Has the torrent function actually been worked in yet, as promised?
Not yet - the Dev is still building the groundwork for the torrent functionality. I wouldn't expect full torrent functionality until the 2nd hard fork around February.
I'm guessing the release in the next week will have a number of "under the hood" changes and improvements.
yeah, pretty much gave up on this one a while back. if it wasn't ready to deploy with at least a hint of the promised features then why post it, lol.