I was originally going to post this info in the current "Spells" thread, but since many people who might want to see this info might not know that the "Spells" thread had turned in this direction, I decided to start a new thread.
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1. Wiemer is working on a mod to convert BG2 over to use the IWD2 3rd ed rules engine. This is Weimer's "mission statement" for the project:
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Icewind Gate II is a project to automatically convert the content from BG2
to the IWD2 engine (and third-edition D&D rules). This should combine the
best of both worlds: IWD2's intelligent rule system and BG2's plot.
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strongly suggest going over to Wiemer's site
Icewind Gate 2 to read up on it. He has about 18 screen shots of his progress to date in this page and more on some other linked gallery pages.
Westley Weimer is the person responsible for the fine IWD2
Ease-of-Use mod and a couple of others.
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2. BIS is currently working on their next generation engine, code named Jefferson. From reading the various threads on it on the Interplay site, Jefferson sure sounds like it's going to be quite impressive. IIRC, it will use 3d graphics technology but will continue to use the 3rd person isometric viewpoint.
Check out the
BIS Feedback Forum for the various threads on "Jefferson" for more info.