widescreen resolution removed from the game.

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tackle70 wrote:

1 year, 279 days

Fix it

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tackle70 wrote:

1 year, 279 days

Fix it

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Community_Team wrote:

Previously it was possible to manually set the aspect ratio of the Path of Exile client to be very short and wide, allowing you to see an unintended amount of the level at once. A limit needed to be set. Because of server serialisation distances, this maximum aspect ratio is currently set to 21:9. This is the widest that we can currently go before we start hitting the cutoff where entities and effects vanish. We are looking at being able to increase this in the future.

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tackle70 wrote:

If you want to argue that black bars are a defensible, logical inclusion in this game, the basic argument that needs refutation is as follows:

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tackle70 wrote:

I don't feel like repeating myself for the millionth time as to the substance here for why black bars are an objectively bad design choice with zero rational defense. You can read the thread if you want. the TL;DR is:

• This is a non-competitive PvE game
• It's OK to remove ultrawide support for competitive modes e.g. PVP/prize races, but this does not necessitate removal for the base game
• There are many allowed hardware and software advantages, many of which arguably impact the game much more than 32:9 gameplay; selectively removing one is nothing but arbitrary
• Ultrawide users can work around this anyway, so this doesn't actually solve any problems from "bad actors" or people intent on exploits. Only regular players following TOS are affected.
• If there are problems with ultrawide resolutions, black bars are not an acceptable solution. Multiple acceptable alternatives throughout this thread have been presented - fog of war, AI adjustments, variable FOV, bug fixes, etc.

For black bars to be OK and for this thread to go away, two things must both be true - first, the advantage given by 32:9 is a problem and needs to be removed and second, black bars are the appropriate way to do this.

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tackle70 wrote:

1 year, 280 days of nobody having a single defensible argument in favor of black bars.

Fix it

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tackle70 wrote:

1 year, 281 days, and no cogent arguments in defense of black bars in sight

Fix it

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Community_Team wrote:

Previously it was possible to manually set the aspect ratio of the Path of Exile client to be very short and wide, allowing you to see an unintended amount of the level at once. A limit needed to be set. Because of server serialisation distances, this maximum aspect ratio is currently set to 21:9. This is the widest that we can currently go before we start hitting the cutoff where entities and effects vanish. We are looking at being able to increase this in the future.

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tackle70 wrote:

1 year, 281 days, and no cogent arguments in defense of black bars in sight

Fix it

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tackle70 wrote:

1 year, 282 days

Fix it