AE came out around the beginning of October...I think you can find the post in the News forum announcing that...in fact, it's right
here. It was actually released prior to that post, but the DROD.net website moved so it wasn't made public until that was taken care of.
Of course we are all hoping that 1.7 comes out early next year, but with all the new stuff there will probably be a pretty heavy testing cycle once they finish putting all the new features in. And of course the official new hold has to be created. Stay optimistic, but realistically expect next summer at the earliest, in my opinion.
I don't know if they will be updating the Sourceforge page regularly, that would be a good place to see progress perhaps.
Game on,
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He who is certain he knows the ending of things when he is only beginning them is either extremely wise or extremely foolish; no matter which is true, he is certainly an
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