So I haven’t played in about 4 years and 4 years ago I used to suffer from migraines pretty badly. Around the same time I quit playing WoW, the migraines went away and I never thought anything of it. A few weeks ago, I started playing again and now the migraines have returned. I tried to figure out what had changed in my life to cause the migraines. After taking a day a couple days off without playing WoW at all, I noticed I wasn’t getting any migraines. Then it hit me that when ever I played other blizzard games such as Warcraft 3, it caused my eyes to turn red and it looked like I was on drugs. So I tried playing WoW again to test the theory out and sure enough, the migraine came back after a few hours of playing.
This is not something that most people seem to have an issue with but for me the colors or something about the game mechanics seem to strain my eyes or brain in such a way that it causes severe migraines. Does anyone else have this issue and if so do you know a way to fix this? Thanks.
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Do you have your spell effects set to low?
Yeah. I have all of the graphics turned down as low as they will go.
Oh, I thought it was going to be because you aren’t allowed to fly. Sorry, can’t help you.
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I can’t play longer than an hour-ish, because the shadows mess with my vision. I used to be able to disable them, but Blizz decided that I shouldn’t be allowed to do that anymore. Because reasons.
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No haha. I picked this name because I regularly skydive as a hobby and my rogue name was taken when I logged in after 4 years.
I would try with things like resolution/text filter/detail/view distance and such set high, and all of the extras like detail/shadows/sunshafts set to low.
High, 16x4, on, 4+ for view/environment, 1 for clutter, everything else low, except for water detail at fair.
Also make sure you have your monitor/screen set to lower brightness. As well as using a higher quality accurate panel. It’s easy to get used to brighter screens. I have most of my screens set fairly dim(it’s not so dim when you get used to it). Most monitors out of the box are like light boxes. Weird color accuracy and such could also mess with your head/eyes I’d imagine.
That is unfortunate that it messed with your vision. I wonder why they took that option away to disable the shadows.
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i had to go buy a Pc monitor that has a blue light filter in it it was a huge improvement also some gunner glasses are helpfull.
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My monitor is set to low brightness. I have a very large monitor though. It’s 64 inches. it’s as big as a tv but I don’t sit close to it at all. I will try the resolution/text filter etc. Thank you.
Dont play too much BFA, its hazardous.
I’m not familiar with the blue light monitors but I’ve heard about gunner glasses. I will look into that. Thank you. If those help, then that will hopefully solve the issue.
What’s the model of the monitor?
It’s an LG monitor. I’m having a hard time finding the particular make of it on the monitor though and I no longer have the box.
I spend a lot of time looking at screens because of work. I think there are some glasses that cancel out blue light(?) or it helps with it.
Something like that my coworkers mentioned it I think.
Maybe you should look into that.
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have you used the same monitor this whole time? Maybe time for an upgrade
This definitely.
Take regular breaks, or sorry to say find new hobbies that dont have things with screens involved.
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Try fiddling with the colorblind settings? I’ve found that the default settings are too saturated, which can lead to eye strain. You can get a more muted output with Protonopia or Deuteronopia settings.
You may also need glasses with the special coating to cut computer screen glare.
Are you sure it’s a monitor and not a TV? I can’t find anything on any LG monitors that size.
Make sure your screen isn’t using PWM to adjust the backlight levels. It can cause ‘flicker.’ Perhaps you’re sensitive to it if your screen is using PWM dimming. Screens without PWM are often advertised as “flicker-free.”
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