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Thank you helifax! I just noticed I used your fix for Ori and the Blind Forest as well. I am so glad there are people out there with your skills. Have a nice weekend!

I have no idea what to say there. You can enable the FWS fix on the fly. The keybinds are in the settings of FWS. See if it works after;) I can't see any reason it wouldn't...

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This fix is amazing and you are amazing as well. I literally can't thank you enough. People like you make ultrawide gaming worthwhile.

unfortunately, the black bars when switching are really jarring. hopefully that can be fixed soon.

They will not be fixed, as I don't intend to pursue this "occasional" problem.
If you don't like it, either don't use this fix, or ask Bioware to fix it in the first place, as is should.
This is just a "workaround/hack" around the bigger problem, not the occasional glitch

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it works i love it your doing gods work , do you have paypal can i donate

Yea they should fix it, they promised 21:9 support and that is not what we wanted. Anyway big thanks for that hack, glitch is still better that black bars all the time. If there is any official petition I will sign it, just put link in this topic.

Thank yoooooou!

I am wondering people having problems with galaxy map in triplewide. For me the game works absolutely flawless in 5760x1080/fullscreen. No issues at all. Only a minor one, that waypoints cannot be placed 100% correct in the map (waypoint is always a bit off...but can be adjusted).

Awesome fix thanks for taking the time to make it and share it!

I made a quick video showing the installation process and the fix in action.

Thanks again!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbKDZ4W6hJg

I've been getting generally 30 FPS at 4880x900 on my RX 480 8GB on Custom Ultra with some drops. No drops in combat yet. FPS goes up to the 60's if I drop my side mons, but what's the fuckin point of doing that amiright

I get this error when i try to enable:
Could not find ArFix injection point, Mass Effect: Andromeda may have updated to a version that is no longer supported.

Running 1680x1050 x3 (5040x1050) on a GTX 1070 windows 10 pro.

Something tells me you are running a cracked version of the game ?
)

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I'm enjoying this game for the most part. I liked DA:I a bit more, nevertheless this has the potential to be great. Digital Illusions have always had good technical skill as far as the development and evolution of the engine. That being said I'm not sure the Bioware guys are as capable. In DA:I they had a whole team of people from DICE working with them and it shows. This game seems to suffer from some issues that perhaps it shouldn't. As far as the actual gameplay goes I personally like it (Although perhaps it would've served better as a new IP rather than Mass Effect). Still not to many complaints there, just the same ones everyone else has. Poor animation quality and so forth, but nothing that just flat out kills it for me. There are only a few small things that stand out, and only 1 glaring flaw.

Which swiftly brings me to said glaring flaw. Which is most conspicuous indeed. I say conspicuous, yet it could be my HW configurations and not a game issue. The issue of which I speak is the memory issue. An problem which appears to scale exponentially with the amount of CPU cores you throw at it. It will end up in a similar place regardless, but if I let it have say; 20 threads to work with, the RAM usage will shoot up to 24, or 25 GB, then to 30 in a very short time >10 minutes. Where as if I only give it 8 it quickly gets up to 15GB of RAM usage but then takes say 30-40 minute to end up at 18GB where it will stay (for the most part). I've adjusted many different variables, but nothing I do changes the obscene amount of system memory this game gobbles up. Anyone else having a similar experience?

started NG+ with fws profile enabled beforehand... blackbar glitch seems greatly reduced... can anybody confirm?

thanks...

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I created an account just to say thank you my man. I'm new to ultrawide gaming and this fix has made the game so much more enjoyable. Thanks for sharing!

I Thank You for this Fix!

But if I enable the Fix, i cannot use Nvidia Ansel anymore.
Any Idea why or how to fix this?

No, it's the digital deluxe version from origin.
My origin user name is cluthz too, so you can add me (and remove me afterwards) if you don't believe me.

