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[Mr. Wolf]

WiiMote Control version 2 BETA 1
Use the Wiimote in your Game Maker Game
Support multiple Wiimotes!

Need: or pro, I don't have test it on other versions.
.Net FrameWork
Bluetooth stack
Bluetooth software (Bluesoleil has problems, but I have Bluesoleil 6, has no problems)

The functions:
Version 2 BETA 1:
Go to my website.

Version 1:

WM_ConnectWiiMotes() 
Call this function first.
Returns number of Wiimotes
WM_DisconnectWiiMotes()
Call this function on the end.
WM_SetRumble(WiiMoteId,Rumble)
Rumble or not (true/false)
WM_SetLeds(WiiMoteId,Led1,Led2,Led3,Led4)
Led1 to 4: on or off (true/false)
Balance Board: led 1 is the led on the Power Button
WM_GetButton(WiiMoteId,button)
button: see in script (A is the same as the Power Button of Balance Board)
WM_CheckExtension(WiiMoteId)
Gets the extension:
0 Noone (I think)
2753560576 Nunchuck
2753561602 BalanceBoard
WM_CheckBattery(WiiMoteId)
Gets the battery level (0: empty, 200: full)
WM_GetAccelX,Y,Z(WiiMoteId)
Gets the Accel: about -1 to 1
WM_Nunchuck_GetAccelX,Y,X(WiiMoteId)
Gets the Accel: about -1 to 1
WM_Nunchuck_GetJoyStickX,Y(WiiMoteId)
Gets the Joystick Values
WM_Nunchuck_GetButton(WiiMoteId)
See script
WM_BalanceBoard_GetWeight(WiiMoteId,position)
See script
WM_BalanceBoard_GetCenterOfGravity(WiiMoteId,XorY)
XorY: 0= Get X, 1 = Get Y
WM_IR_Exists(WiiMoteId,SensorId (0 to 3)
WM_IR_X(WiiMoteId,SensorId (0 to 3)
WM_IR_Y(WiiMoteId,SensorId (0 to 3)
WM_IR_Size(WiiMoteId,SensorId (0 to 3)

How to connect:

Start up your Bluetooth software and have it search for a device.
Hold down the 1 and 2 buttons on the Wiimote. You should see the LEDs at the bottom start flashing. Do not let go of these buttons until this procedure is complete. If pairing the Wii Fit Balance Board, open the battery cover on the underside of the balance board and hold the little red sync button.
Wiimotes should show up in the list of devices found as Nintendo RVL-CNT-01. Balance Boards will show up as Nintendo RVL-WBC-01. If it's not there, start over and try again.
Click Next to move your way through the wizard. If at any point you are asked to enter a security code or PIN, leave the number blank or click Skip. Do not enter a number.
You may be asked which service to use from the Wiimote. Select the keyboard/mouse/HID service if prompted (you should only see one service available).
Finish the wizard.

from http://blogs.msdn.co...14/1879033.aspx


It's my first DLL!!!
If you find Issues, tell me!

Thanks to:
Brain Peek, for his WiiMoteLib
Freaked, for his help on GMC
The Cool Gamer, for his GM .net layer

Download

Dutch version

Update 1:
IR is now supported.

Update 2:
The balance board works now correct.

Mr. Wolf

Edited by Mr. Wolf, 13 September 2010 - 02:27 PM.

[Revel]

This has already been done here, but maybe this one is better. I don't have a wii remote but good luck

[Caniac]

does this support the wiimotes speaker,
and does it support MULTIPLE wiimotes?
how about the IR bar? if so, this pwns!

But like Revel says, there is already a wiimote gex that can do most of the stuff listed above.

Edited by Caniac, 29 June 2009 - 09:01 PM.

[Mr. Wolf]

It doesn't support sound, but it DOES SUPPORT MULTIPLE WIIMOTES!!! (Giimote only in beta)
Now it supports IR
Mr. Wolf

Edited by Mr. Wolf, 05 July 2009 - 02:50 PM.

[tdmgames]

Cool, I will be checking this out tomorrow. Giimotes creator kinda stopped working on it I think... InfraRed would be good, and speaker also. I will be watching this very closely

[Spikehead777]

Sweet. I'm not using this right away, but I may later. It depends on how far one of my current projects goes.

If you need information on where you can find tech specs for the GH:WT guitar or drums or the GH3 guitar, as well as the nunchuck, Wii Motion Plus, or classic controller, let me know, I'll PM it to you.

