Yeah I think freeing the aspect ratio is the way to go! thank you for that idea its definitely a much cleaner way of doing things.
Is there anyway to mask out what’s overlapping that material, I’m going to have enemies spawning off screen and moving into the play area, but since the aspect ratio is back to normal they player will be able to see the enemy spawn on top of the border.
I’ll mark the question as answered in the meantime thank you for all the help! You’re amazing 