diff --git a/release_builder/create-release-branch-for.sh b/release_builder/create-release-branch-for.sh
index e0e3dd2..658b2f5 100755
--- a/release_builder/create-release-branch-for.sh
+++ b/release_builder/create-release-branch-for.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ setVersionTo() {
   echo "$V" > version
   git add version
   echo "new version: $V" | git commit --file=-
-  git tag "version/$V"
+#  git tag "version/$V"
 }
 
 createBranch() {
diff --git a/release_builder/create-release-branch.sh b/release_builder/create-release-branch.sh
index caa6288..914ab4a 100755
--- a/release_builder/create-release-branch.sh
+++ b/release_builder/create-release-branch.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-THIS_RELEASE="2018.2"
-NEXT_RELEASE="2018.3"
+THIS_RELEASE="2018.3"
+NEXT_RELEASE="2018.4"
 SUBMODULES="simgear flightgear fgdata getstart"
 
 #:<< 'COMMENT_END'
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ read something
 for f in $SUBMODULES .; do
   pushd "$f"
     echo "Pushing $f"
-    git checkout release/${THIS_RELEASE} && git push origin release/${THIS_RELEASE} && git push origin version/${THIS_RELEASE}.1 && git push origin version/${NEXT_RELEASE}.0 && git checkout next && git push
+    git checkout release/${THIS_RELEASE} && git push origin release/${THIS_RELEASE} && git checkout next && git push
   popd
 done
 
diff --git a/release_builder/create_changelog.sh b/release_builder/create_changelog.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..72e25e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release_builder/create_changelog.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+cat << EOF
+Changelog for FlightGear from $1 to $2
+==========================
+EOF
+for submodule in simgear flightgear fgdata; do
+cat << EOF
+
+$submodule
+--------------------------
+EOF
+  pushd  $submodule > /dev/null 2>&1
+    git log --pretty=format:%s version/${1}..version/${2} |while read f; do 
+      echo "* $f"; 
+    done 
+  popd 
+done
diff --git a/release_builder/set-version.sh b/release_builder/set-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..09c94fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release_builder/set-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#This file is part of FlightGear
+#
+#FlightGear is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+#(at your option) any later version.
+#
+#FlightGear is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#along with FlightGear  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+if [ -z "$1" -o -z "$2" ]; then
+  echo "usage: major.minor.micro path"
+  exit
+fi
+
+
+IFS='.' read -r -a  VERSION_A <<< "$1"
+shift
+if [ ${#VERSION_A[@]} != 3 ]; then
+  echo "Need version as 'number.number.number'"
+  exit
+fi
+MAJOR_VERSION=${VERSION_A[0]}
+MINOR_VERSION=${VERSION_A[1]}
+MICRO_VERSION=${VERSION_A[2]}
+
+
+setVersionTo() {
+  local V="$1"
+  echo "setting version to $V"
+  echo "$V" > version
+  git add version
+  echo "new version: $V" | git commit --file=-
+  git tag "version/$V"
+}
+
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+  echo "Processing $1"
+  pushd $1 > /dev/null
+  git config user.name "Automatic Release Builder"
+  git config user.email "build@flightgear.org"
+  setVersionTo "${MAJOR_VERSION}.${MINOR_VERSION}.${MICRO_VERSION}"
+  popd > /dev/null
+  shift  
+done