(2012-07-28, 13:29)Skank Wrote: (2012-07-27, 15:17)calev Wrote: Listen here skank, wii controllers connect through bluetooth but use an ir sensor and 2 led lights to triangulate the pointers position on the tv. Any skank with a 3.5 gigahurts quadcore processor and beefy graphics chip can run dolphin and connect the controler via blutooth. You will need one of the battery powered sensor bars on your monitor so you dont have to have a wii next to your computer. If your feeling really skanky, you could check out wii's own media player called wiimc. Its alright for sd stuff, but not nearly as full featured as xbmc. i hope that helps.
i dont think im with you
So i need xbmc + dolphin emulator, the controllers i have now, + a special sensor bar witch is connected to the xbmc machine then?
Then i can get rid of the wii hardware + its own sensor bar right?
I am new to Dolphin Emu (the wii emulator) but I have been working with it lately and here are my observations:
yes you can use just the PC Hardware however there are a few quirks, as is common with an emulator. You have to watch your remotes, as the emulator will not send a command to the remotes to power them down, so you have to do so manually. When you do this the Bluetooth connection to the remotes is lost and you must manually establish the connection again before using the wii remotes. A possible work arounds for this include rechargable wiimotes sitting on a charger when not in use.
A wireless Wii Sensor Bar eats through batteries fairly rapidly with continuous gaming. You can look into hacking a wired bar for use with a computer, have seen a few guides, or have some rechargable batteries and a charger handy.
You will still need your modded Wii hardware to archive your disks, as dvd drives for computers that can read those disks are all ancient LG versions and hard to come by now
There are a few people on the forums that are way more knowledgable on Dolphin than I am, and I hope they will chime in, and even post some config details **HINT**
Hope this helps