Horizon Forbidden West update 1.2 is now live on Steam, offering PC players a range of quality-of-life improvements and bug fixes. The open-world adventure made its debut on Steam on March 21, receiving positive feedback for being one of the finest PlayStation PC ports available. Since its launch, developers at Guerrilla Games and Nixxes Software have diligently addressed any issues, releasing two prior patches primarily focused on bug fixes and performance tweaks.
The 1.2 update builds on this foundation, introducing significant quality-of-life enhancements, particularly in the user interface. Notably, the weapon wheel behavior has been refined for mouse and keyboard users, now consistently centering the mouse pointer when accessed for swift weapon selection.
An adjustment has also been made to the skill tree interface, rectifying an issue where unintentional skill selection occurred due to the Menu Hold Actions setting. Furthermore, a bug resetting key bindings to default values upon game restart has been resolved, a problem reportedly arising from a previous update rather than the initial release.
Among the fixes detailed in the patch notes, a correction for the Level and XP bar display inaccuracies has been implemented. Players using AMD Radeon RX 6000 GPUs will also benefit from the removal of graphical artifacts previously observed while viewing the map. Additionally, various optimizations targeting performance issues, including scene-specific stuttering, have been included.
Horizon Forbidden West PC Update 1.2 Highlights
- Improved stability and performance optimizations.
- Addressed stuttering in specific game locations.
- Rectified Level and XP bar display errors.
- Resolved visual distortions on maps for AMD Radeon RX 6000 GPU users.
- Enhanced Weapon Wheel functionality for mouse and keyboard users.
- Prevented key binding resets to default values after game restarts.
- Fixed unintended skill acquisition under Toggle for Menu Hold Actions.
- Various UI enhancements and bug fixes.