Well great. The 1.05 patch doesn't include an official fix for the pillarboxes but it sure as hell broke helifax's fix. GG Bioware

Oh mighty Helefax, we need an updated fix!

Freaking amatures )

They changed the page file.
The fix still stands but needs a tiny modification:

- Open MassEffectAndromeda.lua (C:\Program Files (x86)\Flawless Widescreen\PluginCache\FWS_Plugins\Modules\MassEffectAndromeda\Dependencies\Scripts)
- Find this line: "if HackTool:SignatureScan("0F 2F B0 ?? ?? ?? ?? 0F 92 D1",tAddress,PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE,0x00,Process_EXEName) == 0 then"
- Change it to this: "if HackTool:SignatureScan("0F 2F B0 ?? ?? ?? ?? 0F 92 D1",tAddress,PAGE_EXECUTE_WRITECOPY,0x00,Process_EXEName) == 0 then"
- Close and restart FWS.
- It will work now.

That's it.
Happy gaming.

@cluthz:
Try now. I have the super deluxe edition and tried the fix both on the normal trial and this one and works perfectly fine. Windows 10 x64 Pro.


PS:
They didn't fix the galaxy map not working in Surround Fullscreen ^_^ What a bunch or amatures....

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Works like a charm.

I love you Helifax. Bioware should really pull their shit together.

Thanks, I did a complete reinstall of both game and fws and ME:A and got it working earlier today!

And thanks for yet again fixing what devs should have fixed themselves!

Hey helifax and all!

I'm new to writing in the forums but I'm a big fan and have been using the site for months now.

Helifax - I just installed the Andromeda update and made the change in the file to "writecopy" but unfortunately it still does not work. It still says that it cannot find the Arfix injection point, etc. What is the next step?

Nevermind! I figured it out THanks

Nvm I figured it out

Now I´ve created an account to say: THX! to helifax for his works and helps by Mass Effect Adromeda so the ingame cutsenes work fine in 21:9.

It is for me an extremely immersion effect and I don´t want to miss it .

Thanks again and for sharing!

I get this error occasionally as well

what was the fix

I did find another fix for the black bars:)
This one doesn't require FWS to work, but our own DX11 wrapper (3DMigoto: https://github.com/bo3b/3Dmigoto/releases) that we use to create our 3D Vision fixes.
This approach is always consistent and more importantly it solves the "flick" that we see when we move from one scene to another.

There is a catch though... If you are using SweetFX or anything similar, it might not work with our wrapper.
If anyone is interested, please let me know!
Cheers!

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Yes, please...

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that'd be awesome helifax!

Awesome yes please!!!

Would definitely be interested!

Your first fix has made the game so much more enjoyable already, getting rid of the little black-bar flick would be icing on the cake.

Awesome guys!

I'm going to test it a bit more and the "semi-fix" I intend for 3D Vision fixing this game. I'll make 2 versions: one the has the 3D Vision fix in place and one just for this black-bar problem, so please bear with me just a little longer;)

Cheers!
Helifax

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no worries! You are the man!!!!!!

I've just registered to thank you, LOTS.

I'm the guy who has been pestering Michael Gamble on twitter since November about the 21:9 support in Mass Effect Andromeda, and your fix, with your own wrapper, to the black pillars, would be more than welcome (especially since the new update kicked in and I would prefer no flicker )

Cheers and good fortune to you!

Hi LuPoNe, I have been also spamming them but no response, ever. :/
I'm so trigger over that they leave realtime cutscenes locked for no reason... I do know most games like Andromeda first made on console, esp PS4 but the fact they don'T unlock cutscenes upon porting... *insert rage here
I'm so grateful for Master Helifax's work. ;D
We seriously need to 'spam' them so they notice us, that we are a lot and we have some rightful expections and needs in 2017...

Hi Nick, thing is that Mike Gamble also told that he's "one of us", of the WideScreen community, as he has a 21:9 screen at home, and the confirmed reason for the pillarboxes is oddities happening on the non visible area (characters popping off and on, unintended stuff, etc..).

