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Howard_Casto:
I worked on this a tad more since I can't sleep. While running the app now auto-detects what you plug in. I also hooked up initial IR reading. Assuming I can come up with a good formula, everything seems to be reading ok. Because I'm not smoothing the motion, it's much more responsive than the built in mayflash modes.

Something that's useful to us in particular is the fact that when the wiimote loses it's IR sources, it sends all F's to let you know. So offscreen reload should be easy to implement.

Howard_Casto:
So I've ran into one problem that I think is being caused by the mayflash bar. All four wiimotes are listed as present, even if they aren't. It appears that if I try to read a dead one, the function hangs indefinitely. Writing causes an error though, so I guess I'll have to write something harmless every iteration of the loop. Asking for a battery check report should be harmless enough, I just don't know how it will effect performance.

Howard_Casto:
Ok before I start finishing things up I have a question..... are there any 16:9 games to worry about? I can't think of any personally.

Here is the reasoning behind the question. I think just to make things more simple, a 16:9 and 4:3 calibration mode needs to be added. They could be swapped out via the home button or something. But then I started thinking that the pc hasn't had a light gun release in years. It's also worth mentioning that if you limit the movement to 4:3, you can typically stand much closer to the sensor bar.

Keep in mind that for wii/wii u emulators the emulator will take care of things, so that's not my problem.

BadMouth:
I'm not sure of the aspect ratio of the hacked Silent Hill arcade game. That's the only "emulated" game I can think of.

For PC, the new HOTD that's included with TOTD is the only one I can think of.

Howard_Casto:
They got that running? Man I'm out of the loop these days.

Perhaps multiple layouts could be cycled via the home and -/+ buttons.... since the mayflash uses home and the d pad.

It was actually tolerable outside, so I worked on my car today. I'll work on finishing this tonight or later in the week.

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