[Cerek the Barbaric]

I had the exact same problem on my old PC machine. I would PAUSE to arrange my party, cast spells, assign enemies, etc. ... then hit the spacebar to UN-PAUSE...and suddenly THE WHOLE FIGHT HAS DISAPPEARED!!!!

I would say it is either a problem with your mouse or the capacity of your machine. Since I bought a newer computer, I've had no such problem.

Just a thought. My old machine was a 1st generation Pentium and Slooooooooow. Screen scrolls were horrible. The scenes "jerked" rather than "streamed". I never did figure out what caused the screen to suddenly "SHOOT" to the nearest corner. Has to be something with the mouse, but I couldn't tell you exactly what.