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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:58 pm    Post subject: make the wii work for me Reply with quote

so what exactly does one need to convince a computer and a wii remote to play together?

let's say HYPOTHETICALLY that i'm about to release a mouse-driven game, and i'd be neat if i could say the game is compatible with the wii remote. has anyone played around with wii remote input?
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 1:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

pretty much something like this, then just figure out how to get your Wiimote and PC to talk back and forth. The dongle will allow them to communicate with each other. Also, you can play HL2 on your PC with a Wiimote then too. And make lightsabre sounds!
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 1:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I believe the standard "Wii remote input -> software control" software for Windows is GlovePIE.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 1:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i'm on a laptop, so i already seem to have bluetooth.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

dessgeega wrote:
i'm on a laptop, so i already seem to have bluetooth.

And you've been waiting THIS LONG to test it?
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Are you Jewish? Because according to the documentation, you're not allowed to use Glovepie until your people get out of Palestine.

I'm really glad the programmer wrote that capitulation into his readme file. Peace in the middle east can only be around the corner!
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 1:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

could someone tell me what's going on at the one-minute mark in this video.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 2:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The guy in the video is using Vista and you're not?

Upon further research, maybe you should try WiinRemote.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

okay!

now how do i stop the cursor from flailing around wildly instead of being where i point the remote?
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 6:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You should make sure the Cursor option is set to "IR Sensor" rather than "Motion Sensor", I think. If you already did that, I don't know.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 3:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ir sensor just flips out. do i need to put some sort of lights around my screen so the remote can callibrate? what's a good solution for a widescreen laptop?
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 3:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My IDEA (this has a huge potential for failure, but meh, whatever) is to make a background image that looks like this:



Then hide as much of your desktop icons as you can (and play in a darkened room if this isn't enough). Then just calibrate your wiiMote like normal. You can test this theory using your Wii+TV and just aim it at the monitor to test it, but it SHOULD work based on my highly scientific research I've conducted and the mathematical equations I've deduced.

Now, just boot up your game with this as the back ground and see if you can make it fly.

My original idea for you was to have a fullscreen mode of your game titled like "WII PLAY MODE" or something else which is totally original and even more awesome, but it would end up looking like this:



(sorry about the stretching, I'm just using MS paint for these mockups.)

White (however) may not work as well as another more IR like color. Mess around with it.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 7:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i would try these things but now wiinremote freezes every time i start it up.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Any progress on this yet?
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