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| Fozzy The Bear:
--- Quote from: TheShanMan on May 04, 2008, 01:09:49 am ---Is it anything like the bars for the LCD Top Guns that you have to mount next to your monitor? One of the problems with that is that it's not ideal for cab use generally. I'm hoping there's nothing about the wiimotes that make them not ideal for cabs. --- End quote --- Yes it is..... and it's perfectly suited to Cab Use. Every SEGA and Namco shooter in the last five or more years has used exactly this system. So I can't see how it's not suitable for cab use. --- Quote from: wbassett on May 04, 2008, 06:13:51 am ---Also there are wireless IR sensor bars now for the Wii mote, so no more ugly dangling wires. I can deal with one sensor bar for sure, and it probably can even be placed behind the plexi, although it would require easy access since the batteries would need to be changed now and then. --- End quote --- That's easily fixed..... You just wire it to a PSU and forget using batteries. Best Regards, Julian (Fozzy The Bear) |
| mhermann:
Well I spent a couple hours today on google. It is looking like this needs to be a low level driver written in C. And there actually may be a solution that is already out there but it is for Linux. And I am betting about 99% of the people on these boards run Windows including myself. The research continues... |
| TheShanMan:
--- Quote from: Fozzy The Bear on May 04, 2008, 08:36:29 am --- --- Quote from: TheShanMan on May 04, 2008, 01:09:49 am ---Is it anything like the bars for the LCD Top Guns that you have to mount next to your monitor? One of the problems with that is that it's not ideal for cab use generally. I'm hoping there's nothing about the wiimotes that make them not ideal for cabs. --- End quote --- Yes it is..... and it's perfectly suited to Cab Use. Every SEGA and Namco shooter in the last five or more years has used exactly this system. So I can't see how it's not suitable for cab use. --- End quote --- OK, let me rephrase. I don't want some ugly bar or two stuck on the front of my bezel. I got the feeling from comments other people have made about the LCD Top Gun that you would have to live with that kind of a situation if you use that gun. So can you describe this a bit more? Is it something you can stick on the back side of your bezel so it's invisible, or at least not really noticeable? |
| akcrash:
mhermann: :notworthy: :notworthy: I have some experience in the C languages, not nearly enough to take on something of this size, but I am more then willing to help in anyway that I can. If you need a tester, idea bouncer or some sort of code checking please let me know. --- Quote from: mhermann on May 04, 2008, 04:33:41 pm ---Well I spent a couple hours today on google. It is looking like this needs to be a low level driver written in C. And there actually may be a solution that is already out there but it is for Linux. And I am betting about 99% of the people on these boards run Windows including myself. The research continues... --- End quote --- Would it be possible to convert the code or solution you found for Linux into a workable windows one? I agree that most people use windows for their cabs... --- Quote from: Fozzy The Bear on May 04, 2008, 08:36:29 am ---That's easily fixed..... You just wire it to a PSU and forget using batteries. Best Regards, Julian (Fozzy The Bear) --- End quote --- Thats what I did with mine, works great. And it was easy to do. --- Quote from: TheShanMan on May 04, 2008, 05:58:11 pm ---OK, let me rephrase. I don't want some ugly bar or two stuck on the front of my bezel. I got the feeling from comments other people have made about the LCD Top Gun that you would have to live with that kind of a situation if you use that gun. So can you describe this a bit more? Is it something you can stick on the back side of your bezel so it's invisible, or at least not really noticeable? --- End quote --- Have you ever seen the wii sensor bar? It is considerably smaller then the top gun ones, and there is only one of them. It would be relatively easy to mod most cabs to include one. And it is a SMALL price to pay for a functional light gun. The wiimote works so much better then the Topguns, even in its current state of using glovepie and PPJoy as major work arounds. |
| TheShanMan:
--- Quote from: akcrash on May 04, 2008, 07:20:54 pm --- --- Quote from: TheShanMan on May 04, 2008, 05:58:11 pm ---OK, let me rephrase. I don't want some ugly bar or two stuck on the front of my bezel. I got the feeling from comments other people have made about the LCD Top Gun that you would have to live with that kind of a situation if you use that gun. So can you describe this a bit more? Is it something you can stick on the back side of your bezel so it's invisible, or at least not really noticeable? --- End quote --- Have you ever seen the wii sensor bar? It is considerably smaller then the top gun ones, and there is only one of them. It would be relatively easy to mod most cabs to include one. And it is a SMALL price to pay for a functional light gun. The wiimote works so much better then the Topguns, even in its current state of using glovepie and PPJoy as major work arounds. --- End quote --- No, I haven't seen it. It's not so much an issue of can it work with a cab, it's more an issue of how does it look. I don't want some ugly bar stuck on the front of my bezel, so hopefully it can be placed in such a way that it's either invisible or barely noticeable. |
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