Motion sickness: Third person mode an option?

  • Hi,

    Does anyone know if Rare is planning on adding a third person mode/servers? I know someone who wants to play but they get very sick very quickly in first person mode due to motion sickness. This is not unique to Sea of Thieves but any game in first person. They unfortunately can exclusively play games that are not in first person.

    So does anyone know if third person mode/servers will be a thing? Or are there no plans for this.

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  • @dash-lee-rowan said in Motion sickness: Third person mode an option?:

    Hi,

    Does anyone know if Rare is planning on adding a third person mode/servers? I know someone who wants to play but they get very sick very quickly in first person mode due to motion sickness. This is not unique to Sea of Thieves but any game in first person. They unfortunately can exclusively play games that are not in first person.

    So does anyone know if third person mode/servers will be a thing? Or are there no plans for this.

    No plans

  • @rattlyfob o.k. thanks

  • You can play the game with the FOV slider all the way up and on a big screen TV from far away to reduce motion sickness. Also never play on a sloop, just galleons from here on out.

  • I get motion sickness too, but after about a week of playing, it has pretty much gone away.
    I can only suggest you bite the apple and play, and continue playing until you get sick, then stop, take a small break, then keep going. Eventually you will get used to it, like I did, and can enjoy the game without getting sick. But that first week is a nightmare =P

  • Yeah I felt a little motion sick when I started playing but it went away within a few days as I got used to it. Just goes to show the incredible water affects they have created for this game.

  • @dash-lee-rowan I hope there aren’t

  • @j-train13x why?

  • @dash-lee-rowan because it would break the game in ways

  • @gloog said in 3rd Person View not an option?!?!?!:

    Please no 3rd person - I cringe at the idea of blunderbus peaking. At least not one that allows movement.

    @gloog said in 3rd Person View not an option?!?!?!:

    @makemeuhsamich said in 3rd Person View not an option?!?!?!:

    @gloog said in 3rd Person View not an option?!?!?!:

    Please no 3rd person - I cringe at the idea of blunderbus peaking. At least not one that allows movement.

    Hi, I’m new to the game and don’t understand what you mean. How is a 3rd person toggle option cringeworthy?

    A skilled player will toggle it during combat. Standing behind a mast unseen, for example, and using third person to pop out at the right momemt. It hurts 1st person players, console players, and damages pvp.

    This will further widen console v PC debates as well as hurting more casual players.

  • @gloog Those are fair points. Would it then be preferable to have the possibility of joining either a dedicated third or first person server so that a person could not switch between the two perspectives?

  • There will never be separate servers for anything, not for Xbox/PC, not for PvP/PvE and also not for 1st/3rd person view.

    Maybe they increase the FOV slider's range. I heard that 110 FOV will reduce motion sickness significantly.

  • Doubt there will be 3rd person because of balance issues etc. But what i'd like to see is an increased field of view slider. It's currently at 90, which isn't enough. I have a friend who can't play because of the limited field of view in this game.

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