{"id":19092,"date":"2026-03-18T03:01:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T03:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xmodhub.com\/info\/?p=19092"},"modified":"2026-03-18T03:01:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T03:01:36","slug":"death-stranding-2-ultrawide-21-9-black-bars-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xmodhub.com\/info\/es\/xmod-blog\/death-stranding-2-ultrawide-21-9-black-bars-fix\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Fix Death Stranding 2 Ultrawide 21:9 Black Bars (PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"DeathPlaying DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH<\/a> on an Ultrawide (21:9) or Super Ultrawide (32:9) monitor is the definitive way to experience the vast, haunting landscapes of Pywel. You just dropped serious money on a premium display to maximize your immersion.<\/p>\n

However, because director Hideo Kojima frames his cutscenes with a strict cinematic aspect ratio, the Decima Engine often forces artificial black bars (letterboxing) onto your screen. While the actual gameplay fills your monitor perfectly, the moment a cinematic plays or you open your Cuff Links menu, those massive black pillars instantly return, completely breaking the immersion.<\/p>\n

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Editor\u2019s Take: Cinematic Immersion<\/h2>\n

“I have a 34-inch OLED ultrawide monitor. There is nothing worse than getting hyped for the epic Magellan ship intro, only to feel like I’m watching it through a narrow 16:9 window. The game claims to support ultrawide natively, but the engine artificially locks the aspect ratio during cinematics.”
\n<\/span>“I spent hours digging through hex codes to fix this manually, which I’ve outlined below. But since every minor Steam patch breaks the hex edit, I highly recommend using the automated XMODhub ultrawide and FOV tool at the bottom of this guide. It saves so much headaches.”
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