On their side, they have to rework in the animation to add the missing information, on our side, we may just hope for Master Helifax's hack to free us from the dreaded pillarboxes.

Whats up Lupone, i'm parker on twitter, we've been tag teaming them some. I really wish they would just add an option to allow us the choice on turning it on or off. Would be a very quick and easy fix on there part, don't worry about re-doing cinematics to support 21:9 just allow us the option to choose them that way as is.

Hi there! Nice meeting you hwere as well! An option like that would be great for us, unfortunately I see it very unlikely, unless they provide a proper fix, but let's try

Right guys,
Here is the fix (wrapper + shader) that removes the blackbars in Surround.
Now I haven't tested it on AMD Eyefinity or 21:9. I only run 3D Surround.
But 99% chances are it will work for everyone;) If not, I am sorry
Like stated above, I am not sure it will work with any other type of wrapper! You are a bit on your own there!

Download link: http://3dsurroundgaming.com/3DVision/Ma ... d_Only.rar

Let me know if it works for you!
Cheers!

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Lots of thanks, Cheers and Wine from the good old Rome, I'm going to test it as soon as I get home from the office (max two hours) and give you some feedback.

Thank you!

Given this:

http://imgur.com/bYc0TIb

Am I safe to assume that it works fine? (minor dialogue spoilers with Peebee in that image)

Also "applying" it is easy as pie, just copy the files in ME:A folder, it doesn't overwrite anything, and it just works

What would happen if they would patch in the option for DX12? It won't work, right?

works perfectly for me...

thank you...

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That is correct, yes! 3DMigoto is a DX11 only wrapper. For DX12 we would have to "go back" to the FWS approach, which still works but is not perfect:)
Also, if some reason a future patch would change this shader (hash wouldn't match) would be easier to maintain & update than the Assembly code in the EXE which is more likely to change and the signature not to match;)

Always better to have more than one approach to a problem ^_^

Glad it works guys!

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While it works in dialogues, I had to delete everything: during cutscenes (with dialogues) there's a very BAD black flickering.

This happened specifically in a spoilery part I wouldn't want to write here publicly

Hmm.. can you post a picture somewhere so I can see what the problem is? So far, I haven't noticed any problems, so I am curious...

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I'll be home from work in a few hours, thanks to a previous save and autosave I will make you a video (through NVidia ShadowPlay) of the specific event on Voeld where it happened, during the cinematic+dialogue of a mission.

As I deleted the files right after this, I hope setting things as they were and loading the save, would re-create the issue.

Do you mean the explosions looking like a badly programmed psx emulation shader? (If so, nothing to do with helifax's fix... it just happens on NVIDIA hardware... )

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nope, nothing like that, it never happened before, it happened just after applying the fix and on Voeld, going to make the video now, it'll be spoilery

The video will finish processing on YouTube in the next 2 minutes: https://youtu.be/MTjePEkiKI4 - super spoilery

It's a mission on Voeld, dialogue about it, super spoilery if you've not done it yet (if you've had a good exploration of Voeld you're safe to watch), the issue has been successfully replicated.

I watched the video. I see the screen flashing a few times. Other than that I can't see anything wrong there...
I've done the Asari Ark plot (which is where the video is from) and everything looks fine on my end.
What am I looking at exactly?
You can always revert to use FWS if that fix works better:)

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this new fix it the bomb.com!

just wanted to let you know the new fix works great for my 3440x1440 without the flickering that was in the old fix. thank you very much helifax

Works fine - thanks a lot!

Those black full screen flashes, I wasn't expecting them at all, and I belive they're a major issue?

Maybe it's tuned to multiple screens instead of 21:9?

Without the fix, I have no flashes at all.

In an optimal world, there would be no flashes, everything would go smoothly as during the game or other dialogues, either way I (personally) would stick to black bars.

