Wii balance board anyone?

[Pbodi]

I've been playing the game for a few months and have been really enjoying how much it makes me think about weight placement and balance when out there real life!

what really changed my fun factor in the game was when I started to realize the left joystick was more of a pressure sensor and light pressure on turns was needed! (unlike past surfing games when its just a direction type of thing...side not: hard to go back to those games after playing this game the waves all feel...less alive)

That got me thinking, why not try and get a wii balance board to sync up with those controls and REALLY get this surfing sim to the next level :-)

I've found the program needed (wii balance walker) and am just waiting for the bluetooth adapter to come in from amazon, I'll post the results but has anyone else tried this yet?

[Pbodi]

it works!

[GardenTech]

Can you make a video showing off the whole thing? Sounds pretty cool!

[Pbodi]

Originally posted by GardenPT:

Can you make a video showing off the whole thing? Sounds pretty cool!

Hey done really have time to make a vid of the whole thing (got a new born in the house now)

but here is a quick summary of what I did (super easy)
1) bought a usb bluetooth (think it was like 10 bucks)
2) downloaded the wii balance walker software
3) installed it and the joystick plugin
4) then it is automatically set up to control the left joystick (so both are active)
5) couldnt figure out how to change the settings to get the wii board to be sideways... so just stuck an old makeshift indo board on top of the thing and done!
- I think there is a way but for people with more time than be to figure out


so far it is fun for trimming light turns and tube rides but I didnt get to the point where I was good enough with the controller and the balance board at the same time for anything advanced moves

this makes the game really fun on the tube ride cam but the 1st person view still rough without a way outside VR headset to look around...



***If anyone else tries this and finds a better way to get this going PLEASE POST IT (until the game is further developed this is one fun way for the game to really live up to its name)

[JasonJ]

This combined with VR - will be the sh*t
Nice job so far Pbodi and thanks for sharing your tips with the Wii Board mod