MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: Question about default analog sensitivity settings

> What determines the default sensitivity values for analog controls in MAME? (I know
> they can be manually adjusted... but my question is about the default setup).
>
> The sensitivity assignments seem pretty arbitrary to me (that's not a criticism).
> Looking at the Dial input device, for example, I notice that the games Tempest and
> Blasteroids have Dial sensitivity set to 100 and 60 respectively. Yet according to
> the arcadecontrols wiki - both games have the same 'teeth count'.
>
> Are default sensitivity assignments indeed arbitrary? ... or is there a consistent
> rationale behind it?

It makes no sense to go by "teeth count" if you're playing Tempest with a mouse.

The sensitivity setting is for adjusting the emulation to work with whatever controls you have. If you're using something like a flight stick with a long throw you'd want higher sensitivity than if you were using the thumbstick on a gamepad. I don't believe there is a way for MAME to guess what would be an appropriate default setting for any particular input device out of the billion different ones that exist.
I could be wrong but I'm guessing arbitrary, whoever worked on the driver set the defaults to work with whatever controls they had at hand.

S