Flashes like this are really bad for my eyes so I hoped you could come up with a solution, since this last fix does wonders in terms of how smooth it integrates

Still, I thank you lots for the great job done, I'll try continue playing with the fix on, hoping it happened only in that fragment, on that mission, due to the lighting conditions or whaterver, and I'm open to suggestion on what I could do to try and avoid that if you can't do anything on your end.

(PS: I'm playing with the game settings maxed up and no VSync enabled)

I have no idea why you see those flashes. I replayed that section and I have zero flashes there :-s
This fix should eliminate all the flashes that were previous when using FWS.

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maybe it's to do with vsync?

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How do I install this?

Forgive me if I'm being a noob, but if I drag and drop the files into the Andromeda directory my game wont start.

might try with that.

Just copy them in the game folder and launch the game from Origin easy

Going to try again with VSync on just playing the game.

One question: is it normal that shaders takes a bit more of time to compile with the fix on?

I did do that, but my game wouldn't start after I tried it. Any ideas?

Just copy them in the game folder and launch the game from Origin easy[/quote]

I did do that, but my game wouldn't start after I tried it. Any ideas?[/quote]

Try to have Origin repair your game files: it won't affect these since they didn't overwrite any of the game files.

are you using an SSD for the game and have just installed the WIN10 creators update?

the update reactivated superfetch on my PC... which slows SSDs down to a crawl (about the speed of HDDs...)

Shader compilation took noticeably longer suddenly... 's how I noticed the superfetch... turned that off again... game runs like a weasel dunked in lube again...

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This game deserved its space on my Games SSD, so yes, Windows did an update yesterday (not sure if it was the Creators Update yet) but it was doing it quite a lot before that as well.

Thanks for the hint on Superfetch, I'm going to check with Samsung's Magician SSD tool

Same for me. I hear "beepboop beepboop" and the game process takes up some processing power but the game never actually runs.

For me the new fix is working like a charm. No black flickering anymore during cutscenes. It's now pretty much perfect in 21:9 (3440x1440). Thanks again helifax!

I'm keeping my fingers crossed as I'm playing with VSync on, and have seen no flashes at all so far.

Also, thanks to @SpikedSouls shaders loading seems better now

Game will not start for me either after extracting the files to the ME Andromeda directory. Am I missing something?

that should do it, that did it for me and game starts normally

Found another instance where I experience flashes, worse than before: while landing on Havarl, the screen goes black for almost all the landing with brief flashes of the Tempest descending at the beginning, and then showing it at the end.

May it be something with the lighting?

Tried to replicate this... did not encounter such an oddity...

can you try to set the game to a 16:9 resolution, exit, then restart the game, land on havarl, go back to the Tempest, set the game to a 21:9 resolution, exit the game, then restart it and land on Havarl again?

somewhat lengthy process, sorry, but it should reload the shaders...

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I'll try, thanks for the tips!

Got another instance of it not launching correctly and causing a beeping noise took a video as well for reference https://youtu.be/ZSXuBtoocGw

Same thing happened with the "fix" (3Dmigoto) applied in any resolution: 1920x1080 both at 50/60/75hz, and 3440x1440 both at 50/60/75hz

Once I remove it, flashes gone.

Does that flickering happen just in cinematics or everywhere?
What GPU do you have? Is it an AMD one?

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Cinematics+Quest Cinematics/Dialogues, only a few, apparently in lighting intensive instances (Landing on Havarl, Beacon of the Asari Ark) doesn't happen in any other instance, for example on dialogues on the Nexus or the Tempest.

My GPU is an MSI GTX 1080 Gaming X, at its factory default clocks, gaming at 3440x1440@75Hz

The game sits on an SSD, and the rest of the PC specs are:

i7 2600k @ 4.2Ghz
Asrock Z68 Extreme 4 Gen 3 mobo
2x 8Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR3 Ram

I don't think the rest of the specs would be relevant, just throwing them in, just in case.

