Third person???

[Lazarus]

Quick question as I am considering buying this game as it looks very interesting.can you play it in third person as I really dislike first person games in general

[Morri]

You can switch freely between first and third person at any time.

[Lazarus]

Thanks very much for that .i was trying to decide between this game and another one called clanfolk.knowing I can go third person in this game now,I think I will buy this and aim to get Clanfolk at the Christmas sale on steam

[kyew]

Fair warning though... some of the animations look a bit wonky in third person. Even the shadow of your guy swinging an ax in first person looks a bit funny. Nothing but his arm moves.

[Lazarus]

Thanks for the warning but I bought the game and played it already for about half a hour and looks good so far. Embarrassing to say but I have kinda bad motion sickness and if I even try to play a first person game,I would be puking my guts up within the first five minutes so I just avoid them

[Foxglovez]

Did you go in and turn off stuff like head bob? That one always gets me. I also turn off anti-aliasing and for some reason that helps quite a bit. Or magical thinking, one of the two.

[Eekhoorn]

I deal with motion sickness from videogames. It might differ from person to person, but for me a low FOV is the thing that makes me feel sick within 5 minutes.

I play Medieval in 1st person with FOV set to 90. Works well for me... until I ride my mount. I have to switch to 3rd for that.

It really sucks. Not much you can do about it.
Not sure why you think it's embarrassing? It's a physical reaction out of your control. Completely normal for X% of people... annoying, but not uncommon.

[Morri]

Welcome aboard and have fun!
If you need any help, feel free to ask. In general it's a friendly community here. :-)

[Lazarus]

Thanks guys, it will be Wednesday before I really get a chance to try the game out as that is my scheduled day off work, I will try out all your suggestions to help with the motion sickness then and I can’t wait to get stuck into the game as it really looks fun.i usually play more grand strategy games but this looks so interesting ,I had to give it a go and from what I played Sunday,I am hyped to get started

[techwench2001]

I know exactly what you mean Lazarus, so many games I would love to play, but motion sickness makes this impossible.

[Mag ⚜]

Originally posted by Morri:

You can switch freely between first and third person at any time.

How do you switch?

[kyew]

Originally posted by Mag ଓ:

Originally posted by Morri:

You can switch freely between first and third person at any time.

How do you switch?

If I remember right, scrolling down will put you in third person. There's another hotkey though. Can't remember what it is, but you should be able to find it in your settings.

Edit: Nope, not scroll down (different game I was thinking of). P will change your perspective.

[Sparkiekong]

mouse wheel does it for me scrolling between first and third.

I can't ride the horse in first person, but everything else is fine. Motion sickness for me comes from head bob, camera shake, depth of field, motion blur and sometimes ambient occlusion. before I upgraded my video card I had to cap my frame rate at 60 and stay in v sync or I would not be able to play games at all. and field of view greater than 75

[Mag ⚜]

Originally posted by kyew:

Originally posted by Mag ଓ:

How do you switch?

If I remember right, scrolling down will put you in third person. There's another hotkey though. Can't remember what it is, but you should be able to find it in your settings.

Edit: Nope, not scroll down (different game I was thinking of). P will change your perspective.

Yes! P is the answer. Thanks !

[The REAL chris]

The mouse wheel (scroll) works for me as well in fact by moving it I can get closer or further from my character.
Up= closer until it gets to First person
Down= from First to third then further back as I go more.

It does seem, though, to work for some and not for others.