Sick from playing quake?

dlschuch

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Hello,
I played quake constantly in the 90's. Never ONCE got sick.
Just for the hell of it, I went on EBAY and found the original quake. It was identical to the one I had in 1996. After playing it up to the third level, I started to vomit :eek: . I don't know what I am going to do, because it is making me hellasick. Especially in the areas where I have to swim and rise :bounce: to keep from drowning. I actually feel like I am gulping water :pt1cable: when it makes that "blub blub" sound. I hate to medicate to be able to play. There must be something a person can do.
 

casualcolors

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Could be the result of simulator sickness. These things change as we get older man.

Part of it could have to do with the difference between playing on a CRT in 1996 and playing presumably on an LCD now. LCD's have some measure of ghosting, where CRT's really didn't have any. Also try widening your FOV. A narrow FOV will make things around the peripheral of the screen exit the screen faster and give you the illusion of faster movement.

Good luck. I wouldn't recommend bothering with any medications though. If adjusting your FOV doesn't help, it might just be a sign that it's time to move on from Quake.