a good gaming device

Adama D. Brown · 05-15-2007, 02:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Konrad

XCOM UFO? I love that game!

Then lo! Your wish is granted!

http://www.freewareppc.com/games/pocketufo.shtml

Konrad Pierce · 05-17-2007, 10:44 PM

Aw, shucks, thanx 'Dama.

I already beat ya to it, though ... sadly the game is a perfect copy of the PC title, buggy problems and all.

justinb · 05-20-2007, 02:43 PM

I am actively working on a bluetooth "driver" for windows mobile. The project is hosted at http://www.codeplex.com/WiiMoB

I am taking advantage of the codeplex option of keeping the project private for 30 days, as we work towards a .1/.5 release. One way or another, it will be public by June 10.

However if you're a C#/C++ developer or have specific experience with windows mobile software development (packagers, installers, etc) please email me and I can add you to the project. It goes public no later than June 10, but I hope to have a release ready before then.

The first release (.1) will be a proof of concept that shows the connection being made and some subset of the controls' state displayed onscreen.

The .5 release will contain keymappings for all the standard wiimote buttons. This version should be suitable for most games, as it provides a total of 11 buttons available for mapping to system buttons or keypresses.

From there, the road to 1.0 will involve adding nunchuck/CC support, making the keybinding configurable, exploring the possibility of analog input, and other such niceties. But the immediate goal is to get the wiimote itself usable as a HID keyboard for maximum compatibility with existing games.

Motion control/IR pointing is a VERY low priority, the goal is to get basic button functionality for wireless gamepad support. But supporting it is not out of the question after we reach 1.0, the Wiimote library being used already contains support for reading the data.

If you're interested in joining the project, email me:
user=justinb26, host=gmail.com

-justinb

holvoetn · 05-20-2007, 03:08 PM

Hello justinb, welcome to BrightHand

Since cross-posting is not really supported over here, I removed one of your posts. I trust you understand

Good luck with your project

NamelessPlayer · 05-20-2007, 09:33 PM

If you get that driver working, you will be my new god.

What's making it so difficult compared to the desktop OSes, though? Lack of experienced coders for Windows Mobile compared to desktop Windows, Mac OS X, and desktop Linux(somehow, I don't think those Linux drivers will work on a Zaurus)?

Adama D. Brown · 05-21-2007, 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by NamelessPlayer

What's making it so difficult compared to the desktop OSes, though? Lack of experienced coders for Windows Mobile compared to desktop Windows, Mac OS X, and desktop Linux(somehow, I don't think those Linux drivers will work on a Zaurus)?

Some of that, yes. The developer base for mobile OSes is a lot smaller than that for desktops. Plus, there's a lot less infrastructure and hardware power to work with on a mobile device. They're very stripped down.

justinb · 06-03-2007, 04:22 PM

holvoten: Absolutely

NamelessPlayer: Yeah, mobile windows has less/different DLL's, which means what was straightforward on desktop windows requires a lot of research/experimentation to find an alternate way to do it. In our case, it's HID.DLL that is not present in WM5.

Nevertheless, it will happen eventually. I haven't given up but unfortunately I only have the occasional evening/weekend to work on it, so I am looking for other coders to give a hand. I've done a ton of research on the work that needs to be done and have a pretty clear idea, but haven't had the time to implement it all yet.

So, to spur development, I've finally settled on a license (New BSD) for the project so that I can open it to the public (which I've also done). Now, anyone can go to http://www.codeplex.com/wiimob and browse the Wiki and source. If you have any interest in contributing, just email me your codeplex username and I will add you to the project.

Hopefully we will see a working proof of concept some time this month

-justinb

Konrad Pierce · 06-05-2007, 07:43 PM

I'm a little confused (yet also impressed).

Is the intent of this BT driver to emulate a "DOS network", so that emulated DOS games can be played multiplayer?

justinb · 06-17-2007, 03:44 PM

Konrad:

No, I'm honestly not quite sure where you got that idea

The intent of the project is to provide drivers for the buttons on the nintendo wiimote and extensions (nunchuck, classic controller) to be used with emulators and misc. games for pocketpc.

It's still a concept at this point.. I'm sure I have the programming chops to pull it off, but it comes after my day job and family on my priority list, so unless I get other people actively involved figuring out details of doing HID programming for pocketpc it is probably going to be a few months before there is anything to use.

Just keep an eye on the codeplex site, the front page will likely change dramatically once there is some proof of concept code for people to start hammering on.

-justinb
Coordinator/Dev Lead, WiiMöB Project