07671: roadblst and clones: No autocenter on steering wheel

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
07671	DIP/Input	Major	Always	Jun 2, 2020, 16:09	Jun 3, 2020, 00:20

Tester	Curseur	View Status	Public	Platform	MAME (Official Binary)
Assigned To	Tafoid	Resolution	Fixed	OS	Windows 10 (64-bit)
Status [?]	Resolved			Driver	atari/atarisy1.cpp
Version	0.221	Fixed in Version	0.222	Build	64-bit
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	07671: roadblst and clones: No autocenter on steering wheel
Description	When playing, the steering wheel does not auto center, as it would on a real RoadBlasters cabinet. The RoadBlasters steering wheel is very much like the Star Wars yoke, without the vertical (Y) axis.
Steps To Reproduce
Additional Information	Verified on a real RoadBlasters cabinet.
Github Commit

Flags	Verified with Original
Regression Version
Affected Sets / Systems	roadblst and clones

Attached Files	roadblasters.arcade.game_.for_.sale2_[1].jpg (141,253 bytes) Jun 2, 2020, 16:09 Uploaded by Curseur RoadBlasters control panel

No.17703 Tafoid Administrator Jun 2, 2020, 18:37	AFAIK the reason they center on the real hardware is the springs installed to the yolk that require some resistance to turn left right so it easily returns to center. There are other games which do this, but I'm not sure is there is a software method to mimic the arcade original hardware.
No.17704 Curseur Tester Jun 2, 2020, 19:13 edited on: Jun 2, 2020, 19:16	Thanks Tafoid. This is exactly the same behaviour in games such Atari Star Wars (both games almost share the almost same yoke). However, this autocenter feature is implemented in MAME Star Wars (in the MAME settings: Analog controls -> AD stick X Autocenter speed), but not in MAME RoadBlasters.
No.17705 Tafoid Administrator Jun 2, 2020, 23:23	That's fair. I didn't look before and I didn't notice it was added as a DIAL which I'm not sure is correct or not. I'll take a look.
No.17706 Tafoid Administrator Jun 3, 2020, 00:20	I've changed the input type and tweaked the defaults to allow keyboard to work well while still respecting autocenter. This should show up in next MAME release.