r/RimWorld • • 11h ago

Ludeon Official Announcing the Waylith Engine and Update 1.7

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Hey everyone, big news today!

We’re announcing update 1.7, which moves RimWorld from Unity to the Waylith Engine, our own in-house engine built by Ludeon Studios. The game looks and plays exactly the same, but in our tests performance is improved by 2-4x.

You can try 1.7 right now on the unstable beta branch - see “Testing update 1.7” at the bottom of my post for details.

You can also read the same announcement on Steam here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/294100/view/672882362547178633

Performance improvements

Compared to 1.6, 1.7 on the Waylith engine has faster startup time, game load time with big mod lists, map generation, world generation, general ticks-per-second, and just about everything else. Your colony of 40 colonists, 200 ducks, and 100+ mods will run much smoother.

We stress-tested a late game colony and saw 2.2x better performance on 1.7 compared to 1.6. A modpack with 1500 mods (!) went from 14 minutes to 6 minutes to load. (These are just our results; individual performance improvements may vary due to your specific PC or mods.)

Savegames, mods, and compatibility

You don’t need to do anything when switching to 1.7.

  • Savegames: Your 1.6 savegames will load on 1.7, and 1.7 saves also work if you go back to 1.6.
  • Mods: The vast majority of mods work on 1.7 without any changes from the authors. Some may show up in yellow as “potentially unsupported” - this is only because the version number changed.
  • Older PCs: If your PC is more than 10 years old, 1.7 may not run on it. If this happens, please let us know on the official RimWorld development Discord - we may be able to make some changes to help.

For modders

Your mods shouldn’t need any changes to work on 1.7. However, once you’ve tested your mod, please publish a version marked as 1.7-compatible so the yellow warning goes away for players. If something doesn’t work the same way it did in 1.6, you can reach out for help on the development Discord.

Waylith also gives modders more to work with:

  • You can use the latest C# language features.
  • It’s easier to write complex mods without negatively impacting the game’s performance.
  • Big visual changes and complex custom effects are more accessible.

Also, a big thank you to the over two dozen modders who helped prep RimWorld for Waylith’s debut by testing and sharing their feedback.

Testing update 1.7

Update 1.7 is available right now on the unstable Steam branch if you’d like to check it out and help us test.

To get access, go to your Steam library, right-click RimWorld and select “Properties”, then select the Betas tab and choose branch “unstable”. Restart Steam if your game does not automatically update. If prompted by Steam, choose “Play 1.7 Unstable”.

(Note that the main branch that most people play on is unaffected and still on version 1.6 for now.)

If you find a bug or want to report an issue, please share it with us on the official RimWorld development Discord.

One more thing...

RimWorld isn’t the only game on Waylith. We’re working on something new! It may be a little while before we can share more details, but we couldn’t resist telling you.

In the meantime, enjoy the extra frames with Waylith. And thank you for being an awesome community.

- Tia & Ludeon Studios


r/okbuddycinephile • • 8h ago

No jerk, RIP the king of breakfast.

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r/LivestreamFail • • 7h ago

Bhad Bhabie crashes out on SJC and LordHito for saying her famous catchphrase

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r/Damnthatsinteresting • • 7h ago

Image After more than a century of recovery efforts, a recent survey of the Seychelles giant tortoise population shows that it has jumped from 1,000 (in 1890s) to 180,000 today.

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r/baseball • • 4h ago

Players Only THE BREWERS GO UP 2-0 IN THE NLCS

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r/WeirdCareers • • 6h ago

General Discussion I’d come in at 07:00 and be 60 minutes early and therefore leave 600 minutes before 17:00, therefore paying me for nothing

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r/pics • • 3h ago

Right wing neighbors posted this grammatically questionable custom sign on their garage

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r/interesting • • 10h ago

Just Wow Out of the Top Five fastest 100m sprinters in history, Usain Bolt is the only one who has never been suspended or banned for doping. Out of the Top Ten fastest 100m times in history, only four were run by athletes never associated with doping. All four were by Bolt.

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r/UpliftingNews • • 7h ago

California strawberry farmer Rod Koda nearly doubled his organic strawberry harvest in fields treated with steam instead of chemical fumigants. Researchers are developing the technology to help farmers grow more food with fewer chemicals, while reducing risks to farmworkers and nearby communities.

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r/DangerousNightsCrew • • 7h ago

She doesn't like them so they raid her and try to get her thrown out? Is that the joke?

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r/whoathatsinteresting • • 8h ago

A Berkeley chemical engineer discovered her coworker, David Xu, was poisoning her food and water with cadmium for 18 months. Xu pleaded no contest to one felony poisoning charge and received two years of probation, with credit for one day served.

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r/oil • • 6h ago

News Trump Admits Making Up Ukraine/Russia Ceasefire.

