Aspect ratio changes when switching to controller input mode

When I launch the game on my steam deck the game is full 1280X800 resolution. As soon as the game auto switches to controller input mode the resolution/aspect ratio will change causing black bars to appear at the top and bottom of the screen. Ingame settings are still set to 1280X800 full screen.

Changing resolution to other resolutions does not resolve issue. This issue only happens when switching to controller input. All other settings outside of the game are set to 1280X800.

This issue only appeared after deployment of 0.1.1c patch.

Reddit thread of people also experiencing this problem:

https://www.reddit.com/r/PathOfExile2/s/3Rv2Jn3tNE

Other people report this issue is not specific to steam deck, but specific to controller input mode.
Last edited by phonyv2#6927 on Feb 5, 2025, 10:33:20 PM
Last bumped on Feb 9, 2025, 9:14:15 AM
Been having this issue as well after the most recent update. I typically stream from my PC to my Steam Deck via remote play (controller support) and it now has the ratio bug that leaves the 16:9 black bars regardless of resolution.
Same problem here, PC, Steam, Controller player, input autodetect. After 0.1.1c patch. In character selection screen if I activate cotroller it imediatelly adds black bars top and bottom, and did not find setting ingame which could fix that.
Same problem here. Native resolution of my laptop is 16:10 and each time the game moves to controller mode, the ratio changes and black bars appear. No problem with m/kB and was working perfectly before the last patch.
Yes same issue here. As of latest patch 16:10 aspect ratio does not work with controller input on PC
I have the same issue and the problem only happens when a controller is detected. Performance seems to have been affected in the resolution the game is forcing too.
this problem is described and reported already here:
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3717386
Last edited by CyberZmora#3857 on Feb 6, 2025, 7:09:55 AM
I'm also having this same issue since patch. This basically makes it unplayable on the SteamDeck because with the already low resolution of the screen the black bars basically only leave a 600 pixel tall viewport.
I'm having this problem too
Please address this issue, game is unplayable at the moment with controller and on Steam Deck.

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