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BF 2 Making them sick

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  • 15-06-2005 11:16am
    #1
    TheBurningMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25 ✭


    I have a friend who can't play the BF2 demo for more than 20 minutes without feeling really sick. I remember this was a problem with HL2 when it came out as well. Has anyone else come across this?


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    #2
    petes
    Registered Users Posts: 8,382 ✭✭✭petes


    Did they see a doctor about this. Seems very odd. People did complain about motion sickness in HL2 which is mental imo.


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    Draupnir
    Registered Users Posts: 3,548 ✭✭✭Draupnir


    definitely a mental problem, does he only play it with a stinging hangover?


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    #4
    TheBurningMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25 ✭TheBurningMan


    No, no hangovers ha ha. there was a lot of players around the world suffered from something similar with Half Life 2


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    #5
    Jim
    Registered Users Posts: 14,181 ✭✭✭✭Jim


    Friend of mine suffers with motion sickness from HL2, she found some useful stuff on the net about it and it doesn't affect her as much anymore.

    I'll nab the links for you tonight.


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    Loobz
    Registered Users Posts: 1,700 ✭✭✭Loobz


    Could be the refresh rate. Set it as high as possible, see if that helps. Ive had some headaches from this before.


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    po0k
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    Try experimenting with Vsync, turning FSAA on or off etc., 85Hz is the bare minimum refresh rate you should be running at. Anything lower is criminal.

    Is he using a TFT by any chance?


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    Grand_Izer
    Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭Grand_Izer


    I suffer from motion sickness when playing fps's as well. I'll admit HL2 was particularly bad (despite playing QW for 3+ years). I've listed a few things below that i found helpful.
    • remove "bobbing" animations. I'm not sure about BF, but they can typically be changed via console commands.
    • avoid extended periods of play.
    • try increasing the fov (field of view) size slightly and reducing menu UI clutter if possible.
    • avoid any sort of movement all together and camp. A lot :)


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    Rew
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 8,679 Mod ✭✭✭✭Rew


    Only time I ever had this problem was when trying to play Goldeneye multiplayer player on my laptop in the back of a car coming up from Cork. Lasted about 20 mins and felt sick all the way home... :(


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    dregin
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 6,524 Mod ✭✭✭✭dregin


    Isn't travel sickness related to motion sickness? Get some travel sickness tablets!
    Wolf3d used to kill me, I had to play it wearing sunglasses :P


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    Rew
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 8,679 Mod ✭✭✭✭Rew


    dregin wrote:
    Isn't travel sickness related to motion sickness?

    Yeah same thing. Your eys/head say one thing and your balance/ears say another and the conflict causes the sickness. I had it really bad as a kid. I used to be physically sick any any journey longer then 40 mins.


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    Smellyirishman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,285 ✭✭✭Smellyirishman


    I actually got really lightheaded yesterday playing for the first time. Now that I think about it, I was playing in the chopper for the last few minutes of the round. Could have been the game, could have been lack of food. Yet another unsolved mystery.


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    Matt Simis
    Registered Users Posts: 8,718 ✭✭✭Matt Simis


    Draupnir wrote:
    definitely a mental problem, does he only play it with a stinging hangover?


    Lol, motion sickness is not a "mental problem".



    Matt


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    #14
    Dcully
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 14,707 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dcully


    I must say when i first sat down to play the demo on Saturday i got a migraine 15 minutes into my first game.
    My wife gets serious migraine and shes a nurse so i know the various signs of genuine migraine.
    This time i was getting was whats the classic migraine with like a blurring effect in one eye with a flashing aura.
    Im sure it was BF2 as i never had this type of mugraine before where as the wife has had.
    After an hour or so it went and i just had to try the demo again my wifes advice and a this time within 5 mins it was back :(
    I ended up abandoning my saturday with BF2 demo and hit the beach instead.
    Since then i have to say its been fine,thank god.
    My shiney new X800XL from komplett today will help too :)


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