[Bug] Certain elements do not fill screen in Windowed mode

[JohnHKoh]

Before you continue

• I'm on the latest release of WiiCompiled.
• I searched the existing issues and nobody has reported this yet.
• The problem does NOT also happen on Dolphin or a real Wii (if it does, it's a game/mod issue, not a WiiCompiled issue).

WiiCompiled version

v0.2.32 (note the screenshots below show a forked version, but I was able to recreate the issue on the main build)

What kind of bug is it?

Graphics / visual glitch

What happens?

Certain elements and graphics in the game which should fill the entire screen do not fill the screen in the "Windowed" display mode. This bug does not happen when using the "Borderless fullscreen" or "Exclusive fullscreen" modes. While some of these graphics may be hard to extend without distorting the aspect ratio or diverging too much from the original assets, I would expect some of the more simple color overlays to extend to the edges of the window.

Here are all the examples I have found:

• Start Race OK White Translucent Overlay (screenshot below)
• Black Bars / Black Screen for Lakitu / Out of Bounds Respawn (screenshot below)
• Settings Bottom Bar (screenshot below)
• License Settings Top and Bottom Bars
• Retro Rewind Title Graphic

I also noticed certain elements that are being transitioned off-screen tend to "hang" in these "dead zones" before being removed. The most obvious example is after selecting a character or a vehicle. The icons of the characters or vehicles will freeze momentarily on the left side of the screen before disappearing. This momentary freeze is also not present in fullscreen display modes.

What were you doing? / How to reproduce

1. Start WiiCompiled in Windowed mode.
2. Observe certain elements, such as the "Start Race" white overlay or the Lakitu respawn black screen, not reach the borders of the Window.
3. Switch WiiCompiled into a fullscreen display mode and notice that the graphics are displayed as intended.

Issue is more apparent when resizing the Window to abnormally uneven aspect ratios.

Screenshot / video

Example 1: Start Race OK White Translucent Overlay

• Windowed

• Borderless fullscreen

Example 2: Black Bars / Black Screen for Lakitu / Out of Bounds Respawn

• Windowed

• Borderless fullscreen

Example 3: Settings Bottom Bar

• Windowed

• Borderless fullscreen

GPU + driver version

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, driver version 591.86

Windows version

Windows 11 25H2

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just a headsup, this is my fork, not patchzyy's

[JohnHKoh]

just a headsup, this is my fork, not patchzyy's

Thanks - how can I "revert" back to the main version?

I redownloaded WheelWizardWindows.exe from here, I downloaded WiiCompiled-Setup.exe from here and put it in the Recomp\Install folder, and I ran

WiiCompiled-Setup.exe --silent --game "C:\path\to\mario-kart.iso" --install-dir "C:\Games\MKWii\Install" --portable

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just a headsup, this is my fork, not patchzyy's

Thanks - how can I "revert" back to the main version?

I redownloaded WheelWizardWindows.exe from here, I downloaded WiiCompiled-Setup.exe from here and put it in the Recomp\Install folder, and I ran

WiiCompiled-Setup.exe --silent --game "C:\path\to\mario-kart.iso" --install-dir "C:\Games\MKWii\Install" --portable

wheelwizard handles the download of wiicompiled automatically. you just have to make sure you have official WheelWizard, enable wiicompiled in settings, and point it to the game's rom.

to be honest i don't think my fork is the cause of these bugs, as i just edited how the UI works.

[JohnHKoh]

Uninstalled the fork and reinstalled to start fresh, still was able to see the issue: