I was looking at the Best Buy video that someone has posted here already. The game looks great. I love how we have all this colour. This is what I always wanted more colour so now it's like the opposite of Fallout 3, instead of drab colours now we have vibrant colours. I am a bit worried now that I may not play this game, or if I do, there goes my marathon sessions with it. You know those warnings you get when ever you buy a game about Epilepsy and stuff like that, well I am worried that this game I will have to be cautious with.

I had this problem with Oblivion abit, but thank god it didn't last much and I could play marathon sessions. Samething thing happened again with Fallout 3. I am not shure if it's the game engine or what not, but sometimes I can get light headed or dizzy or even virtigo. Sometimes I can play the game for hours and hours and nothign happens other times, I can only play for 5 minutes and then I have to stop. Now seeing all those beautiful colours, I am worried. I guess I will just have to limit myself to the game which will be sad.

I know some of the things I have to do, not play when tired, lots of light no playing in the dark, play far away, but I can't rememeber them all. So I want to see if there are other people like me. If so, what do you guys do to prepare before a game. What other stuff can I do that I may have forgotten.

Thanks for your time reading this.

Have you seen a physician about this? That would be my first suggestion. Perhaps you have something treatable going on. Best wishes and good health.

He probably has.

So your epeleptic or something?

Im sure if you play in a bright room, turn down the brightness of your TV and sit at an ok distance is fine

Barring Epilepsy symptoms... This is often what is called "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulator_sickness#Simulation_sickness", and is thought by some to involve a disconnect with what the mind sees & feels. (the game shows first person movement, but the inner ear doesn't feel it.)

I get this with RoTT, Battlefield 1942, and a few other titles. (I've heard that "screen bob" might effect this as well).

Doctor says I have no epilepsy. All they said, do not play as long and nothing to be worried about. I guess I need a seizure sadly before anything can be done.

Vibrant colors?
You could always turn the colors off and play in black and white. (Or just decrease the colors a bit.)
I don't know what the button on the TV remote is called... Is it "contrast" I'm thinking of?

Don't be sad that you don't have epilepsy first of all.

Second, I would also try to maintain a 3rd person camera in game, and check on the settings for FO3/NV to see if you can dull red or green or w/e so it's less intense.

Thanks for the link. Nice to know I am not alone . One movie I coudln't watch, and the link explained it was The Blair Witch Project. I spent most of the time in the washroom trying to vomit. Now I see why. I just hope it dosn't happen with F:NV.

So anyone have this? Is there anything to try and limit this? Again, not playing in the dark, sitting far apart from the TV. What about eating? Excersices to try out? I am curious what can be done to limit this.

Can't you just reduce the saturation on your TV?

Oh, and I get slight simulator sickness if I play FPS games for a long while (happens more on TV than if I use my PC or laptop). Usually happens when I'm arranging stuff in Fallout 3.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. has really pronounced head bob. I almost fell out of my chair once. It was making my eyes hurt, so I had to take breaks every few minutes. I no longer have this problem because of mods. Thank you, mods.

Looking at the wikipedia page, this seems to be a breed of Travel sickness

You may want to try eating Ginger buscuits/cookies or Ginger Cake, or something with Ginger in it. Ginger is supposed to be good in most folks for travel sickness.

Play in third person
At least it's a temporary solution.

Ah, this was the tv-setting I was out for.

Do you mean the contrast or brightness? Yes I play with it a bit dark, that seems to help me out alot.

I never herd of eating anything with ginger in it. I will give this a try. Thank you for suggesting it. I play 3rd player but not as much. I will keep this in mind as well. Thank you.

This is for eye health and carpal tunnel, but it may help and its a good habit to have. Make sure you have good backlighting, never play in the dark. Every hour take a short break, close your eyes and stretch out your fingers and hands for a couple mins. Then go make a sandwich or something, focus your eyes on something other than a screen for awhile.

Some tips I use to battle these kind of things:
- When you start to feel a bit odd, stop playing, take a little walk outside and take some deep breaths. 5-10 minutes is often enough for me.
- Drink enough fluids. (I prefer mostly water, too many soda's in one sitting makes me feel sick anyway haha.) Keeping hydrated is not just important, it also makes you take a toilet break more often (see tip below).
- Don't stash your desk full of snacks/drinks, force yourself to leave the computer/console every once in a while for a toilet break or to get something to eat or drink. (for me disconnecting my brain from the screen even for a little while works wonders.)

And some normal boring stuff like getting enough sleep, eat/drink healthy and work out a little blahblahblah. I hope some of these tips help extending your game fun.

You have motion sickness, i get it on certain FPS games lots of people suffer from this. i read the japanese guy who made metal gear solid suffers with it and he cant play lots of games so your not alone. just try 3rd person mode.

Tbh, I get light headed sometimes when I play games, and I get other bad stuff happening to me as well while gaming, but I never seem to be bothered in the end :V

Another thing that helps is keeping is keeping the graphic detail lower than optimal to keep the framerate smooth.

I don't get simulator sickness often (FO3, and gamebryo games in general don't cause it for me) but on those few games that cause it I can ameliorate it to a large degree by making sure the framerate is high and happy, because even if you don't consciously notice it, the input lag from a lower framerate makes it worse.

What you could do is go into options and turn the brightness down and the colors to a netural color setting, one thats easier on your eyes. You could try wearing Sunglasses if that doesn't work

As other have suggested, eating foods with ginger and drinking plenty of fluids are excellent remedies for any ailment. If you are indeed suffering from motion sickness, your fluid of choice should be alcohol, which is a mild sedative that can help alleviate your symptoms. My suggestion is to warm plenty of vodka or preferably gin in the microwave and pour it over lemon peel and several large pieces of sliced ginger. Allow it to steep overnight or at least two minutes. Now when playing FONV, you need to have some rules to ensure proper dosage. You must consume one two-ounce shot whenever one of the following occurs: level up, critical hit, win speech challenge, discover new area, find snowglobe, find skill book, complete quest, heal an injured limb, gain a new companion, find a new weapon (or repair an existing one), or need to pause to go to the bathroom. This will also help you get into the spirit of New Vegas and enjoy it more fully.

I only got that from the first version of the Source engine. HL2 was a pain to play at first. Could battle it with enabling an external tool to fix my frame rate, though.

I don't know about you or anyone else here, but I discovered I get headaches whenever I play a game on a huge TV set. Don't ask me why. I discovered this when I played a third person brawler (The Warriors) on a big screen TV with my Xbox, yet for years I've had no problems playing first or third person shooters on a computer monitor.

I'd say you can try and match the lighting in the room to that of the game if things ever get bright or dark.
I'd also say its a great excuse to get DIMMER SWITCHES!!!

Distance could be a factor you don't wanna sit 3 feet away from a 50 inch HD screen