7 Mages issue?

I don't know if there is a fix for this or not but…I find it very off-putting that when walking thru dungeons or the outside world, the walking isn't smoothly done. It is step - abrupt stop - step, abrupt stop. It feels very strange after playing other dungeon crawlers (like Grimrock, Might and Magic, Heroes of Monkey Tavern) that have much smoother movement.

Also is there a way to get rid of the text announcements like ":Battle Begins" etc? that takes me out of the moment in the game. I do realize it might be just part of the aesthetics that the programmer wanted.