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[solved] How do I use a Wii remote as a input device? Anyone using a Wii remote as input and if so what's your setup like. (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip to c/linuxquestions@lemmy.zip

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Solution: I bought a dolphin bar. Its not here yet but it should work better.

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[–] Granixo@feddit.cl 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

WE NEED PROOF

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry the body was cut off. As far as this community goes I'm not going to be super strict on posting solutions as we are all human (hopefully). Screaming is not something that's against the rules but you might want to be a little more polite in the future.

Thanks for the reminder

[–] Granixo@feddit.cl 1 points 1 year ago

ok :c

[+] ApeNo1@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I have a few things planned. I mostly want to use it to play non emulated games but I'm also interested in using it as a clicker for slide show presentations and as a remote control.

I'm really interested in the sensors as you can use it to track just about anything.

[+] ApeNo1@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Xwiimote isn't in the Fedora repos so I booted into a Live Linux mint system and my remote did not show up. I tried loading the kernel module and a few other things but it just didn't work. Finally I setup dolphin with a free software game. It worked fine as the game was just flappy bird. The dolphin bar acts as a middle man and can be configured in a few different ways. The main advantage is that you just push a button to connect the remote instead of all of the complex setup.

Believe it or not my original original plan was to buy a Wii and a bunch of games as I was feeling nostalgic but then I decided it wasn't worth spending a few hundred dollars on.

[–] J4g2F@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Of course don't know how pricing is in your area. But here Wii's are pretty cheap. 30/40 Euro's with a 1 or 2 Wii motes. I even picked up one for free (hardware and software worked, but needed some cleaning on the outside).

If you are okay with piracy a Wii is really easy to hack. With lots of homebrew. So if you don't mind having original disc's it is pretty cheap.

If you want something more powerful there is of course the Wii u. Wich can run Linux with homebrew. But they are more expensive.

However seems you already have other plans now.

[–] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 months ago

Just sharing an old trick.

The pointing function relies on two IR sources, one in each side of the bar. In a pinch, you can use two candles in front of the screen you want to point at instead. Not too close though haha.

Might be useful if your screen and the hardware are somehow far enough away from each other to be a problem. Did this back in the day when a bar wire was chewed through.