Strange...
I applied the fix mentioned in the first post. My FPS problems went away, making the game playable.
However, now I can't reload savegames without the game crashing out on me. When I remove that DLL and restart steam/reload the game, the saves keep crashing.
?!?!?
To be specific:
1. Apply "fix" from this thread.
2. Load a savegame, play for a bit. Autosave, manualsaves, quicksaves, whatever...
3. Play for a couple hours... for a while, the quicksaves will keep working if you die
4. At some random point, die or exit the game...
5. Try to reload from any of those quick/autosaves or manual saves, they crash the game.
I've tried reinstalling, blowing away configs, and even undoing the "fix"... those saves continue to crash the game. So... the game is almost unplayable WITHOUT the "fix", and unplayable WITH the "fix". Very frustrating.
Oh, and temo/ToggleEmotions isn't fixing the probelm. Only that DLL seems to fix it up.
I'd just sigh at the 37 lost hours and start over, but what's to guarantee that the same problem wouldn't happen again with a fresh start?
What's stranger is, I haven't seen ANYONE mention a similar problem so far, in all my google searches.