this before I saw the full chain with the icon keys.
yes, they made a change and forgot to mention it
Adding this here as a callout for a late release note addition:
@marclennox Thanks for flagging this — and sorry for the confusion here.
We missed calling out in the release notes that network connections are now represented by a single Wi-Fi icon, which replaced the previous Ethernet icon. This is only a visual change and doesn’t affect functionality. @Dan_Kothlow @Charles_McCarthy_Vel @dcyclist
Separately, there was a change impacting sensor bridging via Bluetooth that we’ve since reverted. Restarting the game should resolve that issue.
If you’re still having trouble after a restart, let us know and we’ll take a closer look.
Hi, today, 26 March, Update 1.1.16 works fine on my Win 11 laptop. BUT fails to load the update on the Win 10 laptop I use just for Zwifting. Error message,Update failed during patching . Error Code Z-32 at Line 694 in Patcher.ccp. clicking Update Later does nothing. Best regards. Mark
OK. Can I ask why this change was made? Whereas before it was obvious how the trainer was connecting to the game, now it’s completely not obvious, since my trainer has both a Wifi and Ethernet connection. At a minimum, using a universally understood WiFi icon to represent both WiFi and Ethernet is confusing, and instead should be a generic network icon.
I connect via wifi, but I expect if I had the ability to connect via ethernet and it showed a wifi symbol while connected to ethernet that it would be very confusing to me, and I’d spend a bunch of time trying to debug why I was always connecting to wifi… Odd change.
Ok, so the update has now worked, BUT, the freezing Win 10 issue is back when selecting a route or Pace Partner ride. I then have to force a shut down. I had already uninstalled the last Windows Update. Regards
For the giggles of it, run task manager and see if it’s the windows antimalware going berserk.
I have it set to ignore zwift and its folders among a few others because of issues like this.
But I’ve never experienced hangups with Zwift like that, or the excessive load/install times people talk about.
Thanks Andrew, it wouldn’t even let me into Task Manager. But the good news is that it is working again…..Regards
If I use both WiFi and Ethernet (Direct Connect), how do I now distinguish between the two? Before it was obvious with the Ethernet port icon, now, not so much.
Honestly if it wasn’t block colors and floating shapes, it would be brilliant. I absolutely love the climb portal but my wife is absolutely dumbfounded that I can ride with for hours with the graphic in the 1990’s arcade states.
There are plenty of climbs at 4-5%. Would I like to add some others, that I’ve been fortunate enough to ride IRL, ABSOLUTELY, but it’s a nice options sans graphics.
