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goldenavariel
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My wife and I are both getting dizzy and general motion sickness playing the game. This is a first for us and we've never encountered it before in previous games (NWN 1, COH, GW2, STO). I mostly blame the way the mouse is locked down but not sure. I've tried adjusting graphics both up and down and it doesn't help at all. Any suggestions would be appreciated. The way it is now I doubt we'll be able to continue playing much.
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Plenty of people get it, including myself. You'll see it a lot in FPS and 3rd person shooters. Something that will help, turn down your mouse sensitivity. So when you turn it will help to limit the "fishbowl" effect.
Secondly turn off bloom and, as the above poster stated, screen shake. Turning down the brightness will also help. Finally, learn to focus your eyes on where you're going or what you're targeting instead of your character. This is something you might have to train yourself to do since most people end up focusing on their character instead of their environment.
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As an FYI, keyboard turners will have a MUCH harder time than anyone else. I dunno if you're a keyboard turner or not but it really does make a difference learning how to strafe run with your mouse.
This game, due mainly to the action combat mechanics, runs as a Third Person Shooter.
It can take some getting used to if you have never seen it before but it should get better in time.
Adjusting the mouse sensitivity should improve the feelings and can always be adjusted up after you get used to it.
There are special yellow lense glasses made for this problem, our roommate has them can't remember the name but they are made for staring at the computer screen for hours and actually reduce significantly the motion sickness people sometimes experience from gaming.
When he spends hours playing his FPS games he has to take dramamine but when he's just spending an hour or so on the game he uses the glasses.
If you are referring to the gunnard glasses what ever those are more so to help with the eye fatigue caused by blue light. There is a software solution. Called f.lux that does the same thing. However it doesn't work in alot of video games. But on the general desk top it does.
Alot of motion sickness is caused by limited field of view. For alot of people anything below 120 will cause some nausea. Most mmos try to stay at 70 for some odd reason. Might want to try and figure out what the fov is for Neverwinter.
Now on my desktop with 24" monitor, can't play this or STO.
Switch to my quad core Acer laptop hook it up to my 32 in tv and no problems..
Resolution for me is a factor on my desktop it is @ 1680x1050.
The laptop TV combo is set at 1360x768.
When I tried to play NWO on my desktop just could not do it because it was so small.
Not all who seem to be lost want to be found.
Sounds like you might need slower-paced games if this is a continuing issue.
Okay... taking pills to play games is NOT a solution LOL. Sounds like a problem.
And even though I'm sure we ALL follow this advice, it bears repeating; every hour or so take a few minutes away to rest your eyes.
Other than that...I've got nothing to offer, except human beings seem able to adjust to any situation given enough time.
Not just this game but many games.
Usually for me turning off post processing will reduce your symptoms, also with alot of newer games, devs focus details on your immediate vacinity, so without you realising, you are concentrating on this area more, whilst the horizon will or may look slightly blurred, so when you take your eyes off your focal point, it will cause headaches.
Like i said try the post processing off, and lower the antistropic filters a bit.
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When starting the game, it seemed to start at the default "55" FOV but then would change FOV that I edited (75) in certain instances like changing maps or transitioning from one gate to another.
If you change the setting, make sure to make a backup copies of the original Gameprefs.pref file as well as the edited one, since game updates/patches may replace the file.
It's used all the time for motion sickness. And is often temporary, until a person adjusts to new motions. I took it for the first couple of days of a cruise. After that, my body adapted to the new motions of the boat, and I didn't need it for the rest of the trip.
It's basically a Benadryl with a caffeine component added (to help counteract the drowsiness of benadryl.) I take Benadryl at bedtime throughout allergy season.
So normally, I'd agree that taking pills for a game is silly....but we are talking pretty mild stuff here.
If I was having trouble with a new game, I'd probably try one of these OTC drugs for a few days at least.
Edited to add: Just thought of "Sea-Band." It's an accupressure wrist band that people use for motion sickness. (no drugs.)
I've never used it myself, but some of my patients claim that it works just as well as the OTC drugs.
Maybe the OP & wife could give that a try. Costs under $10.