As the title already says, these effects NEED TO BE REMOVED and completely overhauled before one should even consider readding them.
Why?
Because they’re currently a literal health hazard for anyone suffering from epileptic episodes/seizures, literally flashbanging you at insert rate of fire here times per second.
Some examples
DO NOT WATCH THESE IF YOU ARE EPILEPTIC OR SENSITIVE TO FLASHING LIGHTS!!!
THIRD PERSON CAMERA (MAIN GUNS)
Spoiler: Using a online tool to analyze hazards within this clip
DO NOT WATCH THESE IF YOU ARE EPILEPTIC OR SENSITIVE TO FLASHING LIGHTS!!!
Like geniuenly, are they trying to kill someone?!
I wasnt a big fan of these effects on DEV, since they were already way too excessive for me despite using minimum effect and bloom quality, yet now, even on ULQ, they’re a literal health-hazard for certain people and are extremely uncomfortable to look at for even short periods of time for me.
Basically on par with accidentely looking into the sun.
Also a reminder that this game DOES NOT currently have a constantly reappearing (i.e. at every launch) epilepsy warning!!
I don’t think war thunder is a game for epileptic people, period.
adding an accessibility option would only allow people who have it on to be able to see more while firing, like having grass/foliage turned down all the way.
There is no disclaimer for this while starting the game. Your personal opinion does not matter in that case.
I intentionally used ULQ to demonstrate how absurd the effect is. In fact, it’s even worse if I use my regular settings and incredibly discomforting in either case and i am not epileptic!
It’s a war game. Things go boom, which means flashes. Clearly not meant to be played regularly if you are prone to seizures. It doesn’t take a genius to figure that out
I agree with this post, I know a friend that plays, can’t handle bright flashes. It’s not fair to those people that, don’t have a choice, and a lighting options, or warning or both should be added to the game. The health and safety of the, players should come before anything else, and not compromised by people’s immersion.
That’s your friend, not many people have that access to that type of care. To everyone saying this is a bad take, that it doesn’t matter, it does. This is a problem, cause when you got the game, the brightest flash was the nukes, which is, and will be a danger. You don’t need constant flashing to set off, epilepsy, or seizures. The constant flashing, just adds a greater chance. We don’t decide what buffs, or debuffs we are born with, but the fun we have shouldn’t be regulated cause, a game decided to add a future, that could cause people to, quit the game due to what it could cause to happen. Gaming should be, safe for everyone to enjoy.
Gaming is safe for everyone to enjoy.
Flashing lights are in most video games.
It’s why the warnings exist, & why medications were invented to deal with other situations.
Toning it down can, should, & already probably a setting for players regardless, as stated in my previous post.
@Grossaaaa
My statement was about his gaming habits as a whole.
War Thunder isn’t the only game.
Yes bad for people epilepsy but nuclear escalation has been like this on a much larger scale for months so I think its unsafe for anyone with epilepsy to play this an option to help them would only give them a disadvantage in game
