A PRIMER ON INTEGRATING WIIMOTE FUNCTIONALITY Wiiiiii!-Mote Connections

What is the Wii Remote? Nicknamed the Wiimote Developed for use with Nintendo’s Wii Console Uses Bluetooth to connect wirelessly Runs off 2 AA Batteries No operating system natively supports Wiimote Next: Wiimote Capabilities

Wiimote Capabilities 7 Buttons and a Directional Pad 3 axis Accelerometers IR Point Sensing 4 LED 1 Speaker Rumble Functionality Extendible Next: Wiimote Extensions

Wiimote Extensions Nunchuck  2 Buttons and Thumbstick  3 axis Accelerometer Motion Plus  More accurate position description Classic Controller  10 Buttons, a Directional Pad, and two Thumbsticks Next: Motivation Images from:

Why Bother? Human Interface Devices change games are experienced Different types of input Wireless controllers are popular Offer new challenges to players Make gameplay more intuitive Cause it’s cool Next: Existing Interfaces Image from: Even Old People and Little Girls like using Wiimotes!

Current Connections BlueSoleil GlovePIE WiiYourself! Next: Blue Soleil

BlueSoleil Is a replacement for native Bluetooth stacks Pros  Has a computer wide access to Wiimote  Works very well Cons  Costs money  Not Flexible for programmers  Not distributable with your game Next: GlovePIE

GlovePIE Stands for Programmable Interface Emulator Pros  Free!  Scripting capabilities Cons  Does not work with all Bluetooth Stacks  Would require a separate install from players Next: WiiYourself!

WiiYourself! C++ source code that interprets Wiimote input Pros  Free!  Distributable  Can be fully integrated and customized for your game Cons  Requires extra downloads on developers part  Use of motion sensing and IR sensing requires significant programming Conclusion: Go with WiiYourself! Next: Components

Software Wii-quirements WiiYourself!  Microsoft SDK  Windows Drivers Kit  ng=en&FamilyID=36a2630f-5d56-43b5-b f2ec14ff ng=en&FamilyID=36a2630f-5d56-43b5-b f2ec14ff Next: How to Install

Wii-configuring Visual Studio Install Windows WDK and SDK After Install Run Visual Studio Configuration Next: Includes and Libraries

Setting Includes and Libraries In Visual Studio Include:  WDK API  SDK for your version of Windows (XP should work on most current Versions)  Include the WDK library for your OS (Again, XP should work) Next: Finishing It Off

Integration Include Wiimote.h in your Game Develop an Interface to your Game Include required License Text and Game On Next: How To Interpret Input