On ultrawide monitors certain characters end screens force all subsequent games to be zoomed in

[gaunt crow]

I don't know if this is happening on other monitors but I suspect it's ultrawide monitors doing it, since I believe certain winscreens are actually in a different resolution? I've had this issue when the opponents won on loxodont or ocrane on local and online. The match will have gone normally, then the win screen is either really zoomed in or it has black bars on the side and then all subsequent games are really zoomed in, with the two players taking up 80% of the screen. Only quitting the game and reopening them seems to fix the bug.

[thorny dawn]

yep

[gritty dust]

I've also had this same problem!

[clear sentinel]

Have the devs acknowledged this bug yet? So far it's the only real frustration I have with this game

[sleek siren]

Same here, Loxodont and Orcane win screens seem to be the triggers. I play on 32:9, 5120 x 1440.

[full laurel]

i reported it on nolt https://rivals-of-aether-ii-launch.nolt.io/261

[warped dune]

i also experience this.

[clear sentinel]

Upvoted for more visibility

[urban thicket]

+1 to this bug

[timber hazel]

Only 16:9 and 16:10 are supported for Rivals 2, so unfortunately that is caused by using different ratios (ultrawide)

[warped dune]

The game allows you to chose resolutions that arent those dimensions, and works completely fine aside from right after loxodont wins a game...
If the devs dont want these resolutions as options, could we at least get options for black bars for anything beyond 16:10?
I'd also be surprised if 16:10 users didn't experience the same thing we are, but to a much lesser extent. It appears to scale with resolution.

[thorny dawn]

this doesn't make any sense, the game works perfectly fine with every other character other than lox and orcanes victory animations. even forsburn, who is a newer character, his victory animation doesn't bug out the game. if those two victory animations are unable to be changed then maybe we could get an option to turn them off completely?

[full laurel]

^

id rather have black bars than my game zooming in

[thorny dawn]

at this point it might be worth it to ping lol

[worldly crypt]

I just had this happen to me during ranked. Every set was slightly more zoomed in, but I didn't actually notice it was happening at first until it was quite zoomed in and it threw me off the whole game.

3440 x 1440 resolution

It seems to persist between modes as well. Left ranked and went to Training Mode and it's still zoomed in.

I'm not sure this screenshot does it justice.

This screenshot is after restarting the game. Significant difference.

[warped dune]

devs have abandoned us

its when orcane/lox win a match

[warped dune]

my "solution" for the time being has been playing in windowed mode after either of those characters have won a game

then restarting the game after the set

[worldly crypt]

I see. I did play an Orcane just before this happened.

[warped dune]

id really appreciate a dev chiming in on this... making ranked VERY difficult to play

[thin ingot]

I need this to be fixed bc I main orcane 😭

[worldly crypt]

Oh, man. That’s rough lol

[warped dune]

all of my steam friends know when i lose to an orcane or a lox. its embarassing.

gentle reminder for everyone to upvote the ticket on nolt https://rivals-of-aether-ii-launch.nolt.io/261

[worldly crypt]

Done

[clear sentinel]

New update
Same problem

[worldly crypt]

😭

[clear sentinel]

Like, I wish I could see, I really wish I could :(

[drowsy salmon]

I put this in the official support ticket and they said outside of 16:9 and 16:10 arent supported

which was a shock for me because the issue happened with more characters in the private beta and they fixed it

[clear sentinel]

I don't really buy it
Everything else works, including Forsburn who's the current newest character
It's just those two character's victory poses and that's it

so what did they do to those two that doesn't carry over to Forsburn?

[drowsy salmon]

I mean, its a result of the victory screen animation and mostly likely how the camera interacts with it, so its likely they do some FOV fuckery on it

they might have tried to fix it with orcane I think cause of the hard 16:9 lock

but it still broke lmfao

but I mean they only officially support those two aspect ratios which basically means if it works it works if it dont we aint fixing it

sadly

[worldly crypt]

unacceptable

[warped dune]

upvote nolt

[clear sentinel]

❤️

[regal sky]

Was hoping this would get fixed in the patch but alas

If only 16:9 is supported then maybe throwing black bars on the sides would work, that's what most games do if they can't support the ultrawide

would be better than forcing a restart after losing a match to lox or orcane

[gaunt crow]

I just play it in windowed mode

But yeah it’s unfortunate, they don’t seem so concerned with fixing it, I wonder if it’s some kind of asset issue

[full laurel]

maybe we should make a new nolt issue describing the bug in more detail? i did kinda fuck up when i made the issue as i didnt know what caused it

it would also be nice if a dev could confirm whether this is a bug at all, or if rivals 2 really does not plan to support ultrawide displays at all

[warped dune]

https://rivals-of-aether-ii-launch.nolt.io/1623

[warped dune]

windowed mode is a real crap way to play. hope we get a fix soon

[warped dune]

apparently we were supposed to be submitting this in another tab called #support-ticket

[warped dune]

i got a response on this ticket. we're shit outta luck guys.

they pretty much just told bme they didnt intend to support ultrawide and that forcing 16:9 with black bars was a part of that.

[worldly crypt]

Paste the response here?

Rather, paste your message and the response if you would.

[worldly crypt]

I see. Setting my resolution to 1920x1080 doesn't even work properly. I'm not sure why the game even has options for 3440x1440 resolution, for example, if that's the case.

It works perfectly fine outside of the zooming-in glitch. So, it's ALREADY supported, it just has a bug w/ the zooming-in.

[warped dune]

Yeah… very frustrating, escpecially when it’s probably a 15-30 minute fix.

