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There are many people who suffer from dizziness while playing video games and have first person shooter as its main natural enemy. Motion sickness (or motion sickness in English) affects many players who want to play shooters and cannot, as this effect takes away the possibility of enjoying titles of this genre and in medical terms is called motion sickness.
We have already talked about it at length in this article, but today we offer you a guide to alleviate the symptoms in the great current benchmark of the genre, which is none other than Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II.
General explanation to prevent motion sickness
Motion sickness is more common in people who already have a previous sensitivity to dizziness and nausea, but can affect any player. To prevent or reduce motion sickness in Call of Duty or any other first-person shooter, it is recommended that you take regular breaks during gameplay, adjust your camera settings, and avoid fast and jerky movements as much as possible.
With this in mind, let’s see the specific adjustments you can make in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II to alleviate the effects and reduce or completely eliminate motion sickness.
Field of view (FOV) and camera movement
From the main menu of the game, press the RB button several times until you access the tab SETTING. Now select the section GRAPHICS. Once inside this list, in the part of post processing effects disable settings motion blur of the world and Gun motion bluras well as the depth of field. This is how we eliminate blurry objects that distress the brain. In the same Charts menu, keep scrolling down to the section See.
This is where you can adjust the Visual field for first and third person perspective. If you experience motion sickness due to the default FOV (field of view), you can increase or decrease this setting for better angle control and less motion sickness. Likewise, you can also reduce the camera movement in first or third person.
Center point and parallax effects
Go back to the tab SETTING from the game menu and now go to INTERFACE. Now go down to the option Central point and activate it. This setting is usually found in the accessibility options of most video games and what allows the player to stay focused on a reference point. It sounds like a trifle, but this helps to focus vision and somehow tricks the brain into always being alert and not “losing” it until dizziness occurs.
In the same section of INTERFACE there is a setting that many people are unaware of and that is essential for those who suffer from motion sickness in Call of Duty or other shooters. This is because most titles don’t have it, but Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II does include it and if you get dizzy, you have to disable it. Scroll down the list to Parallax effects and disable it.
This is a feature that change game menu and produces a 3D effect that allows background images to move more slowly than the ones you see in the foreground. Turning it off will make those 3D menu background effects disappear, which should help prevent unwanted discomfort.
In addition to the settings mentioned here, there are other more classic methods that you surely know, such as deactivating the chromatic aberration and the film grain to obtain a greater sharpness in the objects, or adjust the controller sensitivity to stiffen turns. It will cost you more to move and aim, but once you get used to it at least you will play without discomfort.
These settings to prevent motion sickness in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II are applicable to other first person shooters and games. Always search among its configurations for these and other options that allow you to enjoy them. No one should miss out on a game they want to play.
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