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System requirements and Hardware support
You will need:
- Windows 98 or above (Windows 2000 or above to emulate keys in DirectInput games or use multiple fake cursors - * Windows XP or above to get input from multiple mice or keyboards individually or to read some special keys).
- DirectX 8 or above.
- There is other optional software you might need for certain features. See the download page for links to download them. Joystick emulation requires PPJoy. Speech requires SAPI 5.1 with microsoft recogniser.
You don't need any special hardware.
- Nintendo Wii Remote (Wiimote)
- Sony Dual Shock 3 (except for Gyro) or Sony SIXAXIS
- NaturalPoint (Or eDimensional) TrackIR, OptiTrack, SmartNav
- FakeSpace Pinch Gloves (9600 baud by default, but can be changed)
- Concept 2 PM3 rowing machines (ergo or erg)
- All joysticks or gamepads recognised by Windows
- Parallel port gamepads (with PPJoy)
- All keyboards
- Mice with up to 5 buttons and 2 scroll wheels
- Most microphones (don't have to be high quality)
- Most MIDI input or output devices
- Essential Reality P5 Glove
- 5DT Data Glove (all versions)
- eMagin Z800 3D Visor HMD
- Polhemus trackers (must be set to 115200 baud): IsoTrak II, FasTrak, Liberty, Patriot, Liberty Latus
- Ascension trackers: Flock of Birds, MotionStar, etc.
- Intersense trackers: InterTrax, InertiaCube, IS-300, IS-600, IS-900, IS-1200, etc.
- WorldViz PPT trackers (all versions)
- GameTrak (only as a joystick, no direct support)
NEW! 64 bit operating systems may have trouble installing and using PPJoy. That's due to a Microsoft "feature" that only allows drivers made by companies, not individuals, to be used on 64 bit.
NEW! GlovePIE 0.45 will run as administrator by default. You can run it as a normal user by editing or deleting the external manifest files. But if you want to emulate keys and the mouse in fullscreen games on Windows Vista or above then you need administrator access. If you don’t run it as administrator, the keys and mouse will not be emulated. This is a security feature of Windows Vista.
If you use the “Rower” object you also need to run it as administrator.
Note that running programs as administrator is less secure, since it allows them to do whatever they want to your system. But it is no less secure than running them on XP.
On Vista, you can’t install the Mike and Mary speech synthesis voices, so don’t try. You also won’t have access to the “Sam” voice. You only have Anna, unless you bought Windows Ultimate in which case you might be able to get Lili.
In recent versions of GlovePIE, Speech recognition should now work the same on Vista as it did on XP. The speech recognition window will no longer appear, and you will no longer execute random windows commands and randomly delete files, etc. while you are playing a game. It will however waste resources if you are also using other speech programs at the same time. If you want the speech recognition window to appear, and to randomly execute dangerous commands, you can choose “Vista Shared Speech Recogniser” from the Troubleshooter menu.
NEW! The minimize-to-tray button is no longer in the caption. It has been moved down to the menu bar. So you should be able to run GlovePIE properly with themes enabled now.
GlovePIE has not been tested on Windows 7 yet. (Note from Ravbug: I have tested this on Windows 10 and so far it works correctly)