Motion sickness?

[Vash]

Did they change something in this game? I reinstalled it for a revisit and found that I can't play the game for more than an hour at a time now without feeling sick.

[wtiger27]

Nothing has been changed in the game since the last patch in 2017. I think it is you which may have changed. Have you tried turning off "Motion Blur"? I do that with any game which has a option for it. It's just a dumb setting.

[Jouchebag]

Originally posted by wtiger27:

Nothing has been changed in the game since the last patch in 2017. I think it is you which may have changed. Have you tried turning off "Motion Blur"? I do that with any game which has a option for it. It's just a dumb setting.

Aww, what, you don't like the macular degeneration simulator turned on? Your loss. I love feeling like I'm 82 years old while sprinting through the atomic wasteland carrying mininukes.

[wtiger27]

Originally posted by Jouchebag:

Originally posted by wtiger27:

Nothing has been changed in the game since the last patch in 2017. I think it is you which may have changed. Have you tried turning off "Motion Blur"? I do that with any game which has a option for it. It's just a dumb setting.

Aww, what, you don't like the macular degeneration simulator turned on? Your loss. I love feeling like I'm 82 years old while sprinting through the atomic wasteland carrying mininukes.

Lol. I am already feeling like I am 82 years old all the time, even outside of playing games. Mainly because I am not too far from that age. :P

[serker31]

See if motion blur and maybe depth of field is turned off. If you got wider or bigger display, check if FoV is what it should be for your display. Reduce graphics settings if you get stutters a lot. All these things contribute to motion sickness.

[Wenzilber]

In addition to what serker31 has already said, you'll need to play in Third Person and lower the mouse look sensitivity.

Motion sickness in video games are almost always a result of playing in First Person POV, which is unfortunate for anyone who suffers motion sickness while playing Fallout4 but love the Settlement Building aspect of the game.

[Death Approaches]

What about your lighting in your computer area, did that change?

The only thing that ever gets me is cheap lights in the room; if anyone's still using compact florescent bulbs or no-name hardware store $1.50/ea in 12-pack LED A19s with low or intermittent switching frequency... nice CRI 90+ bulbs usually have 60+kHz stable switching power supplies with low RFI, like the Crees and Feits, and now that there's the EyeComfort specification, (still being defined, basically only Philips so far) but most are supposed to be 80kHz or even higher, since we can see stroboscopic effect up to about 1.2Mhz, depending if we're sensitive to it or not, just like people sensitive to <60Hz monitor refresh for extended periods.

My scenario goes like this: after about 20 minutes it's blurry eye strain, after 30 it's dizziness, after that it's quit playing or feel like you're going to puke. If this is you, turn off the room lights and just use whateve light is coming in from daylight outside, turn down your LCDs brightness to about 1/4. It's a cheap test, and a cheap(ish) fix.

[Vash]

Originally posted by Death Approaches:

What about your lighting in your computer area, did that change?
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Thanks for the suggestion. Lighting wise, nothing has changed in the room and its an issue even when using sunlight. I dont experience the eye strain part though, its more like a feeling of nausea that gets worse and worse. I'm just playing the game in short sessions now instead.

Originally posted by Wenzilber:

In addition to what serker31 has already said, you'll need to play in Third Person and lower the mouse look sensitivity.

I play twitchy shooters fine, so it doesn't seem to be from that. Did try running around in 3rd for a while and the issue persisted.

[Xenon The Noble]

Yeah. Meclizine pills for motion sickness. Only way to play fallout. So... sleepy...

[Iron Knights]

Then you need to see a medical doctor not a game dabler.

[hawkeye]

Field of view change using fov console command e.g. fov 80 80. And make sure that your view includes more than the screen so that you have a stable reference point you can relate to. Sit back from the screen. Look for more info on the web.

[Xenon The Noble]

Originally posted by Iron Knights:

Then you need to see a medical doctor not a game dabler.

I did. Most doctors are quacks.

[WillieSea]

Originally posted by Xenon The Noble:

Yeah. Meclizine pills for motion sickness. Only way to play fallout. So... sleepy...

When I go from playing a lot of one style of game, then go to a 3D game like Fallout 4, I can get very motion sick. I find that Dramamine non-sleepy formula works very well.

But I get used to the way the game works, realize how I am moving my mouse and the camera, and will briefly close my eyes when I spin around a lot. It is sort of an automatic thing now and I don't realize I am doing that. The big trick is to not stare too intently at the screen.

[Olufsen]

I could not play Fallout 4 because of the constant feeling that the picture was trembling or flickering. All the advice to change the game settings like FOV or turn off the wiggle when walking did not help. The same thing happened in Tiny Tina Wonderlands. The picture seemed to flicker. I turned off adaptive sync (g-sync) in the monitor settings menu and the problem disappeared in both games. Hope it helps you.

[Twelvefield]

Originally posted by Pookie101:

Sometimes it can just be the game as well. The only game in 45 years of game that has made me motion sick was the original Prey

Half Life 2 made me puke. I'm still not finished it.

Mechwarrior 5 and a small indie game called Radio Commander, ugh. Mirror's Edge to some extent. I had a nasty dose with Microsoft Flight Simulator, but I did that one to myself by uncoupling the tail rotor on the Bell helicopter, and it spun out of control, that was intense.

Some things to try: be aware of your frame rate, and try to get it as smooth as you can. High frame rate isn't as important as smoothness.

Bright room, sit as far away from the screen as you can.

If possible, set a wide aspect ratio on the game so that you see black bars on the top and bottom - letterboxing. FOV is important as well. You can try placing a tiny scrap of tape in the center of your monitor.

Ginger eases nausea, and you can get those seasick wristbands. Eat foods with natural potassium: potatoes and bananas.

[gregnewman2202]

i do know gaming can be dangerous . I downloaded Cyberpunk 77 in the first a couple days of it's
release on have my first and hopefully my last epileptic fit within the first hour of playing it .
I've been told they since fixed the problem But i'm gonna find that out .