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r/TopCharacterTropes • • 1h ago

miscellaneous (Meta Trope) "Wait, you're supposed to be a bad representation!" "Yeah but you accidentally made me cool as fuck"

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Injue Joe (Looney Tunes)- in this episode how America came to be, 90% of the country belonged to this mf. He broke trees with his chest, scared off bears with his roar, sended bear traps running and crying with his bite, passed rivers like a hippo, shot tree sized arrows casually and eated bullet to form canon balls that he shooted out of his mouth.

Snowflame (DC comics): Snowflame is a villain that gains more power the more he takes cocaine. He can control white flames, have super strenght, super resistance, ability to makes others feel drugged aswell and endless stamina. He should be a PTA about drugs being bad, but the writers forgot the most important things when making a anti-drug characters, THEY FORGOT TO GIVE HIM CONSEQUENCES FOR USING HIS POWER. Mf is able to duke it out with a entire hero team at the price of nothing.


r/sportsgossips • • 17h ago

Image A father & daughter make a commitment to get healthy together to watch more football ❤️

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r/interesting • • 8h ago

Just Wow Teeth straightening with braces

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r/NonPoliticalTwitter • • 6h ago

Other On Psychics.

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r/centuryhomes • • 6h ago

Photos Hocus Pocus for spooky season in my 1910 happy place

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Y'all were so kind to me when I posted my sofa, here's another view of the same room watching one of my Halloween favs


r/Music • • 12h ago

article Diddy Rushed Out of Prison After Medical Emergency

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r/whatisit • • 3h ago

Solved! What is this??

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I have a feeling that it is a toy of pleasure


r/texts • • 9h ago

Whatsapp Was i too harsh at reacting that way?

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So we were supposed to meet at 10am. I confirmed with him the night before, i went to the café on time and shoot him at text but he replied almost 2 hours later. I left the café by then.


r/Baking • • 8h ago

Showcase (No-Recipe) Butter tarts ❤️🇨🇦

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Happy Thanksgiving!


r/politics • • 3h ago

Paywall Ken Paxton Partied in Dubai With Fugitives Ahead of High-Stakes Texas Senate Race

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r/SubredditDrama • • 8h ago

Guy takes over r/hysterectomy, deletes and bans all criticism

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For reference, the new mod has a LONG history of taking over womens' spaces and shilling his business. His first "official post" as a moderator was to ban discussion of sexism, which is a very relevant topic when it comes to healthcare as women face multiple layers of hostility and sexism in trying to get care. Conveniently, when this rule was criticized, he then deleted that post as well.

Several people have caught bans (we are discussing this elsewhere) for pointing out his authoritative and dismissive tone towards anyone and everyone with concerns, ranging from a simple "why was no one involved in this decision" to "why is a cis man telling us how to manage our emotions" (in his first action, he told us to go outside).

I can't even provide much in the way of proof of what's happening because he is deleting everything he doesn't like. Even posts talking about moderator code of conduct have been deleted, he's hidden himself from the moderator list (which is now just him) so that people can't report him directly.

People with no history of offenses are getting temporary and permanent bans despite the fact that those are lower on the tier and require more offenses to be the given moderator action, so he is breaking his own rules.

On a personal note I haven't seen any slurs or anything of that nature thrown his way, mostly just questioning why a man is in charge of a female space, why no one was asked about this, why specifically he is against the discussion of sexism in healthcare.

https://www.reddit.com/r/hysterectomy/comments/1x430mr/comment/pfhsoi1/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

A link to his "official first action"


r/movies • • 8h ago

News 'Breaking Bad' Star RJ Mitte Dead at 34; His Film Roles Included 'Who's Driving Doug', 'Time Share', 'The Oak Room', and 'Triumph'

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r/doordash • • 4h ago

No big deal, she just has cancer, why read directions?

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My daughter ordered herself a nice meal as a treat. Delivery instructions are descriptive so you can navigate to the apartment. Apartment numbers are posted clearly. We even describe the doormat. Seriously. Leave no doubt! Dasher delivers to the wrong apartment. Hey it happens. Then she ghosts my daughter who is trying to figure out where she dropped the order so I - her caregiver - can go grab it. That's what isn't cool. Own your shit and help solve the problem you made.

My daughter even told her, "I'm going through chemo and I'm not mad at you, I just need information so my caregiver can get my food where you left it." Still nothing.

I did find the food and my daughter did report the dasher. I'm just so disappointed in the lack of maturity and accountability of the driver. This is the job. Have some pride in it to do your best, at least. And don't fuck over my kid!

FYI this was her favorite Italian restaurant so while it was very local to us, it still takes a chunk of time to be ready for delivery. Reordering wasn't going to be possible.