Questing in shadow bringers need a suggestion

Hello so I'm questing in shadows on my tv I have the lowest brightness on both my tv and game account setting I can get Walking through the zone is really making me want to throw up like stomic wise plus I keep having to take a painkiller to get rid of a migrane each day I play. Is there any way I can make it less harsh to play in.

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Originally Posted by LolitaBansheeMeru

Hello so I'm questing in shadows on my tv I have the lowest brightness on both my tv and game account setting I can get Walking through the zone is really making me want to throw up like stomic wise plus I keep having to take a painkiller to get rid of a migrane each day I play. Is there any way I can make it less harsh to play in.

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Greatly raise the brightness so you can actually see so you don't overtax your eyes and brain?

The contrast and gamma settings in the game's Config menu does nothing to tone down the First's glare?

Unfortunately the 'Everlasting Light' effect in the First isn't very easy on the eyes, and it reaches truly critical proportions in a certain dungeon around level 78 which is basically 'heaven on steroids' - I had to keep looking away the glare got that bad.

Luckily as part of the story that garish glare does disappear as you proceed through the storyline and a normal day/night cycle and weather return, but it takes a while.

While this is a light (...no pun intended) spoiler: The light wont stay forever. So to limit your exposure, my suggestion would be to ignore at least all sidequests and other sidecontent in the areas before you bring back the night by following the mainquest.

Unfortunatly this is kinda "working as intended", since they wanted to show how uncomfortable a world floded with light is - I remember reading similiar complains during or shortly after the launch.
The only solutions I could think about - beside adjusting the brightness on your TV as you did already - would be to look into the colorblind modes and see if you can adjust the colors somehow to make it less harsh or, as stupid as this sounds, try playing while wearing sunglasses.

While it certainly wasnt their intention to actually make people sick with all this light, they wanted to show how unpleasent this world is... and sadly for some of us they went a bit to far there, with no real solution I'd be aware off aside from finishing the mainquest in those areas asap and solve the problem The First has to solve your own...

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Originally Posted by Edax

Greatly raise the brightness so you can actually see so you don't overtax your eyes and brain?

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The issue is is too bright, even at 0. I start out like that and dropped it down by 5's. I started with my brightness at 72 and now I flat out at 0 with this game have to raise it back up for all my other games just this one area is extremely bright and hard on you if you have light senstivity.

I guess I'll just have to buy some sun glasses or something then and rush -sigh- I hate rushing zones lol

Is it only Shadowbringers giving you issues like that? Is it in all areas or just specific places? Have you had issues with brightness before?

It sounds like it could be something more serious than (or at least caused by something other than) the game settings.

Also, generic advice - are you getting enough sleep? Light sensitivity (plus headaches and general functionality) is probably going to be worse if you're tired.

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Originally Posted by LolitaBansheeMeru

The issue is is too bright, even at 0. I start out like that and dropped it down by 5's. I started with my brightness at 72 and now I flat out at 0 with this game have to raise it back up for all my other games just this one area is extremely bright and hard on you if you have light senstivity.

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I suffer from chronic migraines and keeping the game too dark with the gamma below 50 would hurt my eyes. If you need special help, you can just wear sunglasses while playing Shadowbringers to further protect your eyes.

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Originally Posted by Iscah

Is it only Shadowbringers giving you issues like that? Is it in all areas or just specific places? Have you had issues with brightness before?

It sounds like it could be something more serious than (or at least caused by something other than) the game settings.

Also, generic advice - are you getting enough sleep? Light sensitivity (plus headaches and general functionality) is probably going to be worse if you're tired.

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just shadowbringers I mean wow has a zone just like it in legion expansion area that did the same thing.

I did use blue light cut glasses while playing the game. It helped, a lot.

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Originally Posted by LolitaBansheeMeru

Hello so I'm questing in shadows on my tv I have the lowest brightness on both my tv and game account setting I can get Walking through the zone is really making me want to throw up like stomic wise plus I keep having to take a painkiller to get rid of a migrane each day I play. Is there any way I can make it less harsh to play in.

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Originally Posted by LolitaBansheeMeru

just shadowbringers I mean wow has a zone just like it in legion expansion area that did the same thing.

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This is far from normal. Seek medical advice if you haven't already.

I have an eye condition which makes me sensitive to light, so I wear tinted glasses with anti-glare on the lenses. But I was diagnosed with this, so don't get some sun glasses and just call it a day. There are a variety of serious issues that have symptoms like you are describing.

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Originally Posted by LolitaBansheeMeru

The issue is is too bright, even at 0. I start out like that and dropped it down by 5's. I started with my brightness at 72 and now I flat out at 0 with this game have to raise it back up for all my other games just this one area is extremely bright and hard on you if you have light senstivity.

I guess I'll just have to buy some sun glasses or something then and rush -sigh- I hate rushing zones lol

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Are you playing in a dark room? Turn on lots of lights in your room and/or open all the window shades. If you're looking at a bright TV in a dim or dark room then that's your problem. Your eyes are trying to non-stop adjust to the bright screen and then dark room.

Lots of good suggestions already but it also helped me to angle the camera toward the ground as much as possible. Never angle up if you can help it - the sky is eye searing in most zones. Kholusia is the worst imo. Maybe even zooming in would help a little bit. Less chance of a camera turn pointing you at a sea of painful light.

Sounds like you need to increase the ambient lighting. Getting a back light for your TV or monitor will make a bigger difference than just about anything else. Failing that you could turn on more lights, use brighter bulbs, or bring in an extra lamps.

I had similar difficulties in early ShB (though less severe than yours) and solved it by turning on every light in the room and adding an LED strip behind my monitor.

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

The contrast and gamma settings in the game's Config menu does nothing to tone down the First's glare?

Unfortunately the 'Everlasting Light' effect in the First isn't very easy on the eyes, and it reaches truly critical proportions in a certain dungeon around level 78 which is basically 'heaven on steroids' - I had to keep looking away the glare got that bad.

Luckily as part of the story that garish glare does disappear as you proceed through the storyline and a normal day/night cycle and weather return, but it takes a while.

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That dungeon is nothing compared to the first time you enter into Pixieland tho. That shit was worse than a whole population of a server casting Holy at the same time

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Originally Posted by lolicon09

That dungeon is nothing compared to the first time you enter into Pixieland tho. That shit was worse than a whole population of a server casting Holy at the same time

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I dunno... I'd say the final section of that dungeon is almost as bad as a RDM lb lol

Okay So I beat a lightwarden and the zone became 100% more standable to walk around in so that is a pretty good solution. As for the health stuff ya i've been seeing a doctor over it last week had a few test done so ya. Long story short my entire life lights have caused me alot of drowsyness and stuff so I tend to put blankets on my windows and stuff but thats all personal issue stuff. However Thank you all for the suggestions.

If you're not too worried about spoilers might be good for you to know that

at one point in the story, the light does come back in the zones... not for very long, and it's rather late in the story, but be aware you might need to make adjustments again when it does

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Originally Posted by Avidria

If you're not too worried about spoilers might be good for you to know that

at one point in the story, the light does come back in the zones... not for very long, and it's rather late in the story, but be aware you might need to make adjustments again when it does

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True, but not long after you do go to a zone as part of the story that is the complete opposite, that is very dark, and soothingly so (

I admit I really like The Tempest for that reason, not just because Asciantown is so cool

;)). And it should go without saying finishing the story in that zone will banish the annoying glare again from all the zones, this time for good, so don't despair! :)