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Flashlight clicking is a risk to Photosensitive Epileptic players

Pyrulen Pyrulen
in Feedback and Suggestions

This is a 2 part request/suggestion.

First I want to inform the playerbase that flashlight clicking is more than a toxic mindgame, it is a serious risk for users or spectators who are sensitive to flashing lights, potentially causing seizures leading to harm or worse. Consider what kind of harm you could be causing to real life, and disable those clicking macros.

The second part of this is a call to action for BHVR to implement a 0.5 second cooldown in between flashlight clicks in order to meet safety requirements for photosensitive epilepsy:

Photosensitive epilepsy triggers:

– Any sequence of flashing* images that lasts for more than 5 seconds

– More than three flashes* in a single second, covering 25%+ of the screen

– Moving** repeated patterns*** or uniform text****, covering 25%+ of the screen

– Static repeated patterns*** or uniform text****, covering 40%+ of the screen

I would also like to point out that Dead by Daylight does not present a warning for Photosensitive Epilepsy on launch or in the EULA, which creates a risk of legal liability when posts like this are made public and met with inaction. Please add a warning, along with the functional cooldown of flashlights mentioned above, as these are very real health risks to many players/spectators.

This isn't a demand, or a threat, this is a genuine plead for assistance in helping to minimize the health risk for players and spectators of the game.

I don't recall any official statement being made regarding Flashlight rapid click macro use by the dev team, but the problem is still very present in the latest PTB from today.

Thanks,

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  • Liam282 Liam282

    Strategy or not, if you break it to its simplest form, it should not exist in the game as its clearly an unintended glitch that was VERY low on the developer's priority list. You'll adjust and get past it, if it helps people that's a bonus.

  • DBDVulture DBDVulture

    @Pyrulen said:

    This is a 2 part request/suggestion.

    First I want to inform the playerbase that flashlight clicking is more than a toxic mindgame, it is a serious risk for users or spectators who are sensitive to flashing lights, potentially causing seizures leading to harm or worse. Consider what kind of harm you could be causing to real life, and disable those clicking macros.

    The second part of this is a call to action for BHVR to implement a 0.5 second cooldown in between flashlight clicks in order to meet safety requirements for photosensitive epilepsy:

    Photosensitive epilepsy triggers:

    – Any sequence of flashing* images that lasts for more than 5 seconds

    – More than three flashes* in a single second, covering 25%+ of the screen

    – Moving** repeated patterns*** or uniform text****, covering 25%+ of the screen

    – Static repeated patterns*** or uniform text****, covering 40%+ of the screen

    I would also like to point out that Dead by Daylight does not present a warning for Photosensitive Epilepsy on launch or in the EULA, which creates a risk of legal liability when posts like this are made public and met with inaction. Please add a warning, along with the functional cooldown of flashlights mentioned above, as these are very real health risks to many players/spectators.

    This isn't a demand, or a threat, this is a genuine plead for assistance in helping to minimize the health risk for players and spectators of the game.

    I don't recall any official statement being made regarding Flashlight rapid click macro use by the dev team, but the problem is still very present in the latest PTB from today.

    Thanks,

    The only good changes on the PTB right now are the flashlight changes.

    Both the denial of click macros and the removal of click spinning are good for the game balance.

  • BillysWife BillysWife

    Easy fix is to revert the way the flashes beam looks to the 1.9.3 era. Reworking the flashlights from ptb causes substantial difficulty for other disabled players, and affects muscle memory/timing/movement/etc.

    Heres the way beamers used to look, and my personal preference for my photosensitivity:

    https://youtu.be/ZPG9bDIUz24?t=117

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