How do you deal with motion sickness ?

[.hazu]

First, i have no idea which sub forum to post this so forgive me if i posted it in the wrong place.
So, the first time i notice this annoying thing is when i got hooked with Payday The Heist back in the days. You know, stuff like extremely dizzy and heavy sweating all of a sudden. But i was like "fk u dizzy, this game is good and you won't make me stop playing this sht", after hours and hours of struggling finaly i can overcome it and i don't feel dizzy anymore when playing that game.
Recently, i just bought Dishonored and Remember Me, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ i have motion sickness with these games too, probably i just force myself like i did with Payday but i just want to hear about some personal experience about this, probably looking for a way to prevent this in the future.
It's kinda weird tho i didn't feel dizzy or anything when playing certain games like Paladins, Smite, Skyrim, FF XIII, Mordor and some more that i didn't remember.

[DirtyFishy (Audibly Impaired. So]

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[🜂∴🜏 Cassie]

Find a FOV setting that reduces the feeling of dizziness and motion sickness. Turn off head bob setting if possible.

Some people say low graphic settings help, while others say high graphic settings help. Try to change them up and see which one helps most.

Take breaks often. When I play some games I get a bad headache after half an hour.

[StickyPawz]

For me, changing the FOV is usually enough. If that doesn't work (or isn't an option) then physically moving monitor about 6" further away helps.

[.hazu]

Originally posted by R Λ i D Ξ N:

Find a FOV setting that reduces the feeling of dizziness and motion sickness. Turn off head bob setting if possible.

Some people say low graphic settings help, while others say high graphic settings help. Try to change them up and see which one helps most.

Take breaks often. When I play some games I get a bad headache after half an hour.

I have tried to mess with the graphic setting but doesn't help, i never touch FOV though, i'll give it a try.
Taking break just won't do for me, because somehow i know that i'll get dizzy again if i came back, so when i took a break then i'd probably won't touch it at least for the next few days.
Thanks for the reply :)

[.hazu]

Originally posted by ᴍMİttenz:

For me, changing the FOV is usually enough. If that doesn't work (or isn't an option) then physically moving monitor about 6" further away helps.

I'll try to both of your suggestion, thanks a bunch :)

[Start_Running]

Try chewing gum. Don't laugh, it can actually help. I know at least one person who swears by it.

Motion sickness is basically what happens when the input from 2 or so senses are contradicting each other.

[.hazu]

Originally posted by Start_Running:

Try chewing gum. Don't laugh, it can actually help. I know at least one person who swears by it.

Motion sickness is basically what happens when the input from 2 or so senses are contradicting each other.

That's interesting, i'll give it a shot ;) Thanks.

[Start_Running]

Originally posted by .hazu:

Originally posted by Start_Running:

Try chewing gum. Don't laugh, it can actually help. I know at least one person who swears by it.

Motion sickness is basically what happens when the input from 2 or so senses are contradicting each other.

That's interesting, i'll give it a shot ;) Thanks.

I hear the way the gum thing works is that while chewing you're creating movement in your head and semi-circullar canals. PArt of the problem with motion sickness is when a sense, say your eyes tell your brain. You're moving, but your semi circullar canals and the rest of your body are like. No we're perfectly stationary.

Various forms of motion sickness stem from this. Sea sickness comes from the fact that your eyes are telling you the horizon is stable but your ears are telling you you're tilting..

Oh that's another trick. Turn off thinkgs like bobbing, auto tilt and wqeapon sway in the game.

[StickyPawz]

Originally posted by noschye:

The only game I ever got nausea/dizzy was Half Life 2

"Alan Wake" is at the top of my list.

[.hazu]

Originally posted by Start_Running:

Originally posted by .hazu:

That's interesting, i'll give it a shot ;) Thanks.

I hear the way the gum thing works is that while chewing you're creating movement in your head and semi-circullar canals. PArt of the problem with motion sickness is when a sense, say your eyes tell your brain. You're moving, but your semi circullar canals and the rest of your body are like. No we're perfectly stationary.

Various forms of motion sickness stem from this. Sea sickness comes from the fact that your eyes are telling you the horizon is stable but your ears are telling you you're tilting..

Oh that's another trick. Turn off thinkgs like bobbing, auto tilt and wqeapon sway in the game.

Ah so that's the explanation behind this, thanks a lot for the help mate ! I'll try it right away on my next play session.

[Zekiran]

Yeah always always always turn off headbob and motion blur. Those things are teh debbil.

Play in a bright room, not dark.

Some games have worse issues for me personally than others, and some you just cannot turn those things off, and have to suffer with it :/ Good luck to you.

[Start_Running]

Oh and one other mention. try being a foot further than you normally are from the screen if possible.. WHat you're trying to do is make sure your eyes have some visual frame of reference that tells your brain that you are in fact stationary. Stepping back so you have other stationary objects in view like the walls or curtains or shelf.. can also help with this.

Mind you these aren't foolproof. THe issue with motion sickness is biological and I just tackled remedies that work for the more common causes for many.

[Walach]

A friend of mine has trouble with motion sickness/simulator sickness and for him it helps to turn off that dot in the middle of the screen when playing first person games. He also started playing games on his PC on a normal TV and sitting further away from the screen.

Other than that, try searching for "simulator sickness" maybe that term works better for your case?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulator_sickness