OMG I'm going to throw up...

[TheNoblePlatypus]

Might be dehydration too if you're a big caffeine nut like me.

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: piroroadkill
Just the whole running at 60hz thing would have done it to you. CRT monitors running at 60hz are the scourge of society.

Sad but true.

 

[Tiamat]

Originally posted by: PorBleemo

Originally posted by: piroroadkill
Just the whole running at 60hz thing would have done it to you. CRT monitors running at 60hz are the scourge of society.

Sad but true.

Indeed, and to think that 5 years ago they marketted 60hz as "Flicker Free"...

 

[Gothgar]

60 Hz hurts my eyes just thinking about it

 

[Derango]

I used to have this problem with some FPS games. I found that taking a little break and looking at some distant object every so often helped incredibly. Also, if you can move your seating position back away from your computer, you give your brain more of a frame of reference to tell it you're really not moving.

I rarely get sick from FPS games now, since I started playing more of them.

 

[meltdown75]

wow. all these years with my big NEC monitor set at 60 refresh rate, and just a couple days ago i changed it to 75 because sisoft sandra told me to do so. everything seems quicker, is this possible? i had to stretch the screen a bit after but now its perfect and i'm never going back.

anyhoo mostly now i play bf1942 (only game i have installed right now, fresh xp sp2 ahhh)
i can play for an hour or 2 and i feel great. my brother used to get sick playing sometimes though. i can't watch people play mainly because i always want to wrench the controls away from them. ie. my bro flying around in bf1942 saying "this is awesome". just flying and flying for hours. not looking for anyone to attack, just joyriding. :roll:

the best thing is how some people actually MOVE (physically, in real life) when playing 3D games. its almost as if turning your head or body would help your character move better in the game. now thats some funny a$$ stuff.

 

[Shyatic]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
wow. all these years with my big NEC monitor set at 60 refresh rate, and just a couple days ago i changed it to 75 because sisoft sandra told me to do so. everything seems quicker, is this possible? i had to stretch the screen a bit after but now its perfect and i'm never going back.

anyhoo mostly now i play bf1942 (only game i have installed right now, fresh xp sp2 ahhh)
i can play for an hour or 2 and i feel great. my brother used to get sick playing sometimes though. i can't watch people play mainly because i always want to wrench the controls away from them. ie. my bro flying around in bf1942 saying "this is awesome". just flying and flying for hours. not looking for anyone to attack, just joyriding. :roll:

the best thing is how some people actually MOVE (physically, in real life) when playing 3D games. its almost as if turning your head or body would help your character move better in the game. now thats some funny a$$ stuff.

My kid sister used to 'jump' when we told her to jump when playing Super Mario Brothers on the NES

 

[thorin]

Ya it's either motion sickness, eye strain in a dark room, or low refresh rate.

Thorin

 

[meltdown75]

My kid sister used to 'jump' when we told her to jump when playing Super Mario Brothers on the NES

now thats classic

 

[Sunner]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
If a first-person shooter makes you nauseous, I wonder what your reaction to Descent II or Descent 3 would be. Six degrees of freedom. If you get bored fighting right-side up (if you can even tell which is right-side up) just roll over and fight upside down for a while. Or sideways. :evil: The robots won't mind a bit.

Actually my brother could never play Quake, or other fast paced FPS's, however he loved Descent, and he's a big Flight Sim fan(something I always tease him for ).

 

[Shyatic]

After increasing the HZ to 70.... I am still getting sick. I may just need to buy a good LCD at some point.

 

[Elcs]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
If a first-person shooter makes you nauseous, I wonder what your reaction to Descent II or Descent 3 would be. Six degrees of freedom. If you get bored fighting right-side up (if you can even tell which is right-side up) just roll over and fight upside down for a while. Or sideways. :evil: The robots won't mind a bit.

AvP with Aliens did that to me too. Descent was awful too.

SICKENING!

 

[imported_Mitchell]

Guys, I am sure there is a setting in the cfg file somewhere to turn off the swaying of the character. Doom 3 has one, I just set it to not do it and no more sickness.

Which is wierd since I never had this problem with doom's, quakes, tribes and the like, only the new versions with the swaying walk of the characters.

 

[Shyatic]

Will an LCD solve my motion sickness?

 

[Sentinel]

Originally posted by: Scribe
Will an LCD solve my motion sickness?

I don't think it would make a difference. Take a break for the amount of time you play. And don't play for four hours straight lol.

 

[Shyatic]

Nah yer talking about like.... an hour and a half at most for HL2. I can play Quake3, Counterstrike, America's Army etc... for HOURS on end and nothing. HL2 takes a toll on me

 

[Muadib]

Originally posted by: Scribe
Will an LCD solve my motion sickness?

Sadly, no it won't. I get motion sickness on most fps, and the only thing that stops it is Dramamine.

 

[Arcanedeath]

If it really is Motion Sickness then try Ginger pills, they're cheap avi. w/out a prescription and are pretty much guarteed to cure motion sickness, don't ask me why, but I always take them before I get on boats (after I had a a bad exp....) and haven't gotten motion sickness since.