The time has finally come for the new region save system. This release also includes various optimisations around world generation, ticking and rendering.

Changelog:

• Regions for world saving, see the previous blog post for additional details about regions.

• Villages now have their own individual save file.

• Auto saves can now be postponed using Backspace.

• Auto save interval can now be change in the settings.

• The load menu has been improved, added a search bar and saves now have a preview.

• Constructions now give stored resources back when broken.

• Foliage now have a destructible mesh again when broken.

• Performance improvements related to entity ticking when out of range.

• Added a cache for resource and foliage searching for villagers.

• Performance improvements for villager task searching.

• The builder no longer gets stuck when finished building, locking the entier village.

• Roads now pathfind to their destination, going around structures and steep cliffs (currently causes a lag spike upon generation).

• Village buildings now spawn closer to the townhall.

• Structures now longer spawn on top of you.

• All broken foliage now correctly saves.

• Various improvements related to navigation and big foliage like trees.

• New packaging format, enjoy faster load times and a smaller game footprint.

That's all for this release. I'm now going to move to the next content update, this will introduce the final system that is still holding villages back : Vegetation, including growable vegetables and various fruit trees all rythmed by seasons. I can't wait to share more about it! Until then, enjoy the update.