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[BlackMage]

I can't find the answer to this anywhere so sorry if this is a dumb question. I was wondering it the Wii-mote senses how far the controller is from the screen. what i mean is can you lunge the controller towards the tv in a pierce motion (like a sword) will it pick it up or is it a left/right/down/up motion only?

 

[GoldenEye 007]

Yes, it can gauge depth too. Like in Red Steel(or some other FPS, methinks), that is how you zoom in for some weapons.

 

[dkeane]

it will pick up that motion (Zelda uses it).

 

[BlackMage]

ok im sold now! thanks

 

[Deleted member 1235]

Yes, it can gauge depth too. Like in Red Steel(or some other FPS, methinks), that is how you zoom in for some weapons.

has anyone on here actually used a sniper rifle in an fps with it yet?

 

[platypotamus]

IIRC, it doesn't sense distance, just motion along that axis. That is, it can't tell if you are ten feet from the screen or five feet from the screen, but it can tell if you move closer or further from the screen.

 

[relyt9]

has anyone on here actually used a sniper rifle in an fps with it yet?

Not that I know of... probably because none of the games available to the public have had a sniper in the game's arsenal. I wonder how it would work though. You could maybe count the zoom feature on Samus's gun, that's about the closest.

 

[DeathbyVolcano]

has anyone on here actually used a sniper rifle in an fps with it yet?

Far Cry uses it for the Wii. You push the Wiimote inwards a bit toward's the TV (or sensor bar) and that zooms you in.

 

[donny2112]

has anyone on here actually used a sniper rifle in an fps with it yet?

In IGN's preview of COD3, they used that functionality of the controller, IIRC. I thought other games had, too.

 

[PantherLotus]

IIRC, it doesn't sense distance, just motion along that axis. That is, it can't tell if you are ten feet from the screen or five feet from the screen, but it can tell if you move closer or further from the screen.

Is that entirely true? from what i understand, the wiimote is one point of the triangle (the other two points being the ends of the sensor bar). If that is true, distance can be easily "triangulated" using simple geometry.

So not only can it sense movement on that axis (within the wiimote itself), it can also determine distance and position using the sensor bar.

 

[Jade Knight 08]

ooooo, it's exciting isn't it !??!! tech talk.... No wonder it made my head explodes!!! :lol