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This application edits X-Plane DSF overlay scenery packages for X-Plane 8.30 or later. It runs on Windows 2000 or later, MacOS 10.3.9 or later, and Linux.

Users of MacOS 10.3 must install wxPython 2.5.3 or later (you don't need to install MacPython - it's already installed on 10.3).

Users of Fedora Linux or Ubuntu must downgrade to a stable version of PyOpenGL: Fedora 7, Fedora 8, Ubuntu Gutsy & Hardy.

Version 2.04:
- Support for locking object types.
- Various fixes.

Version 2.03:
- Fixes for ATI users on Windows, including fix for crash on selecting an object.
- Faster editing of large sceneries.
- Display objects that have multiple versions with a different icon in the list of objects.
- Fix for creating holes in polyons that support them, eg forests.

Version 2.01:
- Correct handling of X-Plane v9 global scenery folders.
- Speed up object loading.
- Just display forest outlines for speed.
- Ctrl-Shift-N selects all occurrences of an object in the current tile.
- Misc fixes.

Version 2.00:
- Support for X-Plane v9.
- Faster start-up.

Version 1.83:
- Fix for exclusion regions on tile borders.

Version 1.82:
- Fix for draped polygons on tile borders.

Version 1.81:
- Fix for list of objects getting out of sync after import.
- Fix for application not starting on some Linux distros.

Version 1.80:
- Fix for reload.
- Fixes for Cmd-Q and running from non-ASCII path on Mac.

Version 1.79:
- Support for MacOS 10.5.
- Support for palettised PNG files.
- No longer loads the last edited scenery package at startup.
- Displays a reason when failing to load a texture file.
- Fix for drag delay on Mac.
- Other minor fixes.

Version 1.78:
- Middle mouse button pans.
- Compresses textures to reduce memory usage.
- Fix for scenery package names that contain quote characters.

Version 1.77:
- Fixes for Linux.
- Uses current GNOME desktop theme for icons on Linux.

Version 1.76:
- Fix for water runways and 8.50-format global apt.dat.
- Rotate now rotates objects around the cursor, not around individual object centres.

Version 1.75:
- More accurate airport layout.
- Starts up slightly faster.
- Polygons displayed better on low-end cards on MacOS 10.4.

Version 1.74:
- Improved preview pictures.
- Improved handling of missing/unreadable objects.
- Fixed display of objects using both no_cull and poly_os.

Version 1.73:
- Fix for packages using v7-style "custom objects" folder.

Version 1.72:
- Support for draped polygons (orthophotos and repeating textures).
- Improved support for forests, including holes/glades.
- More fine-grained undo on polygons.
- Displays objects in correct layer order.
- Displays airport codes.

Version 1.62:
- Fix for crash with some library objects.

Version 1.61:
- Fix for missing airports on MacOS 10.3.
- Option to display locations as degrees/minutes/seconds.

Version 1.60:
- Runways and taxiways drawn in surface colour.
- Swapped Shift & Ctrl keys to behave similar to X-Plane.
- Usability improvements for Mac.