I love Star Sonata 2 and would love it a lot more if I didn't have to play at 10 FPS...I know its not my comp because its able to run other 3D games just fine on on low settings.

Just throwing that out there.

you can always try the beta (test) client viewtopic.php?f=116&t=50767

A lot of performance tweaks are currently being tested in that client.

Would it be funny if I suggested a 2D version of the client

the actual rendering while being a key element, is not the cause of the lags for most people experiencing said lag XD.

Rendering even on the worse computer i could find, still only limited the fps to 20. The logic code (stuff pretty much unrelated to the graphics), is what cause the currently existing lags (that is, on the current beta client since the clipping and stuff are now working as expected).

the updater having 1400 fragments ? the updater doesnt change himself unless needed (and thats not very often that i patch the patcher), which file exactly was fragmented (as in exact filename). would be helpfull to know.

there is only temporary files creation when something is actually being patched, and even then, they are clustered in a way that should minimize if not avoid completly fragmentation.

The reason it run 3 times (not 5 but 3 if there is nothing to patch), is for time saving purpose. The first time is a quick check on the patchbot version itself. second time is a quick check on the ss exe, and finally the third time is the check for every other files.