Personally I mod only for myself and share it with others because if I like my mod, another one might like it too.
I would like to get into more modding stuff but I simply lack the knowledge of the how to.
There are a few tutorials in these forums but overall I just don't know how to do what, I cannot edit models as I lack a product key, I don't know how to add new enemies, I'd like to do new spell fx if that's even possible, some that just look more modern and better.
So I agree a bit with Dax about a restart, maybe even activating reddit and show that "we are still there" as many people just would look there first.
There isn't no one that plays the game as the mods still get downloads, and not all people that play the game download mods.
If there were more guides how to change a specific thing that are easy to read and easy to access, maybe there would even be more people joining in.
I also have to say that this forum is just an eyesore with all the adds and popups.
My adblocker kills them all but if I didn't have an adblocker I'd just back out of it without wanting to read anything.
If we want to revive the community and possibly get more people that are joining in, there would have to be some work to do, in activity, content and visually.
Things would have to be far more accessible.
I showed a friend this site and I can screenshot his reaction
My plans are to keep working on the game.
I will mainly (or only) work with the Purist Fixpack. I want to add quests that do not alter the original experience too much but just are an addon to "complete" the game.
I want to add quests to the regions that are empty. I want to use AI voices to make the main quest more interesting and tell an actual story. I want to do another Beautification Project that will probably take me another year.
I don't know how to do half of the stuff.
I cannot tell you what do to with the project, I would use it if it was baseline in the PFP, but that would either require that you release a PFP version that uses all your changes or that flix added it to it, because I always revert to the PFP 1.4 if I break something.
As long as everyone is creating their own thing in their own little corner it will always mainly be something that you do for yourself.