yea so i either feel extremely nauseous or get a headache when i play half life 1. will i get used to it cause i really wanna play the game.anything that can remedy it or no?
Make sure you have enough lighting in your room, so not just from your monitor and make sure it's not directed in your eyes. and yeah opening your window and not increasing the room temperature helps.
I've had similair problems before then I read my GTA manual and it said what I should do to prevent getting sick.
This is very common and the solutions are simple. 1. Ginger Root is a wonder at relieving motion sickness. it's proven and guaranteed. The raw root is harsh but you can get it in gum-form and other forms too 2. Go to any shop that sells sailing-ship/ motorboat equipment and purchase a special anti-sea-sick wrist band, which basically has a protrusion that presses between two tendons on the underside of the wrist , right where the palm begins/ends. (this can also be done manually,one hand to the other but not both at the same time). works wonders give it a shot you'l see it works. glad to help
I too suffer for motion sickness when playing Half life 2 (and all games using this engine). After about 30mins to hour I have to stop as I get dizzy with a head ache. It lasts for about 30mins after playing too
I play many other games with no ill effect, it must be something that is specific to the engine, I guess?
I'd be interested in finding out why this happens though.
The problem is that your eyes are detecting motion and your inner ear is not which causes a conflict. That is usually caused by focusing to much on the center of a FPS that has walls on both sides of you. Other FPSs allow you to focus on the entire screen which gives your eyes perspective on your environment. I have found that Halflife 1 and 2 were the absolute worse because of the claustrophobic environments and there is also something about which wall textures really grab your peripheral vision. Having a sinus condition or a cold will also make it worse because it affects your inner ear even more. There are FPSs that I have played through many times without a single issue.
For Halflife 1 I got rid of the aiming reticle so that I wasn't staring at the center. Halflife 2 I took Dramamine and eventually just stopped playing it because even getting rid of the reticle didn't help against those stark gray brick walls for some reason, and I hate having to take a pill to play a game.
I too suffer for motion sickness when playing Half life 2 (and all games using this engine). After about 30mins to hour I have to stop as I get dizzy with a head ache. It lasts for about 30mins after playing too
I play many other games with no ill effect, it must be something that is specific to the engine, I guess?
I'd be interested in finding out why this happens though.
I got it from Portal (a LOT) and sometimes in Half Life 2. Lasted for about an hour afterwards too. But I endured and beat both games.rcignoni
Portal and Ep 2 had an engine update that adds the possibility to change the FOV, which nearly erased the problem for me, because Portal was still kinda boring with all that green and white/gray and I'm not a HL fan.
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