Tutorial: How to Enable Proper Ultrawide (21:9) FoV

[Premium Ghoul]

Hey, I was checking out the GOG demo and I noticed that while this does support ultrawide in the graphics menu, the actual gameplay uses a bad field of view that cuts off the top and bottom of the screen.

Here's the game zoomed out all the way at 2560x1440 (16:9):
https://i.imgur.com/jaAioKQ.jpg

Here's the same scene zoomed out at 3440x1440 (21:9):
https://i.imgur.com/piKhxp2.jpg

You can plainly see that while the image looks wider, you don't get any extra scenery on the sides and the top and bottom are cut off. So by playing in a higher and wider resolution, you're actually seeing less than you would by playing in 16:9.

Thankfully there's a relatively simple fix! Turns out that Shadow Tactics (the dev's previous game) functions the same way in regards to ultrawide, and the same fix for that also works for Desperados 3. Halfway down the Widescreen Gaming Forum page for Shadow Tactics there are instructions for hex editing a certain file to enable the proper FoV.

https://www.wsgf.org/dr/shadow-tactics-blades-shogun/en

For those of you who haven't used a hex editor before, I'll walk you through it.

1. Download a hex editor (I use HxD in this tutorial)
2. Open the "Assembly-CSharp.dll" file in your hex editor. The file is located in "Desperados 3 Demo\Desperados III_Data\Managed".
3. Hit Ctrl+R to open the Replace window and click on the Hex-values tab.
4. Copy and paste 39 8E E3 3F into the "Search for:" box and do the same with 60 E5 18 40 in the "Replace with:" box.
5. Change "Search direction" to All and click Replace all.
6. Close the Replace window and hit Ctrl+S to save the file (HxD automatically backs up the original file so you don't have to worry about that).
7. Enjoy Desperados 3 with a proper FoV!

Finally, here's the game running at the correct FoV in 21:9 after the fix has been applied (the FPS difference between this and the earlier screenshots is due to me enabling 200% resolution scale):
https://i.imgur.com/MQ0HrlH.jpg

[floyd ryan]

Really disappointing that this was not fixed, and I won't buy until it is.

[casualkraut]

A bit late to the party, but let it be known that we are working on a fix. :)

[Blowfeld]

Originally posted by CasualKraut:

A bit late to the party, but let it be known that we are working on a fix. :)

[Premium Ghoul]

Originally posted by CasualKraut:

A bit late to the party, but let it be known that we are working on a fix. :)

Great to hear!

[floyd ryan]

Originally posted by CasualKraut:

A bit late to the party, but let it be known that we are working on a fix. :)

That's great! Will you also update Shadow Tactics?

[Thomot512]

Originally posted by CasualKraut:

A bit late to the party, but let it be known that we are working on a fix. :)

I have the game on Linux, and I cannot set 3840x1080 as my resolution.
Is the fix also coming on Linux?

[floyd ryan]

Has this been fixed already?

[Askat]

Fixed for at least Windows, but not Linux.
Luckily Valve saves the game with a propper Proton support