Old FPS' give me headaches

PassiveAce

United States18076 Posts

July 20 2013 16:13 GMT

So over the last six months or so I've been messing around with some of the old, famous games that I've never played, specifically the first Deus Ex and the second Thief. The problem is that I find that I cannot play either for very long without getting a MASSIVE headache. Deus Ex I can play for about two hours before it starts getting really bad but I can only play Thief 2 for about 20 minutes before it gets so bad that I have to go to sleep.
Iv never had this problem before

I don't remember having this problem when I played Half-Life 1 as a kid and I never get this kind of headache playing games with modern graphics, which is what I hear is the cause of most headaches in people.

My best guess for whats causing this is the headbob combined with the blocky graphics, does anybody else have this problem?

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Erik.TheRed

United States1655 Posts

July 20 2013 16:34 GMT

Could be an issue with the field of view, as I always get motion sickness if I play games with a FOV <90 for too long. I know that for games like Half life 2 you can adjust it in the console (maybe even in game nowadays) but you'll have to check online on a game by game basis to see if/how this is possible.

PassiveAce

United States18076 Posts

July 20 2013 16:45 GMT

Thanks, il search around for a fix for Thief 2 and see if I find any improvement

Epishade

United States2267 Posts

July 20 2013 17:08 GMT

Sounds like a FOV problem like Erik said. I've heard of that giving people headaches before.

r.Evo

Germany14081 Posts

July 20 2013 17:14 GMT

Headbob and/or FOV, pretty sure. Absolute worst case what helped for my gf in games where it wasn't adjustable easily was changing the distance to the monitor.

beef42

Denmark1037 Posts

July 20 2013 19:56 GMT

IIRC Deus Ex has a console you can type things into to make the bobbing stop.

UniversalSnip

9871 Posts

July 20 2013 20:26 GMT

I really hate headbob, I always turn it off if it's present.

Low FOV also often makes people feel sick. I really doubt the blockiness is responsible.

PassiveAce

United States18076 Posts

July 20 2013 20:31 GMT

headbob in modern games doesnt bother me at all though, its really odd.

thOr6136

Slovenia1775 Posts

July 20 2013 21:09 GMT

I get motion sick while playing those games too. It's really bad in fallout 3, a bit less in deus ex. Sucks so hard

a176

Canada6688 Posts

July 20 2013 21:14 GMT

#10

also get fps limiter

Lysteria

France2280 Posts

July 21 2013 00:25 GMT

#11

Don't know about that, but I've the same problems.
I can't play Dark Force (the first one) more than 10 minutes, Half-Life became hard too, and they aren't the only ones.

iTzSnypah

United States1738 Posts

July 21 2013 00:58 GMT

#12

I thought you were talking about the clunky controls in old fps when I read the title. A few days ago I popped GoldenEye in my N64 for the first time in forever and I was like WTF are these controls. I only played for a few minutes before the extremely bad controls made me rage quit.