: Killing an enemy or triggering a complex animation caused the DRM to spike CPU usage, leading to visible "hitch" or stutter. 🛠️ The Empress Fix
📌 : This "fix" was less about traditional animation bugs and more about removing DRM bottlenecks that crippled the game's engine during combat.
: The game used both Denuvo V11 and Capcom's proprietary DRM .
: The fix proved that the performance issues were not hardware-limited, but software-inflicted. 📉 Impact & Industry Reaction The fix created a public relations challenge for Capcom.
Upon its 2021 release, PC players reported significant lag during specific combat animations (like the daughters of Lady Dimitrescu dissipating into insects).