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Gears of War: Ultimate Edition superwide and wider solution

Added 2023-04-20 16:59:26 +0000 UTC

Back when I got my PC along with my first ultrawide monitor, Nvidia was doing another promo and so I got Gears 4 for free. I soon ended up playing it as my first ever Gears game and I even shared a screenshot with r/ultrawidemasterrace, which was liked enough to be on its front page.

I finally got to the original Gears just a year or two ago via Gears of War: Ultimate Edition in co-op with a friend. It even supported 21:9 out of the box!

And then just yesterday someone on WSGF made a request for a fix 32:9, so I re-downloaded the game to look into the issue. Indeed, going by the code, the game had hardcoded 21:9 support, refusing to recognize anything wider.

After some research, some failed attempts and a bit of experimenting, I had the solution ready but despite Microsoft Store now giving access to the game files, this game was one of the few exceptions doing it the old way. It's not like we haven't been through that though, right? I just made it into a trainer.