About edit 3, I've experienced the same bug. This happens to me:
1. when automatic fight mode is selected AND
2. I have clicked 'F' during the last round of the previous battle
The previous battle ends normally, but in the first round of the new battle some of my companions don't hit at all, while some of the enemies hit two times or hit and try to run away. In this battle Gregor missed his round, while bandit2 attacked two times.
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you may be interessed in knowing as of last public version, the game is auto-assigning portraits to the characters... like, all characters gets a portrait if you have any in the portrait folder. Though its weird when it gives a male a girl portrait and vice versa, and it doesnt care to hair, eyes, skin color etc, its still better than the black empty square.