Okay, so add fog of war for area outside the normal 16:9 aspect ratio viewing area.
In the fog you can’t:
- Cast spells (Teleport, Blizzard)
- See Monsters/Loot
- See undiscovered terrain
In the fog you can:
- See terrain that has passed into viewable area previously
- Shoot projectiles into it
Big, ugly black bars is not a modern solution. Developers that ship titles that don’t work, work properly, or don’t make use of UW monitors this late into their existence have no excuse.
Hell, even if they don’t use the space for viewable, playable area and don’t put in FOW, they could use the space for other things, such as:
- Inventory
- Mercenary Sheet
- Character Sheet
- Skill Sheet
- Trade Window
- Vendor Window
- Automap
- Chat
All of the above would free up the viewable game space for… the game. UW players could then feel like their monitor isn’t totally wasted/unused.