Dawntrail Graphics Update - Eye Strain

[Sinstrel]

Wow, I wasn't going insane afterall. Bumping this post to show my full support and to document what worked for me. I ended up having to massively adjust my graphical settings to reduce the eye strain although it still occurs to a lesser degree than before. I was getting severe migraines within 15 minutes of playing FFXIV, and only FFXIV. As soon as I cut the game off and played something else I could immediately feel the relief in my eyes, literally.

I got the idea to take screenshots of all of the graphical settings in the game and feed them into ChatGPT. I then gave it my GPU and monitor specs then prompted it to play the role of an opthalmologist with extensive knowledge in graphical/UI design for gaming. I told it that my screenshots are from XIV and explained that it was an MMO which requires me to track a lot of things at once visually, and asked it to change all of my settings to what would produce the least amount of eye strain.

Voila. Reduced eye strain but not completely gone. There is definitely something going on with XIV's graphics and to be quite frank, I've always had eye strain with XIV even before the graphical update. However, the graphical update certainly exacerbated the problem. Please look into this Yoshi P/SquareEnix!!!

[Windfire]

Bippity-bump to the front!

[faiarrow]

JP players recently have been discussing the eye strain issue in their GFX feedback thread as well. It's definitely affecting a lot of people - keep fighting.

I start bursting blood vessels in my eyes because of the forced blur on camera movement in the BG after about 2hrs of play. Being PS5 my graphics options are zero, not that they have an option that fixes that issue as is right now, but it's an absolutely poor accessibility showing from a company that already has had an awful accessibility history for XIV.

For the first time in 10 years I've had to turn off party battle effects and have just my own because it's just a nightmare otherwise trying to pay attention to anything in the arena.

[Rueby]

The third area is a bloom nightmare, a pity because I would've really enjoyed its aesthetic. Glow on certain plants is way too overstated (the extra purple-y ones) that remind me of those purple circles where if you go near enemies spawn for quests



I keep expecting something to pop out of the bush to ambush me...

Edited : I removed the stuff about the solo duty NPCs showing all effects as I found a setting for Others excl PvP, which I'm guessing is NPCs... (Or I'm hoping) otherwise I'd complain that I can't see shit during solo duties with more than 2 NPCs popping off.

[Sui-Kune]

Here to show my support as well.

I already have poor eyesight from being on and off a medication that causes a change in eye pressure, and gods the forced bloom is awful. It fatigues my eyesight (and cognitive function) horribly, so I can't play nearly as long as I used to. And this is with being further away from the screen (console player using my TV)! I can only imagine how horrid it is sitting right near the screen as a PC user.

[Anarnee]

Just came back to give this a bump. I'm taking a sabbatical in a pet game and the support in that game has been leaps and bounds better.

It's not exactly engaging, but at least it's not making me sick. I cannot express how disappointed I am with XIV right now.

[eohippus]

moved in to a new place and my couch is way closer to the TV now. the graphics things that were tolerable from a further distance are NOT great now that I have to sit closer, especially the motion blur in the background. really don't know why they implemented that.

[noumen0nn]

While I myself am not suffering from eye strain, I agree that bloom/glare is WAY overtuned right now. Characters with pale skin quite literally glow in direct sunlight, to the point where you can't make out facial features. The shoddy anti aliasing doesn't help either.

[MiaBlaze-Cari]

Well gonna bump this even tho I doubt SE will do anything at this point given their absolute radio silence on this specific topic...

[TransgressorPterodactyl]

Hard to believe it's been almost 3 months. Getting some high expectations for 7.1 and to a lesser extent, the up-coming live letter.

What do you figure the chances of being disappointed are