Can’t play for the moment without get headache or nausea. Please Fix it or give us a option to disable this hawful effect.
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Still waiting for this to get fixed… Looked like crap on the PTR, reported it on PTR, made threads on it, people even passed my reddit thread on to Joe Piepora, who said he’d pass on the info to the team. Hopefully upcoming client patch will fix it or give us an option to disable.
It’s mind blowing that any developer would think it’s perfectly ok to add any kind of post-processing effect or filter but then not give any options to disable it.
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Patch will be available October 17, 2024:
https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo4/24140808/diablo-iv-patch-notes#2.0.3
New graphics options have been added
Chromatic Aberration Toggle
I’m glad it’s a toggle not just a tuned effect, but it should have been available from the beginning.
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I saw this as well. That’s nice!
While I agree that this should have been an option available from the beginning, it could just have been an oversight. What is important is that they listened to the feedback and are fixing it now.
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Yeah unfortunately most developers don’t understand just how rare Chromatic Aberration in a person actually is and feel the need to have it an “on by default” feature in their games. Not just Blizzard but a lot of developers. Chromatic Aberration happens when a lens(our eye) fails to correctly realign the various light wavelengths that come into them at a certain axis. If you’ve ever been to an eye exam and they’ve had you look at a red and green dot and tell them which one is clearer to you, that’s them testing you for this aberration.
In human eyes the effect is quite uncommon, even among us glasses wearers. When it comes to photography though it’s significantly more common. For those with this eye problem, the Chromatic Aberration option in games helps align these wavelengths properly before they reach your eye, giving you better visual fidelity. For everyone who doesn’t have this issue though, it just makes everything look hazy and results in headaches.
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That was some interesting information. Thank you for that!
I knew it related to lens distortion but was unaware of why it would be helpful in games. I find it strange that so many developers force this if it is only an effect to help a small portion of people.
I suspect some people put it in the games because they like its appearance and are unaware of its uses. In some games, it is far more apparent than in Diablo 4, as if it is a visual design choice, not placed there to help with any eye issues.
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Some games use chromatic aberration to make the UI fit with the atmosphere. Example here being Cyberpunk 2077. It fits really well in a game like that on the UI elements because everything is some techno-neural implant and the chromatic effect is very Bladerunner-y.
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