Version History

This page lists the version history of Fusion’s Chao Editor releases. From reading this, you will be able to tell exactly what has changed between versions.

Version 2.3 (January 5, 2016)

Link to Chao Island Forum post Jan 5, 2016

Features:

  • Added support for the BetterSADX mod.
  • Added options to create legitimate Amy, Knuckles, and Tails character chao, using official Japanese chao data files! Thanks to Air Conditioner/Fluxedo and DarkyBenji from Chao Island for providing the files.
  • Now detects Sonic Adventure 2 even when its main executable file has been renamed to “Launcher.exe”.

Fixes:

  • Implemented complete support for chao names. In previous versions, only English characters were truly supported. Now, every symbol available in the game is fully supported by the editor, such as Japanese katakana characters.
  • Fixed a rare bug where using the numeric input boxes could cause the program to crash.

Improvements:

  • Improved the look and feel of the GUI on all version of Windows, but especially on Windows 10.
  • Added menu buttons next to each chao in the chao list. These buttons provide an alternative way of accessing the right-click menu.
  • Added keyboard support to the chao list. After selecting a chao, you can now use the Ctrl+N, Delete, Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C, and Ctrl+V keyboard shortcuts to manipulate chao.
  • The text and numeric input boxes now select their contents automatically when receiving focus. This makes it quicker and easier to type in new values.
  • Improved the help and information text on the chao stats page.

Known issues:

  • Deleting a chao while it is in the kindergarten classroom will create a glitched slot in the classroom. This effectively reduces the number of classroom slots that you have available. This will be fixed in a future version of the program.

Version 2.2 (November 21, 2014)

Link to Chao Island Forum post Nov 21, 2014

Fixes:

  • Now works with the latest version of Sonic Adventure DX on Steam.

Version 2.1 (September 24, 2014)

Link to Chao Island Forum post Sep 24, 2014

Fixes:

  • Now works with the latest version of Sonic Adventure DX on Steam.

Improvements:

  • Improved the look and feel of the GUI on Windows 8.

Version 2.0 (December 11, 2012)

Link to Chao Island Forum post Dec 11, 2012

Features:

  • Added support for the recently released Sonic Adventure 2.
  • Added support for the Steam version of Sonic Adventure DX.
  • Added support for the following SADX game settings:
  • Personality.
  • SA2B’s animal behaviours.
  • SA2B’s classroom skills.
  • SA2B’s toys.
  • DNA stat grades.
  • Added support for the following SA2B game settings:
  • Personality.
  • Health and sickness.
  • Classroom skills.
  • Toys.
  • Animal chao.
  • Seeds.
  • DNA stat grades.
  • Most other settings that already existed for SADX.

Fixes:

  • Fixed a bug with the character bond sliders for Big and E-102 Gamma, which were the wrong way round.
  • Fixed a bug with the animal behaviour settings, where they could not be properly removed in-game while the editor was running.
  • Fixed a bug where “Good” or “Bad” type chao would not be displayed correctly in the chao list.
  • Removed the option to add the regular fruit, pumpkin hat, and skull hat to the Black Market, as purchasing them could crash SADX. They can still be added to the garden directly.
  • Slightly modified the behaviour of the animal, fruit, and hat settings to prevent game crashes from occurring in rare cases.

Improvements:

  • Significantly improved start-up time.
  • The tooltips for slider controls now display the slider’s value, so that it is easier to tell exactly what value it has.
  • A message is now displayed while checking for updates.
  • Improved the use of icons throughout the program.
  • Changed some of the colour names so they match the current game.
  • Improved some of the SADX animal behaviour descriptions.
  • Improved the help and information text and fixed some mistakes.
  • Renamed the application from “Fusion’s SADX PC Chao Editor” to simply “Fusion’s Chao Editor”, now that it supports multiple games.

Version 1.0 (January 15, 2011)

Link to Chao Island Forum post Jan 15, 2011

First release of the program. Supports editing garden settings, chao settings, animal settings, fruit settings, hat settings, and the Black Market settings. Allows the user to export and import chao to and from .chao files.

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