Headaches Induced by Engine

Blueshrike · 08-23-2011, 10:36 AM

Is this a source engine game? I got headaches and some sort of weird motion sickness when playing HL2, very similar to how I'm feeling in this game. Mouse smoothing does *not* help either.

Still playing through the intro and loving it, but had to stop. Anyone have similar problems and been able to minimize / eliminate it? Could it be an Depth of Field [edited] issue? Have it set to off and still happening. Have not tried anything else yet.

Grateful for suggestions.

Demon Wraith · 08-23-2011, 10:37 AM

You have FOV set to... off?

chalkman · 08-23-2011, 10:37 AM

That happens to be when games try to do head bob or similar.

Euphytose · 08-23-2011, 10:38 AM

How can you set the FoV to " off " I'm curious? Or maybe my English skills are total ♥♥♥♥.

Swifta · 08-23-2011, 10:38 AM

There is a FOV option under the GAMEPLAY settings in the option menu, give 90 a try. worked for me

asdfzxc920 · 08-23-2011, 10:46 AM

How the hell do you set FOV to "off"?

Demon Wraith · 08-23-2011, 10:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by asdfzxc920

How the hell do you set FOV to "off"?

Well, if you could, I can see how that might cause headaches.

08-23-2011, 10:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blueshrike

I got headaches and some sort of weird motion sickness

I never asked for this...

ImpTaimer · 08-23-2011, 10:58 AM

Turn the FoV up to at least 90, turn off Depth of Field (DoF) and SSAO.

If you're still having this issue, sit farther away from the screen (assuming you're on a desktop/laptop rig and not using a widescreen TV)

Also turn off vertical sync (vsync) if you're having the mouse acceleration issue. That will definatly cause motion sickness.

Someone also suggested changing mouse sensitivity X to 5 and Y to 8 (or maybe the other way around) if vsync doesn't remove the mouse acceleration.

Fireblaster2 · 08-23-2011, 11:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blueshrike

Could it be an FOV issue? Have it set to off and still happening.

Uhhh what

do you even know what FOV is

Blueshrike · 08-23-2011, 02:02 PM

Yeah, I typed in the wrong thing, edited above. It's Depth of Field I set to off. Vsync was off. I did not see FOV settings, but do now, thanks Swifta and Imptaimer! I'll give 90+ a shot.

Hmm, seems to help some, will see how it holds up over time. Couldn't play HL2 for more than 30 minutes before needing to turn it off. Hopefully it's not the same with this. Due to a bug can't turn anti aliasing down any or I get the "low resources" kick out.

08-23-2011, 10:36 AM	#1
Blueshrike Join Date: Dec 2009 Reputation: 0 Posts: 25	Headaches Induced by Engine Is this a source engine game? I got headaches and some sort of weird motion sickness when playing HL2, very similar to how I'm feeling in this game. Mouse smoothing does not help either. Still playing through the intro and loving it, but had to stop. Anyone have similar problems and been able to minimize / eliminate it? Could it be an Depth of Field [edited] issue? Have it set to off and still happening. Have not tried anything else yet. Grateful for suggestions. Last edited by Blueshrike: 08-23-2011 at 02:03 PM.

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08-23-2011, 10:37 AM	#2
Demon Wraith Join Date: Jan 2003 Reputation: 875 Posts: 10,820	You have FOV set to... off?

08-23-2011, 10:37 AM	#3
chalkman Join Date: Dec 2009 Reputation: 87 Posts: 917	That happens to be when games try to do head bob or similar.

08-23-2011, 10:38 AM	#4
Euphytose Join Date: Jun 2009 Reputation: 261 Posts: 3,553	How can you set the FoV to " off " I'm curious? Or maybe my English skills are total ♥♥♥♥.

08-23-2011, 10:38 AM	#5
Swifta Join Date: Sep 2008 Reputation: 6 Posts: 174	There is a FOV option under the GAMEPLAY settings in the option menu, give 90 a try. worked for me

08-23-2011, 10:46 AM	#6
asdfzxc920 Join Date: Sep 2008 Reputation: 151 Posts: 3,307	How the hell do you set FOV to "off"?

08-23-2011, 10:58 AM	#9
ImpTaimer Join Date: May 2011 Reputation: 9 Posts: 192	Turn the FoV up to at least 90, turn off Depth of Field (DoF) and SSAO. If you're still having this issue, sit farther away from the screen (assuming you're on a desktop/laptop rig and not using a widescreen TV) Also turn off vertical sync (vsync) if you're having the mouse acceleration issue. That will definatly cause motion sickness. Someone also suggested changing mouse sensitivity X to 5 and Y to 8 (or maybe the other way around) if vsync doesn't remove the mouse acceleration.

08-23-2011, 02:02 PM	#11
Blueshrike Join Date: Dec 2009 Reputation: 0 Posts: 25	Yeah, I typed in the wrong thing, edited above. It's Depth of Field I set to off. Vsync was off. I did not see FOV settings, but do now, thanks Swifta and Imptaimer! I'll give 90+ a shot. Hmm, seems to help some, will see how it holds up over time. Couldn't play HL2 for more than 30 minutes before needing to turn it off. Hopefully it's not the same with this. Due to a bug can't turn anti aliasing down any or I get the "low resources" kick out.