Gaming Sickness

[pleezefragme]

Hi you,

 

I hope I am on the right spot with the question here. If not, I am sorry. I tried the search tool but I did not find a related topic so I choose to open a new one. Hope thats ok.

 

And here is my problem:

I've never had problems with gameing sickness. I played Oblivion, Nehrim and WoW on my Laptop with low FPS ( 10 - 25 FPS in average). Only if there were some slope walls I felt a little sick.

Now I have a new computer with a 19' TFT monitor. While playing Oblivion I have 20-30 FPS in average. But everytime I play I get horribly sick after a few minutes. So I would like to ask if anyone else has had this problem and how I can solve it. I really want to play but after 30 minutes I am feeling so bad that I need to stop.

I wonder why this happens with the new and better PC with far better frames.

 

Thanks in anticipation

 

PS: As english is not my native language this post may contain a lot of errors. Feel free to correct me if my spelling or grammar hurts your eyes ;)

[Ghogiel]

Interesting. I never heard of this. Does watching films/CGI/cartoons on your PC or television also cause illness or just totally restricted to playing video games? What about watching a live play through of a game on say youtube or watching someone else play a game in real life cause illness?

 

it could be related to motion sickness, you could try travel sickness pills one time to narrow down the cause of it. But obviously that isn't going to be a cure or a daily thing I would recommend, travel sickness pills do have some minor side effects after they wear off.

Edited August 26, 2011 by Ghogiel

[Iv000]

I think you have motion sickness.

 

I can give you a few advices:

Sit further away, might as well get a controller.

Turn on lights or be in a bright room.

Take frequent brakes.

 

Don't worry, this is a really common sickness. A lot of people have it.

 

Also, it seems people recommend using sea bands.

Edited August 26, 2011 by Iv000

[Halororor]

I've also found that on some games that run above 50fps, my eyes start feeling weird and I just want to stop. Can't see why anyone would need anything more than 30, so I usually just enable Vsync. Dunno why it happens, but it only started after I got my LCD screen, so maybe it's that?

[IndorilTheGreat]

Interesting. I have a friend that would get vertigo and motion sickness when she played Minecraft. It could just be a perspective thing.

 

like others have said, play in a well-lit room (not too bright, mind you), and sit a bit further away from the screen.

 

Also, be sue to drink plenty of water. Those sound like (possible) symptoms of dehydration to me. Take long, deep breaths through your nose, and out through your mouth.

 

Good luck! :thumbsup:

 

Cheers,

IndorilTheGreat

[pleezefragme]

Thank you all for your tips. I sometimes had the problem too while watching others play. But the thing that I wonder about is that everything was well on my laptop and now on the PC I feel sick. Same Game, same Mods, better FPS... I thought that most person had problems due to low FPS not due to normal FPS. Or am I confusing something here?

[bucketknight]

Ginger pills or candied ginger sticks may help...... :sick:

[Illiad86]

I get "gaming sickness" too. It's really hard for me to play fast paced first person shooters. I can play TF2 for maybe a half an hour and my eyes feel like they want to fall out of their sockets and my head pounds like crazy. Sometimes I feel sick to my stomach. When I got Duke Nukem Forever, I figured it would do the same as TF2....so wrong...that has to be the slowest shooter I've ever played. :rolleyes:

 

Games like Oblivion and Fallout don't bother me though. At first, I thought it was just because of the first person perspective, but I don't feel ill from those. I think it's just how "fast" the game is. Diablo II does it to me sometimes. I also thought it was my monitor...but it's the same on this 24" LCD as it was on my 24" CRT.

 

The other posters put up some good advice though :) Play in a well lit room and try to sit further back from the screen. My aunt also told me that for every hour you are on the computer, you should turn away from the monitor and rest your eyes for at least 10 minutes.

Edited August 26, 2011 by Illiad86

[Gracinfields]

I find it odd that playing on higher fps gets people sick. Ussually its fps that is below what the human eye can see (which is about 70 frames per second). The other issue is FOV most people I talked to have issues with FOV issues below 75 as well.

[Halororor]

For me I think a big problem is if the fps is erratic. If it jumps up and down, I start feeling sick. Don't know if it's motionsickness, but I doubt it. Might help if I go to the optimetrist and see if I shouldn't perhaps start wearing glasses again.