[GH-ISSUE #1781] [Bug]: Aspect ratio issues on external SSD #1141

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opened 2026-03-03 19:04:21 +03:00 by kerem · 0 comments

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2026-03-03 19:04:21 +03:00

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Originally created by @eibmoznalim on GitHub (Dec 26, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover/issues/1781

Describe the bug

When launching any game from an external drive (aka, home folder moved to external drive) the aspect ratio is stuck at 16:9, even when forcefully changing to 4:3 or 16:10. Also, on hoyoverse games (Tested with Honkai Impact 3rd, Genshin Impact and heard of the same happening to Zenless Zone Zero) it will say “Invalid Parameter”, no matter how many times you clear playchain cache. None of these issues occur if the home folder is on internal storage (/Users/$USER/)
Tested on an M1 MacBook Air 2020 on both playcover stable 3.1.0 and playcover nightly v970.

Steps to reproduce

Create a new user with the home folder on an external drive (/Volumes/DRIVE/$USER/), launch playcover and install games and simply launch them.

Expected behaviour

The expected behaviour is that the aspect ratio is able to be changed, and that logging in is possible in hoyoverse games (can be circumvented by using Twitter login)

Crash log

No response

What version of PlayCover are you using?

Other (please specify)

What version of macOS are you using?

Sonoma (macOS 14)

Issue Language

Yes my issue is written in English

Originally created by @eibmoznalim on GitHub (Dec 26, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/PlayCover/PlayCover/issues/1781 ### Describe the bug When launching _any_ game from an external drive (aka, home folder moved to external drive) the aspect ratio is stuck at 16:9, even when forcefully changing to 4:3 or 16:10. Also, on hoyoverse games (Tested with Honkai Impact 3rd, Genshin Impact and heard of the same happening to Zenless Zone Zero) it will say “Invalid Parameter”, no matter how many times you clear playchain cache. None of these issues occur if the home folder is on internal storage (/Users/$USER/) Tested on an M1 MacBook Air 2020 on both playcover stable 3.1.0 and playcover nightly v970. ### Steps to reproduce Create a new user with the home folder on an external drive (/Volumes/DRIVE/$USER/), launch playcover and install games and simply launch them. ### Expected behaviour The expected behaviour is that the aspect ratio is able to be changed, and that logging in is possible in hoyoverse games (can be circumvented by using Twitter login) ### Crash log _No response_ ### What version of PlayCover are you using? Other (please specify) ### What version of macOS are you using? Sonoma (macOS 14) ### Issue Language - [x] Yes my issue is written in English