Unfortunately, like in all other Life is Strange games, True Colors does not support 21:9 out of the box, instead having black bars on the sides of the screen.


⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀  Sad indeed.

However, by making a couple of hex edits, we can make the game adapt to Ultrawide screens while maintaining the original FOV.

Alternatively, if you'd rather have an automatic method, someone turned this fix into an executable tool[github.com], but since I did not make it I cannot help with any issues it may cause.

Before we do anything else, since we're going to do hex editing, we need a Hex Editor. I will be using HxD[mh-nexus.de], a free and lightweigh one that does the trick for what we need, but any other should work all the same.

Once we open HxD, we need to load the executable of the game. To do this, go to File->Open.



Next, we go to the directory the game is in, which is Your directory will change depending on whether you have the game installed in C:, D:, etc. Alternatively, you can just go to the properties of the game->Local Files->Browse, which will take you directly to the LifeIsStrange3 folder.

Now, before we open the executable, we're going to make a backup of the vanilla file, so we can have it at hand if needed. Simply copy and paste the exe in the same location.

Finally, we open Siren-Win64-Shipping.exe.

The first thing we're going to do is change the aspect ratio, so the black bars disappear. To do that, we're going to go to Search->Replace->Hex-values, making sure Search direction is set to All.




Now, while the value we put in Search for is always this,
The value we put in Replace with will depend on your monitor's exact resolution and aspect ratio:

• 21:9 (2560x1080)
  26 B4 17 40
• 21:9 (3440x1440)
  8E E3 18 40
• 21:9 (3840x1600)
  9A 99 19 40
• 32:10
  CD CC 4C 40
• 32:9
  39 8E 63 40

If your aspect ratio is not in the list, check this one.[www.wsgf.org]

For example, it would look like this for my 3440x1440:



Finally, hit Replace all.

The program should report five occurrences have been replaced.

Unfortunately, while the black bars should have disappeared, this is not enough: the view is zoomed in compared to the original, cropped ratio.


⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀  The "Sad" face, as well as the area of the jacket below the stickers, is missing.

To fix this, we're going to edit some more hex code in the next, and final, step.

In the very same Replace window from the last step, we put the following in in Search for: Now, the Replace with part is a bit tricky. So far we have the following values:

• 21:9:
  35 FA 3E 3C AC C5 27 37
• 32:9 (Thanks @TriSarahTops):
  35 FA 82 3C AC C5 27 37
• 32:10 (Untested):
  35 FA 40 3C AC C5 27 37

For example, it would look like this for 21:9:



If your Aspect Ratio is not in the list, I'm afraid you will have to edit the third value (0E) manually until you get a FOV that's close to the original's, changing the Int8 on the right side of HxD. I recommend using the very first screen of the game to check as such. If you do find a good one, please share it below!

Once both values are in, we hit Replace all once again. This time around, only one occurrence should have been replaced. Finally, we hit Ctrl+S to save our changes, then close the program.

And we're done! The game should now look the exact same except for a full, sweet 21:9/32:9/etc. aspect ratio.

All five instances of: to:

• 21:9 (2560x1080)
  26 B4 17 40
• 21:9 (3440x1440)
  8E E3 18 40
• 21:9 (3840x1600)
  9A 99 19 40
• 32:10
  CD CC 4C 40
• 32:9
  39 8E 63 40

Instance of: to:

• 21:9:
  35 FA 3E 3C AC C5 27 37
• 32:9 (Thanks @TriSarahTops):
  35 FA 82 3C AC C5 27 37
• 32:10 (Untested):
  35 FA 40 3C AC C5 27 37

This is a compilation of recorded issues as reported by this guide's users. If you experience any of these bugs or any other, please re-try using the original backup of the exe you can find in the Siren folder (that is, the one without any hex modifications), then re-enable the fix once the game autosaves past that section. If you can't find/didn't make one, HxD should have an automatic backup ending in .bak that you can use too. The issues are written to have as few spoilers as possible. If the bug is not listed here, please report it in the comments below.

• Chapter 3
  21:9:
  
  • There is a section where you are investigating the Typhoon mining company with Steph and Ryan, and you have a lot of interactable objects in front of you. Two of these (the map and the fried rice) are left un-interactable by the fix. (Reported by @Raziel, confirmed by myself)
  
  
  
  32:9:
  
  • A section where you have to pick a hat out of a chest in Chapter 3 is left broken by the fix. (Reported by @mattbrookbank)
  
  
• Chapter 4
  32:9:
  
  • Near the end of the chapter, an envelope of evidence cannot be interacted with. (Reported by @mattbrookbank)

If you're curious to see the fix in action, here are some screenshots taken by yours truly:

Thank you for reading my guide! It would not have been possible without the following:

• Original guide[questions.satisfactorygame.com]the hexes were extracted from.
  
• Azulath: info on exact mathematical values for most Aspect Ratios.
  
• TriSarahTops: 32:9 FOV values.

Feel free to leave any form of feedback/bugs below!