Wiimote Plugin

Hi People

Iv been trying to get to grips with the plugin and have downloaded the source files for the fps tutorial that has been modified to work with the wii remote. Unfortunately it doesn't appear to work as i have a newer version of unity. Is there an up to date version that will work for me??? Please help

 

ive been using osculator to get wii control (it support full control with wiimotplus and chucks) but it would be a nice thing to be able to use inside of unity.

any updated news on this script. fps would be awesome with the wii remote.

 

I've managed to create a VJing application that uses UniWii. I'm using it in live production, with mixed results.

First of all, when it works, it works well. And I'm excited that this plug-in makes grabbing input from the Wii remote so easy. Thank you to all involved.

However, when testing in the editor, every once in a while when I press 12 to connect, I get an OS X kernel panic. For those unaware, this is basically a more aesthetically pleasing blue-screen-of-death. I've never seen it happen in the standalone application yet, but obviously I'm afraid it will, and that would be a catastrophe during a live production. Has anyone else experienced kernel panics when connecting the remote?

Next, sometimes the Wii remote just doesn't connect. I have to proverbially jiggle the handle by turning off bluetooth and quitting and relaunching my app to reconnect, sometimes multiple times. Is there a way to help reduce this problem? Any tips? This is annoying, but manageable if I can just leave my application up for a long time. However, I fear that this will become a big problem if the remote goes outside the Bluetooth range, drops the connection for some unforeseen reason, or especially when connecting multiple remotes (which I plan on doing).

My conclusion is that my current setup isn't really ready for full production quite yet. Is there something I can do to help these issues?

 

I've been experiencing the same problem for quite a while as well. At work we have two Wiimotes. Sometimes I just can't get one to work, and need to use the other. Quite strange. One time I did not get the wiimotes to connect all, during a large business convention. I think the large amount of Bluetooth devices just made it impossible to connect. It has been the only plausible explanation thus far. something you might want to know as well .

But, it seems to be rather difficult for manufacturers to create good, proper working Bluetooth stacks. All stacks have their own problems. Right now we use the small $2 bluetooth 'stick' from DealExtreme in combination with the BlueSoleil driver.

I've noticed that I have to:

- Start bluesoleil, refresh devices, refresh services of wiimote when found;
- Start our 'Wii game';
- Start hitting the buttons and connect
- Now it _might_ work.

It has been always essential to have the game running while trying to connect!

 

I was demoing this to a friend and got a kernel panic starting the standalone application, too. So it's not just in the editor.

Anyone else getting kernel panics, too?

 

Hi, nothing about the wii balanceboard support? :roll:

 

I don't quite have a feel for the cause of the kernel panics, but it could possibly have to do with bringing the computer from sleep and then running an application later?

With regards to connecting remotes, I tried just booting my computer, launching an app, and trying to connect a remote, but even that does not work the first try sometimes. Not sure if there's a specific order that provides more reliable connectivity yet.

Anyone have any other tips? I'll look into 3rd party bluetooth solutions.

 

I've tried the demo/test scene and i've got a little problem and I was wondering if other people has the same problem. With the IR pointer it only counts for the lower half of the screen. When I go higher than half of the screen the x and y go to -100 and the counter disappears. is this normal? Or must i tweak the code to fit the screen?

 

Hi! I was using the UniWii plugin and everytihng was working fine until I updated my system to 10.6.3 (was using 10.6.2). Suddenly my game stopped recognizing the wiimote. Actually it connects to it but looses the connection shortly after. Should the bundle be recompiled against the updated version of SL? Thanks!

 

Anyone successfully used this one on Snow Leopard 10.6.3? My game stopped recognizing the wiimote after upgrading from 10.6.2.

 

Offering a six pack for code.

I would like to move 4 objects in unity pro.

The trick is I want to do this with the Wiimote IR.

The Wiimote is in a fixed position looking at a wall and 4 IR sources (laser pens or LED's) are moved on the wall.

In the Game the 4 objects move with the laser pens.

I know a six pack is cheap and I would offer more if I could. Please help, and beer will be on the way.
(must be 21yrs old)

http://www.beeronthewall.com/gift-baskets/c-bob-6pk.html

 

How do you connect your wii mote with the computer?

