Wiisis Preview Announcement
RenEvo Software & Designs wishes everyone a merry
Christmas and happy holidays! Although we wish our present this year could have
been a finished copy of the Wiisis modification, which promises to bring the
Nintendo Wii Remote into the world of Crysis, this cannot be delivered. Wiisis
still remains at 99% completion. So
in its place, we would like to give the community several goodies from the
modification to show off all of its cool features! We hope you like our gift
and understand why Wiisis could not be released yet, which will be explained
further on.
The Delay
RenEvo Software & Designs is under a Non-Discloser
Agreement with Crytek GmbH as one of the modification teams that received the
pre-SDK. This SDK has allowed us to reach the 99% completion point on the
modification. Until our NDA is lifted (which will occur at the same time the
public SDK is released), Wiisis cannot move into the 100% completion point and
be released. Wiisis must be built on and tested with the public SDK to ensure
the integrity of the mod and its corresponding API is maintained with the retail version of
Crysis, Sandbox 2 and the SDK’s contents.
As soon as the Public SDK is made available by Crytek and
RenEvo Software & Designs’ NDA is lifted, we will put all effort into
getting Wiisis released in its entirety shortly thereafter.
Demonstration Video
We have prepared a roughly five-minute video for your
viewing pleasure narrated by Vloktboky which demonstrates some of the features
in Wiisis and what will be included in the mod’s initial release. The video
details some of the different controls with which you can use to play the game
and how aiming works in-game. It also talks about some of the cooler features
including Retain View mode (similar to the “lock on” feature in Metroid Prime 3
and “Z Targetting” in the Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess). We hope you
enjoy the video and find it both entertaining and informative. (You can laugh
at the narrator if you like!)
Click here
to view the demonstration video. Note that the video is located on Stage6 and is
encoded in DivX. You will need to download the DivX Web
Player in
order to view the video.
Wiisis Manual
Included in our gift is the actual manual for Wiisis,
prepared for the latest internal beta version. This manual is over thirty pages
in length and details everything from installation and FAQs, to many of Wiisis’
features and all of the many different controls and gestures used in-game. The
manual will naturally be included with Wiisis once released, but we felt the
reading material may help you understand just what Wiisis has to offer. And
hopefully once you finish reading it, enough time will have passed for the
Crysis Public SDK to be completed!
Click here to
download the manual.
Wii Remote API
Although the demonstration video mentioned above does cover
this area, we wanted to make a special note of the Wii Remote API to be
released alongside Wiisis and give a few more details on it. The Wii Remote API
is comprised of C++ code, a standalone tool and documentation. The C++ code includes
the Wii Remote library which allows for communication with the Nintendo Wii
Remote and is designed to work more easily with the Crysis SDK. The source code
for Wiisis will also be included for reference purposes. The standalone tool
can be used to communicate with the Wii Remote and supports all the features of
the Wii Remote library, including real-time updated charts that map out the
motions of the Wii Remote and Nunchuk extension controllers.
This API is intended for other mod teams who wish to bring
the Nintendo Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers into their own modifications.
We think this can open up the door for a lot of new and creative mods, and we
plan to support those teams who wish to try.
Happy Holidays!
We hope you enjoy this gift from us to you for this holiday
season. Keep your eyes peeled on RenEvo’s
website for more information about Wiisis as it
becomes available. We invite you to discuss Wiisis or ask any questions on our Wiisis Support Forum.
Links:
Demonstration
Video
Wiisis Manual
Wiisis ModDB Page
RenEvo’s website
Wiisis
Support Forum