Warning for Ultra widescreen Mod after I disabled it

That's really the main issue on my end (any kind of burn-in) although black bars really suck, hard to say if burn-in didn't exist if I'd play or not. Nowadays they say they do alot better against it. However, if it EVER happens, it's there and not going away. That's your own $ now ruined. I cannot refund the monitor and even if I could, I don't want too. I enjoy it very much. Things are very crisp/beautiful. Colors and brightness are great. And the immersion is awesome! I can also have multiple windows open. Split screen works very well and everything still being read-able.

I would enjoy to play the game again. But ask yourself, where does a person draw the line at? When does some rule start to become silly to where it should not just be? There are laws (if you live in the U.S.) that are "old" yet they still exist and are actual laws, however, are VERY silly nowadays, so why do they still exist? The only way I'd know to do our best to stop them is to say no to it right away! If we don't, we allow it to be "ok" and absolutely nothing will be done. Then if that rule has been in play for a long time, who will remove it? But rather that rule may make other things revolve around it instead of having games revolve around other aspect ratios.

I'm not at all saying their rule is wrong. I've already stated they don't want cheaters and that I wouldn't either. However, in this form of what they're calling cheating happens to be outside of the circle of what should actually be controlled. This is "hardware" they are banning against "although it takes software to mod the game to the hardware" The root of the cause of the ban leads to the hardware. If I didn't have the hardware, I wouldn't have the mod. So end result, they just banned my hardware.

If that's the case. BEWARE unto others on this! I cannot express that enough. What will they ban next? GPU for doing too many FPS? It can be done people!!! Too high of a resolution to see things too clearly? Although silly, it can be done! So I know people are against me with quitting for the 32:9 ban. However, it's not JUST that. This issue can go even further! Which people should stop and think about. Even those who do not have 32:9 should stop and think.....Now wait, that's just going too far. Sure the people who own that kind of monitor may have an advantage, but that's not exactly the thing a person should get banned for. If I were them, it'd suck for me also. And then, where does the banning stop in this form? Again, I'd think, what next? Will they ban a higher GPU next? Will they ban a faster PC?

If they can and start to ban 32:9 which is silly, think of how absurd and far things can go in the future. All people should say "NO" that's too far. This is what the others on here who are against us should think upon. We don't know the future. However, we are in a state where we have from our past to now 32:9. Didn't know it would exist from our past. But here it is now. What other form of thing will happen later? It could all be something we may all want and get, but then be called cheaters here. Do we want that? The only way I know to say no in a form this company will understand, is ban me? I ban you. The company needs customers to exist. Not the other way around.

There are so many things being discussed in this thread that I never thought could be anything other than complete common sense.

Wish there was some response from the developers on this.

For example, I'm assuming the 0.1.1f patch was meant to target actual cheaters (like map hacks or whatever, I don't know anything about actual cheats). And the ultrawide mod was just collateral damage.

I wish GGG would communicate and do one of the following:
1) Support 32:9 aspect ratio (you can put "Beta" or another disclaimer next to it in game if your not satisfied with the implementation long term, anything to ship it fast).
2) Make an exception in the code for the ultrawide mod and let us know that it is safe to use it without getting banned until you support it natively.
3) Rollback the part of the 0.1.1f patch that prevented us from using the mod.

Seriously.

This is first of all a completely one-sided issue where fixing it will make a lot of people happy and no one in their right mind would oppose it (unlike a lot of the usual feedback where some think the game should be easier and others want it to be harder or whatever).

Secondly, I think this affects a lot more people than GGG realizes, ultrawide monitors are a lot more common than they used to be.

I wish we could have a solution to this issue before the big update later this week. It would be a lot of fun to try it out if I could use my full screen. Maybe I'll just reinstall the mod and see if I get banned for it or not.........

I'm in a paradoxical situation where I'm hyped for the game, but that hype is completely killed exclusively by ultrawide not being supported.

It really is simple.

Support 32:9 without any Mods needed

-OR-

Lose the people who have 32:9

You really cannot expect people to play with black bars, period. And I totally get why they did not want modifications to their game and it being a violation of ToS. I respect that.

I love this game, but I rather play other games than being discriminated for the hardware I bought, which feels so ridiculous to say.

Aronaxx#1388 I was thinking upon the same thing of using 32:9 anyway and see if I get banned. I'm already not playing the game. Just a few more days and I reach a month of no play. But then again. To make the point as I also think others should, is to not do this. Respect their rules and them. I'm not a cheater and do not even intend in any way to be one. This is how things get out of control and go crazy everywhere in our world even besides this. No malicious intent here. I want them to see reason and use that common sense that is needed here. Hopefully at some point we may get it. Otherwise, we just ban the game as they banned us? All I know to do. Reciprocal action, nothing greater.

I hope it's quite obvious when you see over 550,000 players at one time on steam playing the game at launch. And this very day as I looked, under 20,000. How many of those are 32:9? I wouldn't know. But I do know from launch to now, that's a HUGE drop of support.

