diff --git a/SubstrateCS/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/SubstrateCS/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index 6e19494..94b4191 100644
--- a/SubstrateCS/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/SubstrateCS/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 //      Build Number
 //      Revision
 //
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("0.7.3.0")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("0.7.3.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("0.8.0.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("0.8.0.0")]
 
 // This library is compatible with all CLS-compliant .NET programming languages.
 [assembly: CLSCompliant(true)]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SubstrateCS/Source/BetaWorld.cs b/SubstrateCS/Source/BetaWorld.cs
index b8c8ac5..05e66f2 100644
--- a/SubstrateCS/Source/BetaWorld.cs
+++ b/SubstrateCS/Source/BetaWorld.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ namespace Substrate
 
         private PlayerManager _playerMan;
 
+        private int _prefCacheSize = 256;
+
         private BetaWorld ()
         {
             _regionMgrs = new Dictionary<int, RegionManager>();
@@ -149,6 +151,20 @@ namespace Substrate
             return new BetaWorld().OpenWorld(path) as BetaWorld;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Opens an existing Beta-compatible Minecraft world and returns a new <see cref="BetaWorld"/> to represent it.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="path">The path to the directory containing the world's level.dat, or the path to level.dat itself.</param>
+        /// <param name="cacheSize">The preferred cache size in chunks for each opened dimension in this world.</param>
+        /// <returns>A new <see cref="BetaWorld"/> object representing an existing world on disk.</returns>
+        public static new BetaWorld Open (string path, int cacheSize)
+        {
+            BetaWorld world = new BetaWorld().OpenWorld(path);
+            world._prefCacheSize = cacheSize;
+
+            return world;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates a new Beta-compatible Minecraft world and returns a new <see cref="BetaWorld"/> to represent it.
         /// </summary>
@@ -161,6 +177,22 @@ namespace Substrate
             return new BetaWorld().CreateWorld(path) as BetaWorld;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates a new Beta-compatible Minecraft world and returns a new <see cref="BetaWorld"/> to represent it.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="path">The path to the directory where the new world should be stored.</param>
+        /// <param name="cacheSize">The preferred cache size in chunks for each opened dimension in this world.</param>
+        /// <returns>A new <see cref="BetaWorld"/> object representing a new world.</returns>
+        /// <remarks>This method will attempt to create the specified directory immediately if it does not exist, but will not
+        /// write out any world data unless it is explicitly saved at a later time.</remarks>
+        public static BetaWorld Create (string path, int cacheSize)
+        {
+            BetaWorld world = new BetaWorld().CreateWorld(path);
+            world._prefCacheSize = cacheSize;
+
+            return world;
+        }
+
         /// <exclude/>
         protected override IBlockManager GetBlockManagerVirt (int dim)
         {
@@ -213,7 +245,7 @@ namespace Substrate
                 Directory.CreateDirectory(path);
             }
 
-            ChunkCache cc = new ChunkCache();
+            ChunkCache cc = new ChunkCache(_prefCacheSize);
 
             RegionManager rm = new RegionManager(path, cc);
             BetaChunkManager cm = new BetaChunkManager(rm, cc);
diff --git a/SubstrateCS/Source/Core/ChunkCache.cs b/SubstrateCS/Source/Core/ChunkCache.cs
index 807e3b7..801ac4e 100644
--- a/SubstrateCS/Source/Core/ChunkCache.cs
+++ b/SubstrateCS/Source/Core/ChunkCache.cs
@@ -9,8 +9,13 @@ namespace Substrate.Core
         private Dictionary<ChunkKey, ChunkRef> _dirty;
 
         public ChunkCache ()
+            : this(256)
         {
-            _cache = new LRUCache<ChunkKey, ChunkRef>(256);
+        }
+
+        public ChunkCache (int cacheSize)
+        {
+            _cache = new LRUCache<ChunkKey, ChunkRef>(cacheSize);
             _dirty = new Dictionary<ChunkKey, ChunkRef>();
 
             _cache.RemoveCacheValue += EvictionHandler;