Once I assigned points to the Cartography skill and the automap kicked in there's this constant stutter/slight pause whenever the main character takes a step. I reloaded an earlier save and works without problem. I'm currently on version 1.05 and this is the Gamefly version. Any fix for this issue? Thanks.

So don't care? If anything it's the same with the first game. Looks like the same issue as the thread over at the Book I board. It's most likely something to do with Gamefly's DRM and your game. The demo here runs fine.

I'm sure BW is interested in it, but as he's deeply into development on Book III now, fixes or workarounds for distributor introduced problems will likely be slow to come.