Thanks for all the nice words, guys. I'll think about extracting the unfinished version from my old HDD. I'll try to do something about that when I have the time, which unfortunately is not going to happen until atleast january, since I'm busy with my uni right now.
Then if I'm able to do that I'll see what I can do about the update. Maybe I could even finish some of the minor stuff that I initially planned for that update if I' ll have it in me.
Things like a new silenced pistol to be used by Stealth Soldier for infiltration (the idea was that you could one-shot most types of infantry if you can sneak up on them, ignoring the armor) or improvements to the heating system for machinegun and chaingun (both weapons already have the heating/cooling system that you may have already seen when using machinegun in the current version, though at the moment it's purely cosmetic with the smoke and stuff) that would prevent firing these weapons for too long to slightly balance out the infinite ammo when using backpacks.
At the very least I would try to release what I already had for you guys. I would really like it for you to enjoy all those new toys I build.
We'll see.
However I must say that some of the ideas I listed are very unlikely to ever happen now. For example, I can say for sure that I won't bother trying to do the construction system even if for some reason I get that incredible surge of energy that would make it possible for me to start adding new features again. And you better not count on those fancy dropship features — it's likely that the most I'm going to do about the dropship is fixing existing features so it could be released and not be totally broken.
With that said, I want to thank you, guys — the only reason that I even considered doing any of this stuff now is because of your feedback. Actually, one of the reasons I abandoned the development in the first place was that there wasn't much feedback after we last updated the mod, and it felt really underwhelming considering all the effort I put into it. And since all the data regarding the amount of downloads remained with Man_With_Gun (the original author and the OP of this thread) I felt like literally no one played this mod. It feels so good to finally get some kind of confimation that all my hard work was not in vain.
Please feel free to PM me with any questions and stuff.