So I've been looking for a fix for this problem for hours but it's hard to even find anything.

When I move my heroes they stutter and when I pick up resources they seem to pause for longer than the animations take to play out. If I replace heroes2.exe with the unpatched version found in heroes.gog, the problem disappears but all the bugs that were fixed in 2.1 gets reintroduced (like the cutscenes ending too soon).

If anyone has a solution for this, please let me know.

Heroes 1 runs buttery smooth so I really don't see why this should be a problem.

I haven't encountered this bug myself, but have you tried the HoMM 2 Windows version to see if it has the same issue? If that doesn't help, then some more information like your OS and graphics card might help so more technical people than me can assist you. :)

The windows version runs the same for me. Tbh I've played the game so much that I stopped really noticing it anyways.

Been searching around looking for a fix for this myself. Haven't found anything that works without reverting to the unpatched version. Frustrating but I figure I'll stop noticing over time like you.

GL wrapper fixes this issue without reverting to older version

Wow this works great! The only thing not working is changing the music to CD version.

- go into windowed mode (press F4).
- in window top menu find Mods->Music Mod->Local Folder
- by pressing it - select <your_game_path>\MUSIC folder (in case you are using GOG release).
- after that restart the game and select "CD Stereo with Opera" in game settings

Thank you for the help. People keeping old games going like this are awesome. I got CD audio w/ opera but now missing sound effects again.

Huh, I stepped away for a while and tried again and it's fine now. All working perfectly. Thank you again.