Dawntrail Graphics Update - Eye Strain

[gllt]

Bump, haven't had eye problems playing any other games.
I don't want to have to wait on external tools to try and play the game I paid for.. but I have more faith in a random kind soul than Square at this point lol

[Windfire]

On pc here & NOTHING I do helps with the eye strain, have fiddled with game settings and monitor settings. If they insist on keeping it as-is I have no choice but to drop my sub as I will not pay for a game I can't play for more then like half an hour. (for the record, I used to be able to play for...inordinate amounts of time before the graphic "update")

[gllt]

I've always looked up to the devs for making the game very accessible for someone like me who prefers a controller because of my disabilities but knowing I might have to quit playing entirely really hurts after all the time and emotional investment I've put into the game

[Wind-Krysvein]

Seiken Bumputsu 3: Trials of Bump

[Wind-Krysvein]

TRUUUUUST IIIIIIN MYYY
SELF-RIGHTEOUS bump

[Avu]

Just wanted to add that I felt it for the first time today.
Maybe my eyes right now are just tired, since different from most people here I didn't have it right away; but after playing like 2 hours, stopping for 2+, then playing for 2 more hours, I noticed how weird my eyes felt. Maybe doing Vanguard helped me, since it's so bright there.

[RevaC]

Even with all of the tinkering you could allegedly do I can't get this thing to a 100% pain free spot. It's incredibly disheartening. If we don't hear anything substantial by the time this thread gets to 50 pages I'm dropping my sub. At least Endwalker was a good jumping-off point though.

TRUUUUUST IIIIIIN MYYY
SELF-RIGHTEOUS bump

The true warrior of light fights for us all

[BunnyQueen]

I can't play this now without my eyes hurting after 15 min, after 2 hours I gotta lay down and rest my eyes because of the pain.

[Ishamaru]

I've been struggling with this severely throughout Dawntrail's MSQ too. Everything is just very flashy and there's a lot of eyestrain and photosensitivity related issues this time around. I deal with migraines and seizures, and I've had to permanently leave the Battle Effect settings on "Show Limited" because of this. Viper and Pictomancer are way too intense. Several of the areas are just way too flashy and full of eye straining effects, especially the Dawntrail zones.

Many of the dungeons, especially if they have moving effects or strong bloom or visual effects, cause so much eye strain that I've had to look away or just... stop playing. I've had to run a few Dawntrail dungeons with Duty Support so that I could go at my own pace too because I have no idea when a boss battle is going to leave me unable to continue.

Has anyone had issues with the final trial to Dawntrail specifically, however? It's so bad it delayed me finishing the MSQ for a week. I couldn't complete it the first time because it left me with a severe migraine, and had to abandon the group I was in because I was afraid of it getting worse. I was eventually able to complete it thanks to some suggestions to minimalize the visual impact (playing in a window with all the brightness settings at the lowest, and using the Windows Night Light feature), and the aid of a full group giving me a danger dorito so I could avoid looking at certain screen effects. But it still left me with a pretty bad headache.

If there isn't a way to reduce the battle effects and deal with the eyestrain, I'm probably going to have to significantly reduce how much I play FFXIV or stop altogether. Which sucks, but I don't really know what else to do at this point. :\

[DaveFishnomer]

I've been struggling with this severely throughout Dawntrail's MSQ too. Everything is just very flashy and there's a lot of eyestrain and photosensitivity related issues this time around. I deal with migraines and seizures, and I've had to permanently leave the Battle Effect settings on "Show Limited" because of this. Viper and Pictomancer are way too intense. Several of the areas are just way too flashy and full of eye straining effects, especially the Dawntrail zones.

Many of the dungeons, especially if they have moving effects or strong bloom or visual effects, cause so much eye strain that I've had to look away or just... stop playing. I've had to run a few Dawntrail dungeons with Duty Support so that I could go at my own pace too because I have no idea when a boss battle is going to leave me unable to continue.

Has anyone had issues with the final trial to Dawntrail specifically, however? It's so bad it delayed me finishing the MSQ for a week. I couldn't complete it the first time because it left me with a severe migraine, and had to abandon the group I was in because I was afraid of it getting worse. I was eventually able to complete it thanks to some suggestions to minimalize the visual impact (playing in a window with all the brightness settings at the lowest, and using the Windows Night Light feature), and the aid of a full group giving me a danger dorito so I could avoid looking at certain screen effects. But it still left me with a pretty bad headache.

If there isn't a way to reduce the battle effects and deal with the eyestrain, I'm probably going to have to significantly reduce how much I play FFXIV or stop altogether. Which sucks, but I don't really know what else to do at this point. :\

There are ways to reduce battle effects, I dont know that will help with eyestrain, but there are ways.