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#1 Ranger207

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Posted 18 November 2012 - 01:11 PM





I'm excited about Steams new Big Picture interface, but I had a problem. The only console controllers I had were Wii Remotes! Oh well, no problem. The Wiimote uses a Bluetooth connection to communicate with the Wii, and the addition of the GlovePIE program made it so I could play games with it on my PC. One thought lead to another, and I wound up using it to play a few matches of MWO. Although I could get the Wiimote and GlovePIE to work as a joystick, I decided that for now, good enough was good enough (and besides, MWO doesn't have joystick support anyway...).

Here's the script I used in GlovePIE:
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Edited by Ranger207, 18 November 2012 - 01:53 PM.


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Posted 28 November 2012 - 11:13 PM

Cool! I've got the Wii Remotes with Motion Plus also. gonna try it out!
btw Which Bluetooth Dongle and Stack are you using?

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Posted 30 November 2012 - 12:20 AM

Alright! I've got my WiiMote to work and i must say it works almost like the Razer Hydra in Mouselook Mode with Ratcheting.
Here's a video on how Razer Hydra works


Here are the things needed to get yours working for those who are interested.
[Hardware Needed]
1)Wii Remote
2)Motion Plus
3)Nunchuk
4)Bluetooth Adapter(for those who dont have bluetooth on their PC/Notebook)

[Software]
GlovePIE 0.43 with Emotiv support

[Guide]
I'm using a ASUS Notebook With Win7 i3 (HomePrem x64) which come with bluetooth built-in and it has the Microsoft bluetooth stack in which works fine.
1)Sync the Wii Remote to the PC.
a)in the Bluetooth device page click on "Add Device".
b)on your Wii Remote press 1+2 or you can remove the battery cover and press the red sync button.
c)On the bluetooh page you should see the Wii remote appear. click on "Pair without a code" on the Pairing option page.
2)Unzip GlovePIE and run the program GlovePIE.exe.
a)Copy and past the Script from Ranger07 on the first post into the Script window
b)Click "Run"
c)Press the 1+2 button on your Wiimote.The Wii remote LED lights should be flashing.
d)Only one of the wii remote LED light should be on when it's connected to glovePIE.
e)To test if it's connected properly just go to "TroubleShooter->Remote Test. and move your nunchuk thumbstick around to see the "wasd" key cmds.
3)Run MWO and Try it out!

The Nunchuk Controls to me seems to be excellent with the Mech movements on the thumbstick and the 2 buttons on Full Stop and target aquire. i even played with Nunchuk+Mouse Combo and it works really well. The Main Wii remote button mappings i feel needs to be remapped around abit. I will do some changes to try out and post the script once i'm done.

Edited by Ekezial, 30 November 2012 - 12:23 AM.


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Posted 01 December 2012 - 05:56 PM

View PostEkezial, on 28 November 2012 - 11:13 PM, said:

btw Which Bluetooth Dongle and Stack are you using?

I'm just using some random generic dongle and the Windows Bluetooth stack.

Also, this might be of intrest: http://glovepie.org/....php?f=6&t=2254





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