 

http://www.unifycommunity.com/wiki/index.php?title=UniWii



using UnityEngine;
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

public class WiiMote : MonoBehaviour {

[DllImport ("UniWii")]
private static extern void wiimote_start();

[DllImport ("UniWii")]
private static extern void wiimote_stop();

[DllImport ("UniWii")]
private static extern int wiimote_count();

[DllImport ("UniWii")]
private static extern byte wiimote_getAccX(int which);
[DllImport ("UniWii")]
private static extern byte wiimote_getAccY(int which);
[DllImport ("UniWii")]
private static extern byte wiimote_getAccZ(int which);

[DllImport ("UniWii")]
private static extern float wiimote_getIrX(int which);
[DllImport ("UniWii")]
private static extern float wiimote_getIrY(int which);
[DllImport ("UniWii")]
private static extern float wiimote_getRoll(int which);
[DllImport ("UniWii")]
private static extern float wiimote_getPitch(int which);
[DllImport ("UniWii")]
private static extern float wiimote_getYaw(int which);

private string display;
private int cursor_x, cursor_y;
private Texture2D cursor_tex;
private Vector3 oldVec;

// Use this for initialization
void Start () {
wiimote_start();
cursor_tex = (Texture2D) Resources.Load("crosshair");
}

// Update is called once per frame
void FixedUpdate () {
int c = wiimote_count();
if (c>0) {
display = "";
for (int i=0; i<=c-1; i++) {
int x = wiimote_getAccX(i);
int y = wiimote_getAccY(i);
int z = wiimote_getAccZ(i);
float roll = Mathf.Round(wiimote_getRoll(i));
float p = Mathf.Round(wiimote_getPitch(i));
float yaw = Mathf.Round(wiimote_getYaw(i));
float ir_x = wiimote_getIrX(i);
float ir_y = wiimote_getIrY(i);
display += "Wiimote " + i + " accX: " + x + " accY: " + y + " accZ: " + z + " roll: " + roll + " pitch: " + p + " yaw: " + yaw + " IR X: " + ir_x + " IR Y: " + ir_y + "\n";
if (!float.IsNaN(roll) !float.IsNaN(p) (i==c-1)) {
Vector3 vec = new Vector3(p, 0 , -1 * roll);
vec = Vector3.Lerp(oldVec, vec, Time.deltaTime * 5);
oldVec = vec;
GameObject.Find("wiiparent").transform.eulerAngles = vec;
}
if ( (i==c-1) (ir_x != -100) (ir_y != -100) ) {
//float temp_x = ((ir_x + (float) 1.0)/ (float)2.0) * (float) Screen.width;
//float temp_y = (float) Screen.height - (((ir_y + (float) 1.0)/ (float)2.0) * (float) Screen.height);
float temp_x = ( Screen.width / 2) + ir_x * (float) Screen.width / (float)2.0;
float temp_y = Screen.height - (ir_y * (float) Screen.height / (float)2.0);
cursor_x = Mathf.RoundToInt(temp_x);
cursor_y = Mathf.RoundToInt(temp_y);
}
}
}
else display = "Press the '1' and '2' buttons on your Wii Remote.";
}

void OnApplicationQuit() {
wiimote_stop();
}

void OnGUI() {
GUI.Label( new Rect(10,10, 500, 100), display);
if ((cursor_x != 0) || (cursor_y != 0)) GUI.Box ( new Rect (cursor_x, cursor_y, 50, 50), cursor_tex); //"Pointing\nHere");
int c = wiimote_count();
for (int i=0; i<=c-1; i++) {
float ir_x = wiimote_getIrX(i);
float ir_y = wiimote_getIrY(i);
if ( (ir_x != -100) (ir_y != -100) ) {
float temp_x = ((ir_x + (float) 1.0)/ (float)2.0) * (float) Screen.width;
float temp_y = (float) Screen.height - (((ir_y + (float) 1.0)/ (float)2.0) * (float) Screen.height);
temp_x = Mathf.RoundToInt(temp_x);
temp_y = Mathf.RoundToInt(temp_y);
//if ((cursor_x != 0) || (cursor_y != 0))
GUI.Box ( new Rect (temp_x, temp_y, 64, 64), "Pointer " + i);
}
}
}
}

 

Hi,

Can I ask about the Wiimote and Sensor Bar on PC...? I'm just wondering how easy they are to setup, is any hardware modding required?

Bob

 

I found the best way for me was to use OSC to link the wiimote. It was easyer to code and let me get all the wiimote raw IR data.

Search the forum for Wiimote OSC to find the sample project.

Good Luck.

 

Same here. The plug-in is great because everything is wrapped up in the exe, but it causes infrequent and seemingly random kernel panics (Mac version of BSoD), and sometimes it simply doesn't connect the remotes.

I couldn't find a solution, so I switched to OSCuMote and it seems to be a lot more consistent. No crashing, either.

 

i got this to work, very exciting.
Can someone help a newb modify the MouseLook script from the Demo Source Project at
http://www.unifycommunity.com/wiki/index.php?title=UniWii#What_it_does
to aim a PlayerWeapon crosshair without moving the camera?

I'm making a "Duck Hunt" style game like this one except w/ Wii control:
http://www.starscenesoftware.com/tmfppg.html

soo close.. help?

