tim the enchanter

sorry, i'm a little confused, & somewhat "swamped out" by the amount of info relating to the "main" wii external (the Masayuki Akamatsu one..) that at this stage is mac only i believe...??

http://ether.tw/blog/2007/05/tkwii_ver20070505.html

Does the wii external for windows linked to above work ok? is osc additionally needed to implement some aspect of this?

windows users sucessfully using the wii controller please speak up! i'm keen to hear some bona fide success stories for wii controller on windows before going out & buying one only to find out it was a bit of a waste of time. (csound list alike seems to be reporting a very "mac centric" bias for successful generation of parameters via wii controller at this stage - the only windows option seems to be a midi data stream... not particularly useful i would have thought compared to a "full 3d floating point whammy"....)

Is there a need for an external port to windows? if it's waiting to be done - & a reasonably simple process, I have a friend who could maybe be sweet talked into giving it a shot (ie if it took a few hours only for an experienced c programmer, & i bought him a 6 pack & maybe a jazz cigarette or 2 to bully him into doing it......)

Anyway - wii for windows - lets hear your story!

wii-for-windows-state-of-play

I've used the Wiimote with Max on windows, not using a wiimote external but using the free programmable driver GlovePIE, which can send out OSC to Max. No problems.

I might port the Mac external over to windows at some stage(if no one else has done this already), but it's usable without it.

Works great for me. You need to make sure you are using

Blue Soleil bluetooth drivers, not sure it if works with 

You also need .NET framework 2.0 installed.

Works great for me. You need to make sure you are using
Blue Soleil bluetooth drivers, not sure it if works with 
any other driver.  http://www.bluesoleil.com/
You also need .NET framework 2.0 installed. 

https://cycling74.com/forums/index.php?t=msg&th=27093&start=0&rid=2274&S=d47fc1a3ca535c3911d7c66ee21d8b17

More info here...
https://cycling74.com/forums/index.php?t=msg&th=27093&start=0&rid=2274&S=d47fc1a3ca535c3911d7c66ee21d8b17


wii for windows - state of play