It'd be nice being able to play a game or two with built-in Wiimote support instead of having to use GlovePIE and PPJoy together to emulate key presses or joystick button presses. XD

[Caniac]

Oh Boy!!!
I am very excited about this, perhaps you can add IR and sound soon?

Oh Cool, IR is supported now too? wow, this is geting even better then ever!

Edited by Caniac, 01 July 2009 - 04:34 PM.

[ApplePiePod]

The balance board functions do not seem to work.

[michael pw]

whats IR?

i used a script to make asort of laser pointer with giimote using the acceloerometers, just some hints for the people using this.

[Caniac]

InfaRed, like the wii sensor bar.

[Mr. Wolf]

The balance board functions do not seem to work.

I see,
After update 2 it should work, please try that out.

Mr. Wolf

Edited by Mr. Wolf, 02 July 2009 - 09:53 AM.

[MetroidMan347]

My bluetooth connection doesn't work. The Wii Remote just keeps blinking... And blinking and blinking and blinking and... you get the idea. Not that I could use it anyway, I don't have Pro. lol

[Mr. Wolf]

My bluetooth connection doesn't work. The Wii Remote just keeps blinking... And blinking and blinking and blinking and... you get the idea. Not that I could use it anyway, I don't have Pro. lol

It should blink!

Mr. Wolf

[Caniac]

My bluetooth connection doesn't work. The Wii Remote just keeps blinking... And blinking and blinking and blinking and... you get the idea. Not that I could use it anyway, I don't have Pro. lol

It should blink!

Mr. Wolf

it blinks, until you use the led set function.

[Mr. Wolf]

My bluetooth connection doesn't work. The Wii Remote just keeps blinking... And blinking and blinking and blinking and... you get the idea. Not that I could use it anyway, I don't have Pro. lol

It should blink!

Mr. Wolf

it blinks, until you use the led set function.

If you call WM_ConnectWiiMotes() Wiimote 1 led 1 is on, Wiimote 2 led 2 is on...

[Caniac]

thats odd, my wiimotes won't work! but they work fine when I use the other wiimote program.

[Mr. Wolf]

thats odd, my wiimotes won't work! but they work fine when I use the other wiimote program.

My wiimotes work fine!

Mr. Wolf

[tdmgames]

thats odd, my wiimotes won't work! but they work fine when I use the other wiimote program.

Try reconnecting WiiMotes...

[pixelpig]

It doesn't support sound, but it DOES SUPPORT MULTIPLE WIIMOTES!!! (Giimote not)
Later I make IR
Mr. Wolf

Incorect the latest giimote does do multiple wiimotes. (BETA)

Cool, I will be checking this out tomorrow. Giimotes creator kinda stopped working on it I think... InfraRed would be good, and speaker also. I will be watching this very closely

Giimotes creator is having a few problems.

[MetroidMan347]

When I hook it to my bluetooth it doesn't stop blinking even when I run my test program. It SHOULD light up LEDs 1 and 3 when I press A, and 2 and 4 when I press B. Instead it just keeps blinking and... well... you know the rest from my earlier post. I'm sure it's great sooooooo... good job making a DLL.

[Caniac]

thats odd, my wiimotes won't work! but they work fine when I use the other wiimote program.

Try reconnecting WiiMotes...

but the strange thing is, it knows how many wiimotes are avalible :/
I reconnected it again, same result.

Edited by Caniac, 04 July 2009 - 08:58 PM.

[tdmgames]

thats odd, my wiimotes won't work! but they work fine when I use the other wiimote program.

Try reconnecting WiiMotes...

but the strange thing is, it knows how many wiimotes are avalible :/
I reconnected it again, same result.

That it rather odd, sometimes the WiiMote kinda just gets caught up with one application only, and doesn't allow use in other applications, restarting solved this problem for me...

[Mr. Wolf]

When I hook it to my bluetooth it doesn't stop blinking even when I run my test program. It SHOULD light up LEDs 1 and 3 when I press A, and 2 and 4 when I press B. Instead it just keeps blinking and... well... you know the rest from my earlier post. I'm sure it's great sooooooo... good job making a DLL.

game/room start

if WM_ConnectWiiMotes() = 0
{
show_message("please connect your Wiimote(s)")
game_end()
}

step:

if WM_GetButton(0,0)
{
WM_SetLeds(0,true,false,true,false)
}
else if WM_GetButton(0,1)
{
WM_SetLeds(0,false,true,false,true)
}
else
{
WM_SetLeds(0,false,false,false,false)
}

game/room end:

WM_SetLeds(0,false,false,false,false)
WM_DisconnectWiiMotes()

[MetroidMan347]

No. It's a GlovePIE program, and I don't have Pro so I can't use DLLs. Besides, it doesn't even connect at all anymore. Whatever. I don't care. I have a DSi and that's much better then cheap emulation (GlovePIE, Not your DLL) of the Wii. Though it is kinda nice when it works. But, whatever. I've given up on trying to connect it anymore. Someone in either Caniac or Leaf's topic had the same continuous blinking problem. Can't remember which one it was though.

