diff --git a/build/SConscript.configure b/build/SConscript.configure
index cf0b0e08..3a65f817 100644
--- a/build/SConscript.configure
+++ b/build/SConscript.configure
@@ -310,11 +310,20 @@ def osxlibinst_as_build_function(self, target, source, pkgname = None, use_own =
 	return inst
 
 def remove_flag(env, flag):
-	try:
+	success = False
+	if flag in env['CXXFLAGS']:
 		env['CXXFLAGS'].remove(flag)
-		return True
-	except:
-		return False
+		success = True
+	if flag in env['SHCXXFLAGS']:
+		env['SHCXXFLAGS'].remove(flag)
+		success = True
+	if flag in env['CFLAGS']:
+		env['CFLAGS'].remove(flag)
+		success = True
+	if flag in env['LINKFLAGS']:
+		env['LINKFLAGS'].remove(flag)
+		success = True
+	return success
 
 def match_pattern(x, patterns):
 	match = False
@@ -327,6 +336,7 @@ def match_pattern(x, patterns):
 def remove_flags(env, patterns):
 	env['CCFLAGS'][:] = [ x for x in env['CCFLAGS'] if not match_pattern(x, patterns) ]
 	env['CXXFLAGS'][:] = [ x for x in env['CXXFLAGS'] if not match_pattern(x, patterns) ]
+	env['SHCXXFLAGS'][:] = [ x for x in env['SHCXXFLAGS'] if not match_pattern(x, patterns) ]
 	env['LINKFLAGS'][:] = [ x for x in env['LINKFLAGS'] if not match_pattern(x, patterns) ]
 
 def append_flag(env, value):
@@ -354,7 +364,7 @@ def relax_compiler_settings(env):
 	# Relax the compiler settings when compiling heavy templated code
 	# (e.g. Boost::Spirit parsers, etc., which don't necessarily have
 	# to be that fast)
-	env.RemoveFlags(['-g', '/Z7', '-ipo', '/GL'])
+	env.RemoveFlags(['-g', '/Z7', '/Zi', '-ipo', '/GL', '/DEBUG'])
 	if env.RemoveFlag('-O3'):
 		env.AppendFlag('-Os')
 	if env.RemoveFlag('/O2'):
diff --git a/build/config-linux-gcc-debug.py b/build/config-linux-gcc-debug.py
index bfa12cae..55f32973 100644
--- a/build/config-linux-gcc-debug.py
+++ b/build/config-linux-gcc-debug.py
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ COLLADALIB     = ['collada14dom']
 # versions at the same time by explicitly specifying e.g. PYTHON27INCLUDE, 
 # PYTHON27LIB, PYTHON27LIBDIR and PYTHON32INCLUDE, PYTHON32LIB, PYTHON32LIBDIR
 
-pyver = os.popen("python --version 2>&1 | grep -oE '([[:digit:]].[[:digit:]])'").read().strip()
+pyver = os.popen("python --version 2>&1 | grep -oE '([[:digit:]].[[:digit:]])'").read().strip().replace('.', '')
 env = locals()
 
 env['PYTHON'+pyver+'INCLUDE']  = []
-env['PYTHON'+pyver+'LIB']      = ['boost_python']
+env['PYTHON'+pyver+'LIB']      = ['boost_python3' if pyver[0] == '3' else 'boost_python']
 
 for entry in os.popen("python-config --cflags --libs").read().split():
 	if entry[:2] == '-I':
diff --git a/build/config-linux-gcc.py b/build/config-linux-gcc.py
index 0308f63b..6173d921 100644
--- a/build/config-linux-gcc.py
+++ b/build/config-linux-gcc.py
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ COLLADALIB     = ['collada14dom']
 # versions at the same time by explicitly specifying e.g. PYTHON27INCLUDE, 
 # PYTHON27LIB, PYTHON27LIBDIR and PYTHON32INCLUDE, PYTHON32LIB, PYTHON32LIBDIR
 
-pyver = os.popen("python --version 2>&1 | grep -oE '([[:digit:]].[[:digit:]])'").read().strip()
+pyver = os.popen("python --version 2>&1 | grep -oE '([[:digit:]].[[:digit:]])'").read().strip().replace('.', '')
 env = locals()
 
 env['PYTHON'+pyver+'INCLUDE']  = []
-env['PYTHON'+pyver+'LIB']      = ['boost_python']
+env['PYTHON'+pyver+'LIB']      = ['boost_python3' if pyver[0] == '3' else 'boost_python']
 
