libthirdspacevest
by Kyle Machulis <kyle@nonpolynomial.com> Nonpolynomial Labs - http://www.nonpolynomial.com
Description
libthirdspacevest is an open-source, cross-platform (almost) driver for the TN Games Third Space Vest. This vest uses pneumatic cells in order to let gamers feel physical collisions from things like bullets in first person shooters.
More information on the hardware can be found at
Information on the vest protocol, as well as the guide to reverse engineering the vest and notes taken during the process, can be found in the doc directory, or at
Requirements
C Library
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CMake - http://www.cmake.org
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libusb-1.0 (Linux/OS X) - http://www.libusb.org
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WDK (Windows)
Python Library
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Python version 2.5 or greater - http://www.python.org
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PyUSB >= 1.0.a1 - http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/pyusb/index.php?title=Main_Page
Future Plans
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Enumeration of effects provided in tngaming.lib
Things to note
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The device will run without the air pump on. You won’t get very hard hits, but it at least works for testing and is definitely audible.
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The maximum firing rate seems to be about 10hz, and that keeps the pump on constantly. I hate that pump so much.
Platform Specifics
Linux
Until we get udev rules in, you’ll probably need to run the script as root. Additionally, since the device registers as HID, it’ll have to detach itself from the kernel driver. We already do this for you, and we do not reattach afterward.
Mac OS X
You will need to install the "Third Space Vest OS X Extension" in order to use this software on OS X. Copy the ThirdSpaceVestNullDriver.kext into your /System/Library/Extensions directory, and then either run
kextload — /System/Library/Extensions/ThirdSpaceVestNullDriver.kext
or else reboot your machine. After this, you should be able to run either the C or python example and have the vest react appropriately.
Windows
When running CMake to generate the project on windows, you’ll need to set the WDK_PATH variable to the root of your WDK version, i.e.
C:\WinDDK\7600.16385.0
Also, this has only been successfully tested on VS2008. VS2010 seems to break in odd ways due to the stdint.h. This will hopefully be resolved soon.
License
Copyright (c) 2010, Kyle Machulis/Nonpolynomial Labs
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