[2022] Efficiency of large populations

Interesting. Hmmm, I'll need to look into this. Could be some of the things which try to optimize checks for hauling when populations get huge may be grinding to a standstill. Or it could be something totally unrelated. I'll take a look! Thanks for breaking down your experience to help me better understand the issue. :)

Thank you for the feedback. I totally understand that frustration. I'm going to do my best to track down the issue and fix it. Hope to improve this soon.

Also, if either of you has a save with those issues you'd be able to send me, that would be super valuable.

If so, you can follow this:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/688060/discussions/0/1741106440033049878/

Actually, I think I've got a fix. I'll try to throw in a patch today so you guys can test it out.

I've uploaded 0.11.0.16 to the beta branch. It has some improvements for entities not being given jobs. I still need to improve idling settlers on the highest game speed, but that's not quite related to this issue you two found. So, check it out and let me know if things improve.

Thank you for testing that out and for the feedback. :)

I think there are still a couple smaller things making folks idle for longer than they should, but I'll continue to tune these. So, do let me know if you encounter anything else.

Cheers!