Yes, this mod is "alive": server is up but the population is about 0-1 people. Nevertheless, I installed it for the sake of memory and nostalgia.
I have installed jfpc and hudshift to use the mod at 16:9 instead of 4:3, but suddenly I did something wrong because pressing enter in-game crashing my game with no error. I have no idea what kind of info to provide for details, so if somebody willing to help me (and probably someone else who be interested) tell me what information may be useful
upd: seems like the issue was in hudshift.dll. Disabling it solved the issue. Consider it closed