On the /r/ultrawidemasterrace curator, we get many games of the match 3 type. I usually disregard them because I was told not to use the platform to promote games with one- or two-digit player counts. Usually they don't have ultrawide support anyway.
Today I noticed that some of my Steam friends had purchased this otherwise unremarkable game called Mirror 2: Project X. I don't know how i...
Before my previous post, I realized that I barely had the hard drive space needed to download games. As you may know, I try to keep all the games I've ever fixed on my hard drives so that I can verify reports of issues and check whether the tools are still compatible after game updates. I think they are some of the most reliable, but significant code changes still happen. Long story short, I to...
2022-01-18 07:20:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Responding to a request, I was not sure what I would see in the game, given the "hor+" statement next to ultrawide on a certain wiki. The statement was not entirely true.
Although the person who had requested the fix felt that it was an issue with the finisher moves, those scaled properly and did not have their vertical FOV reduced from 16:9. I still had to investigate further and try to ...
2022-01-12 15:16:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Remember how in my end-of-year post I said we were on track to many more fixes to come? This being my fourth day of posting in a row, I think we're off to a wonderful start of the year. Naturally, I will have to slow down, but for now we have what we have. :)
What I like to do whenever there is an increase of attention to a particular game or if I get access to something relevant is look...
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It's been a really hard day, hasn't it? Some hours after I published The Pedestrian solution, there was a request for a solution for Omikron: The Nomad Soul. I got on it and have been ever since. The first proper widescreen solution for the first Quantic Dream game in 22 years? Why, yes! Let's keep making history together :)
All the flair aside, I still...
Here is another case of old research paying off! Back when I spent quite a lot of time on attempting to fix Thronebreaker before I gave up on it to avoid burning out, I had a way to force it to not pillarbox at 21:9 and wider.
Now with The Pedestrian out on Microsoft Store and the file access update still available only to Insiders (accessible but not something most people would do), I h...
The GOG giveaway of today is Iratus: Lost of the Dead and it is another case in point on why some games cannot be forced to properly support wider aspect ratios.
The screenshots I attached feature the first level of the game as it is seen in the game, as well as its unpacked assets that the backgroun...
Sometimes it feels like everything is against you and there is just no luck at all. The path to this solution was one of those cases.
About three days ago there was a request and, as usual, I checked whether I owned the game. It turned out that I did, and so I got on it.
After a ...
2021 was another productive year for me, with many solutions made for the widescreen community! Let's break it down with some highlights!
In January, The Medium was released and its developers began the chain of false claims regarding ultrawide suppor...
2021-12-24 01:02:52 +0000 UTC View Post
I began experimenting with the UI of this game around the time of its release and then had doubts about releasing a UI fix, given the Steam reports of people not even being able to have the game match their resolution, but after multiple sessions of testing, I'm happy with the outcome. At leas...
2021-12-20 03:27:25 +0000 UTC View Post
As soon as the game hit Game Pass, I began downloading it and then looking into it. Later a WSGF user made a request, so I had to speed up the completion of the solution. It is another Unreal Engine 4 game based on a newer build, allowing the changes to be comparably simple, as opposed to injecting ...
2021-12-17 10:23:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Edit: The old fix worked for me all the way through mid spring 2022 or so, but now the game is back to forcefully preventing it from working. There is now an option to switch to 16:9 in the game but it does not affect the menu, so parts of the character may be out of view at 32:9 and wider. I'd say we're better off playing and supporting games like the new Aliens, Back 4 Blood and such.
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I put my relatively recent Unity findings to use again by revisiting my earlier solutions for 8Doors and Black Future '...
2021-12-06 19:32:53 +0000 UTC View Post
The game was released in 2016 and, like other Far Cry games, had its max FOV limited at 21:9 and wider. Surprisingly, even now over 5 years later, PCGW has no notes of this nature and the WSGF report still had it rated gold for 21:9. I slightly updated the report today from "No issues" to "Minor issues" without having played the game to know if it's any worse than that, but the score remained. ...
2021-12-06 02:24:24 +0000 UTC View Post
It all began with a degree of disappointment around the game release, as my request for a game code via /r/ultrawidemasterrace and directly did not bear fruit, while the community was asking for a fix. There is not much I could do then but offer so...
