Hehe, the v0.8 branch uptil now are sortof private releases, because it features some new functionality (model import), and needs 'subsim approval'
That's why you won't see it through the update checker. But it will be made 'public' in a couple of days with
v0.8.2, so the update round continues
As far as the thank you list, yea, I pretty much copy in everyone that has suggested something, provided info, bugreports, the least is enough. I try to update it every couple of releases... Remember, no S3D if there are no customers, I owe it's existance to the users, so pat yourself on the back as well