aah, I've downloaded the update yet it says I'm still on the 0.46.1 version. how do i play the new update?
It's not an update file, each new version is a self-contained version of the game. You unpack the new version and then start it from the folder where you did that. Save files are located in a general place on your PC so it will find them regardless of any difference in locations between the older and new version of the game.