RimWorld moves to in-house Waylith engine in update 1.7

Ludeon Studios is moving RimWorld from Unity to its in-house Waylith engine starting with update 1.7. The developer claims the change could result in performance improvements of 2 to 4 times while keeping the gameplay experience identical. In internal tests, a late game colony colony saw a 2.2 times performance boost. Load times for a mod pack containing 1,500 mods dropped from 14 minutes to 6 minutes. Ludeon Studios says actual results will depend on your PC specs. Read more at TechPowerUp.