Camera/Character is shaking

[Xophious]

Hello everyone!

We apologize for the trouble and annoyance the camera shake has been causing you all. We will gladly forward this concern to be looked into more thoroughly however, we will need more information before it can be investigated.

Draven, could you please fill out the following information?
________________________________
Platform:
ISP:
Type of Internet Connection:
Internet Connection Speed:
Date & Time:
Frequency:
Character Name:
Race:
World:
Class/Skill Rank:
Physical Level:
Area and Coordinates:
Party or Solo:
NPC Name:
Monster Name:
In-Game Time:
Steps:
1.
2.
3.
<*Add more steps if necessary.>
________________________________

Thank you!

- Xophious

[SmokeyTheSequel]

Platform: PC
ISP: Newwave Communications
Type of Internet Connection: Wired/ethernet
Internet Connection Speed: 10MB
Date & Time: Anytime I am logged in and walking/running
Frequency: Constant
Character Name: Smokey Thesequel
Race: Lallafel
World: Fabul
Class/Skill Rank: Fisherman/17
Physical Level: 23
Area and Coordinates: All
Party or Solo: Both
NPC Name: N/A
Monster Name: N/A
In-Game Time: ALL
Steps:
1. Walk up/down an incline or even terrain. Character name, character, camera shakes/vibrates violently. If I stop moving, everything is fine. It only happens when my character is in motion.
2. Ramp leading to entrance/exit of Limsa Lominsa.
3. Extremely Frequent around Ul'dai.
4. I have tried EVERY graphical setting from very low to very high.
5. I have tried EVERY camera option.

[TheRac25]

i get this almost anywhere its not totaly flat, in first person its the world that jerks, in 3rd its charactor.
and no i wont fill out your irrelavant form.

[Xquiel]

Agree with the thread, and also I don't like when the character appears to be flying in the ground in the stairs and hills

[Suirieko]

I did experience the shaking camera issue, but this mostly happens in Limsa Lominsa region, however, I don't remember experiencing this issue recently though, so I thought they fixed this through a recent patch update.

[Zozef]

Happens to me as well. Only on "downhill" grades though. (So if outdoors which is very uneven, it's pretty much constant.) Last patch fixed the name bouncing but the character still does.

I've found that if you limit your FPS via FRAPS or any other method to about 30, it stops or becomes hardly noticeable. (But why play like this?) Based on my research I've come to the conclusion the problem plagues higher-end systems, as people with mediocre ones don't experience it. (Which relates into limiting the FPS)

Running on HD5850, Intel i5-750, Win 7 x64

Screen tearing is another thing, Had to use D3DOverrider to force on V-sync since it's not built in... but like I said that's another thing lol.

[Hotohori]

All I'm going to say is before they ever mentioned the shaking of names going downhill, I never noticed it much. Now that they said they fixed it, I notice my camera shakes quite violently going downhill. I think I would rather have my name shake subtly instead of feeling as if I was running through an earthquake lol.

[Vanfrano]

I am still having the character shaking/jumping problem as well. I am on Win 7 x64 using an ATI Radeon HD 5830 with a DSL connection.

It happens all the time, in any area as long as my character is walking down. The name is less shaky since the update but the camera and my character are even more now.

I am really hoping this will get fixed as it gets very annoying, although not gamebreaking.

[Draven]

Feel like I'm necroing my own post a little but Ive been gone. Hope this still helps

Platform: PC
ISP: Gyao (Japan)
Type of Internet Connection: Ethernet
Internet Connection Speed: 1 GB
Date & Time: Anytime, anyday
Frequency: Whenever I'm running down a slope or on unever terrain.
Character Name: Draven Pierce
Race: Human
World: Besaid
Class/Skill Rank: Doesnt matter. Happens on every class
Physical Level: Since 1 and still going
Area and Coordinates: Any area with a downslope
Party or Solo: n/a
NPC Name: n/a
Monster Name: n/a
In-Game Time: Anytime

The character and name shake up and down in close-medium camera range while at far camera range, the camera perspective shakes instead.

[Jesi]

Platform: PC
ISP: AT&T
Type of Internet Connection: DSL
Internet Connection Speed: 768
Date & Time: most common on downwards slopes, in any game area
Frequency: everytime
Character Name: Jesimae Citrose
Race: Hyur F
World: Palamecia
Class/Skill Rank: any
Physical Level: any
Area and Coordinates: see below for list of common areas
Party or Solo: either
NPC Name: n/a
Monster Name: n/a
In-Game Time: n/a
Steps:
Walk down an incline or uneven terrain, character name + character + camera (if panned all the way up) would start to shake/vibrate. The camera will stop if you pan it down a bit, but the name & character continue until I get off the incline. If I stop moving while on the incline, everything is fine. It only happens when my character is in motion and traveling downward on a slope.

Comments:
Originally I had this problem early on, either during the beta or launch, then it was resolved by one of the patches and I was fine for a very long time. Then after one of the patches earlier this year this issue resurfaced and was very bad. The "fix" for it that was mentioned in one of the more recent patches did reduce the shaking/vibration a by a little, but the problem is still here.

Areas this commonly happens to me:
1. Ramp leading to entrance of Limsa (ramp by zone line between Limsa and Lower Noscea)
2. Entrance tunnel to Cassiopeia Hollow (ramp leading down)
3. Entrance tunnel to Mun Tuy Cellars (ramp leading down)
4. Steep paths down the cliffs when running to Camp Horizon from Camp Black Brush (steep ramps along the indicated path)
5. pretty much anywhere that has a slightly steep downward slope