Warp Screen needs to have Motion Sickness Option

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  1. Slingblades

    Slingblades Lieutenant

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    I personally know someone that loves playing Empyrion however the warp screen does not work for them. They get motion sickness and that screen makes her puke. I could also seen it being an issue with people that have epilepsy or other medical conditions. My suggestion is to add and option to change the warp screen back to the static screen that was there before, in the options menu. I have seen a lot of games that have stuff in them that would cause these issues and have options for disabling it.
     
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  2. tachyon

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    What games are those? I have never seen such options. Usually there is a warning that a game might induce epilepsy.
     
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  3. Alhira_K

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    Minecrafts view bobbing is making me nauseous, the same with the portal effect (though that was avoidable, just had to look away from the screen for a few seconds) and some got nauseous from one of the potion effects, which is the reason why they made changes to it recently.
    In some other space game the reworked camera didn´t go well with a lot of people either but thankfully the options to change were there from the beginning.
     
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    I can think of two solutions here. The first is called "Dramamine", an over-the-counter medication specifically for those who suffer motion-sickness. It is quite inexpensive and effective in most cases. As with all medications, consult with your health care provider first.

    The other, simpler, completely free, and 100% effective method is called "Don't Look". You close your eyes, or turn your head away from the screen for the few inactive seconds it takes to complete a warp jump.

    I'm not unsympathetic, but at the same time, I don't support changing the world for something like this, when there are already means of addressing this available.
     
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  5. Cpt_Beefheart

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    Aside from this issue, while the new warp screen is probably nice for some, there is a disconnect between it and the introduction of the galaxy system. Every star visible in space is now one you can visit, until you warp 1 AU, 30LY, it doesn't matter, all these same arbitrary fake stars are zipping by.
     
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    Seeing as how it is little more than a fancy loading screen, one that has had more than enough time and energy pumped into it already, I don't have a problem with it. Also, seeing as how no one has ever traveled at warp velocity, we cannot possibly know what the visuals of that kind of acceleration really are. For all we know, it could appear that all the stars in the universe become maroon dancing elephants in mauve tutus at warp speed. Personally, I'm inclined to think, since we'd be moving at a velocity that exceeds the speed of thought itself, everything would just fade to black, since our minds would not be able to process what we're seeing, the brain would then likely "freak out" at the sudden loss of sensory input, and make things up to fill in the gaps, much in the same way it does during sensory deprivation or when we find shapes in clouds, but that doesn't really make for good entertainment, so.. here's a visual effect instead.
     
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