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Simulator Sickness Cures?

Posted by Cliff on from the similarities-between-airplanes-and-FPS-games dept.

jensend asks: "Two years ago, Ask Slashdot posted a question about 'simulator sickness'. Since then, games have become much more realistic, causing (in many cases, my own included) more severe nausea. any updated tips on avoiding this problem?"

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  1. LEGO Quake by Domini · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The term described the way some people take a beutiful ganme and turn down all the settings. This enhances the frame rate, but more importantly makes objects simpler/easier to see, understand and kill.

    Another effect this has is that it also disassociates the game word a little from real life, perhaps making it a bit less nauseating wrt. motion sickness.

    "Just shoot the squarish-looking block"

    I've never suffered from any form of motion sickness since I was 2 years old, so this is not a personal experience, just an idea.

    I'd like to hear from people who do suffer what the following settings do for their malady:

    /cg_picmip 20 (or higher)
    /r_textureMode cg_nearest (not sure of this command)