Would it be possible to get an option to toggle Wii U widescreen on/off, ideally on a per-game basis? I know Nintendont has this feature and it is exposed in Wiiflow, but for launching Wii/WiiWare/VC/etc. games, it's necessary to toggle Wii U widescreen outside of Wiiflow, then launch Wiiflow and the desired game.
Performing the switch is very simple, it's one register poke; you can see an example of it in angelXwind's WiiU-ARToggle.
USB Loader GX has this feature as a system-wide toggle, which works but is not really ideal. Having the setting saved on a per-game basis seems more sensible, as it would allow launching directly into both 4:3 and 16:9 games while the user only has to set the correct Wii U widescreen toggle once, instead of every time they need to launch something in a different ratio.
EDIT: If this does get implemented, I think the sensible approach would be to have the Wii U widescreen setting selectable between "Default" (no change from current behavior), "Force 4:3" and "Force 16:9", similar to the current Aspect Ratio setting. I also considered the possibility of consolidating both (i.e. making the "Force 4:3" setting also poke the register to switch to Wii U 4:3, etc.), but I think that could be confusing, and also there are sick, evil people who would probably like to use a setup like the following:
Aspect Ratio: Force 4:3
Wii U Aspect Ratio: Force 16:9
While this seems like a hideous thing to do, some people like to play 4:3 games stretched to 16:9, and some 4:3-only Wii games do not allow this behavior. Allowing users to mix and match their game and console aspect ratios would give more flexibility and likely satisfy more users.
Would it be possible to get an option to toggle Wii U widescreen on/off, ideally on a per-game basis? I know Nintendont has this feature and it is exposed in Wiiflow, but for launching Wii/WiiWare/VC/etc. games, it's necessary to toggle Wii U widescreen outside of Wiiflow, then launch Wiiflow and the desired game.
Performing the switch is very simple, it's one register poke; you can see an example of it in angelXwind's WiiU-ARToggle.
USB Loader GX has this feature as a system-wide toggle, which works but is not really ideal. Having the setting saved on a per-game basis seems more sensible, as it would allow launching directly into both 4:3 and 16:9 games while the user only has to set the correct Wii U widescreen toggle once, instead of every time they need to launch something in a different ratio.
EDIT: If this does get implemented, I think the sensible approach would be to have the Wii U widescreen setting selectable between "Default" (no change from current behavior), "Force 4:3" and "Force 16:9", similar to the current Aspect Ratio setting. I also considered the possibility of consolidating both (i.e. making the "Force 4:3" setting also poke the register to switch to Wii U 4:3, etc.), but I think that could be confusing, and also there are
sick, evilpeople who would probably like to use a setup like the following:While this seems like a hideous thing to do, some people like to play 4:3 games stretched to 16:9, and some 4:3-only Wii games do not allow this behavior. Allowing users to mix and match their game and console aspect ratios would give more flexibility and likely satisfy more users.