Performance

[Loraty]

Is there reason to hope it will get better soon? Or ever?

I've reached the point where the FPS slowdown starts, some stuttering sets in and the auto-save moves from "slight annoyance" to "can I go get a coffee and be back before it finishes?"

And there is no reason why the game now, at cycle 450, should be slower than it was at cycle 250. At 250 I was done exploring the map. I had the same number of dupes and critters. The only difference is that by now I am producing steel, plastic and glass and built a telescope and a scanner. Compared to the stuff built before that's minor. 

But the game has gotten so slow that I'm considering abandoning the base. It just isn't fun anymore, when everything is sluggish and saving (and loading) takes forever.

Hence my question: Is there hope? Klei? Are you working on it? With any success?

[kingy10005]

Try storing one type of thing in each container not multiple things it helps . Mite be other ways but I have yet to learn them 

[suxkar]

There are many, many ways to optimize, none of it makes miracles. Late game lag is there waiting for you and there is nothing to do about it.
Optimizing everything (pathing, priorities, nr of dupes, debris,...) will just delay (barely) the inevitable.