What may happen yet, is they're going to wait until the patch drops and see how many players come back or play the game. What we must do, is resist. Bad fish are not meant to keep but to throw back into the water.

Change your rules on 32:9 GGG and I'll be back.

If I take what Ive heard of Steam h/w surveys I think you will find 32:9 as <1% adoption. I would easily own one myself if it had not been for such a lack of support across the board for this tech. I replied earlier in this thread with my history adoptin nvidia surround 3 monitors and 3 GTX 980 back in 2015 and I learned back then that what was hyped and what I actually got was far different.

Too many games had worse FPS in SLI than one GPU, too many games didnt support huge resolutions, too many games needed hacky 3rd party offerings like FlawlessWideScreen (bless that guy btw).... it really was a waste of money in the end and I personally shifted back to 21:9, sad truth is that MANY games still dont even honor that Aspect ratio. Almost forgot all the headaches with nvidia themselves in this story as I myself was <1% of their users.


This prompted me to check Steam h/w results that where as of Jan 2025 and even my current 21:9 res is .6% of gamers and Id think more of my use case would exist than your's OP.

I wish you luck on this....

EDIT... Ill buy one if they end up supporting it LOL

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Ah yes, the great 32:9 revolution, surely the reason for the drop from 550,000 to 20,000 players. It couldn't possibly be the completely normal post-launch player retention curve that happens in every ARPG. Nope, it's definitely the black bars oppressing the ultrawide community.

I love the part where you say, 'I'm not a cheater and do not even intend in any way to be one,' while also considering bypassing the restriction to prove a point. Classic. Nothing says not trying to cheat like contemplating whether or not you'll get banned for breaking a rule.

Also, ‘reciprocal action’? So let me get this straight: because GGG enforces their competitive integrity standards, the appropriate response is for everyone to uninstall the game in protest? Bold strategy. Let me know how that works out.

Let’s also take a moment to acknowledge that 32:9 is still a tiny fraction of the player base. The Steam Hardware Survey makes it clear that even all ultrawide users combined are barely 5% of players. Acting like this is some grand betrayal against the entire community is beyond ridiculous. Most people don’t use ultrawide, don’t care about ultrawide, and certainly didn’t quit because of black bars on ultrawide. This isn't the gaming injustice of the century.

But hey, maybe if we all just ‘resist’ hard enough, the developers will realize that black bars on ultrawide monitors are the issue holding back Path of Exile’s success. Surely, it has nothing to do with, say, league mechanics, balance changes, or endgame progression. Nope. Just those pesky bad fish that must be thrown back into the water. Whatever that means.

Edit:It's not about wishing for support, it's about how it's framed. Wanting better ultrawide support is fine. Acting like it's some massive betrayal or the cause of the game's player drop is what's being criticized. And let's be real, between the two of us, I’m not the one acting like black bars in a video game are some great injustice, nor pretending it's the main reason for PoE's numbers decline. I would, however, be disappointed in being told to stop beliving in my delusions, only to ignore facts and keeping making things up.

So let's drop the pretence that just because a developer provides support for a specific hardware setup, doesn't mean they directly profit from it. Unlike features tied to monetization, such as cosmetic microtransactions, adding support for an aspect ratio is an investment of development time and resources without a guaranteed financial return. Not everyone using an ultrawide monitor will spend more money on the game, and the developer doesn’t receive a cut from monitor sales.

Not sure why a guy wishes he had suport for his monitor needed a hostile response like that. Im sure if it were you I think you would be disappointed.

And no the player base as is is not because of lack of 32:9 support.

I'm still playing even with the black bars but only for one reason. That reason being i have a 5 year warranty thru BestBuy where if i get burn in i can get a replacement of same monitor or use the money towards a new one which will honestly be a 21:9 just because i love this game that much. Do i wish they supported 32:9? Hell yeah I do but is what it is

Eggatoui#3663
It's nice you can do that. For me, it's just difficult to be immersed into the game like that. I could play, sure. I'd be just as good as I was with it. End game and all, no problem. But if you read upon my posts and others here, I hope you'd understand our point. I only have an issue against banning 32:9. That's it. I have nothing else to say against the game. I may wish they did this or that, but that's the making of the game. This particular matter involves what hardware I bought that I'm not going to change, ruin, or replace, etc... due to their rule. They banned the use of the way I use my hardware. That's unacceptable to me. And it's very hard to actually fathom them doing it. These things are in the industry and more people will eventually see why ultrawide is simply nice and immersive, etc... Why is there a ban against technology and immersion etc...? Who does that? Glad this isn't the military. Can you imagine, let's ban the F-35, it's too technological. It's cheating. Just a funky comparison, yes I know they have nothing to do with one another, etc... Someone want to pick at that line also? I'm used to it lol.

Z3RoNightMare#7140
Simply, go back and re-read my posts.