Motion Sickness

[Rieve]

Just a heads up for anyone who gets seasick/motion sickness/etc - playing this game gave me motion sickness so bad I had to lay down.
Disappointing because it seems very cute and quirky! I'm guessing it's related to the camera movement being tied to the mouse cursor. I might give it another try another day after changing the sensitivity of my mouse so it moves a bit slower.

Figured a heads up might help someone.

[Rieve]

Can't seem to edit my post but:
Perhaps the ability to control the camera with the arrow keys instead of the mouse might be a solution. (Since currently they don't seem bound to movement.)
Just an idea for the creators in case they see this! (I really want to be able to play.)

[RustyOvenproof]

using a controller helps a lot. Also changing the settings can help. The FOV to max, 80

[Rieve]

@RustyAmarina
Thank you! I'll give it a try.

[Ttv.Mizuki]

I had this issue too. I couldn't lower sensitivity enough to help. Idk if its the smoothness of the camera or snappiness of it. But it also made my viewers motion sick too on Twitch.

I had a similar issue with Slime Rancher 1 (I can watch people play it but when I played I got HORRIBLE SICK) yet for some reason rancher 2 is fine xD Something with camera idk


This was the game I was most excited for from the Direct! We are so excited to play it ones the camera gets a little edit! GAME LOOKS SO COOL!

[NaturalCon]

I love what I've seen of the demo too, but also had the issue with motion sickness. I'll give it another try after adjusting the settings as people suggested.

[Dunecat]

In Addition to maxing FOV, you could also try to deactivate camera smoothing and to turn Vsync on/off. Might help

[Rieve]

Originally posted by Dunecat:

In Addition to maxing FOV, you could also try to deactivate camera smoothing and to turn Vsync on/off. Might help :HappyMoonman:

I tried those before making my post and smoothing helped, but only slightly.

[Casperr]

If you're still having issues - did you try vsync on yet? I noticed extremely bad FPS when I first loaded the game up, and according to Steam's overlay it was only 36 - regardless of the in-game FPS setting - which is definitely low enough to potentially give motion sickness if you're susceptible. For some reason, turning vsync *on* removed this 36 FPS cap and instead limited it to be monitor refresh rate which for me was 144 and the game ran a million times smoother and felt a lot better to play after that.

Vsync on *should* be syncing the FPS to monitor refresh rate, however vsync off *should not* instead be limiting FPS to some arbitrary low number.

[Nameri3DS]

Me too. I’ve not had a game trigger my motion sickness this badly for years. I played about ten or fifteen minutes but had to stop or I’d have thrown up. Not even exaggerating. It’s a shame because it looked like it would be fun.

[Neno]

The demo has some weirdly unpleasant mouse smoothing/acceleration, I tried adjusting the settings but it never felt good for me at all. I didn't try it with a controller but that's probably the better option right now.

[Drimble Wedge🐉]

You REALLY need to see a neurologist for this. You're in a danger zone if this is affecting you so badly.
This is not meant to be snarky - it's a serious issue that you need to have checked out medically - now.

[chaysecrossley]

i just played the demo on the steam deck and i didnt experience any sickness. and this i coming from someone who cant play vr and got sick from playing hogwarts legacy. handheld seems to ease it, for me at least.

[skylarmarie]

I changed my camera smoothness (or whatever the setting is called) all the way up and the camera movements are still really jittery