The first patch applied to Dishonored 2 worked for some people, but not everyone found their game was fixed. Our own station manager was reported as saying that past the first mission he was experiencing more of the same bugginess that he’d found on his first playthrough.

Fortunately Arkane and Bethesda aren’t done patching, and a 1.2 patch is now in beta on Steam with a focus on improving performance issues. Among the fixes in the patch is one related to mouse sensitivity being tied to the game’s framerate, solutions to frame stuttering and the introduction of more Options in the menu to help players better manage the frames they could get from the game.

There’s also a set of ‘known issues’ listed, with some having workarounds suggested as a temporary measure for now. It’s likely that these will be on the top of the list for the 1.3 patch to the game.

Opting into the beta simply requires you to hover over the game in your Library, right-click and choose properties, then click the beta tab and opt in. Those already opted in for beta 1.1 will be getting the new patch automatically. It’s also been recommended that Nvidia card users download the 375.95 drivers, as some of the previous Nvidia drivers were responsible for issues specific to Dishonored 2.

To check out the full set of 1.2 beta patch notes, click here.