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It can be harder to control your slide unless you have a power that grants you a higher MovementControl, like Combat Jumping, Super Jumping, Ninja Run, Inertia Reduction (You don't need to be jumping for those powers to have an effect on the slide).
As for your motion sickness.. I don't really have any advice on that. I know there are things you can buy from the pharmacy for that, but I don't want to get into a habit of recommending being medicated just to play a video game... lol
I haven't tried the skiing but I get nauseous from the Shield Defense and Ninja Run idle animations, of all things.
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Most roller coasters make me motion sick, which is sad because I really enjoyed them in my youth.
Oddly enough, I hardly ever get motion sick from a game.
First person perspective games wipes me and my wife out.Which is a shame because I love Medal of Honor alot.
Have you tried scrolling out to the max.Might help...
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You can 'scroll back' past the max allowed by the mousewheel with a command. I forget the actual pull back distance max, so, I just put in a really high number which gets the camera pulled back further:|
Originally Posted by The_Larker
First person perspective games wipes me and my wife out.Which is a shame because I love Medal of Honor alot.
Have you tried scrolling out to the max.Might help... |
/camdist 2000
Also, sitting back farther from the monitor also helps.
On Virtue, I have a toon parked at the top of the advanced slope auto-casting Inertial Reduction (about once every 40 seconds, it's an AoE buff). Look for "Speed Skater." Transfer your toon there and take advantage of having IR every run.
Also, after a few runs, take a break. Get up, walk around, look into the distance out your window.
Also, keep trying for about a half hour every day. Sleeping on it improves muscle memory and performance.
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Yup. Sitting back from the monitor helps. Play in window mode and use a smaller window.
Also make sure you're not playing in a dark room. You need to give your brain some frame of reference that you're not really moving.
I suffer from motion sickness in many first person games, so I've picked up a few tricks over the years to help lessen the issue.
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Motion sickness can happen for a lot of reasons. Your eyes and ears work in concert to judge your position and motion, and when something happens to create a discrepancy between the two inputs, your brain can flip out. |
Originally Posted by Bellen
Normally I am not one prone to motion sickness playing games. But the skiing has caused it twice now. once during the preview the other durring last nights runs.
Both times I followed the same pattern: first could not control my characters slide hardly at all once I felt "in-tune" with my character I gained control of my character and slowly improving my times. just under 54 seconds is my best. finally have to quit because a feeling motion sickness nausea. Any one else have this occur? |
When skiing in coh, you're moving through the world in a way that is only slightly in your control. That means your eyes don't necessarily know where to look as things change. When you're in a normal moving about the game, your brain and eyes can more easily anticipate because you're in charge of your motions. I often can't sit and watch my girlfriend play for extended periods, because when she's in charge of how she moves, my eyes and mind are always being pulled in ways they don't expect, and I get a little queasy.
Another trigger is that in skiing, the higher speeds and sudden turns mean there are quite a few rapid camera shifts. When your eyes report your head is turning fast because of what they see in a fast turn on screen, and your ears are saying "nuh uh, we're not moving" your brain goes "who is right?! check, recheck, check again!"
Ever see someone who tilts their controller or their head or their whole body while playing? This kind of kinesthetic response is your body and mind anticipating the motion onscreen and doing what your body would do if it were really moving. Your insides do the same thing, though you don't often notice that, except that your body is responding, then going back to normal when things report that you were fooled, then responding again the next instant because it's reflexive.
It's part of the same reason people can get ill watching 3D images. The muscles of your eye are trying to adjust focal lengths based on the depth of the illusion, but that throws things out of focus, so they go back to normal because the screen is flat (or curved in iMax) then do the same thing over again by reflex. If it happens long enough, you can get headaches and nausea.
All this all really means is that when skiiing for extended stretches ingame, your mind and body pass your threshold for tolerance, and you tip over into noticeable motion sickness.
Others gave you some good advice, I will also add that if you try to run the courses the same way every time, and smooth out your camera motions and turns because they're habit, then your body will get used to that set of inputs and not overrespond.
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Originally Posted by Zombie Man
You can 'scroll back' past the max allowed by the mousewheel with a command. I forget the actual pull back distance max, so, I just put in a really high number which gets the camera pulled back further:
/camdist 2000 |
The mousewheel only goes as high as "camdist 80", but you can use a slash command to bring it back as far as 120. As soon as you scroll, it snaps back to 80 though.
In base edit mode, you can get it to go back as far as 800 though... according to the wiki:
http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Camdist
Here's my proven method of avoiding motion sickness: Do the ski runs--while actually skiing. That way, your eyes, ears, and "muscle sense" are all in sync, and your brain is perfectly okay with it. VR goggles, a waterproof laptop backpack, and good balance help a lot, too. I've been able to get my time under 20 seconds using this method. Last year, though, I missed a couple of the medals because I broke my leg while getting the silver on the bobsled run. 
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I had not heard about motion sickness until very recently. Then I realized it was what I experienced in some very particular spots in CoX.
- Killing the 100 fake nemesis for the hero accolade (especially on a Super Jump character).
- Turning around in an indoor mission looking for the last glowie or last defeat all mob to kill.
So generally when it involves alot of turning around for more than 10 mins with a travel power (SJ being the worst for me).
The last one is particularly annoying, because it prevents me from finishing solo missions time to time. That's the reason I really can't wait for the new feature they've annouced, the one that will highlight the last objectives of a mission on the map.
For me, the biggest thing which helps me control motion sickness (in games, in while on boats and in cars) is remembering to keep my stomach muscles relaxed. It's the constant tensing in response to perceived movement which makes me feel the worst.
Even that doesn't 100% help while flying a kheldian squid around cave maps, though :-(
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Perhaps it's simply watching a Kheldian squid that's making you sick?
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Even that doesn't 100% help while flying a kheldian squid around cave maps, though :-(
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I rarely get motion-sick anymore. Early 3D used to do it to me. When I got my first TNT card, it came with a copy of Descent. I basically forced myself to play it for a few hours (with intermittent trips to the head to up-chuck a few more toenails).|
Originally Posted by Bellen
Normally I am not one prone to motion sickness playing games. But the skiing has caused it twice now. once during the preview the other durring last nights runs.
Both times I followed the same pattern: first could not control my characters slide hardly at all once I felt "in-tune" with my character I gained control of my character and slowly improving my times. just under 54 seconds is my best. finally have to quit because a feeling motion sickness nausea. Any one else have this occur? |
After that, very little bothered me.
I do notice that low frame rates and/or blurry monitors tend to touch off a bit of queasiness now and again though.
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Normally I am not one prone to motion sickness playing games. But the skiing has caused it twice now. once during the preview the other durring last nights runs.
Both times I followed the same pattern:
first could not control my characters slide hardly at all
once I felt "in-tune" with my character I gained control of my character and slowly improving my times. just under 54 seconds is my best.
finally have to quit because a feeling motion sickness nausea.
Any one else have this occur?