Yeah i kinda miss encumbrace and i even think the stash is somewhat too usefull, i did choose to get it unreacheable outside of city but you can still put items in it so... you can just pick up everything in order to sell. so do i
After 1 hours running around in the castle, i managed to get outside without the game crashing ! I just get caugh stealing and after some killing the game didn't crash when i tried to step outside.
Go try it, good luck.