Ultrawide cutscene black bars

01 · Do this

Follow the route in order.

1. 01

   Close The Sinking City 2. Download only the archive listed under Assets on the author's linked GitHub release.

   Open RoseTheFlower's GitHub release ↗
2. 02

   In Steam, open Library → The Sinking City 2 → Manage → Browse local files. Record the archive's file list and copy any same-named files that will be overwritten to a safe location.

3. 03

   Unpack the archive contents into PlayGround\Binaries\Win64 inside the game folder. Put the files in Win64 itself, not in a new nested folder.

4. 04

   Launch the game at your ultrawide resolution and check an in-engine cutscene, menu, or interaction scene.

02 · Confirm

What success looks like.

• Black bars are removed from in-engine cutscenes, menus, and interaction scenes.
• Gameplay remains available at the selected wider aspect ratio.
• The intro cutscene and main-menu background may still show bars because they are pre-rendered FMVs.

03 · Boundaries

Read this before changing files.

• The release notes list tests at 2560×1080 and 5120×1440; other resolutions and aspect ratios are not independently verified here.
• This is an unofficial binary modification. A game update can invalidate it or change its behavior.
• Do not use a mirror or a repacked attachment. The page links only to the author's GitHub release.

04 · Undo

How to roll it back.

• Close the game, use the archive's file list to remove the files introduced by the fix, and restore any same-named originals from your backup.
• Steam's Installed Files → Verify integrity can restore stock files that were overwritten. It may not remove extra mod files, so remove those using the archive list first; if the file list is unclear, stop and make a copy before changing Win64.