On Thursday 28 December 2006 04:20, Curtis Olson wrote: > On 12/18/06, Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I had a bit of fun with FlightGear and the Wiimote last night. > > > > And for those who don't know, Wiimote is the remote game controller > > for the Nintendo Wii game console. You play by actually holding and > > moving the controller. > > > > A bit of details and a video here: > > > > http://pigeond.net/?cat=flightgear&comments=fg-wiimote > > I was so impressed with the wiimote demo that I showed it to my wife (who > normally glazes over about 5 seconds before any of my FlightGear demos > start.) Same thing here, but I figure you can't just stop trying. I > casually mentioned this looked like it might be a fun toy, and didn't think > any more of it. > > On Christmas Eve when we were opening gifts, the first thing I got was a > little rubber "glove" protector for the wiimote. Everyone was out of stock > for all things wii so I figured, haha, it was a joke, she actually looked, > but that was the best she could find, up to me to fill it in later on my > own. > > So to my great surprise, the next thing is an actual wiimote which she > managed to find someplace. Woohoo! Thankfully she didn't bother with the > whole wii system which I wouldn't have time for anyway, but the wiimote was > exactly what I wanted. > > Today with Pigeon's help, I managed to get my wiimote working with > FlightGear and had some fun jetting around the skies. I captured one video > and posted it here for your enjoyment: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyFTc_XH0Zs > > Regards, > > Curt.
Ho ho ho :) Actually, having a workable Wii solution (apologies to all the UK readers for the appalling play on words), especially so quickly, is not a bad thing for FG to have. LeeE ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
