figured something out about that pauses with fe at 2.
they only occur, when internal x resolution is set to very high.
so there are 2 solutions.
1. set internal x resolution to high <- a bit worse graphics
2. set fe to 3 <- bad battle swirl
i prefere setting internal x to very high and fe to 3.
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