Game is laggy/freezing and unplayable

Age of Empires II: DE II - Report a Bug
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:arrow_forward: GAME INFORMATION

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  • GAME BUILD #: 101.102.46236.0 #(111772
  • GAME PLATFORM: Steam
  • OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 10

:arrow_forward: ISSUE EXPERIENCED

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My game keeps freezing when playing Singleplayer or multiplayer. Its horrible in multiplayer matches but single player it happens almost every 2m. In multiplayer i have horrible lag and its not that the game speeds up after the lag. Its that i’m the only one behind in its like my screen freezes. The lag does not happen for the other players in the game and only for me. This is the same for singleplayer. Game freeze or the screen and then it catch up with just updating and does not speed up to the point but instantly changes to the point. Some games i my fps even goes down below 20fps. I have a really good computer and i never have fps drops in this game.

:arrow_forward: FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

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  • 100% of the time / matches I play (ALWAYS)

:arrow_forward: REPRODUCTION STEPS

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Here’s the steps to reproduce the issue:

For me it is just to play the game. Every games it happens.

:arrow_forward: EXPECTED RESULT

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My fps would not be like 19 in imperial age.

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Hi @AzusaNakano3
Are you using overlays? Like Nvidia, Steam or Discord overlays, if so, please try disabling them.

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Yeah I got no overlays on and I tried disable the mods. I can play other games that takes way more than AoE2 on my pc also. I can play Battlefield 2024, Battlefront 2, VR games, Elden Ring etc etc… But after last patch AoE2 have been struggling a lot for me. So its nothing wrong with my GPU or CPU. I stress tested both yesterday. Its something weird happening with AoE2 for me or the new update. After I removed all mods the game even crashed mid game for some reason. And it was still freezing and such like I explained earlier.