Like Titansmasher says, it isn't abandoned.Abandoned, no. However im on a break from starmade (school), and so is doomsider (as far as i know), so i believe it is most likely dormant unless zodiak is still working on it? I do plan to come back to this once exams are over, however that will still be 5-6 months
Take your time, no hurry, I'm sure you guys are busy enough. I've been play around with it a bit already and if I can pitch in or test for you, let me know!Sorry I am not aware of the differences between the two. Since everything is available code wise you can always just hammer out your own version with the examples already provided. I will eventually release a new version of DTSD built around mysql and designed to be more modular and easier to work with.