GunCon2 Wiimote mashup

[vandale]

Hi all, I am running Wiimotes on my MAME setup and tried 2 different types of Wii gun shells, then quickly realised that they were not anywhere near close to the arcade feel I was after.

So I grabbed 2 old Namco GunCon2's from the local auction and completed my test mashup this evening, works sweet.

I mapped the top hat, button A, B, 1 and 2 to the originl buttons in the gun for a seamless integration.

I quickly realised that I would have to disassemble the unit everytime the batteries went flat, that wasnt an option so I used the original GunCon2 cable and hardwired it to a 3.3v ATX PSU, now it doesnt disconnect, has cables like the arcade units do and no need for batteries. Once installed I will cover the cables with thicker outers just like the arcade units have.

A few pics of the mashup.
Thanks

[Yenome]

nice work. i been thinking bout using the wiimote for my cab as well. but havnt even setup the motes for it yet. what site did you use to setup the motes for pc

[drventure]

I'm with yenome.

How'd you get the wiimotes syncing consistently with a PC? Any particular bluetooth stack/drivers/dongles, or other software?

I've come across the "Crossfire" wiimote pistols that have the wiimote built right in, but, to date, I haven't found a good solution to getting wiimotes to consistently "connect" to a pc without a whole lot of twiddling with things every single time.

Regardless, though, excellent mashup! 

[BadMouth]

How'd you get the wiimotes syncing consistently with a PC?

I also want to know this.  I have an awesome set of Walther P99 replica wii-mote guns, but can't get even one to pair consistently and when I try to pair the second one, I get the blue screen of death half the time.  It's been a while since I messed with them.

[vandale]

How'd you get the wiimotes syncing consistently with a PC?

I also want to know this.  I have an awesome set of Walther P99 replica wii-mote guns, but can't get even one to pair consistently and when I try to pair the second one, I get the blue screen of death half the time.  It's been a while since I messed with them.

hi, yes I had that issue also until I found a wiimote script by Howard c. Version 1.5. I did have to edit it slightly to remove the auto reload functionality as my setup didn't like that. When combined with a standard Bluetooth stack it works wonders. All I did was add the script to my startup folder and when the pc boots its starts mame and the script, then I simply hold down button 1 and 2 on the wiimote and they connect and stay connected until I power down. Need to remember to connect each wiimote in order. The script also includes a calibration of each gun via the d pad, its 99% accurate in my opinion. Also works for supermodel and demul.

will post a vid of boot and connect to show you what I mean.

ps I never had any luck with the blusoeil drivers so my advice is to steer clear of them

thanks