The Game-Sickness

[Arcala]

I sometimes feel kinda sick when ive played games like planeshift for 45minutes+, i wonder why that comes? It happens with other 3d person view games too (only some, but not all), and it feels almost like car-sickness(like when you drive on a road with many corners etc, you get that.. or is that called Motion sickness?)
Anyway yeah, it sucks. Anyone else get this?

Oh and btw i couldnt descide if this were to go in the General or Off-Topic part, feel free to move it..

[Kixie]

dude havent you ever read the manual of a game before? in the front it says if you have these symptoms to stop right away and that you might have an eptiliptic seizure! ever read on the news about little japanese kids watching thier anime and all of a sudden jerkin around into a drooling vegitable state? well that will happen to you if you keep it up. go see a doctor please...

[lynx_lupo]

Whemyfield, you don\'t know what epilepsy is. Or how to spell it right .
There is no connection between tummy problems and epilepsy.

Nope, I haven\'t got such an XP. Luckily.
I\'d still be cautious if I were you.

[Azlon]

Dude i have tummy problems from games like that but now its only on really jumpy games. like a old game called x-squad omg *barf*

[Xordan]

I\'ve done 18 hours non-stop without any problems. (mah record   ) Maybe the jumpyness of some games makes u almost like having sea sickness? ?(

[Arcala]

Ok, maybe i should slow down my jumping then rofl.. Nah, i seriously dunno, only some games causes this o.O Like daggerfall and morrowind did, but i.e. Q3, where there is ALOT of jumping, doesnt cause it lol.. It\'s always been this way o.O oh well, i guess maybe when i get sick i should go for some fresh air or something
Yeah and btw, hi, im new to the forums

[Rulzern]

1. Turn on vsync
2. Find ways to increase your framerate
3. Put on highest quality settings in options
4. Disable FSAA

Those are a few thing\'s i\'ve found that can help subdue those problems with some people.

[Leander256]

I experienced that problem when I played Serious Sam. That\'s really weird because it\'s the only FPS (and even 3D game) that made me sick. Maybe it was the refresh rate of the screen (only 60 Hz) coupled with something else, just an hypothesis though.

[Kramy]

Arcala, how old are you? My mom says she gets the same thing, but my brother and I have never experienced it, so maybe it depends on whether you grow up with computers?

[Xordan]

Ah, now that I think of it, my sister gets that problem. Maybe it\'s just how much time u spend on it? U might have to get used to some frame rates. I spend too much time on my PC, and from a very young age and I\'m fine. So maybe it\'s just that.

[Kramy]

It seems quite possible that that is the reason. Now that I think about it, my Oma says she gets queezy from some commercials. She didn\'t grow up with TV, so maybe you just need your brain to have made the connections?

[Axsyrus]

i\'ve heard of this problem before, i\'m not sure what causes it though. try changing the camera to 3rd person mode(press M), that makes it a lot less bouncy

[Arcala]

Well, i\'m 15, and ive basically grown up with pc (spendt way too much time with it), pc games, console games etc, so it\'s not that.. o.O It might be that some frame rates takes some time to get used to, i dunno.. I mean, since only some games causes it. But, i\'ll try to play in third person mode and see if that helps.. Allthough, its kinda difficult to look for crystals then But anyway, thanks for the advice

[RonHiler]

It\'s the same reason for car-sickness.  It\'s caused by conflicting signals from your eyes (which tell you you are moving) and your inner ear (which tells you you are stationary).  In some people this conflicting information to your brain causes nausea.  Any first person game can do it, and some are more prone to it than others.

[Moogie]

Indeed, RonHiler is right. 1 in 3 people suffer from this queaziness in games with a First Person viewpoint. I myself can never play a FPS for more than 30 minutes at a time, and then need about an hour afterwards to recover. Thank god for the M key...