Amnesia: The Dark Descent

adamknox · 12 Sep 2010 at 22:27

Any one else feeling sick while playing? Ive only got to the second room and had to turn off the demo. I dunno if its my pc or not but it feels VERY sluggish and has given m e really bad motion sickness lol Ive only ever got this once before (aliens on the ps1) Also fps was around 20 in some areas on high settings

guess this compuuter is getting old for running games at high... (ssao on 16)

craptakular · 13 Sep 2010 at 08:11

AMD x4 955 (oc'ed 3.8)+h50 / GA-MA790FXT-UD5P
Sapphire 5870 / Ocz 4Gb 1333 ddr3 ram

20 fps? Something is fudged...

dmcg · 13 Sep 2010 at 08:17

reduce the ssoa res to medium , I had no issues what so ever with a 4890

Neil79 · 13 Sep 2010 at 08:26

Turn off Radial Blur and Trail , i think it's those two options!

p.s With those off i got about 2hrs in then felt sick and had to stop lol

adamknox · 13 Sep 2010 at 08:48

Neil79 said:
Turn off Radial Blur and Trail , i think it's those two options!

p.s With those off i got about 2hrs in then felt sick and had to stop lol

Ty i will! I hope ill be able to get to the 2 hour mark lol!

Calneon · 13 Sep 2010 at 10:42

SSAO on high is a massive fps drain.

Glad I don't feel sick while playing games, must be really horrible

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Eddie · 11 Jan 2011 at 12:21

I've just started playing this game but after just 3 or so minutes I start feeling really ill with motion sickness. I've disabled as much as I can via the in-game options as well as the .cfg files but can't get the camera bob effect to stop.

The last game I experienced motion sickness on was the very first CoD. It's really debilitating, as I'm sat typing this the screen is still swaying from side to side and I feel as if I may actually be sick. It's weird because I don't experience motion sickness in any other activity, only playing the occasional FPS.

Has anyone got any fixes/suggestions?

LeJosh · 11 Jan 2011 at 12:23

Only fix I can suggest is to not play it!

Or reduce the sensitivity of the mouse to low.

Eddie · 11 Jan 2011 at 12:34

It's not mouse movement thats doing it, it's the camera sway from side to side, even when I'm stood still.

LeJosh · 11 Jan 2011 at 12:35

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I havn't noticed this.

mistercrabb · 11 Jan 2011 at 12:48

The Amnesia/Penumbra games do this, it zooms in and out slightly when your character sees scary things too.
And the screen distorts in the dark.

No suggestions sorry, I think it's an intentional part of the game..

Eddie · 11 Jan 2011 at 12:58

mistercrabb said:
The Amnesia/Penumbra games do this, it zooms in and out slightly when your character sees scary things too.
And the screen distorts in the dark.

No suggestions sorry, I think it's an intentional part of the game..

I thought the game was slightly zooming in and out funniily enough, which is probably not helping things.

Ah well thats a shame as it looks like a really great game.

Yet another game sat in my Steam list I'll never play

EdwardTeach · 11 Jan 2011 at 13:06

Yeah made me feel sick. It is the shaky , tilted view and the lurching way you walk around.

I still played it for about 3hrs though!

I have to say, I have not found it particularly scary yet.
And yea I was playing it in a dark room with headphones!

I like the atmosphere though, and the lovecraft esque story.

Souness · 11 Jan 2011 at 15:21

I felt sick for the first 1 minute then either I adjusted or my character's drowsiness wore off. Either way, one could argue that you're meant to feel sick, although it's a level of immersion I'm not sure I want.