Joystick dead zone support

[Secret80'sMan]

BBB,
Per Andy at Ultimarc it might make sense to build this in. It can be frustrating at times with the wheel seeming to have a mind of its own depending on what kind of joystick we're using. His message posted at the BYOAC forum is below:

I have heard of problems with Hyperspin before, and the issue really seems to be that when the stick is in pure analog mode, Hyperspin (unlike Mame) has no dead-zone when moving through the menus so even a tiny amount of movement off-center will cause scrolling.
One way around this is to use a digital map when in the menus but really the software should have a dead-zone.

[BadBoyBill]

Yes hyperspin does have this feature , its called threshold. Change that number to have the joystick less sensitive. I wish they learn the HS capabilities before posting stuff like that.

[Secret80'sMan]

Yes hyperspin does have this feature , its called threshold. Change that number to have the joystick less sensitive. I wish they learn the HS capabilities before posting stuff like that.

Thanks Bill, I guess I coulda schooled myself better on that feature too. :o Through extensive testing with my U360 which has a slightly cut down STIFF spring, (not the light tension spring that comes with the joystick) I was able to get fairly error free performance with a setting of 85 which is more than twice the default setting. Since each joystick performs slightly differently I would suggest using this number as a starting point and tweaking from there. I'll post over at the other forum so it's clear that this feature is both supported and works well.