Seriously though, 0.16 will be out when it is READY. The staff wants to get it out to us all, too. We can't test it until it is out, right? Be patient.
Why is everybody talking about speeding up the autosave? The real problem is that user input is trashed during the save. Even worse, the autosave can also have nasty side effects. For example, if I am drawing a deconstruction area when the save hits, the save totally cancels the rectangle I was ...
All this talk about optimizing startup brings this back to mind: Why not check for and install updates BEFORE spending time loading all that stuff, since it will all need to be loaded again after installing an update??? This reloading makes updating seem slower than it really is.
Is there a chance we could get an option to have the game start in maximized windowed mode? Better yet, have it remember the location and size of its window when it closes and launch as that? :P
I also agree with these. I would like to offer two comments: