Support for 48:9 aspect ratio (5760x1080 / 7680x1440)

[ciegefaye21]

Just wanted to say thanks for all the work you've put into mkw-recomp. Seeing this run natively on PC with Vulkan and getting 21:9 and 32:9 support so early on has been awesome.
Would it be possible to add a 48:9 preset to the aspect ratio options as well? I play on a triple-monitor setup 5760x1080 / 7680x1440 via NVIDIA Surround, and right now running in 48:9 stretches the image, while using the existing aspect ratio presets gives black bars on the sides. Running this at 48:9 would make for a much greater experience.
I'd really appreciate it if you could consider adding this alongside the existing ultrawide options whenever you have the time. Thanks again for everything you're doing with the project!

[adriadam10]

Thanks! 48:9 is in main now and will be in 0.1.11: Settings > Graphics > Aspect ratio > 48:9, beside 21:9 and 32:9. Races show more at the sides instead of stretching, and the menus and the HUD keep their 16:9 shape in the middle screen.

Until then, on 0.1.10 you can already get it two ways:

• Aspect ratio > Window: it takes the shape of the game's window, so a full-screen window on the 5760x1080 or 7680x1440 Surround desktop gives 48:9.
• Or add aspect = 48:9 to mkw.ini (any width:height wider than 16:9 works).

If you try it, a screenshot and your logs/ folder would help: the log line patches: game output WxH says which size the game rendered at.

Keep in mind 48:9 draws three times the pixels of 16:9 at the same internal resolution, so if the frame rate drops, a lower one (Settings > Graphics > Internal resolution) gives it back.

[ciegefaye21]

Thanks so much for the quick reply, for showing me how to get it working right away, and for already adding native 48:9 support for the next release!
I added aspect = 48:9 to mkw.ini and tested it at 7680x1440 on my RTX 4080 SUPER. Everything looks great across all three screens with no visual issues, the HUD stays centered in the middle, and it runs smoothly at 60 FPS.
Here is a screenshot and my mkw.log from the test run. Really appreciate all your hard work and generosity with your time, thanks again!

mkw.1.log

[ciegefaye21]

Also, one quick thing I noticed while testing: at 1080p 16:9 the image looks super sharp and clean, whereas in 48:9 even with framegen = 0 and resolution = 2160 it looks noticeably more jagged/low-res during live gameplay, even though screenshots look clean and sharp. Not sure if some internal passes or anti-aliasing buffers are still staying at a fixed 16:9 width, so I just wanted to mention it in case it helps!