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Guide: Use your Wiimote on your MAME Machine!
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Ginsu Victim:
Just need two 5v IR leds spaced about 10" apart. www.instructables.com has a few guides on making your own. Just search "wii sensor bar"
drventure:
Very nice write up.

I've been doing a pile of research on using the Accelerometer of a wiimote to detect tilt conditions for VPinball. My main prob was getting the wiimote to autoconnect. It's no good if I have to powerup the machine and then manually connect the wiimote as well, but at least so far, that seems to be the case.

The only other option that I've heard of is to use a charging station of some kind and just leave it connected, so the wiimote is essentially +always on+.

Any ideas if this works from a dead powerup (ie turn the PC on and once MAME, etc is loaded, the wiimote is already connected and ready to go?)

I've also experimented with the various stacks and even though there are a few writeups out there getting it to work with MS and Toshiba stacks, the BlueSoleil stack seems the only one that works consistently.

Looking forward to playing around with this more, esp building up a sensor bar. I was really hoping to play some shooter games eventually, so I like the idea of a wiimote pulling double duty there....
ViciousXUSMC:
Yeah My idea was to just leave it always on, I have a charging dock and my HTPC witch is what I would use to build a cabinet uses like no power.

My PC is always on also and thats my temp cabinet for the next 10 or so years :P

Having to take a moment to pair the wiimote is not a big deal to me it takes like 10 seconds, much worth it if you had a friend over and needed another controller to add a player, or if your using your cabinet for a jukebox or something so you can control the music from across the room.

Makes a good alarm too :P

I wrote a script so that if you move the mouse on my PC it makes the wiimote vibrate, so I can take my wiimote with me when I have to leave my room to make sure one of the kids dont hop on my computer.
CheffoJeffo:

--- Quote from: Hoopz on February 09, 2009, 02:32:22 pm ---And this is one intense writeup.  Thanks for putting it together.   :o

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It would definitely make a good article for the wiki!

 :applaud:
ViciousXUSMC:

--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on February 10, 2009, 07:22:49 am ---
--- Quote from: Hoopz on February 09, 2009, 02:32:22 pm ---And this is one intense writeup.  Thanks for putting it together.   :o

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It would definitely make a good article for the wiki!

 :applaud:

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I do wiki work for Wide Screen Gaming Forum and I am the Wiki Master for my company :P

I like the company wiki more its powered by google sites, easy to use but very powerful.

I still need to consolodate this information into a better all in one guide but I am super busy work work & the kids.  Plus I am in the middle of my design phase for my CP so I am so excited about it that not a moment of silence passes through my head.  Instead its scanning wire diagrams, debating cost vs reward, parts, tools, ect.
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