diff --git a/install/templates/wdata.tpl b/install/templates/wdata.tpl
index 514aae08..83329e47 100644
--- a/install/templates/wdata.tpl
+++ b/install/templates/wdata.tpl
@@ -1,54 +1,145 @@
 <?php
-#################################################################################
-##              -= YOU MAY NOT REMOVE OR CHANGE THIS NOTICE =-                 ##
-## --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ##
-##  Project:       TravianZ                                                    ##
-##  Version:       22.06.2015                    			       ## 
-##  Filename       wdata.tpl                                                   ##
-##  Developed by:  Mr.php , Advocaite , brainiacX , yi12345 , Shadow , ronix   ## 
-##  Fixed by:      Shadow - STARVATION , HERO FIXED COMPL.  		       ##
-##  Fixed by:      InCube - double troops				       ##
-##  License:       TravianZ Project                                            ##
-##  Copyright:     TravianZ (c) 2010-2015. All rights reserved.                ##
-##  URLs:          http://travian.shadowss.ro                		       ##
-##  Source code:   https://github.com/Shadowss/TravianZ		               ## 
-##                                                                             ##
-#################################################################################
+// install/wdata.tpl
 
 include_once('../GameEngine/config.php');
 
-if(isset($_GET['c']) && $_GET['c'] == 1) {
-echo "<br /><hr /><br /><div class=\"headline\"><span class=\"f10 c5\">Error creating wdata. Check configuration or file.</span></div><br><br>";
+if (isset($_GET['c']) && $_GET['c'] == '1') {
+    echo '<br /><hr /><br /><div class="headline"><span class="f10 c5">Error creating wdata. Check configuration or file.</span></div><br><br>';
+}
+if (isset($_GET['err']) && $_GET['err'] == '1') {
+    echo '<br /><hr /><br /><div class="headline"><span class="f10 c5">Existing World Data found in the database! Please empty tables <i>'
+        . TB_PREFIX . 'odata, ' . TB_PREFIX . 'units, ' . TB_PREFIX . 'vdata, ' . TB_PREFIX . 'wdata</i> before continuing.</span></div><br /><br />';
 }
 
