Wiimote implementation idea

We have discussed this before, but I have recently thought of a good way to implement it.

You have some games that use the wiimote. Those have a wiimote icon in their shop channel pics and their menu icons. So people who can use a wiimote, buy these games, while others who dont just leave them be.

Do you think this could work? I do.

Well, instead of limiting access to games, couldn't we just autodetect Wiimote on startup, and also whenever they plug it in? You'd set up a way so that whatever game is playing isn't concerned with how the controls are done, and the API automatically handles all that stuff?

Just my 2 cents.

I like your idea though

Haha! Your just like link3000... always talking about API...

We're both programmers at heart

You mean, something so people see that wii remote is available?

Like Wii shop channel, that it says with what controllers you can use something?

We could show a wiimote symbol at the game's title screen, but it should have automatic detection at load. Also Kite, the Cii isn't an API, I believe you meant UI.

No, I meant, in the individual game.

Say one game made it so that when you move your mouse around, if you touch a balloon, you pop it. Simple enough.

What if you wanted to use your Wiimote? The API would automatically use the location of the Wiimote instead of the location of the mouse (generic input function), and you'd pop balloons using that.

I could just reroute all the GM handled variable embedded in the Cii++ file to global ones handled by Cii...

And, yes, I realize you meant the individual games. I meant on the individual games startup screen it would tell you if the game used the WiiMote.

Yip. That and like on the real wii, when you buy VC games, it tells you what extension controller is used. So here you would only buy the games that dont use wiimote if you have a mouse etc.

No, I mean, the games that can use Wiimote tell you you can, but if you don't have a Wii, you can still play with the mouse and keyboard.

Exactly.

I don't want to buy a Wiimote and adapter just to use Cii to its full potential...

YOU WON'T NEED TO. All games available to the Wiimote are available to mouse and keyboard, but not the other way around.

Ok, this is basically what we've been talking about.

So you see a game in the store you want. You download it, and run it. IF, and I mean IF, you have a Wiimote connected, AND the game supports Wiimotes, it will use that. If you DON'T have a Wiimote, it will use the mouse and keyboard. It does this on it's own. It doesn't ask you questions about anything, it just does this automatically when you start the game.

Get it?

And there will be an option if you DO have a Wiimote to use the keyboard.

sheesh...this is easy to understand...why are people getting confuzzled?

dunno :\