The Wii AK-47 Controller Mod

[teddy_san]

Bueno, naufragando un poco por la red mira que frikada me he encontrado.. jejeje no lo voy a traducir por dos razones fundamentales:

1º esto lo vais a leer muy pocas personas (que falta de participación que tienen algunos)
2º no creo que tengais un Kalaka en casa para modificarlo, asi que os dejo las fotos para que veais como se lo curra la gente juas juas juas



First, the wiimote needs to be disassembled - you will need a special Nintendo screwdriver for this. One source for them is a place like DealExtreme.

The black component at the front is the IR sensor/camera. It needs to be removed, so de-solder it carefully. Save the black plastic in front of the sensor. It helps shield the camera from ambient light and should be replaced in front of the camera wherever you decide to mount it.





After removal, wires should be carefully soldered to the camera, and the other ends soldered to the matching holes on the wiimote circuitboard.

Afterwards would be a good time to make sure the wiimote still works. If not, make sure you have no solder bridges or wiring errors.


The other thing that needs doing is to locate the contacts for the "A" and "B" buttons and attach small, thin wires to them so that they can be attached to remote switches, which will serve as triggers.

The image shows the "B" button's wiring. The "A" button is on the opposite side of the wiimote and should also be done.

If you use suitably thin wire (like wire-wrap wire) the wire should be flush enough so that it doesn't interfere with the button operation, allowing the A and B buttons on the wiimote to continue to function normally.

This would be a good time to fire the Wii up again and make sure the controller still works. The "A" and "B" buttons should be triggered by touching their respective wires together momentarily.

Now all that's left is to attach some switches to the A and B button wires, and fit those switches and controller guts (or the entire controller, if there is room) into whatever you want.


Packing it into the AK shell

Here are some pictures showing how I did the final assembly for my Wii AK-47.

The IR camera (with the black plastic IR shield replaced in front of the camera) went onto the muzzle. The camera was too large to fit inside the AK's actual muzzle opening, so I made a small enclosure to hold it securely.


The switch for the main trigger gets attached to the wiimote "B" button. A smaller, secondary trigger switch was installed for the less-used "A" button.



The nunchuck was left intact, but I made a moulded holder for it out of sintra (PVC foam board). The board was cut to shape and heated with a heat gun until soft, then moulded around the nunchuk. After the sharp edges were trimmed, a spot of hot glue holds it snug, and the whole thing was hot-glued to the AK's handguard.



This allows the nunchuk to be held like a vertical grip, isn't TOO much of an eyesore, and keeps the nunchuk 100% functional.

Some Technical Issues / Lessons Learned

A number of issues came up while making and using the Wii AK-47.

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Games are not consistent with whether they use the A button (top of the wiimote) or the B button (bottom of wiimote) as the "trigger". For example, Rayman Raving Rabbids likes to use the "A" button a lot but Link's Crossbow Training uses the "B" button. This means that if you want flexibility, you either need two triggers (one for A and one for B) or some means of switching between the two. I made two triggers.
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Playing on a projector or other large screen means that the wiimote's "mouse pointer" will not always line up with the sights. The pointer is not always exactly where you are actually aiming, rifle-wise. It's best to play on a normal sized TV. (There might be a way to solve this - I have experimented with adjusting the width of the sensor bar but no luck yet.)
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UPDATE:After more testing, even on smaller screens the Wiimote is clearly not a 1-to-1 movement device. Near the middle of the screen the "pointer" may line up with the rifle sights, but the closer you get to the sides and edges of the screen, the less the pointer is lined up with the sights. This is a fundamental thing, it's just more noticeable when used on larger screens. Bottom line: It is impossible to have the gun "sighted in" to match up with the wiimote pointer no matter how you adjust it. Without the ability to use the rifle sights reliably, it's just a novelty because you're always stuck with shooting from the hip.




BONUS: SI ERES YA UN FRIKY 2.0, PUES ESTAS TARDANDO EN PROBAR ESTO, JAJAJAJA

If you have a shemagh lying around (they really are very useful pieces of clothing, suitable for both hot or cold weather) putting it on can help complete your AK's look in a campy way.

Even if you're not going to use it with your Wii AK-47, it can still be useful to know how to tie one:

[Marlo]

Por Dios Teddy eres un aténtico crack!!!! creeme que yo cada vez que veo que pones un mensaje no dudo en leerlo

[Enock]

Dios santo, me voy a hacer un MG XDDDD

[teddy_san]

el perturbado este tambien tiene planos de como hacerte granadas sonicas, y un variado numero de artilugios de este estilo, la verdad es que es la caña... (Enock, si de verdad quieres una estilo MG, con parte de la maquinaria que tienes, algo de tiempo y aplicando las modificaciones que he visto del ak, nos la montamos en un finde)

[Wiitor]

Dios santo, me voy a hacer un MG XDDDD

No sería mejor hacer ese mod en una navajilla?? jajajajajajjajajajajajja

[Enock]

Dios santo, me voy a hacer un MG XDDDD

No sería mejor hacer ese mod en una navajilla?? jajajajajajjajajajajajja

SIIIIIIIIIIII, una navajillaaaaaa XDDDD

[iviaiyan]

ese tiene la enfermedad de la cara borrosaaaaaaaa