2021-12-04 02:02:19 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I first launched this page and the original entry tier, I think my goal was not to have any posts limited to patrons, and simply offer a way support me. I did not want to hide any of my solutions from the public, so I couldn't imagine what I could offer to a paying subscriber!
As we moved forward (and with each of you to thank for that!), I began to share details of my research, some...
2021-12-01 20:03:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Although the game may default to the user's desktop resolution when it is first launched, it definitely does not allow to select it, so selecting any other resolution will lock you out of selecting a 21:9 and wider resolution. This behavior is probably how a Steam user managed to not see the pillarboxing, but the issue of the cropped and enlarged UI remained.
Thanks to my recent research...
I happened to get access to this game that I wouldn't even play, but I saw multiple requests for a solution. The game featured no unique code related to the aspect ratio and field of view code I needed to target, so it was not a co...
2021-11-26 11:25:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Don't we love it when another developer claims that their game cannot support ultrawide because of an inherent technical limitation and then a community fix proves otherwise? Yes, Undungeon is one of those!
I have access to the game via Game Pass, so
2021-11-19 11:51:05 +0000 UTC
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I'm working on updating my Never Alone mod from over 2 years ago to make it into a patcher and support any aspect ratio, not just 21:9. I'm being smarter about the changes to the code now for the sake of the task, and if all goes well, I will release the patche...
2021-11-18 20:38:29 +0000 UTC View Post
When you have a game rated gold on WSGF for widescreen, 21:9, 48:9, and 4K since 2017, and the /r/ultrawidemasterrace curator describing it as having "Native 21:9 support", how do you enhance that in 2021? Apparently, by switching the FOV scaling to vert-! Who wouldn't love to join t...
2021-11-17 13:41:35 +0000 UTC View Post
A while back as I ran the Assignments system for PCGamingWiki, we had a user assigned to cover this game, which resulted in a note on its cutscenes being vert- at 21:9.
Fast forward to yesterday, and a WSGF request appeared, asking for a solution. I now owned the game, so I thought it would be worth looking into.
I don't think the game is on any known engine, yet it didn't take to...
Despite the presence of existing ultrawide and FOV solutions for the game, I was approached by a supporter for help to address their concerns regarding the FOV at 16:9. Although the game allows to select up to 120, the person found it insufficient.
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You know how I recently talked about my research into Unity UI with Earthlock?
It certainly paid off with the recently released They Always Run, and this is why even responding to a single request or a report and spending many hours to get to the bottom of the issue can be very important not only to help that individual but to learn.
The code responsible for the game's pillarboxing wa...
One of my first solutions uploaded to PCGamingWiki was an ultrawide mod for Earthlock in 2019. The founder ended up featuring it, which has resulted in over 1000 downloads.
A few days ago a comment appeared, stating that it was not compatible with the latest Steam version. I...
2021-10-22 21:09:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Following a request from a supporter, I first suggested following the PCGW instruction of using DPfix, which unfortunately resulted in stretching. Apparently, the issue was also 2021-10-12 09:04:24 +0000 UTC View Post
In 2019, a user by the name of L3X4R'S wanted me to "give [them] the code" for my Red Dead Redemption 2 mod, claiming their anti-virus was acting up. For the answer, you can read the full chat history attached below!
The user later requested me to approve their unrelated file on PCGamingWiki, so I had to check the content, only to find that it was a packaged version of the published find...
Just a timely PSA for all my supporters, with little information to add for right now, as I'm super busy researching and adding to the PCGW article, hours past my time for bed.
I published the solution the minute the game was released, as I had a review copy of the game sent by the developer.
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A day or two ago, someone on the WSGF Discord requested a solution for I Am Fish. When I got to my PC, the message was gone. After installing the game, I could guess why - although the game reduced the FOV at the cutscenes, the gameplay was hor+, as expected from a Unity game.
Still, going for that perfect experience, I ended up spending quite a few hours on it. As it has been said, the ...
I've never seen an Unreal Engine 4 game scale like this. The Artful Escape is pillarboxed to about 19:9 - and you'd think it is at least like Diablo 2 Resurrected in its scaling, but no - its field of view is also reduced on top of that. What is the point of both, not one or the other?
I'm of the impression that most developers just don't know anything about ultrawide and go by whether t...