-if(isset($_GET['err']) && $_GET['err'] == 1) {
-echo "<br /><hr /><br /><div class=\"headline\"><span class=\"f10 c5\">Existing World Data found in the database! Please empty tables <i>".TB_PREFIX."odata, ".TB_PREFIX."units, ".TB_PREFIX."vdata, ".TB_PREFIX."wdata</i> before continuing.</span></div><br /><br />";
-}
+$autoStartCroppers = isset($_GET['startCroppers']) && $_GET['startCroppers'] === '1';
 ?>
+
 <form action="process.php" method="post" id="dataform">
-	<input type="hidden" name="subwdata" value="1">
-	
-	<p>
-		<span class="f10 c">Create World Data</span>
-		
-		<table>
-			<tr>
-				<td>
-					<b>Warning</b>: This can take some time. Please wait until the next page has been loaded. Click Create to proceed...
-					<br>
-					<br>
-				</td>
-			</tr>
-			<tr>
-				<td>
-					<center>
-						<input type="submit" name="Submit" id="Submit" value="Create..." onClick="return proceed()">
-						<br>
-						<br>
-					</center>
-				</td>
-			</tr>
-		</table>
-	</p>
+    <input type="hidden" name="subwdata" value="1" />
+
+    <p>
+        <span class="f10 c">Create World Data</span>
+
+        <table>
+            <tr>
+                <td>
+                    <b>Warning</b>: This can take some time. Please wait until the next page has been loaded.
+                    Click Create to proceed...
+                    <br /><br />
+
+                    <!-- Submit block (hidden when autoStartCroppers=1) -->
+                    <div id="submitWrap" style="display:<?php echo $autoStartCroppers ? 'none' : 'block'; ?>;">
+                        <center>
+                            <input type="submit" name="Submit" id="Submit" value="Create..." onClick="return proceed()" />
+                            <br /><br />
+                        </center>
+                    </div>
+
+                    <!-- Progress UI (shown when startCroppers=1) -->
+                    <div id="progressBox" style="display:<?php echo $autoStartCroppers ? 'block' : 'none'; ?>; margin-top:20px;">
+                        <div style="font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:6px;">Building croppers…</div>
+
+                        <div style="background:#ddd;border-radius:8px;overflow:hidden;height:20px;max-width:500px;">
+                            <!-- Orange bar to match Travian vibes -->
+                            <div id="pbar" style="background:#f6a21a;height:100%;width:0%;transition:width .2s;"></div>
+                        </div>
+
+                        <div id="pinfo" style="margin-top:6px;font-size:13px;color:#333;">Starting…</div>
+
+                        <pre id="plog" style="margin-top:10px;background:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #ddd;border-radius:8px;padding:8px;font-size:12px;max-height:200px;overflow:auto;"></pre>
+
+                        <!-- Continue button appears on completion -->
+						<div id="autoNext" style="display:none;margin-top:10px;">
+						  Proceeding to next step in <b id="cd">3</b>…
+						</div>
+                    </div>
+
+<script>
+(function () {
+  var NEXT_URL = 'index.php?s=4'; // your next step
+  var COUNTDOWN_SECS = 3;
+  var finished = false;
+
+  function startCountdown() {
+    var box = document.getElementById('autoNext');
+    var cdEl = document.getElementById('cd');
+    var left = COUNTDOWN_SECS;
+    box.style.display = 'block';
+    cdEl.textContent = left;
+    var t = setInterval(function(){
+      left--;
+      cdEl.textContent = left;
+      if (left <= 0) { clearInterval(t); window.location.href = NEXT_URL; }
+    }, 1000);
+  }
+
+  function startCroppersBuild() {
+    var box  = document.getElementById('progressBox');
+    var pbar = document.getElementById('pbar');
+    var pinfo= document.getElementById('pinfo');
+    var plog = document.getElementById('plog');
+
+    var submitWrap = document.getElementById('submitWrap');
+    if (submitWrap) submitWrap.style.display = 'none';
+    box.style.display = 'block';
+
+    if (!('EventSource' in window)) {
+      plog.textContent += "Your browser does not support live progress.\n";
+      return;
+    }
+
+    var es = new EventSource('ajax_croppers.php');
+
+    es.onmessage = function (e) {
+      // Ignore non-JSON messages (pings / blanks)
+      if (!e.data || e.data.charCodeAt(0) !== 123 /* '{' */) return;
+
+      try {
+        var d = JSON.parse(e.data);
+        var pct   = (d.pct  || 0)|0;
+        var done  = (d.done || 0)|0;
+        var total = (d.total|| 0)|0;
+
+        // If we've already finished, ignore further events
+        if (finished) return;
+
+        pbar.style.width = pct + '%';
+        pinfo.textContent = done + ' / ' + total + ' (' + pct + '%)';
+
+        if (d.msg) {
+          plog.textContent += d.msg + "\n";
+          plog.scrollTop = plog.scrollHeight;
+        }
+
+        if (pct >= 100) {
+          finished = true;
+          plog.textContent += "✅ Completed!\n";
+          es.close();
+          startCountdown();
+        }
+      } catch (err) {
+        // Silently ignore parsing problems now that we guard by '{'
+        // plog.textContent += "Parse error.\n";
+      }
+    };
+
+    es.onerror = function () {
+      // Don’t spam after we’re done; otherwise let EventSource reconnect silently
+      if (!finished) {
+        plog.textContent += "Connection hiccup, retrying…\n";
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {
+    <?php if ($autoStartCroppers) { echo 'startCroppersBuild();'; } ?>
+  });
+})();
+</script>
+
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+        </table>
+    </p>
 </form>
 </div>