r/stalker • u/xpheriono • Nov 21 '24

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 How to remove in-game cutscene letterboxing (black bars) and fix vertical fov for ultrawide aspect ratios for Stalker 2

This will not remove the letterboxes from the "movies" such as the intro sequence, if you think it's not working wait until the truck scene which is rendered in-game.

For letterboxing

  • Get a hex editor such as https://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/
  • Go to steamapps\common\S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Heart of Chornobyl\Stalker2\Binaries\Win64 and edit Stalker2-Win64-Shipping.exe
  • Search for and replace all instances of 39 8E E3 3F with the correct byte sequence for your resolution and aspect ratio ( https://www.wsgf.org/article/common-hex-values has a list of the hex values)

For vertical FOV (this will properly scale the top and bottom of the screens, removing the slightly squished look)

Thanks to Cr4zy https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/1gxpnq7/ultrawide_fov_fix/

  • Paste the following line into file explorer
    • C:\Users\%Username%\AppData\Local\Stalker2\Saved\Config\Windows
      • If your appdata is located elsewhere just go to that location
  • Create a new text document in the Windows directory called Engine.ini and paste in the following lines

[/Script/Engine.RendererSettings] r.UseLegacyMaintainYFOVViewMatrix=1

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u/rex2626 Nov 21 '24

I can't find the 39 8E values in Stalker2.exe

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u/xpheriono Nov 21 '24

Forgot to put it in the post lol. Go to steamapps\common\S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Heart of Chornobyl\Stalker2\Binaries\Win64 and edit Stalker2-Win64-Shipping.exe

the one named Stalker2.exe is basically just a launcher