 for entry in os.popen("python-config --cflags --libs").read().split():
 	if entry[:2] == '-I':
diff --git a/build/config-win32-icl.py b/build/config-win32-icl.py
index d409296a..74022fc2 100644
--- a/build/config-win32-icl.py
+++ b/build/config-win32-icl.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ DISTDIR         = '#dist'
 CXX             = 'icl'
 CC              = 'icl'
 LINK            = 'xilink'
-CXXFLAGS        = ['/nologo', '/O3', '/Qipo', '/QxSSE2', '/QaxSSE3,SSE4.2', '/fp:fast=2', '/D', 'WIN32', '/W3', '/Qdiag-disable:2586', '/EHsc', '/GS-', '/MD', '/D', 'MTS_DEBUG', '/D', 'SINGLE_PRECISION', '/D', 'SPECTRUM_SAMPLES=3', '/D', 'MTS_SSE', '/D', 'MTS_HAS_COHERENT_RT', '/D', '_CONSOLE', '/D', 'OPENEXR_DLL', '/D', 'NDEBUG', '/Qopenmp']
+CXXFLAGS        = ['/nologo', '/O3', '/Qipo', '/QxSSE2', '/QaxSSE3,SSE4.2', '/fp:fast=2', '/D', 'WIN32', '/W3', '/Qdiag-disable:803' ,'/Qdiag-disable:2415', '/Qdiag-disable:2586', '/EHsc', '/GS-', '/MD', '/D', 'MTS_DEBUG', '/D', 'SINGLE_PRECISION', '/D', 'SPECTRUM_SAMPLES=3', '/D', 'MTS_SSE', '/D', 'MTS_HAS_COHERENT_RT', '/D', '_CONSOLE', '/D', 'OPENEXR_DLL', '/D', 'NDEBUG', '/Qopenmp']
 SHCXXFLAGS      = CXXFLAGS
 TARGET_ARCH     = 'x86'
 MSVC_VERSION    = '10.0'
diff --git a/build/config-win64-icl.py b/build/config-win64-icl.py
index 0f4ae1e3..88d9b87d 100644
--- a/build/config-win64-icl.py
+++ b/build/config-win64-icl.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ DISTDIR         = '#dist'
 CXX             = 'icl'
 CC              = 'icl'
 LINK            = 'xilink'
-CXXFLAGS        = ['/nologo', '/O3', '/Qipo', '/QxSSE2', '/QaxSSE3,SSE4.2', '/fp:fast=2', '/D', 'WIN32', '/D', 'WIN64', '/W3', '/Qdiag-disable:2586', '/EHsc', '/GS-', '/MD', '/D', 'MTS_DEBUG', '/D', 'SINGLE_PRECISION', '/D', 'SPECTRUM_SAMPLES=3', '/D', 'MTS_SSE', '/D', 'MTS_HAS_COHERENT_RT', '/D', '_CONSOLE', '/D', 'OPENEXR_DLL', '/D', 'NDEBUG', '/Qopenmp']
+CXXFLAGS        = ['/nologo', '/O3', '/Qipo', '/QxSSE2', '/QaxSSE3,SSE4.2', '/fp:fast=2', '/D', 'WIN32', '/D', 'WIN64', '/W3', '/Qdiag-disable:803' ,'/Qdiag-disable:2415', '/Qdiag-disable:2586', '/EHsc', '/GS-', '/MD', '/D', 'MTS_DEBUG', '/D', 'SINGLE_PRECISION', '/D', 'SPECTRUM_SAMPLES=3', '/D', 'MTS_SSE', '/D', 'MTS_HAS_COHERENT_RT', '/D', '_CONSOLE', '/D', 'OPENEXR_DLL', '/D', 'NDEBUG', '/Qopenmp']
 SHCXXFLAGS      = CXXFLAGS
 TARGET_ARCH     = 'x86_64'
 MSVC_VERSION    = '10.0'
diff --git a/data/windows/extract-symbols.ps1 b/data/windows/extract-symbols.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f620ce07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/windows/extract-symbols.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Remove-Item -Recurse -Force symbols
+mkdir symbols
+Get-ChildItem build -include *.pdb -recurse | foreach ($_) { python dependencies\bin\symbolstore.py dependencies\bin\dump_syms_x86 symbols $_.fullname }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/converter/collada.cpp b/src/converter/collada.cpp
index 43f89132..b6fd9360 100644
--- a/src/converter/collada.cpp
+++ b/src/converter/collada.cpp
@@ -1578,7 +1578,7 @@ void GeometryConverter::convertCollada(const fs::path &inputFile,
 	const fs::path &meshesDirectory) {
 	CustomErrorHandler errorHandler;
 	daeErrorHandler::setErrorHandler(&errorHandler);
-	SLog(EInfo, "Loading \"%s\" ..", inputFile.filename().c_str());
+	SLog(EInfo, "Loading \"%s\" ..", inputFile.filename().string().c_str());
 #if COLLADA_DOM_SUPPORT141
 	DAE *dae = new DAE(NULL, NULL, "1.4.1");
 	domCOLLADA *document = dae->open141(inputFile.string());