 

I'm trying to develop a demonstration using Unity 3.0 with the wiimote, i found this plugin but i can find the download for windows.

Please help

 

@Uonze
http://www.unifycommunity.com/wiki/index.php?title=UniWii#Download
Includes a link to where you can download the Windows version.

 

So can I use this? (3.1 free not pro PC)

 

Hello everyone. Long time lurker first time poster.
I've been through this post (and many others) and several times, trying to look for an option for using wiimote as a gun controller. In order to have the wiimote's aim be properly calibrated one would require 4 IR points to compensate for screen keystone skew if you happen to not be directly in front of screen.

Would it be possible to retrieve these raw IR points instead of grabbing an averaged single point position grabbed by wiimote_getIrY(int which) wiimote_getIrX(int which).

I work on a windows machine and honestly would like to avoid using OSCumote or GlovePIE.

 

Hey, I am trying to connect 4 wiimotes through uniwii. Its very odd because I can connect 3 in one game, but it caps at 3. Then while the former game is running I run another instance and it connects 1. It seems uniwii has a cap of 3. Is this true and has anyone found a work around yet?

 

Why the wiimote_getYaw() function always return 0 ????

 

The yaw values are always 0 . This is normal or is just me ?

 

Awsome!

 

Working on museum exhibit project using Wiimote / gestural inputs. I'd rather use custom Wiimote-clone hardware with power and data flowing through a tether. (We need the tether anyways for security, and wiring the data connection would avoid all the issues with a reliable bluetooth connection.) Does anyone know a fabricator for this kind of thing?

 

Hi everybody,

I read in this thread that the raw IR points can now be accessed with UniWii plugin.
But i didn't read anywhere what functions I should use for that...
Does anybody know?

Thanks

 

Hey friends, i have this error message, i'm trying build in windows 7 to generate a .exe

ArgumentException: The Assembly Microsoft.VisualC is referenced by UniWii. But the dll is not allowed to be included or could not be found.
UnityEditor.AssemblyHelper.AddReferencedAssembliesRecurse (System.String assemblyPath, System.Collections.Generic.List`1 alreadyFoundAssemblies, System.String[] allAssemblyPaths, System.String[] foldersToSearch, System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2 cache) (at C:/BuildAgent/work/842f9557127e852/Editor/Mono/AssemblyHelper.cs:52)
UnityEditor.AssemblyHelper.FindAssembliesReferencedBy (System.String[] paths, System.String[] foldersToSearch) (at C:/BuildAgent/work/842f9557127e852/Editor/Mono/AssemblyHelper.cs:87)
UnityEditor.HostView:OnGUI()

Someone have any idea about this message?

 

Success in building the source, but i don't connect wiimotes in windows, happens in Mac and i need to connect it, someone have any success in connect with uniWii in windows?

 

Yeah, seems to cap at three. I'm having the same issue and haven't found a workaround.

 

I would love to see how this develops. I've always dreamed about making my own wii game.

 

HI all,

Is this plugin works on IOS?

Thanks,
Sennin.

 

Hello everyone! After months of lurking on this thread and others like it, I have managed to create my own alternative to UniWii that provides raw IR data, as well as other features like Motion Plus, classic controller, guitar hero guitar, guitar hero drum set, the DJ Hero turntable, and the balance board.

I did my best to make it as easy to use as possible. You can find the API of all its functions here.

I recently put it up for sale on the Asset Store. Hopefully, if it sells well enough, I'll be able to start making some actual Wii U games.

Please let me know what you think and if there's anything I can do to further improve it. I'm still working on the Windows version (currently it's Mac only) and I'll be getting to work on the Wii-U controllers as soon as I can get my hands on them.

-Greg

 

Woah, nice work Silverduck!! WiiBuddy might be the answer!

I too have been lurking on here trying to figure out how to make Head Tracking work with BlipRob's UniWii code to no avail on Mac or PC.

Have you tried to do it before? Had any success?

Is anyone willing to share a successful build?

 

Been a while since this thread was updated..

Any news on getting the raw IR data via UniWii for Windows? I've tried WiiBuddy and it works well for OSx but I need a windows solution before they're going to be able to release the Windows version of WiiBuddy.

 

I'd like to know too. It seems that it only spits out the average of the tracked blobs.

 

hey, could solve some problems but still have that one issue that I get the message "No Remote detected..." when I start a x86 build... In Unity the demo is working fine but not in the build. Anyone ideas?

 

hey everybody
can anyone reupload the windows version? the links above aren't availible.
Thx

 

Hi,
I found a project containing the UniWii-plugin. I have tested it, and it works. You can find it here https://code.google.com/p/3div-project/downloads/list.

 

brilliant. thanks staur

 

Hey guys, if only this worked on iOS ! ! ! ! !

IPete2