Setting to Temporal AA from FXAA and scaling the FRAMEBUFFER to 32Bit instead of HALF16 (64Bit) did the trick, ZERO flickering while landing on Havarl.

Definitely a game engine issue as I've seen spread with people facing it way worse than me!

Aha! Awesome find!
I am not sure which one might be the cause, but I suspect the damn Framebuffer being set to 64bit might have caused that!
(Just a hunch)!

Which is weird, because... I am playing in Surround with FXAA and 64bit FB ) But running SLI and 3 Monitors and 3D vision, so something is definitely different;)

Glad you sorted it out!

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The epiphany came today, while browsing the masseffect subreddit and finding this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/masseffect/com ... da_pc_bug/

then through Google, I've found this EA Support thread:

http://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/Ma ... -p/5957760

Where they suggested that with Temporal AA the problem was gone.

I changed the Framebuffer just for the few extra FPS until I'll upgrade the core of my system.

...now with this informatin I could recreate the problem... AA off= flickering, same for FXAA...

TAA= no flickering... yay...

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TAA is the way, in this instance, I didn't minded the FXAA, but with this issue, TAA is the plausible choice.

Hey guys, Helifax, LuPoNE, our saviors, is there a fix yet for Watch Dogs 2 and Mafia 3?!?! Pls find,make fix I beg u!! it's almost unplayable, but is unenjoyable! Thx.
So outraging, ridiculous, dissapointing having realtime custcenes blackboxed. And yes, I don't care about character popping in, I mean that shouldn't be reason or at least they should have an option for letterboxing!! I understand on a multimonitor setups there may wouldn't be enough space for ex in aroom to spawn characters, but on 21:9, I'm sure!! They should keep this in mind in every situation and spawn them at the most possible distance, time this so they come in 16:9 area at the right time cuz yeah, that matters tzhe most. YET. Or just ahve an option for to letterbox or not as I said. Just cause 3 does this way, we barely see popping in only a few times, so for, at least for me, I'd take this to have all custcene in native glorious fullscreen 21:9 or whatever!!

Can you not read? I did extract the files to the ME:A directory. The game will not start. So 'that should do it' is not a helpful response at all. Cool its working for you, but talk about pointless advice.

Does anyone have anything helpful that might resolve this issue? I am not the only one in this thread experiencing the fail-to-launch after using these files.

If those with that problem would give a bit more information than just "duh, it's not working, help me...", maybe, just maybe, you could get a proper answer...

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There's no need to be rude, I'm a simple user like yourself, and the only thing I did was to copy it over in ME:A folder.

Are you launching the game through Origin? Does it start without these file in its folder? Start from the basics, explain yourself and, to our extent, we may try and help.

Hey everyone bit late to buy this awesome game (original patch 1.05 origin) What files needed can someone link the LASTEST working fix for 3440x1440 ? and how to do it TY SO MUCH

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lol

I extract the folders to the ME:A directory. This causes the game to not launch. Remove files, game will then launch.

Thats it. Its very straightforward, and I have now posted basically the same thing 3 times. Not sure what you think is being left out here. The only advice given to solve this in this thread has been 'just extract to the game directory'. Clearly not the solution, since that is the cause of the problem in the first place.

Again, Im not the only one in this thread that has reported this issue. I am open to suggestions that might actually be helpful, and I would assume others with the same fail to start issue would also find it helpful.

What they are saying good sir is; If you would be so kind as to give us a little information about your computer then we could lend a hand. It is understood that you are correctly placing the files in ME:A's directory and that is what is causing the problem. So it is some other variable messing with things. So lets get you fixed up shall we?

