'Dishonored 2' PC Update 1.3 Fixes Some Performance Issues; Now Available To All Steam Users
J RoseThe PC version of stealth action game "Dishonored 2" has encountered multiple performance issues since its release. Bethesda and Arkane Studios now aim to fix these issues with the release of its latest patch.
Steam patch update 1.3, which has now gone out of beta and has recently been made available to all Steam users, aims to improve the PC version's performance, offering general optimization improvements and resolution issues. An overview of the patch is shown below:
General performance and optimization improvements
Added a setting to turn OFF Camera Motion Blur
Additional mouse improvements
Fixed various issues related to user interface
Fixed various issues related to the Option menu
Fixed various issues related to multiple monitors
The latest patch has also enabled the option to turn off the camera motion blur, and has also included fixes for known issues such as a bug with multiple monitors where the game does not appear on the main monitor by default, and a bug which causes some UI to be misplaced when using 5:4 and 4:3 aspect ratios.
Here are some of the details of the update. For the full patch notes, check out the post on the Steam Community Forums.
Options
Added a setting to turn OFF Camera Motion Blur
Fixed a bug which caused some textures to be missing when Texture Quality was set above Medium for some GPUs
Fixed a bug where the game sometimes launched in the previously saved resolution in the top left corner of the screen
Display / Monitor
Fixed a bug with multiple monitors which caused the game to not display on the primary monitor by default
Fixed a bug which caused some UI elements to be misplaced when using 5:4 or 4:3 aspect ratios
Rendering / Performance
Fixed a rendering bug affecting the lighting on some NPCs which sometimes caused a red glow
FPS limiter set to 60 FPS by default
Adjusted Shadow Quality settings - "High" setting and below have a more significant visual and performance adjustment
Reduced performance impact of transparent surfaces & VFX
Mouse
Fixed a bug impacting mouse movement speed
Bethesda has also recommended users to update to NVIDIA driver 375.95 and AMD Driver 16.11.4 to avoid any other performance issues while playing "Dishonored 2."
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