[Request] Option to disable cockpit shaking / head bob
- Thread starter Hirogen
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I don't get motion sickness, but it would be nice to have the option. The pilot's-eye view could stand to be improved generally, IMO: at present, "my" eyes in the game appear to be on six-inch stalks in front of my face, swiveling round a central point rather than turning and if I look round and down, I can see that I have no neck - just a smooth, hollowed out area of flight-suit. 
Another unwanted effect of the head bob is that the throttle slider moves off-screen during high-G manoeuvres making it difficult to keep speed in the blue zone for maximum pitch rate.
I find it less troublesome in VR, as the tracking is so fast and accurate that I can just glance down if I need to. You can't really flick your eyes around as much, as the lenses in the headset make things a little weird in the peripheral vision anyway*. I haven't noticed any non-consensual headbob causing problems- but I shall look out for it, having read this thread. It's very noticeable in trackIR use though- especially with the z-axis bug that surfaced early in 1.2
*That's not really a massive problem, as human vision mostly registers shape, colour and motion in peripheral vision, not detail. However, when you're looking through two "windows" that limit you artificially, you get used to moving your head a bit more. It can make you look like a Terminator for a bit, when you emerge back into the real world
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I find it less troublesome in VR, as the tracking is so fast and accurate that I can just glance down if I need to. You can't really flick your eyes around as much, as the lenses in the headset make things a little weird in the peripheral vision anyway.
(That's not really a massive problem, as human vision mostly registers shape, colour and motion in peripheral vision, not detail. However, when you're looking through two "windows" that limit you artificially, you get used to moving your head a bit more. It can make you look like a Terminator for a bit, when you emerge back into the real world
It's been a while since I played ED in vr so I couldn't remember, I do remember having my head detach from my body when I when in to hyperspace being quite disconcerting though
It's a massive pain on a normal screen though It's been a while since I played ED in vr so I couldn't remember, I do remember having my head detach from my body when I when in to hyperspace being quite disconcerting though
Yeah, it needs to be configurable, for the folks who find it hurl-inducing. It probably takes someone being aggravated by it to point out the obvious, though.
I like it, because it gives visual clues to the motion of the ship.