Fist up, what are you specs, Do you run SLI or Crossfire, and what resolution are you playing at? If you have Nvidia what is PhysX setting set to. Have you tried changing that to CPU? Also if on Nvidia have you changed anything with Nvidia inspector or in Manage 3D settings. If you have, reset them to default then tweak them again once we get everything sorted. If On an AMD GPU have you changed any tessellation settings, or have any global settings overridden? If so set them back to default for the time being.

Next; {This would be the most likely cause of problems) Are you running any other overlays that could interfere (Geforce Experience, Rivatuner standalone or one that came with Afterburner or EVGA PrecisionX. If so Is it set to hook into the framebuffer or viewport? Is Origin's overlay enabled? If so try and disable it. Are there any other overlays Razer, ASUS ROG etc... Remember this fix is not a memory hack like the other. It is hooking into DirectX itself. This is a very common method used by many different utlities and they might be clashing. Are you using SweetFX, Reshade, or any other shader suite? If so which one and what version # is it. Do you have DXtory, or Fraps running. Do you have the Steam version of Display Fusion? If so have you made any changes to the viewport that overrides your display driver's?

3rd: Do you have an overclock on your GPU. Frostbite can have issues with certain overclocks set to various speeds. For example on my system If I set the core clock to 96 {a multiple of 12) it is fine, but 100 will quickly throw a dxgi device removed error. Nvidia cards have also historically favored Multiples of 13. AMD cards never were sensitive to those things (For me at least, though I've not owned any AMD cards since 7970 ghz ed. so that may not be the case still). Yet the game engine might not like certain numbers. Perhaps dial it back a little if you have an aggressive overclock. Ideally you should remove it until you get this working then re enable it. That goes for any tweaks really.

4th: What display driver are you on? The newest one for your platform, What version of Windows are you on? If on Windows 10 do you have the creators update?

5th: Are you passing any commands to the game at launch? Either via the launch commands dialogue in Origin, or adding them to target for a shortcut. How about a User.cfg file in the ME:A directory to tweak things like motion blur, readaheadlimit, or tessellation? If so remove any launch commands or user.cfg files for now.

6th:Have you started Modding the game yet? There is already a basic toolkit out by Warranty Voider, and mods have already appeared the Nexus. Or have you yourself changed any game variables with it?

7th:Have you tried using the repair game function on Origin? If not give that a whirl.

8th:Do you have a legit copy or the game, or are you using a cracked version? There's nothing to be done if you don't have a legit version. (Not an accusation, just covering all bases.)

Now these are the type of thing we need to know to help you. None of us know them through voodoo, burning bushes, or sorcery and so forth. Help us help you, and please try not to be obstinate about it good sir. There is a limited set of things (read: Zero) we can do without having your computer in front of us. I do understand being irritated about not being able to play the game properly. Especially if you are (Like most of us I would guess) a huge fan of Bioware games; and have been waiting in anxiousness for a couple years to get our hands on a new Mass Effect game. One with loot and item drops, && crafting like an actual RPG again no less.

So with all that said, hit us with some answers so you can get back to Pathfinding already.

Can u link / explain me where is THE patch 1.05 3440x1440 FIX is it just copy paste .exe or ini edit ? plz explain cannot play this game until i get rid of black bars cutscenes

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Personally I would have no interest in helping this guy.

But.....fortunately for him helping him, might help another user who isn't quite as rude.

Quoted from Helifax:


It's not an exe, just a bunch of DLL and a folder with a configuration file.

Open up Mass Effect Andromeda's folder, where the exe is located, copy there those files AND the folder, then launch the game.

They should not overwrite anything, since you're just adding files that were not in the folder, and to remove it, you just delete those files.

That's the only/proper way to install it.

Said that, with the exception of pre-rendered cutscenes, everything else will not be blocked.

If you browse the previous forum pages you will find the FlawlessWideScreen plugin fix, which needs to be fixed in its configuration files in order to work properly with patch 1.05, while the rar I've posted before doesn't has any patch issues.

