i understand that this version has subforums

i have upgraded for normal to this one and nothing seems to have changed is there anything that i could've over looked.

hmm, "upgraded for normal" ??

Sub forums require updates to templates for forums and forums admin (compare the default templates) then edit your forums.

hmmm is there much code to be edited for this or could you point me in the direction of the code thats needed.

i don't actually have the option to add subforums
itjust looks the same as the original forums

Once again, compare the default templates i.e. try admin using the default theme and you will see how it should look.

There are a large number of changes, so picking out those specific to sub-forums is not an option - something like WinMerge is the best way to highlight changes between default and custom themes.

You will eventually have to do it anyway - 9.3.x and 10.x CVS versions also have sub-forums.