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Any more updates on this? I've just tried downloading a new version of the FLAC OST on GOG, and the sound problems I identified with those two tracks (there may be more, I just haven't looked further) are still there. The reason it has crossed my mind recently is that I have seen updates for another game on GOG (Stalker) where issues with the FLAC audio tracks were fixed, so thought I would update this post to get see if there has any progress remastering the FLAC soundtrack? I have the impression that since nearly 2 years are past, this will never be fixed, but I thought I might as well try one last time, before giving up altogether.

Agree with OP, very poor performance, although the latest patch improved Copperlane a little for me. From a little testing, I've noticed that the Copperlane FPS has increased in this patch: i5-3570K @ 4.3GHz + Radeon R9 280X 3GB: 2.03: 39 FPS 3.00: 52-55 FPS My older machine Intel Core 2 Quad @ 3.1GHz + Nvidia GTX750 2.03: 20 FPS 3.00: 25-26 FPS The problem from what I can tell, isn't really the graphics card (changing graphics settings or AA levels has zero effect). Opening up GPU-Z with PoE running shows ~ 20% GPU utilization (i5-3570K system) in Copperlane, despite the low FPS. TL;DR it seems that CPU performance is much more important than your graphics card performance. Do any of you recall the pre-GPU era of graphics cards eg Voodoo 2 3dfx, Nvidia Riva TNT 2? Then Nvidia came along with it's GeForce 256 with hardware Transform and lighting and suddenly we could enjoy more detail as what was done on the CPU traditionally was offloaded onto the GPU. It feels like the 3D engine is offloading too much of the rendering to the CPU for some reason...but it could equally be some loop/s are consuming a huge amount of CPU resources. Something is eating up CPU performance.

Thank you, very much appreciated!

I lodged a support request with GOG on the 28th January, but have yet to hear back from them (I've tried contacting them again approximately a week a go with no luck). My problem is with the Soundtrack included with the Hero edition. Some of the audio tracks have audio artifacts which detract from the enjoyment of the music (both FLAC and MP3). Track 8 - "Old Song" *Within the first second there is a noticeable *tick* sound (right earphone) Track 17 - "Twin Elms" *1:05-1:06 a slight skip (like the audio track has ~100ms of audio information removed) I didn't investigate the other tracks after finding these problems (Track 17 sounds beautiful, but it was ruined once I heard the 1:05-1:06 discontinuity), so hopefully someone who looks after the soundtrack's mastering could look into other tracks as well. I would appreciate it if anyone else could chime in and either confirm or deny the existence of these artifacts (Track 8's is reasonably clear and right at the start) to see if it may actually be only a problem with GOG's version. Thanks!