Since a few weeks I’ve been thinking about writing a GUI so as to make the configuration of the sixaxis emulator easier.
Mandatory requirements:
- run on Linux, Windows, and OS X
- allow the configuration of multiple sixaxis controllers (max=7)
- multiple configurations for a single sixaxis controller
- automatically detect user inputs (keyboard, mouse, joysticks)
- save the configurations in a human-readable format
Optional requirements:
- detect bt modules and launch the sixaxis emulator (multiple emu + a single emuclient)
- detect sixaxis controllers plugged to the usb bus and allow to change bdaddrs of bt modules
For 1. and 5. mandatory requirements, I chose to use wxwidgets/Codeblocks and XML/libxml.
I will try to make a GUI skeleton before the end of this week, and publish some screen-shots on this blog.
Enjoying reading about your progress. Good luck!! Really hope you can pull this all off, as it's got so much potential.
Excellent Idea … I have followed your progress for a while and now can connect to my PS3. I even installed Ubuntu just to use your emu.
I am trying the 3 following ideas:
1. Use a Wiimote to connect via Ubuntu to PS3
2. Once the PS Move controller is fully working on Ubuntu I want to use it like a Wiimote for games that dont support Move ex. MOH, COD etc
3. Try and connect a KINECT via Linux drivers so it can be used like a mouse and play games on PS3
Thanks for you ideas and working solutions.
These ideas already crossed my mind, but I have a huge amount of work and only a few free time.
1. I don't have a wiimote and it is said that it's less precise than a motion controller, so that I probably will not give it a try.
2. Do you know if someone released a linux kernel or userland driver for the motion controller? To get it work with the sixaxis emulator, we need it to be detected as a standard joystick. Once we get that, it may be not so hard to get something work quickly.
3. I'm interested by this device, but it's quite expensive. I will wait it is completely hacked to buy and test it. Moreover, I will not do that until I have enough free time…
Thanks Malto … I understand.
The PS Move controller drivers are very close as I read on MotionInJoy.com . They already have the navigation controller drivers.
The Kinect drivers are expected to be released soon.
I have a PS3, Wii, XBox 360 and a PS2 so I thought I will play with these peripherals.
Thanks for your effort and appreciate the help.