Just a simple question this but I'd like to gauge what degree of support exists for an overhaul of the standard game? By this I mean, modernizing the original content, not changing it but upping the detail across the board through improvement of existing models and the re-making of existing textures for a cleaner appearance.

How many people would actively involve themselves in that kind of project, considering it's scale?

I can say without any doubt in my mind that this is
not a one month job, it would be a labor of love for
the most committed of enthusiasts.

It's ok if the support is not there, I can live with
that and maybe look towards other idea's instead.

Question is if its worth it.

Ive done ALOT of overhauling the game on my mod in the past years and in the end I also agree with Helloween here. You will get to the point where you have to make that decision.
Main question is if its actually worth to do it with the few players left.

Another question is how far would we get.
Ive done alot of modeling in the past. The editing or recreating of the space_industrial module with a few more details is something I would do in just a few minutes. Thats really not a big deal and we have many modular station parts that were created by other people. That has been done many times before.
The problematic part (or lets say work intense part) is working with real stations, where you have to take care about alot more complex meshes, animated parts, animations, textures, lods and surs.

Im not saying that its not possible... but its at least tricky and very time consuming.
Its not comparable with what you have modeled so far...

And then there's the problem of getting the various artists who are left to settle on a style. We're all of varying levels of skill, background, training, and experience. Agreeing on an Art Director to set the tone would be a hellacious experience, I suspect.

On the other hand, a lot of games have seen a pretty nice boost in popularity following the release of "HD" mods that refresh the visuals and add some modern features, since those things tend to get covered a fair bit by gaming news websites.

nah... not good
just fast
people like Kuze are way better with modeling
but like I mentioned, such stuff is the easy part





I don't want to demotivate you... its just... Ive seen many similar discussions before in the past years...

Its not that it hasnt been done before.
There are mods which improve the texture quality and also HD texture packs. Creating normalmaps and heightmap is also no witchcraft.