Really bad motion sickness

[asian.ed]

After spending a couple hours in the game, I've come to the conclusion that I can't find settings that don't give me horrible motion sickness, headaches, and nausea. I haven't played the game since Saturday (it is now Monday) and I'm still feeling extremely queasy.

Has anyone else suffered any negative effects from the game?

I'm unfortunately outside of the refund period (more tha 2+ hours played) and there doesn't seem to be any exceptions to Steam's policy. :(

[FCK]

I get nauseous when playing console because of the overall low fov in most games.
Try a Fov of 120, and turn vsync on at maxfps or 90 to see if that helps.
I am very prone to motion sickness, and photosensitive effects, and a wide field of vision + 60+ fps usually work wonder.

[Lady Tiamat]

I know people that get that in a lot of games. (More so when they are watching other people play.) I'm lucky because I've not had any motion sickness. I can see how it could make people feel ill though especially with the long loading screen where you are flying through the starfield.

[Clint E]

Field of view

[hyperion]

Do this. Edit the file C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\No Man's Sky\Binaries\SETTINGS\TKGRAPHICSSETTINGS.MXML

Find the entries below and set them like I have them:

<Property name="FoVOnFoot" value="165.000000" />

<Property name="FoVInShip" value="165.000000" />

Save the file. You will have to set the file to read only or it will change it back the next time you start the game.

Your problem with motion sickness is due to the low FOV. 100 is not really 100, it's more like 60.

[lPaladinl]

As people are trying to point out, Field of View has a lot to do with motion sickness when it's not set to something you are comfortable with for the type of screen you are using and how far away you are from it. Especially if you can play other 3d games without feeling ill.

Unfortunately, the FOV in No Man's Sky is not accurate to how FOV works in most PC games, and the average PC setting (usually 80-90 FOV for most people sitting around 2-3 feet away from their screen) isn't found by setting it to the right number in-game. Setting the FOV to 100 in the in-game options still feels closer to 65 FOV, which is extremely low for a PC user.

If you edit the options file to raise FOV beyond what it allows in-game, to roughly 130 FOV, you'll get closer to a 90 FOV that won't make you feel sick (or as sick).

[hyperion]

Originally posted by KrV:

I get nauseous when playing console because of the overall low fov in most games.
Try a Fov of 120, and turn vsync on at maxfps or 90 to see if that helps.
I am very prone to motion sickness, and photosensitive effects, and a wide field of vision + 60+ fps usually work wonder.

Yeah, me too. Anything under 90 FOV will do that to me on a PC game. Just consider, you are setting less than 2 ft from the screen. I have no idea why game developers do not know this.

[AntiStupid]

Do the FOV edit. BUT I dont think motion sickness should stick around for more than a few hours after you stop game play.

[asian.ed]

I've tried the FOV edit and set it to 130. It unfortunately hasn't helped and I'm now dealing with the most prolonged effects I've had from any game. It really feels like I just got back from a rough landing from a flight. Resting my eyes for a bit helps, but it comes back even when I'm not sitting at a computer.

I'm hoping it goes away after another day or so, but it's safe to say I won't be playing the game anymore.

[TokyoDan]

Yeah. I have the same problem and explained to Steam that although I've playe more than 2 hours (It took me that long just to figure out what to do in the game) I'd like to get a refund. But they said no.

[PocketYoda]

I do get some motion sickness while playing many games, luckily NMS was ok.

If you are getting motion sickness for three days i'd goto a hospital asap, something else might be going on, thats a pretty long time.

[TokyoDan]

My motion sicknesss goes away 30min. to 1hr.

[Batnip]

It's really probably due to the FoV, it's hard to find the right setting for a game like this, which is why I like games like Space Engineers where you're given a shoulder view (3rd person).

[Sparkiekong]

FoV is best for me at 75 and I always have to have vsync turned on or I get barfy like OP stated.

[Asalleer]

I find its not just the FoV, its the camera constantly autorotating.

HalfLife 2 has the same problem for me, can't make it past the hovercraft area because camera moves around way to much on its own.

[+VLFBERHT+]

Originally posted by asian.ed:

I've tried the FOV edit and set it to 130. It unfortunately hasn't helped and I'm now dealing with the most prolonged effects I've had from any game. It really feels like I just got back from a rough landing from a flight. Resting my eyes for a bit helps, but it comes back even when I'm not sitting at a computer.

I'm hoping it goes away after another day or so, but it's safe to say I won't be playing the game anymore.

Wished i had seen this post 7 months ago... i would have suggested to OP to go and see his/her doctor and perhaps have them recommend an neurologist to visit for evaluation ... these "days long symptoms" just through visual stimuli may be indications of a potential disease that may lead to a long lasting chronic condition ... read this...

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/12/health/12mal.html

... not sure if it's the same exactly, since Seasickness and consequently Landsickness is through physical motion induced upon our vestibular sensor within out inner ears that are responsible for balance and motion detection but, i am certain visual stimuli that causes the same symptom are probably associated with the same parts of the brain that perceives our planar orientation.

http://nationaldizzyandbalancecenter.com/resources/balance-system/