[finite juniper]

I do hope they fix this problem soon, the game is literally unplayable

[full laurel]

same person who replied earlier in this thread

[full laurel]

im unsure how true that is, since they are a mod and not a dev + all the reasons listed here

[warped dune]

I didn’t even realize, but their tag is support staff. It’s hard to know exactly who makes the call on this stuff.

[regal sky]

well if they say that they support 16:10, the bug exists on 16:10 so maybe we can convince them it's worth fixing that way lol

[sinful pilot]

they never will

[drowsy salmon]

You just set it windowed at 1080p

borderless fullscreen forces monitor res for unknow reasons but windowed does the same thing in this game from what I can tell

[warped dune]

<@&174563195841806336> is this for sure dead? i want to support the game but this is truly game-breaking for those affected.

[warped dune]

Good news! I got an update on the support ticket from the mod who posted in this chat earlier.

I think this is a step in the correct direction. Keeping my fingers crossed.

[clear sentinel]

Got a similar update from my ticket!

[warped dune]

Anyone here notice it happening more after this patch? I won vs a maypul using the skunk-esque skin and it happened. I was on kragg with the winter skin.

[warped dune]

did your ticket get closed too?

[clear sentinel]

yep

[young viper]

yes the ticket would be closed since the question was answered but i do know there has been ongoing discussion regarding ultrawide settings. we should have more word soon

[warped dune]

thank you! i appreciate the update

[worldly crypt]

Awesome news 📰

[sinful pilot]

yay

[umbral crest]

<.< hooray

[clear sentinel]

I'm hoping so badly that this is fixed in the next patch
It's the only thing that frustrates me in this game lol

[worldly crypt]

🤞

[glass bison]

Bumping this as well, I don't mind if they don't support the ratio but if they could just let me play in full-screen somehow that would be nice

[clear sentinel]

No fix yet boys, but it is being looked at 😭 👍

[gaunt crow]

Finally

[young viper]

Im told that updates will most likely make progress after the holidays since the person needed is out currently

but feel free to ping me occasionally for updates and ill bug the engineers for ya

[clear sentinel]

[worldly crypt]

[worldly crypt]

@young viper any updates?

[young viper]

No, people are still on holiday

[clear sentinel]

Just confirming in case anyone was curios, hasn't been worked on for this patch

[hollow solstice]

Damn this issue sucks for me

[sinful pilot]

maybe next patch guys

[trim cliff]

Can someone record (or send me) a video showing:

• how the camera looks when the game is first launched
• Lox/Orcane victory
• how the camera looks after that
  All in one session, ideally a short video, no commentary needed, and tag me with it (or DM me it)

[glass bison]

@trim cliff I have it ready just gonna see if it's allowed in size on streamable. while it uploads here at the key bullets in screenshot form. Edit: dmed the vid

[sinful pilot]

yes i will put together something consise on my lunch break today

[clear sentinel]

That's the Lox version

Orcane Version

Orcane Version has the same stage as well to really show the difference

While Lox's winpose is zoomed
Orcane's is cropped

[sinful pilot]

^ these are good lol

[trim cliff]

Thanks for the examples!

[clear sentinel]

[torn blade]

Add Etalus to the list -_- really hope this gets fixed soon

[clear sentinel]

He's now part of the problem

was actually on the verge of a win over a better player but sd'd because I couldn't see the ground

his win screen is cropped
like Orcane 😭

Here's when it started

[worldly crypt]

😢

[thorny dawn]

hoping the next big patch addresses this

instead of

adding to it

lol

[sinful pilot]

lol

[plucky otter]

Can't believe this still isn't fixed..

[clear sentinel]

I fear the rat will be a 4th member of the break ultrawide crew

[ocean dune]

Also happens on Elatus's win screen too 😑

This was posted in one of the other forums about it

[timber hazel]

Being looked into!

[clear sentinel]

[drowsy salmon]

good news yall, it seems to be fixed!!!

i just tested with orcane, etalus, and lox and it doesnt occur

at least in gameplay

the menu still zooms

but thats not as important lol

also orcane's win screen is no longer cropped either

[left pollen]

[ocean dune]

Finally!

[clear sentinel]

https://tenor.com/view/baby-cute-go-cheering-rage-gif-16641949

Yeeeeessss!

[drowsy salmon]

im so fucking happy

[clear sentinel]

Thank you devs who solved this mystery! I no longer fear them for breaking my camera
I now only fear them for other reasons!

[left pollen]

the rank up displays are broken now

[ocean dune]

A small price to pay lol

[timber hazel]

Thanks for the report!

If possible, please report any other Ultrawide issues you find here so we can continue having them fixed.

[left pollen]

Only tiny things I’ve noticed are

1. A few characters still have cropped victory animations
2. On some smaller stages it’s possible for the camera to show past the blast zone, which can be pretty jarring when you die - I feel the blast zone should be dimmed or shaded red or something

[timber hazel]

Which characters?

[left pollen]

Olympia for sure, probably etalus but I haven’t run into him yet

[left pollen]

it's just olympia

[worldly crypt]

👏

[signal burrow]

This is still happening

[drowsy salmon]

I haven't noticed any sorta zooming in gameplay moments (unless this patch today broke it again, havent played yet)

[worldly crypt]

I haven’t played on my ultra wide in a while. What is causing it for you? Same thing as before with particular characters?

[clear sentinel]

I haven't experienced the zooms
Though some characters have cropped win poses, this at least doesn't break the camera anymore

[signal burrow]

Nevermind, as of latest patch it doesnt seem to be happening!