Motion sickness

[Speed]

Hey guys pls help! I am getting motion sickness playing HL2, any advise plssssssssss??

After 15 mins I need 2 panadol I think this is bad.... I heard it is the FOV. Can I know how to change FOV or whatever I can do to improve apart from chucking it out my window.

 

[ne0_shiny]

i think theres a console command to do that

 

[Danimal]

Maybe you should stop playing Half-life 2 on a boat =P

Seriously, I have no idea what to do

 

[Kouler]

HL2 lowers refresh rate for some. Try use a program like Refresh Force (google it) and set it to force the refresh rate of your choice.

 

[vsaravia]

Maybe your monitor is too bright? ...I don't know, I got nothin.

 

[KiMcH33]

i get motion sickness too

 

[sinkoman]

Well, it's an fps thing. I've read articles where people are sort of, alergic to fps' . Maybe you're one of them.

If you're one of those people, there's not much we can do for you. Post your specs, maybe it's just really bad fps drops!

 

[Sid Burn]

Hmm... well, the only solution is to stop playing if you know its bad for you.

 

[CriYam]

Is this for real? I've never heard of anyone getting motion sickness while.... not being in motion...

 

[kirovman]

A good cure for motion sickness is to keep your eyes on the horizon.

 

[czrsink]

Taken from Steam's forums...

A few tips I've gotten to reduce motion sickness:

* do what you can to increase framerate/reduce framerate fluctuation (reduce screen res, sound and video quality settings)
* setting fps_max to something reasonable may help
* activating mat_vsync may help
* switching from FOV 75 (default) to FOV 90 may help

Other tips I've received:

* while in vehicles, run into less things
* throw up... you'll feel better for a while




Edited by MATT. Also try this:

(Read more at HalfLife2.net.)

1) Update your monitor's drivers.

2) Find out the Maximum Refresh Rate that your monitor supports for the resolution that you prefer gaming on (lowering resolution will result in higher possible refresh rates). This step is just for informational purposes. You may skip it since Step 4 completes this.

3) Download RefreshForce (Google it).

4) Tell it to "Auto Find" your refresh rates and modes. Click Apply.

5) Go to Steam --> Right click Half-Life 2 --> select Properties --> Launch Options.

Now you can specify the width, height and refresh rate of the screen on which you will be playing. Mine, for example is this: -w 1024 -h 768 -refresh 100

This means I am running a resolution of 1024x768 at a refresh rate of 100hz.

6) Click OK and close the Properties window.

7) It's best to restart your computer now, since you applied that RefreshForce fix.

 

[Aeron]

bring console

sv_cheats 1
FOV 90

 

[Danimal]

Imagine Doom 3 with a problem where you hallucinate ... Goodbye real world!

 

[Ranga]

i think there was another guy like u, just recently. try searching for the thread. i'm not sure if he worked it out.

if not, get ur fps rate higher

 

[Eunoch]

u freaks! u get motion sickness whilst sitting in front of the pc! wierdos!!!

(come on everyone, lets treat em like teh mutants from xmen (just that they aint special)) WOOOOO

fix teh refreshrate and FOV

 

[Hectic Glenn]

Its a common problem

http://www.halflife2.net/forums/search.php?searchid=287328

You can see quite alot of people get it not just you. That refresh force thing helps, follow all the things suggested, and finish the boat sequence and you'll be fine

oh unless you get it in the buggy as well