(UPDATED) Faux 21:9 Modification! (Using Reshade & HxD)

A temporary fix for all 21:9 users feeling letterbox dread!

Installing reshade

UPDATE: 6/15/20
OKAY so apparently someone else found a HEX edit solution for fixing the gameplay proportions. UI IS STILL STRETCHED but try this method to at least get the gameplay ratio right
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1113000/discussions/0/2441461920669295659/
I HAVE UPDATED THE GUIDE WITH THE METHOD USED TO DO THIS. Credit goes to Stevie-coops for figuring this out!

First we must install the latest version of reshade into your P4G exe file

-First go to https://reshade.me/

-Then click the purple download button.

-Run the Setup EXE

-Click Select Game. Find the Game .exe file that you want to install ReShade for:
In this case you are looking for P4G.exe

-Select Direct 3D 10/11/12 Option

- For compatibility's sake (Check and download every shader set (including legacy effects)

Enabling the Aspect Ratio Fix

After installing reshade you can now enable the aspect ratio mod

If you don't know how to open the reshade UI, simply press the home key on your keyboard to bring it up. You can also choose to go trough the tutorial included with it if you aren't familiar.

Anyhow in order to apply the faux 21:9 fix go on the reshade ui's search bar and type in
-"Aspect Ratio" without the quotes


Select the first one at the top and proceed on to the bottom of the UI where you can modify the fix to suit your needs

In my Case these are what my settings look like for my 3440x1440 LG Monitor


Like I mentioned THIS IS A FAUX PLACEHOLDER SOLUTION. What this fix simply does is stretch the aspect ratio to fill the rest of letterbox on your Ultra-Wide monitor.

Here are some screenshots that will give you an idea of what that looks like:




Not perfect and obviously stretched but I know a lot of you will prefer this mode more than having those pesky black letterboxes!

UPDATED: Fixing the In-game scaling (UI fix not yet available)

As you may have noticed this faux fix will mess up the games proportions. Luckily there is a temporary hex editor fix for this

First start by downloading a Hex editing suite (Personally I recommend using HxD since its the most streamlined out there. DOWNLOAD LINK: https://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/

-After installing HxD let's start by opening the software. (should look like this)


Next we must open the P4G.exe file

-Simply File > Open and find your P4G.exe in its steam installation directory

-should look like this

After opening the exe file with HxD it's now time to > REPLACE the Hex-value for the in-game aspect ratio

In the case of P4G the Hex value you are searching for is 39 8E E3 3F
And in my case I'm using a 3440x 1440 monitor so the hex value I will replace will be 8E E3 18 40

Here's a link to the page where you can find the various generic values for different aspect ratios!
https://www.wsgf.org/article/common-hex-values


Very well in order to replace the hex-values you must simply click on the search tab and then replace.
OR use the keyboard shortcut CTRL+R

Follow this image and simply replace the generic value of 39 8E E3 3F with your desired ratio value using the guide I linked before.


Now that you have the aspect ratio fix stretch mod with ReShade + The Hex edit THE END RESULT is a proper 21:9 ingame ratio!

UI is still stretched out but this is a great temporary solution!

Here's how it should look like!

THIS IS WITH THE HEX EDIT / NO RESHADE FIX

AND NOW THIS IS THE HEX EDIT + RESHADE FIX.

If you have anymore questions please feel free to ask we are all working together to get the 21:9 experience we deserve :D

[куан чи попил мочи]

так это же просто растягивание картинки. По моему движок игры в целом не подразумевал наличие леттербокса, поэтому и расширить картинку до ультравайда невозможно по техническим причинам

[Zulfich]

Yoo big thanks for this guide! Was randomly looking at google for a guide to stretch games' letterboxes on 16:10 and this one works at other games as well, not just P4G xD

[Isaiah]

I can't even click anything on ReShade's overlay for some reason.

[PANTHER]

Thanks for this

[Brian]

Thank you for this. It does bother me about the elements still being on screen. But i have beaten the game before so im okay with it. Just breaks my immersion

[hedprotag]

@TannertedJones

Make sure you are in the correct tab i.e HEX-VALUES not TEXT-STRING
Also make sure to enable search direction to ALL its in the right of the box.

[Tannerted]

"Can't find '39 8E E3 3F'. Any ideas?

[Nobody]

run the reshade installer again, chose to uninstall P4G reshade, once uninstalled reboot your PC(recommended, not mandatory), install reshade again, but this time do not install AspectRatio.fx from the Legacy effects package, this way you will have only one AspectRatio.fx

In fact you could just refrain from installing the entire Legacy effects package.

[hedprotag]

I had the same trouble! @nobody I think its sincerely my fault for saying to install every component but I just needed to in order to make sure the aspect ratio modification was installed considering I have no clue which package holds it. It's not too much of a bother for me since I just quickly disable it at the start.

[Nobody]

works as intended

I just have a small issue, I have 2 instances of AspectRatio.fx in my Reshade and they overlap every time I load the game... I checked the reshade install and specifically picked only 1 of those... it's a bit weird, anyone has an idea about this?