My game freezes for over 1 minute when ageing up

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

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  • GAME BUILD #: 101.101.46295 0 64211374
  • GAME PLATFORM: Steam
  • OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 7

:arrow_forward: ISSUE EXPERIENCED

:point_down: DESCRIBE THE ISSUE IN DETAIL (below). LIMIT TO ONE BUG PER THREAD.
When a player ages up (either me or the opponent), my game freezes or lags. This happens not when I click up, but when the new age starts being research. From dark age to Feudal age the game lags for 5-10 seconds. From Feudal age to Castle age the game freezes for over a minute (in my last game, the game lags from minute 00.18.55 to min 00.20.00). Going from castle age to imperial the game also lags 20-30 seconds.
It happens mostly when the first player ages up (whoever that is), and not as much when the second does.
The forum does not allow me to upload a recording because I am a fairly new user. I don’t know if you have access to my games somehow. If so, try scrolling up and down when I age up so you can feel the lag. It is much worse in real life than in the recording. I can’t give any orders so I just have to pull all vills if I am being pressured because there is no way I can micro anything for OVER 1 MINUTE!.

:arrow_forward: FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

:point_down: How often does the issue occur? CHOSE ONE; DELETE THE REST!
100%** of the time / matches I play (ALWAYS)
it happens every time I play for the past month and a half. Including lobby games.

:arrow_forward: REPRODUCTION STEPS

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Here’s the steps to reproduce the issue:

  1. play a ranked game
  2. age up
  3. age up again

:arrow_forward: EXPECTED RESULT

:point_down: What was SUPPOSED to happen if the bug you encountered were not present?
The game should not freeze

:arrow_forward: IMAGE

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I can’t take a screenshot of the lag unfortunately

:arrow_forward: GAME FILES (SAVE / RECORDING)

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The website does not allow me to upload a game…
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