diff --git a/voxygen/shaders/include/sky.glsl b/voxygen/shaders/include/sky.glsl
index 48b926ab1d..42346f26b3 100644
--- a/voxygen/shaders/include/sky.glsl
+++ b/voxygen/shaders/include/sky.glsl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const float PI = 3.141592;
 const vec3 SKY_DAY_TOP = vec3(0.2, 0.3, 0.9);
 const vec3 SKY_DAY_MID = vec3(0.15, 0.2, 0.8);
 const vec3 SKY_DAY_BOT = vec3(0.02, 0.1, 0.3);
-const vec3 DAY_LIGHT   = vec3(0.5, 0.5, 0.8);
+const vec3 DAY_LIGHT   = vec3(0.5, 0.5, 1.0);
 
 const vec3 SKY_DUSK_TOP = vec3(0.1, 0.15, 0.3);
 const vec3 SKY_DUSK_MID = vec3(0.9, 0.3, 0.2);
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ vec3 get_sun_dir(float time_of_day) {
 }
 
 float get_sun_brightness(vec3 sun_dir) {
-	return max(-sun_dir.z + 0.6, 0.0) * 0.8;
+	return max(-sun_dir.z + 0.6, 0.0);
 }
 
 const float PERSISTENT_AMBIANCE = 0.008;
diff --git a/voxygen/src/scene/terrain.rs b/voxygen/src/scene/terrain.rs
index 463884ac47..ed6544eb8c 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/scene/terrain.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/scene/terrain.rs
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ fn mesh_worker(
     }
 }
 
-const MAX_WORKERS_QUEUED: usize = 32;
-
 pub struct Terrain {
     chunks: HashMap<Vec2<i32>, TerrainChunk>,
 
@@ -60,7 +58,6 @@ pub struct Terrain {
     mesh_send_tmp: mpsc::Sender<MeshWorkerResponse>,
     mesh_recv: mpsc::Receiver<MeshWorkerResponse>,
     mesh_todo: HashMap<Vec2<i32>, ChunkMeshState>,
-    workers_queued: usize,
 }
 
 impl Terrain {
@@ -75,7 +72,6 @@ impl Terrain {
             mesh_send_tmp: send,
             mesh_recv: recv,
             mesh_todo: HashMap::new(),
-            workers_queued: 0,
         }
     }
 
@@ -153,10 +149,6 @@ impl Terrain {
             // Only spawn workers for meshing jobs without an active worker already.
             .filter(|todo| !todo.active_worker)
         {
-            if self.workers_queued >= MAX_WORKERS_QUEUED {
-                break;
-            }
-
             // Find the area of the terrain we want. Because meshing needs to compute things like
             // ambient occlusion and edge elision, we also need the borders of the chunk's
             // neighbours too (hence the `- 1` and `+ 1`).
@@ -207,7 +199,6 @@ impl Terrain {
                 ));
             });
             todo.active_worker = true;
-            self.workers_queued += 1;
         }
 
         // Receive a chunk mesh from a worker thread and upload it to the GPU, then store it.
@@ -245,8 +236,6 @@ impl Terrain {
                 // since it's either out of date or no longer needed.
                 _ => {}
             }
-
-            self.workers_queued -= 1;
         }
 
         // Construct view frustum
diff --git a/world/src/column/mod.rs b/world/src/column/mod.rs
index d34ee14ef5..44836c72cb 100644
--- a/world/src/column/mod.rs
+++ b/world/src/column/mod.rs
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ impl<'a> Sampler for ColumnGen<'a> {
 
         // Cities
         // TODO: In a later MR
-        /*
         let building = match &sim_chunk.location {
             Some(loc) => {
                 let loc = &sim.locations[loc.loc_idx];
@@ -184,7 +183,6 @@ impl<'a> Sampler for ColumnGen<'a> {
         };
 
         let alt = alt + building;
-        */
 
         // Caves
         let cave_at = |wposf: Vec2<f64>| {
diff --git a/world/src/sim/mod.rs b/world/src/sim/mod.rs
index fac42e2ff5..6014db6726 100644
--- a/world/src/sim/mod.rs
+++ b/world/src/sim/mod.rs
@@ -120,9 +120,9 @@ impl WorldSim {
     pub fn seed_elements(&mut self) {
         let mut rng = self.rng.clone();
 
-        let cell_size = 32;
+        let cell_size = 16;
         let grid_size = WORLD_SIZE / cell_size;
-        let loc_count = 250;
+        let loc_count = 100;
 
         let mut loc_grid = vec![None; grid_size.product()];
         let mut locations = Vec::new();