Comment on Half-Life 2 peaks at 52,000 concurrent players, 20 years after its release

lowleveldata@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• blind3rdeye@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I was totally fine playing HL1, and HL2, and HL2 episode 1… but I never finished episode 2 because of motion sickness. The problem isn’t really with episode 2 though. The problem is just that I got old, and now I get motion sickness from FPS games that didn’t affect me before.

  But I do know that not every FPS makes me sick. I think mouse-look smoothing helps. I’m not certain what else, but I’d try messing with the field-of-view angle and stuff like that.

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  • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I thought it was just me! I played every HL game as a teen. Now 20 years later, my old eyes seem to struggle a bit.

    And yeah, changing FoV is what solved it for me.

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• WereCat@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Have you tried increasing FOV?

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• someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  1 or 2?

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  • lowleveldata@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    couldn’t get pass 1

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    • fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Pick up Black Mesa or see if there is a demo. It’s a fan-made remake made recently that might be easier on your eyes. Additionally, you can open up the developer console and enter:

      sv_friction 6
      

      This the movement friction from the default of 4 to 6 to make the game less slidey.

      The motion in HL1 is quite odd as you somewhat slide around rather than walk. It was quite normal back in the old days of Quake but if you’ve played mostly modern shooters, I can totally get how odd (and potentially motion sickness inducing) it is.

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      • SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Oh that would be nice in left 4 dead

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• UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m the same with 1. I’d recommend trying out Black Mesa, it might be the best game remake ever made.

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