So I still have the problem. I have not tried the \"fix\". I\'m lazy. The way I get around it is I know when it happens to me. I think I also know it has something to do with the camera angle when I go down stairs. I\'d say 95% of the time, I\'m going down stairs when it happens.
But I have found that if I change (press \"m\") camera views before going down stairs it doesn\'t happen. Mostly though I just free the camera (\"tab\"), rotate until the camera is at an angle that keeps it from \"filming through the stairs\" and then proceed to explore.
It still happens from time to time, so when I come back into the game, I try to run forward as fast as I can (no matter where I am) and this gets me past the \"bad spots\".
Araye