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12/08/2006

Wiimote Mouse Gets Sensor Bar

So you've seen the Wiimote being used to play Half-Life: 2 on a laptop, now a modder managed to complete the experience by getting the sensor bar working. Video after the jump.
The big advance here is support for the Wii's sensor bar (or candles, we suppose), which'll give you far greater control than previous Wiimote-only hacks have allowed, actually making it a decent alternative to a mouse for some tasks. Still skeptical? Check out the vid after the break and judge for yourself
[via engadget]

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Posted at 12/08/2006 02:27am by marc
They need to get the nunchuck hooked up as well that could take the place o wasd on a keyboard fairly easily.
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Posted at 12/08/2006 04:50am by Ben
Not bad! I'm impressed. :)
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Posted at 12/08/2006 12:13pm by Julio
I see a major problem with replacing the mouse with a wiimote on FPS games. With the mouse, the entire screen moves around and you can swivel 180 degrees very easily. However, when you use the wiimote as a pointer, you would simply be aiming your gun at different things on the screen without swiveling your view. If the view were to swivel like with a mouse, your target would also move, making it very difficult to hit anything. As such, the wiimote could never replace a keyboard mouse setup without a major control overhaul. Lets hope someone thinks something up quick.
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Posted at 12/08/2006 5:34pm by Simon
can someone get info on how to get this to work? i would love this. Not necassarily for even gaming, but casual layed back browsing, using as a remote for when watching videos. how do u make this work? Id go buy a wii remote today if i could get it working.
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Posted at 12/10/2006 02:41am by bond
The Wii had the potential to do well for fps games but they've screwed it up...Games like Red Steel suck because you can't move the whole screen. If moving the whole screen doesn't work well....that's bad news for fps games on the Wii
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Posted at 12/12/2006 11:15am by HKeshR
"the view were to swivel like with a mouse, your target would also move, making it very difficult to hit anything. As such, the wiimote could never replace a keyboard mouse setup without a major control overhaul." --Julio The joystick on the nunchuck could act as the movement/swivel control. Admittedly this means an extra control is needed to switch between strafing and swiveling. Perhaps the D pad (the other way round would mean you can't vary your turning speed). In principle this is not a difficult setup to get used to. We all use the keyboard and mouse in tandem, so there is no reason to suggest we can't all use the nunchuck and wimmote in tandem as well. When you circle strafe with a mouse you are doing the 'difficult' task of compensating for movement with your mouse, so I see no real issue. Hell I'm betting you could use the keyboard and wiimote if you want, with modders like this guy. Like I say it just requires one extra button for strafing. Personally I would love to try CS with the wiimote.
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Posted at 01/06/2007 11:33am by Hack a Wii » Wiimote Mouse Gets Sensor Bar
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