Loved the point pools, i know they switched to free form but i really liked the point pools and would like to use them again.
No, it’s gone. No Hope has some hard limitations on character power if you want the closest alternative.
The Bright Nights and Last Generation forks have it, as long as you don’t mind whatever other changes they have and the different mod selection. I’ve read Bright Nights is more sci-fi and bionic, and also has a win condition, but it doesn’t have some of the relatively recent mechanics like pockets or freezing, which I take to mean freezing food to prevent spoilage. It does have a version of the Magiclysm mod, but I’m not sure how recent it is. Last Generation is supposedly a much more loot-sparse experience, like 0.C-era, when hacksaws were worth their weight in gold, and combat is allegedly more unforgiving. It doesn’t seem to have any major mods packaged with it. Bear in mind that the forks probably don’t maintain the same tile sets between one another, so they might end up looking radically different than what you’re used to.
If you don’t already have it I’d recommend looking into the Catapult CDDA Launcher. It can get the original CDDA Stable and Experimental, plus Bright Nights, Last Generation, and two other forks that haven’t been updated in a few years, and maintain them all concurrently.
I haven’t been here in a while so if saying any of this is breaking any rules I’m unaware of then please have mercy on me.