Anyway, i’m writing a blogpost about WiiFlash and the IR sensor, because I found it was hard to get the material I needed and after getting the material I got stuck with scripts which made the IR sensor work, but in mirror-mode, so if you’re looking for some PROPPER information about this subject, you’re at the right address.

This is basically my root class, add anything you want:

 
package{
 
	import flash.display.MovieClip;
	import flash.geom.Point;
 
	import org.wiiflash.Wiimote;
	import org.wiiflash.events.ButtonEvent;
	import org.wiiflash.events.WiimoteEvent;
 
 
	public class WiiMoteRoot extends MovieClip{
 
		private var myWiimote:Wiimote = new Wiimote();
		private var pointOne:Point = new Point;
		private var pointTwo:Point = new Point;
 
		public function WiiMoteRoot():void{
 
			// connect wiimote to WiiFlash Server
			myWiimote.connect ();
			myWiimote.addEventListener( WiimoteEvent.UPDATE, onUpdated );
			myWiimote.addEventListener( ButtonEvent.A_PRESS, onAPressed );
		}
 
 
 
		function onAPressed(evt:ButtonEvent):void{
			myWiimote.rumbleTimeout = 100;
			//you can add more interesting stuff over here.
		}
 
 
		function onUpdated(evt:WiimoteEvent):void{
  	    	        /* Now, for the IR sensor:
	    	           The WiiMote works with two infra red dots to calculate the 
	    	           position. So we have to get those two points and calculate 
	    	           the middle. */
 
                        var thePoint:Point = Point.interpolate( myWiimote.ir.point1, myWiimote.ir.point2,.5)
 
			//trace(thePoint.x + ' -- '+ thePoint.y);
 
	    	        //Put an MC named cursor (in my file already on the stage) on this position:
	    	        //We need to subtract the X from one and multiply the Y by -1 to get out of 'mirrored mode'.
        	        cursor.x = (1 -thePoint.x) * stage.stageWidth;
        	        cursor.y = (thePoint.y * -1) * stage.stageHeight;
		}
 
	}
}

If you have any questions, i’ll be glad to answer them.

A simple problem (pretty well explained by the WiiFlash website) was that the app wouldn’t launch in a 64-bit architectures, so you need to right-click on the app and check off ‘run in 32-bit-mode’.

A bigger problem was that OSX Lion was just too damn good in recognizing the WiiMote. It hogged a connection before the open source servers could connect to it. And as you (probably) know, a bluetooth connection can only occur between two devices (or entities), in this case the OSX kernel connected to it before WiiFlash could. It turns out that Apple did a very good job of adding bluetooth devices to the HID manager (that’s the part of the OS that immediately needs to recognize connected mouses and keyboards), so my WiiMote never had a chance.

I’m not the type to throw in the towel at that point, I’m the type that likes to stack tab onto tab in Chrome to find the fricking answer. And i found it! With a little (free) library called Wiiji, you can overwrite certain HID-manager preferences (please watch out with this if you’re an avid wireless keyboard or mouse user) to give WiiFlash a fighting chance.

I’m currently trying to make the WiiFlash library a bit more stable on OSX Lion as it still has crash problems. I’ll keep you updated on that.

You can download WiiFlash over here

And get Wiiji over here

I’ll probably be adding some more blogposts about WiiFlash, Actionscript 3 and the WiiMote and AS3 and some other tactile input devices in the future, so definitely stay tuned!

Happy experimenting!