[Mr. Wolf]

(maybe) comming soon: GM 8 version with trigger events.

[Caniac]

No. It's a GlovePIE program, and I don't have Pro so I can't use DLLs. Besides, it doesn't even connect at all anymore. Whatever. I don't care. I have a DSi and that's much better then cheap emulation (GlovePIE, Not your DLL) of the Wii. Though it is kinda nice when it works. But, whatever. I've given up on trying to connect it anymore. Someone in either Caniac or Leaf's topic had the same continuous blinking problem. Can't remember which one it was though.

nope, my topic is just an action library. It must have been in Leif's topic.

[Mr. Wolf]

I'm going to make it in not .NET, but I search a VB.net to C++ or Delphi translator does someone knows one??????

Mr. Wolf

Edited by Mr. Wolf, 03 August 2009 - 08:05 AM.

[Caniac]

any progress here lately?

[petersvp]

It works with my Wiimotes.

P.s. Can you please make GM6 version? Else, I will make it :]

[Mr. Wolf]

It works with my Wiimotes.

P.s. Can you please make GM6 version? Else, I will make it :]

I don't wan a make that, I don't have . So, maybe you wan a make it?

[death-droid]

A better way to do this is build it off a non .net wiimote library like the Wiiuse source code.
Wiiuse is used in the libogc for wiimote support so the one on the wiiuse website is kind of out of date.
Already began work on it

Edited by death-droid, 27 September 2009 - 11:24 AM.

[Mr. Wolf]

A better way to do this is build it off a non .net wiimote library like the Wiiuse source code.
Wiiuse is used in the libogc for wiimote support so the one on the wiiuse website is kind of out of date.
Already began work on it

If you wanna translate (VB.net to C, Delphi, Pascal) my code, PM me, I'll pm you the code back.

[Rafferty97]

For the accelerometer functions for the wiimote, you can ony use the first wiimote regardless of what you set for the first argument.
You accidently put:

return layer_function(global.testclass,"WM_GetAccelX",ty_real,1,0)

when it shoud have been:

return layer_function(global.testclass,"WM_GetAccelX",ty_real,1,argument0)

It's a simple fix.

-Rafferty97

[RichStrong]

I don't understand, can you use the pointing facilities?

[Schyler]

I don't understand, can you use the pointing facilities?

The WiiMote has no pointing facilities. It's all a mind trick. Next time you play your Wii on your television look at the way the sensor reacts. It's the infrared ray from the end of the remote that creates a vector. All the Wii does is draw a line across that vector and measure the angle. The rest just comes from a compass sensor in the Wii Remote.

Regards,
-Schyler-

[RichStrong]

I know that is a mind trick. I just want to know how to find out the pointing position. This is what I saw on Wiibrew:
A rough pointing position can be found using the following formulas:

Rotation = Math.Atan2(Accelerometer.Z, Accelerometer.X) - (float)(Math.PI / 2.0);

Position = (1 - Midpoint.x, Midpoint.y);

Position.Subtract(0.5,0.5);
Position.Rotate(Rotation);
Position.Add(0.5,0.5)

But there is no Atan2 argument in GML. So what is the code? I want to make a game in which you point at the screen, aim and shoot. But I don't know how to calculate the pointing position.
Please help me!

[Caniac]

I know that is a mind trick. I just want to know how to find out the pointing position. This is what I saw on Wiibrew:
A rough pointing position can be found using the following formulas:

Rotation = Math.Atan2(Accelerometer.Z, Accelerometer.X) - (float)(Math.PI / 2.0);

Position = (1 - Midpoint.x, Midpoint.y);

Position.Subtract(0.5,0.5);
Position.Rotate(Rotation);
Position.Add(0.5,0.5)

But there is no Atan2 argument in GML. So what is the code? I want to make a game in which you point at the screen, aim and shoot. But I don't know how to calculate the pointing position.
Please help me!

cool, great script!
http://idlastro.gsfc..._help/ATAN.html

Also, I am pretty sure its Atan Times 2 Times whatever.

