Sam., on 15 Nov 2017 - 17:53, said:
I would like to eventually, but I'm afraid my free time is about to get even more scarce so I can't make any promises. Roxanne had an interim EET compatible version for a while and there was some discussion with Miloch about its release, but I guess that discussion might have gotten eaten by one of SHS's HD failures also. Roxanne's version dropped compatibility with any version of the game except EET, and also dropped around half of what the original mod offered. I wasn't a fan of that approach, but to each their own.
The part that was left out of the *reduced* Aurora was the main part that dealt with XP distribution, store prices, item prices etc. In one word all the tweaks the mod added for the old game.
Instead just the shops and mini-mod events were extracted. In discussion with Miloch etc it was clarified that this part was released as *Deep Gnomes on the Sword Coast* and was to be understood as a teaser for the 'real' Aurura mod. EET was still young at that tiime, and chances were that a dedicated tweak mod would take care about that other aspect of the mod.
Since then, there has not been any further development from any side, unless you count the latest update for EET_Tweaks.
*Deep Gnomes* was made EET exclusive because a) there is a fully functional Aurora mod for the classic game and no need for change (update made by Sam just recently) b) there was high interest from players to meet at least the gnomes again in EE c) A *split* version for BGEE and another for BG2EE makes no real sense because the remaining contents is per se continuous like EET. Also, EET provides for the necessary animations per default (former 1pp etc is part of the base), so there was no need to add all that to the mod.
This is my knowledge of the status. The *Deep Gnomes* is still considered interim, to be removed as soon as a full Aurora EE is released. It was also confirmed that this approach was in line with the original author's disclaimer for public use of this stuff.
Edited by Roxanne, 15 November 2017 - 11:02 AM.