Motion-sensitive Marbleblast (for REAL)
by Edward Arteaga · in Marble Blast · 08/12/2006 (5:31 am) · 19 replies
...if you've got a Macintosh laptop.
First, go here: http://kernelthread.com/software/ams2hid/ams2hid.html
Go to the bottom and download the program. Once the program is downloaded and unpacked, open Marble Blast. Go to the options menu and then click on "window" and then hit "apply". Then alt-tab out of Marble Blast and find the program that you just downloaded called "AMS2HID". Open it. Click on the "Select HID" dropdown tab and select "Keyboard" and click on "Select An Application" and then select "Marble Blast" from the drop-down menu. After this, return to Marble Blast. You have to reconfigure the controls since the program only makes use of the arrow keys. Once you've set the movement controls to the arrow keys, however, the fun can begin! Open up and level and tilt your laptop around to control the ball! Ultimate funness!
Note that AMS2HID stops functioning after 5 minutes or so since it's only a trial version, but simply quit it and relaunch it and you can keep on playing!
First, go here: http://kernelthread.com/software/ams2hid/ams2hid.html
Go to the bottom and download the program. Once the program is downloaded and unpacked, open Marble Blast. Go to the options menu and then click on "window" and then hit "apply". Then alt-tab out of Marble Blast and find the program that you just downloaded called "AMS2HID". Open it. Click on the "Select HID" dropdown tab and select "Keyboard" and click on "Select An Application" and then select "Marble Blast" from the drop-down menu. After this, return to Marble Blast. You have to reconfigure the controls since the program only makes use of the arrow keys. Once you've set the movement controls to the arrow keys, however, the fun can begin! Open up and level and tilt your laptop around to control the ball! Ultimate funness!
Note that AMS2HID stops functioning after 5 minutes or so since it's only a trial version, but simply quit it and relaunch it and you can keep on playing!
#2
That's pretty cool by the way.
08/12/2006 (7:03 am)
On the start up screen when you open marble blast, instead of clicking on play, click on options. Thennext to the line saying screen size click on the button click window and click apply. Then, you can exit out or click home. That's pretty cool by the way.
#3
08/12/2006 (2:38 pm)
WOW! I'm going to try it out...
#4
08/12/2006 (2:56 pm)
That's amazing! Unfortunately, my laptop (macbook pro) only detects side to side motion, so control is one-dimensional.
#5
08/12/2006 (4:52 pm)
I wish I had a mac...
#6
08/12/2006 (5:07 pm)
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I tried it on my sister's laptop! AWESOME!!!!
#7
@perishingflames: AAAHH! I cannot BELIEVE I didn't notice that! I've changed my original post, thanks for pointing that blindingly obvious option out for me:)
@technostick: just side to side motion? And that's a Macbook? I would have thought it would have full orientation detection capabilities, weird...
08/12/2006 (7:47 pm)
@Tech Geek: Glad you're enjoying it!@perishingflames: AAAHH! I cannot BELIEVE I didn't notice that! I've changed my original post, thanks for pointing that blindingly obvious option out for me:)
@technostick: just side to side motion? And that's a Macbook? I would have thought it would have full orientation detection capabilities, weird...
#8
08/18/2006 (4:44 pm)
Can you make a video of it?
#9
09/16/2006 (11:36 pm)
Omg!! that is totally WICKED!!!! except it is hard to control the camera and roll at the same time.. very very cool!!!
#10
09/30/2006 (8:56 am)
I think this thread has been bumped
#11
09/30/2006 (1:00 pm)
NO!!!
#12
09/30/2006 (1:03 pm)
That was alomst a month
#13
09/30/2006 (1:04 pm)
Obviously you did not realize that was sarcasm. 
#15
09/30/2006 (2:58 pm)
Luke, it was sarcasm. When he said no he meant yes. He was kidding when he said no. Jeez, learn sarcasm m8. 
#18
05/02/2007 (12:13 pm)
It doesn't work very well anyway. Now if you want cool, download netPong. Play Pong by tilting your laptop.
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