Summary
The PC port ofHorizon Forbidden Westreceived another substantial update on April 4, its second such post-release patch. Identified by version number 1.1.47.0, the update resolves some annoying issues and improvesHorizon Forbidden West’s widescreen monitor support, among other novelties.
Originally released in February 2022,Horizon Forbidden Westmade its way to PCtwo years later. While the 2020 PC port of the first mainline entry in the series suffered from some performance issues at launch, its follow-up reached Steam in a much more polished state.
Horizon Forbidden West No Longer Requires Workarounds to Rebind the Tab Key
And whileSteam users have largely been loving theHorizon Forbidden WestPC port, some issues still made it to the day-one version of the game. Guerrilla and Nixxes Software have been working on resolving them since late March, with their latest attempt at doing so arriving in the form of the 1.1.47.0 update. The patch notes attached to this release list over a dozen changes in total, including fixes for some annoying issues like the inability to remap the Tab key. Prior to this update, players had to resort to changing Windows registry values to rebind the key, which opens the map interface by default.
Furthermore, theHorizon Forbidden Westcustom difficulty settingsshould now “work correctly” following the early April patch. While this feature wasn’t obviously broken beforehand, the day-one version of the game was missing quite a few of the custom difficulty options that are available on PlayStation consoles. The developers have also worked on optimizing some keyboard and mouse controls, with the new changelog stating that the Shieldwing tool should now feel more responsive with this setup.
Even more work went into theHorizon Forbidden WestPC settings, which have now received some granular HUD scaling options. This addition effectively improves the game’s support for widescreen monitors with thin aspect ratios. Ditto for the option to disable cutscene letterboxing when using ultrawide monitors, which can now be found in the game’s launcher. Some minor UI fixes are also part of the package, as are a number of unspecified stability improvements and performance optimizations.
In terms of specific fixes revealed in the new patch notes, the changelog mentions that the 1.1.47.0 update addresses an issue that caused graphical glitches on waterfalls when using DLSS 3 frame generation. Lighting issues in Tenakth settlements have also been resolved, alongside some weird visual issues with save previews when playingHorizon Forbidden Westwith HDR enabled. On that note, the update also moves the game’s HDR settings to the Display menu in order to allow players to see what changes they are making in real time.
Horizon Forbidden West
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Join Aloy as she braves a majestic but dangerous new frontier that holds mysterious new threats. This Complete Edition allows you to enjoy the critically acclaimed Horizon Forbidden West on PC in its entirety with bonus content, including the Burning Shores story expansion that picks up after the main game.Explore distant lands, fight bigger and more awe-inspiring machines, and encounter astonishing new tribes as you return to the far-future, post-apocalyptic world of Horizon.The land is dying. Vicious storms and an unstoppable blight ravage the scattered remnants of humanity while fearsome new machines prowl their borders, and life on Earth is hurtling toward another extinction.It’s up to Aloy to uncover the secrets behind these threats and restore order and balance to the world. Along the way, she must reunite with old friends, forge alliances with warring new factions and unravel the legacy of the ancient past.