[RichStrong]

Thanks a lot!!! I won 1st prize in Computer Science project

Edited by RichStrong, 12 February 2010 - 02:02 AM.

[blackopient]

Hello a quick question.
I'm using BlueSoleil 6 and everything is working fine with both of my Wiimotes and Wiimote Control in Game Maker but one thing.

When I write the following code, it prints out the values of the first wiimote only for both readings.

[codebox]draw_text(10,200,"Left");
draw_text(10,250,"("+string(WM_GetAccelX(0))+","+string(WM_GetAccelY(0))+","+string(WM_GetAccelZ(0))+")");
draw_text(10,300,"Right");
draw_text(10,350,"("+string(WM_GetAccelX(1))+","+string(WM_GetAccelY(1))+","+string(WM_GetAccelZ(1))+")");[/codebox]
and when I test to see what value the 2nd (1) Wiimote has it always reads from the first one.

Any idea on what's going on here?

Thanks

Edited by blackopient, 26 February 2010 - 02:24 AM.

[death-droid]

If anyones interested i can provide the source code for my wiimote plugin that doesn't require .net

[[AA]Anarchist]

Could I use the Tony Hawk Ride controller for this? It's USB-connected with a reciever, so would I need a bluetooth adapter?

[thatshelby]

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GM .Net Layer: Unhandled Exception
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There has been an unhandled exception in the DLL called by the "GM .Net Layer". This probably not error created by the "GM .Net Layer". The following trace is available:

System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

at Wii.WM_SetLeds(Double WiiMoteId, Double Led1, Double Led2, Double Led3, Double Led4)

--- End of inner exception stack trace ---

at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeMethodFast(Objec
t target, Object[] arguments, SignatureStruct& sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeTypeHandle typeOwner)

at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethodFast(Object target, Object[] arguments, Signature sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeTypeHandle typeOwner)

at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture, Boolean skipVisibilityChecks)

at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)

at System.RuntimeType.InvokeMember(String name, BindingFlags bindingFlags, Binder binder, Object target, Object[] providedArgs, ParameterModifier[] modifiers, CultureInfo culture, String[] namedParams)

at System.Type.InvokeMember(String name, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object target, Object[] args)

at FuncReal(Double class_handle, SByte* funcname)

When seeking support, please contact the creater of the program and copy the complete error message. Press Ctrl+C to copy the message. Press Ok to continue or press Cancel to exit the application.
---------------------------
OK Cancel
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emmm...

[death-droid]

You have to have the latest version of .net installed to use it.

[thatshelby]

I do, but still it didn't connect.

[Ikarugos]

Hi Mr Wolf,

Really for anyone who can help, but is there a dll for picking up vibration from the wiimote? Like, the game corresponds to how how hard or soft the player moves the wiimote?
Hope the question's valid.

Thanks

Edited by Ikarugos, 01 July 2010 - 06:29 AM.

[Mr. Wolf]

Hi Mr Wolf,

Really for anyone who can help, but is there a dll for picking up vibration from the wiimote? Like, the game corresponds to how how hard or soft the player moves the wiimote?
Hope the question's valid.

Thanks

Use the functions WM_GetAccelX(WiiMoteId), WM_GetAccelY(WiiMoteId), WM_GetAccelZ(WiiMoteId),

New version:
Currently I'm creating a new version of the WiiMoteControl.
New functions:WM_SetLed(): Put on only one led.
WM_IsConnected(): Returns true if the wiimote is connected, otherwise false.
WM_GetNthWithExtension(), WM_GetNthWithoutExtension(), WM_GetNthConnected. Gets the Nth wiimote with/without that extension, or the Nth connected wiimote.
while (WM_ForEach())
{

}
Executes the code in that block for every wiimote.
And a very extensive help, 4 examples, .gmres with all code (only , for other version use the merge function), some errors fixed.

Edited by Mr. Wolf, 24 August 2010 - 07:55 AM.

[Ikarugos]

Great, thanks.

[Mr. Wolf]

I've released version 2 BETA 1. Try it! I'll make a help and gex with lib later.
See initial post.

Edited by Mr. Wolf, 25 August 2010 - 08:00 AM.

[michael pw]

this dll is amazing, i've made a basic head tracking program with it (in gm of course), the only problem i have is distance of the head.

[Mr. Wolf]

I heard that the WM_IR_Size function doesn't work well. Can someone test this:

draw_text(10,10, string(WM_IR_Size(0,0)))

(In the draw event)

Because I don't have IR lights. If it's not working I can fix it in version 2.

Mr Wolf