Arma (Arma 3 and Arma Reforger) Motion Sickness: Why It Happens & What Helps

Two generations of Arma share the same complaint: a head bob slider that will not go to zero. Arma 3's gameplay slider leaves residual bob at minimum, and players report it returns in full when you lower your weapon. Reforger repeats the pattern with an intensity slider in Gameplay > General and no complete off switch, which a workshop mod fixes. Arma 3 also has no in-game field of view setting at all; that lives in a config file. Checked September 2026.

PC (Arma 3); PC, PlayStation, Xbox (Reforger) · first- and third-person · Partial settings · Player-reported motion-sickness risk: commonly reported by motion-sensitive players.

Reported risk — Arma (Arma 3 and Arma Reforger)

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Key facts

Arma (Arma 3 and Arma Reforger) runs on PC (Arma 3); PC, PlayStation, Xbox (Reforger).
The camera is first- and third-person.
Player reports place it in the moderate band for motion sickness.
The game ships some comfort settings, but not a full set.
3 specific settings are listed on this page, starting with Head bob (Arma 3).

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Why Arma (Arma 3 and Arma Reforger) can trigger motion sickness

Milsims simulate a soldier's body, not a floating camera, so the head moves the way a laden head moves: bobbing on the march, swaying with stance, settling differently when the weapon comes down. That fidelity is the trigger. Bohemia has twice shipped a reducer rather than a remover, and both times the community finished the job, with config knowledge in Arma 3 and a workshop mod in Reforger. The FOV situation is the same philosophy: Arma 3 expects you to edit fovTop and fovLeft in your profile file, a route documented for a decade in forum guides.

Head bob that persists at the slider minimum in both generations
Bob returning in full when the weapon is lowered in Arma 3, per player reports
A fixed default field of view with no in-game slider in Arma 3
Long patrols where mild sway accumulates over hours

Comfort settings in Arma (Arma 3 and Arma Reforger)

Arma (Arma 3 and Arma Reforger) ships some comfort settings, but not a full set.

Setting	Where	Recommendation
Head bob (Arma 3)	Gameplay settings	Slider to minimum. Players report residual bob remains and returns fully with the weapon lowered, so expect reduction, not removal
Head bob intensity (Reforger)	Gameplay > General	Minimum. Vanilla has no complete off; a workshop mod zeroes it for players who need that
Field of view (Arma 3)	Not in the menus; fovTop and fovLeft in your .Arma3Profile file	The community-documented config edit, adjustable roughly between 70 and 120. Note it changes how scope magnification reads

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What helps beyond the settings

Set the bob sliders and the config FOV before a long operation, not mid-patrol
March with the weapon raised in Arma 3 if lowered-weapon bob is your trigger, odd as that sounds
Ride vehicles between objectives when queasy; the vehicle camera moves less than marching
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Frequently asked questions

Can you disable head bob entirely in Arma 3?

Not in the vanilla menus. The gameplay slider reduces it, and players report residual bob at minimum that returns in full when the weapon is lowered. The complaint thread on Bohemia's forums is one of the series' longest-running. Mods close the gap for players who need zero, which is the same resolution Reforger later repeated.

How do you change the field of view in Arma 3?

Through the profile file, because there is no in-game FOV setting: edit the fovTop and fovLeft values in your .Arma3Profile, a route community guides have documented for a decade, workable roughly between 70 and 120. Two caveats: compute matched values for your aspect ratio, and expect scope magnification to read differently after the change.

Is Arma Reforger any better for motion sickness than Arma 3?

Slightly, in that its head bob intensity slider lives in a clearer place, Gameplay > General. The pattern is otherwise the same: reduction without a full off switch, and a workshop mod that zeroes it. If bob is your trigger, plan on the slider plus the mod in Reforger, and the slider plus config culture in Arma 3.

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Based on publicly reported player experiences and each game's documented settings, as of September 2026. Settings menus change with updates, so check your version. Game names are trademarks of their respective owners; Dizzout is not affiliated with or endorsed by them. Motion-sickness sensitivity varies by person, so this is informational, not a game review or a substitute for a doctor's advice.