Thank you for actually trying to offer some real help, much appreciated.
specs: 6700k, fury x, 16gb ram, 1tb ssd

havent changed anything in Radeon Settings for MEA.

i use MSI afterburner and RTSS. have tried disabling both, no change. Origin overlay disabled. Not using sweetFX or Reshade, no FRAPS etc. tried turning off ReLive as well.

no GPU overclock.

do not have Windows Creator update, current build is 14393. most recent AMD driver.

no launch commands. have tried repairing twice now, no such luck. also not using a custom user.cfg
no mods.
i have a legit copy of the game, bought on Origin.



I apologize for being an asshat, but that first response to my initial request for help was a bit grating as it literally parroted back what I first posted.
Thank you again for offering to help. I am using the FWS fix atm, and that working fine-ish, the black bars arent too distracting. Would be nice to get this better fix working tho. I have spent a lot of time now trying to troubleshoot it myself, bit frustrated that nothing seems to work.

Hello! I'm similarly having the same issues as these two users after installing helifax's fix, where the game won't launch, makes a beep boop noise and then runs in the background without actually loading.

PC Spec
AMD FX6300, XFX RS RX480 8GB, 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 Ram
I'm also currently running AMD's latest drivers, and am also on the W10 creators update.

Has anyone found a solution to getting the game to launch and not Boop like Sombra?

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Being a simple user like you two, and making an educated guess here, I see two common factors:
1. Windows 10 Creators Update
2. AMD card

While I would assume that the latter would be very unlikely, given the wide range of issues that the former still holds, I could safely assume that it would be the Windows Creators Update changes that don't "talk" with the 3D Migoto libraries of the second "easy" fix from Helifax

I don't have an AMD card, but I don't have the Creators Update either, so they're the only two factors I can think of, and to rule them out, we would need more feedback from other users.

Win 10 creators update installed: check
NVIDIA card here...

no problems with the fix...

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So it's sounding like it might be an AMD card issue getting Helifax's fix working. Terribly sad. Hopefully Helifax comes back and takes a look, or i'll just have to get by with the Flawless Widescreen fix with the black back flashing.

Help me, Helifax! you're my only hope.

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Patch 1.06 is out: no proper 21:9 fix.

3D Migoto fix from Helifax still works, I've noticed a little performance hit though (but it also may be windows 10 preparing the system update + my older CPU)

can confirm...

something interesting (in an amusing way): if the game is in windowed mode, it will adapt to whatever aspect ratio the window takes... on the fly... just resizing the window to whatever will do... only for widescreen up to triplewide (possibly even more) squishing the window horizontally just cuts off the sides...

anyway... like I said, just something amusing...

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It looks like the new patch actually broke 21:9 support. The game seems to think that 21:9 is the same as 4:3. All the GUI elements are pushed toward the center, where they weren't just yesterday. It is most noticeable in the Nomad with the mining interface open. I tried it with and without Hellifax, and it made no difference.

Pretty lame.

I have noticed this same issue also. Cannot tell if it's due to something from the old fix or if they broke this for every single ultrawide user. Please help Helifax!

using this with 1.05 everything was fine... still works with 1.06 but some of the HUD elements are out of place, specifically the quest objective display in the top right is now moved in towards the center, underneath the right side of the compass

thanks for your work on this!

edit: it's the entire ui basically... scrunched in real far

Apologies for the quick posting! I had it on and just loaded my final game save and in conversations was ok, didn't noticed that until now, I'm experiencing the same issue with the UI.

Although, removing the 3DMigoto files doesn't solve the issue, it seems like a game issue now.

Definitely a game issue. The UI scales sort of correctly (within a 16:9 box) up to 2560x1080. After that it gets weird, even at 2560x1440. They broke something in the 1.06 update.

You know, I was sort of happy when reading the patch notes I saw this line:



Improvements? They broke something that was fine.

Got a tweet from Mike Gamble about this issue: they're fixing it, but he gave no ETA.