Death Stranding 2: On the Beach saw a great reception from players and critics alike. Not to mention, the PC version is well optimized. However, like many other PC games, DS2 on ultrawide monitors has black bars during cutscenes. Follow this Death Stranding 2 guide to fix the black bars in cutscenes on your ultrawide monitor.
Fix For Death Stranding 2 Cutscenes on Ultrawide Monitor
Lyall shines again, with a patch that expands aspect ratio support and removes cutscene pillarboxing if you’re playing in ultrawide. Follow these steps to install it:
- Ensure Death Stranding 2 isn’t running.
- Go to this link and download the latest patch file (DeathStranding2Fix_0.0.3.zip, at the time of writing) under Downloads.
- Right-click Death Stranding 2 in your Steam library > Manage > Browse Local Files.
- A new Explorer window will open containing game files.
- Extract the zip file here.
Now, launch Death Stranding 2, and the black bars (letterboxing and pillarboxing) will be removed from the game’s cutscenes. Let’s take a look at a screenshot of the patch in action, provided by Lyall, with a cutscene running at 32:9.
There you have it, no more black bars. All credits to Lyall for this amazing patch. They always come in clutch for PC gamers. Aside from this, the patch has some extra features:
- Adjust gameplay FOV.
- Support for any aspect ratio.
- Disable cutscene pillarboxing.
- Constrain gameplay HUD to 16:9.
To disable these features, you will have to edit the DeathStranding2Fix.ini configuration file using any text editor like Notepad or Notepad++. To disable the entire patch, you will have to either delete the patch files or set the feature’s value to false in the configuration file.
That’s all for this Death Stranding 2 guide on how to fix the black bars on your ultrawide monitor. I hope that this guide has helped you. If you are experiencing errors and crashes in games, also see our fixes hub for commonly occurring errors for PC and handhelds.
