A question about motion sickness

[Valmar]

Hi, I looked at some gameplays and it looks the terminators got a movement with armour and weapons similar as Head Boobing effect which, for example, in Alien Isolation, causes a lot of Motion Sickness to many people that don't have any problems like that in any similar games.

Would this be a problem here for some people? Will there be a way to unselect this kind of movement?

Sorry my bad English.

Thanks


Bumping this 1 year later, just to see if someone knows if some option will be added in enhanced edition or so.

[BlackjackGT]

I'm curious too.

I do however have rampant motion sickness in many FPS games and even some 3rd person games (Just Cause 2, Spec Ops The Line were a couple in the era before Steam refunds I'm stuck with but can't really enjoy).

Of late though I can enjoy Killing Floor 2, Bethesda's Doom and even to some extent the Battlefield 1 beta without motion sickness issues. I passed on Alien Isolation, it just seemed to scream out "motion sickenss" without even trying it.

I'm excited about Deathwing but can't really say from videos whether it would be fun or a vomitorium for me on the motion sickness side. I do seem to have more issues with Source-engine games than Unreal 3/4 stuff, so maybe this using Unreal is a good sign for me.

But at least with the Steam refund policy now, we can extract ourselves from a motion sickness-causing title within the refund time owned/played limitations.

[Zero]

is this FOV induced Motion sickness? or just movement based. i know a few friends of mine tend to get a bit sick when playing certain games because of the funky FOV they used.

[Spray & Pray]

I can't play games that have head-bobbing unless it can be turned off - I get throw-up sick in about 5 minutes. Being able to disable the bobbing and having key-mapping are essential, anything else suggests that it is being released unfinished.

[BlackjackGT]

While I've found field-of-view settings helps marginally in some titles (Borderlsands for example, I could play a little bit with FOV set wide but eventually still caught up to me), in some titles it really doesn't help me.

I forgot to mention that Vermintide -- while I loved the concept -- was another one that caused me severe motions sickness. A pal had gifted it to me, and I think that was before the Steam refund policy.

I'm happy I can enjoy KF2 (nearing 80 hours) with no motions sickness issues. I don't think it has a noticeable "weapon bob" or "head bob." My other theory is FPS games with a sort of "gliding movement" when you move -- most Source games are like that -- make me ill. Whereas some where you move with more of a "step by step" movement, light impact with each foot step, seem to work better for me.

It's sad for me, been an issue of some sort going back to Wolfenstein in 1993. I think back in 2000, an XBox playing friend invited me to a fun Halo group LAN party at someone's house. And they were impressed with how well I played but literally I got so sick I had to hide in the bathroom a half hour until the nausea wore off. :p

Lot of FPS titles I've powered through motion sickness as much as I could (Doom, Half-Life, System Shock 2, among others) because I knew the game was special and motion sickness be darned, I wanted to play those games as much as I could bear to. :)

Anyway, I'll keep my fingers crossed on this one, and like I blathered, the Steam refund policy at least gives us motion sickness sufferers a margin for error. :) And I always go for Steam wallet refunds so I can throw it another game.

[Abomination713]

I will never understand people that claim motion sickness because they can't have a higher FOV or because of the character bobbing up and down. Sounds like a bunch of whinners like Totalbiscuit.

[Valmar]

Originally posted by Abomination713:

I will never understand people that claim motion sickness because they can't have a higher FOV or because of the character bobbing up and down. Sounds like a bunch of whinners like Totalbiscuit.

Well bro, its not like people want this number on their screens.
Its sickness actually. You should search on the internet and maybe you will understand that some games can cause nausea and even vomit to some guys because of that. Its not a joke thing.
It has nothing to do with whinning or anything. At least not for some people with that real problem.

[PFC Demigo [29th ID]]

Originally posted by Abomination713:

I will never understand people that claim motion sickness because they can't have a higher FOV or because of the character bobbing up and down. Sounds like a bunch of whinners like Totalbiscuit.

Here we see someone that Acts like a Robot and doesn't understand anything about being an actual Human Being

[SledgePainter]

I have issues with motion sickness as well. The trick is, at least for me, to build up an immunity to it. What I do is first, 30 minutes before playing, take a motion sickness pill like Dramamine. After that 30 mins-hour for it to kick in, get behind your PC. See if you can alter the controls of the game to decrease some of the mouse sensitivity or panning speed to suit your needs. Then, play. Once you begin to feel the queazy sensations, quit, and see how long you were able to play for.

Repeat this step for a week and you should be able to gradually increase your playtime, to the point of not having to take any motion sickness pills and still be able to play. At least, this worked for me. I can't watch movies like Cloverfield or any sort of POV movies (Blair Witch I'm looking at you), and many video games included. However, I did this system for playing Left for Dead back in the day and it worked so well that after a week of meds I didn't need them anymore. Of course your results will vary and you have to stick with the plan. It's been a year or more since I played Left 4 Dead and I'd have to repeat the whole system again if I wanted to play it now. I do not have this issue playing Evolve, interestingly, but every game is different.

[K]

Originally posted by Valmar:

Hi, I looked at some gameplays and it looks the terminators got a movement with armour and weapons similar as Head Boobing effect which, for example, in Alien Isolation, causes a lot of Motion Sickness to many people that don't have any problems like that in any similar games.

Would this be a problem here for some people? Will there be a way to unselect this kind of movement?

Sorry my bad English.

Thanks

And so is every FPS games.

[Valmar]

Originally posted by K:

Originally posted by Valmar:

Hi, I looked at some gameplays and it looks the terminators got a movement with armour and weapons similar as Head Boobing effect which, for example, in Alien Isolation, causes a lot of Motion Sickness to many people that don't have any problems like that in any similar games.

Would this be a problem here for some people? Will there be a way to unselect this kind of movement?

Sorry my bad English.

Thanks

And so is every FPS games.

Uhm, no , not really.
I didnt ever have any problem with motion sickness in any game, until I played Alien Isolation, which is due to Head Boobing, and many other guys got the same problem.
And looking at the movement here, just asking if the movement can cause it because its very similar.

Yeah I know some guys got this sickness with every fps, and Im aware of that, but Im asking only about the other fact: the guys which can play every game without problems except the ones wirh Head Boobing or similar effects.

[BlackjackGT]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=805753091
Tinkering with beta today wanted to chime in:
*No motion sickness for me in the tutorial at all.

*Game Options includes a drop down menu for "head bob." You can set it to low, but disabling it entirely is not an option. Honestly so far I don't really see the difference between low and the default medium. But at least it's something they thought about.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Since the BETA is live, many are streaming it on Twitch
or go watch a YouTube video that is 1080p/60FPS or better.
Make it full-screen and see if it's something NOT for you.
To be honest, it has the feel of a typical FPS, like DOOM (2016)

[Seraphim]

I bought the game and tested the beta.

I set fov to max (90) and head bob to low.

I played the tutorial and got motion sickness from only that.

Refunded already. I will try again if they get it fixed.

[Valmar]

Damn.
I can't believe developers these days prefer to not add such a not complicated option rather than win a huge amount of dollars.

[Mutant1988]

You can put the FOV at 90 (Assuming that's horizontal) and put headbob at "low", which makes it mostly unnoticeable.