Persistent obsessions.

[sirgolan]

Phew! I think I finally have persistence worked out in MV3D. I'm quite happy with it. I went back to my datastore method (yes, I saw that cringe), but I feel like I've made it quite a bit better. One of the reasons I couldn't say no to it is that it's lightning fast. All the other methods I've tried (all of which involved a database of some sort)

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[bludiscus]

I think I've figured it out. Karma got his obsessive purrsonality from YOU.

[sirgolan]

You just may be right. He's just trying to be like me. :)

[tenth]

Trespasser! Woo

[sirgolan]

As much as I make fun of Tresspasser, it was very advanced for its time. I'm guessing the arm controlling interface would work much better with a wiimote.

That's interesting about the calibration, though. They don't do the standard "click on the top right corner", "ok, now click on the bottom left"? Though I guess I didn't have to do that in GlovePIE to get the wiimote working as a mouse pointer (more in my next post).

There is actually an inexpensive Power Glove like thing which uses the same sort of IR LED tracking that the Wiimote does (except the camera is stationary and the LEDs are on the glove). You can buy one hereI do have to agree, though, head tracking is a bit lame without the headset. Thanks to all the ipod people, those are getting cheaper. You can actually get one (not stereo) for your ipod for like $130. Granted, the resolution is probably less than your ipod screen. In any case, either of the ones I linked to seem cool and aren't very expensive. People seem to generally like them, though they are still fairly low

[tenth]

BTW, did you see the guy who took apart a Wiimote and built the sensors and electronics into a Power Glove shell? Apparently it works pretty well, except for the part where holding up your arm and pointing at the TV is still painful after a while. (Which is why the Power Glove needs a power-assisted exoskeleton! Then it would be perfect! :-)

A different guy (I think?) built the IR camera into the barrel of one of those old Nintendo Zapper guns, and wired the B button to the zapper trigger, with the rest of the Wiimote buttons and stuff going onto a sort of wrist strap thing. That apparently is a lot more ergonomic for pointing (if you rest the Zapper in your lap and, obviously, don't try to aim down the sights since the Wii isn't calibrated like that), and you get that awesome "clink-ping" noise every time you click on something.

[sirgolan]

I did happen to see the Power Glove hack, though I didn't see the Zapper one. The Power Glove one seemed pretty cool, though would have been cooler if you could shoot things by making like you were pulling a trigger. :)