Bit dizzy after an hour of play

kislany · Mar 23, 2015

Ok just noticed something weird - well, did notice it before as well, but really thought about it now. After a few hours of play - even just one or two hours, with some minutes interruption in between, once I stop playing the game and do something else, I feel a bit spaced out, lightly dizzy even. Like things still spin around in my peripheral vision. Kind of weird and unsettling. I have a FOV of 60, wondering if I should increase it to 70 maybe?

I really don't remember another game before giving me this lightly nausea feeling...anyone else getting it? What could cause it? Any ideas?

Derpster Frey · Mar 23, 2015

Try setting FOV to 70, some people have reported that helps.

What are you flying? People are reporting nausea with certain ships that shake more than others.

Dr Zachary Smith · Mar 23, 2015

Dunno, but I would take frequent breaks if I were you, take 15 minutes every hr or something, perhaps you need glasses or something ? Had an eye test recently ?

kislany · Mar 23, 2015

I do have glasses (had them from the early age of 3

). In fact I am waiting the new pair to arrive - had test 2 weeks ago, my yes are worse again, but as the bifocals/progressive lenses are done in the UK, I have to wait till they arrive from abroad. Hm, you might be onto something there. I will take more frequent breaks.

I'm flying a Haulter, right now doing deep exploration. Ok will also go to 70 FOV and hopefully it will help. For example I could never go on a merry-go-round carrousel or how you call them - i would be dizzy at the level of almost throwing up. Even a swing would give me now and then a queasy feeling...*sigh*.

Vandaahl · Mar 23, 2015

I take you are not using any VR functionalities, like Oculus Rift...?
If not, a friend of mine has the same with certain games. He can play one game for hours, while others are alomost impossible. BioShock is one of the games he can't play because he gets nauseous after a few minutes. Assassins Creed is a game that gives me the creeps, specially when climbing great hights, and jumping or falling from it, but thats the only game so far able to fool around with my brain.

I guess ED is fooling yours.

kislany · Mar 23, 2015

I played several games sometimes for even 5-6 hours a day, almost uninterrupted Firefall, Eve, the latest one I"m still playing - Planetside 2 - no such issues there at all. I'm really sad to learn that ED gives me these problems, I really don't want to leave it, as I love the game. Let's see if the new glasses, taking more frequent breaks and increasing the FOV help. Btw no, I use regular pc monitor, no VR stuff here.

Gramps · Mar 23, 2015

Space sickness - Spatial disorientation. Are you using a head tracker? only asking because I had similar when I first started using one, made worse when it drops out of alignment.

Dr Roly · Mar 23, 2015

It *could* just be a motion-induced aftereffect. MAE is a phenomenon caused by the brain trying to compensate for prolonged motion. I.e. when you stop after a long car journey and still feel like you're moving. There's a lot of spinning in ED so it could just be MAE after a long session.
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(I know there's more to MAE but I'm trying to explain quickly and simply.)
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No harm in getting an eye test though.

teaurn · Mar 23, 2015

Is this linked to motion sickness?

It really sounds like it is to me, in which case a wider FOV might well help.

I seem to remember reading that it's something to do with a perceived horizon line, so maybe too narrow an FOV doesn't allow the brain to 'see' a horizon, just the movement, which triggers the sickness.

As a plus, a wider FOV stops your HUD disappearing off screen during manoeuvring!

Hope you can find a setting that works for you...

/ninja'd

Marasmusine · Mar 23, 2015

<doctor>How's your diet? Are you getting plenty of exercise? Are you getting enough sleep?</doctor>

FiddenUK · Mar 23, 2015

The shake is over done on some ships, it could do with being reduced in its intensity. I use FOV set to max, as the zooming in/out during acceleration etc was making my head hurt too.

It is the roll when docking that always turns my head (when you have to do a full flip over to land on the pad).

TriumphANT · Mar 23, 2015

Check your ambient lighting. If you play in the dark, your brain ONLY has the moving image from the screen to go by. Having moderately lit static surroundings helps with motion sickness.

Hopefully having your proper prescription glasses will help. If either eye is struggling to focus, it can tire your eye muscles out, and you'll feel lethargic and headachy after a while. When the thrill of playing is gone, you just want a dark room, closed eyes and a rest.

Take at least 5 minutes per hour off from playing anyway. The same goes for any computer usage including gaming.

hoppingdeth · Mar 23, 2015

I have to say I'm getting annoyed at the shaking of the Type 6. Didn't mind it at first but it's becoming really tiring on the eye. It's like a frantic head-bob in an FPS - and the good ones allow the user to turn it off.

Any chance we can be given a couple of config switches to turn off the screen shake if we need to? I know it's meant to be a sim, but many hours subjected to it is gruelling. If the game was only 20hrs or so long then I'd not complain, but we all know it's not...

starsphinx · Mar 23, 2015

When I first got ED I did have "floaty disconnected" feelings when I came off it - especially noticeable when driving - for a few days but then I seemed to adapt and have had no issues since (other than wishing I had beam lasers for the triple bleeped idiot in front who seems to think 30 is unacceptably fast despite it being a 60 limit and needs to brake every time something comes the other way - which it does often or I would have overtaken by now)

Professor Cupcake · Mar 23, 2015

Ach, ye just need ta get yer sea-legs, ya lousy planet-lubber.

Presteign · Mar 23, 2015

After 4 hours of Pew-Pew in a High Intensity Combat Zone earning millions, yes I feel dizzy too...

Seriously: How do you set FOV to 70? Do you mean something like 'around 70%'? I just have a bar and don't even notice a difference..

kislany · Mar 23, 2015

I set it in the Settings.xml file within the C:\Users\enterhereyourusername\AppData\Local\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous\Options\Graphics folder

Plooker · Mar 23, 2015

I got this a lot when I started. Also made it a bit weird when I was driving my car. I fixed the problem by playing 10 hours a day for 6 weeks.