Just got distracted with the stuff going on in mobius's discord server: the archipelago sessions and Jackbox etc.
Recently took a step back from that though due to the late nights taking its toll on me. It's left me with not much to do now and I'm missing the gaming sessions now.

I still like to play Lix and I thought that the longer we leave it before a session occurs again then it will increase turnout overall. That's why I wasn't really in a rush to arrange another.

I will probably arrange another soon though

I'm sure I'll be playing one of LemFan's packs soon.

All of the packs are in the pool for my NeoLemmix 30 series on my YouTube channel.

I have not encountered one yet and I pick a pack at random every time.

Only just noticed this topic myself and want to weigh in a bit myself.

First of all, welcome to the Lemmings/Lix community. It's nice to see someone who clearly prefers Lix to NeoLemmix, I used to be very into NL and still am for the purpose of YouTube content but my creativity has shifted to Lix and I mainly make multiplayer levels for our occasional multiplayer sessions.

I really like the 2 level images you have uploaded to the topic and feel these could make great multiplayer levels, they are big enough to make some interesting level scenarios.
Of course multiplayer has a very different design aspect, you are actively encouraged to make levels where players will meet opposing player Lixes on path to the exit, that's usually why a lot more level space is required.

I'm pleased you find the Lix editor more user friendly than other in game editor in similar Lemmings clones. I agree, I can make a multiplayer level so fast in the Lix editor and I think Simon has intentionally worked hard on making the editor so easy to use, the fact that it is in game too is a big plus.

On regards of questions asked in the topic

The diagonal up miner you speak of does not exist in Lix, there is a fencer skill in NL (NeoLemmix) which is based off the skill from Lemmings 2 The Tribes.

The splat height thing has been answered by others, nothing to add there.

You raise an interesting point about not being able to let Lixes fall in opposing directions to each other, walk left then right and so on. I can't think of an efficient way to do that without using opposing entrances (as WillLem said).
You mention using a digger to have a clumped alternate direction release but I know you want to achieve this without interaction most likely.

Tilesets have been lacking in Lix because Simon has maintained that they should be of a higher quality than those being made for NeoLemmix. Like they should be more symmetrical pieces which are divisible by 8 pixels in terms of their size, this is done to keep the ease of use in the editor.

The tilesets have to be made to a higher resolution than NL too, so that makes things more difficult.

You might benefit from joining a Lix multiplayer session if you are interested in that aspect of it also. Simon is almost always present at those sessions and you could benefit from talking in voice chat to him at the very least even if you're not interested in playing the multiplayer.

I should arrange another session soon, there hasn't been one since September now 😞

Just to confirm this bug has been fixed on my end too. Thanks for fixing 

Glad to hear you're making more levels, I still really enjoyed Sweet n Sour Lems.

Let me know when you finish the pack and I'll definitely give this one a go! 

Ok so I started a new series on my channel recently and I've had this bug occurring for a while since I downloaded the latest version of the player a few days ago and I thought as I got the bug replicating on video, I'll post this topic.

When I start the player, the full screen is off a bit of pixels to the top and left of the screen and it is displaying the desktop in this space. I show this on the video but I can fix this by turning off Full screen in the settings and press ok so it goes to windowed mode then I revert the setting back to full screen and press ok again.

Skip to 3:18 in the video to see this.

Possibly unrelated but I've also noticed the lemmings icons are overlapping the text underneath showing the pack name and author.

I'm on Windows 11 running 1.0.1 of NeoLemmix CE.
When I installed, I installed in a fresh folder but I did copy my settings files (hotkeys.ini, settings.ini, styletimes.ini) from NeoLemmix 12.14. I also copied over the music, sound, level folders but I let the styles download using the styles manager.
I do operate a 2 monitor screen set up also and NL CE loads on my primary screen.

I took the time to play this pack and recorded myself doing so. Well worth coming out of NL retirement briefly to do so I should also add 

Some very good levels in this pack, I especially enjoyed solving Sour 5 and 6.

It's only one video of about an hour long, the pack was a good length I thought.

Sweet 'n' Sour Lems LP by Flopsy

Please make more levels TomatoWatcher, these levels were a very good taster of what you're really capable of! 

Thanks to those who came to the session, sorry I had to cut it short.

We can have another session next month though

Just a reminder we are still playing tomorrow 

I have further questions about Rule 1 and Rule 2

Rule 1: Do all of the Classic skills have to be used in the solution?

Rule 2: Can the trapdoors be next to each other?
Can the Exits be next to each other?

Ok then fixed it now, thanks for clarifying and pointing out I overlooked the save all in Rule 3.

For Lix level creators, the following applies.

Rule 1
-1 of everything classic skills
-any tileset just no mixing
-use the corresponding entrance/exit to the tileset you are using.
-steam flingers/springs/launchers/t-beams are not allowed.

Rule 2 (no queries here)
-2 entrances
-2 exits (both must be used)
-2 lixes
-2/2 save requirement
-no climbers, floaters, runners
-must be some working together in some way

Rule 3
-raymanni_lab tileset
-classic skills only
-10 lixes must come out of the hatch
-10 lixes must be saved.
-only objects from the lab tileset can be used (has lab/... in the name of the object).

I have queries about the rules for Lix level creators, I have laid out the rules the way I have read them above and those marked with ? are the ones I'm unsure about.

Rule 1
-1 of everything classic skills
-any tileset just no mixing
? should we be using the entrance/exit labeled as the tileset we are using, or as close as in the case of a tileset without a specific entrance/exit.
? are steam flingers/springs/launchers/t-beams allowed?

Rule 2 (no queries here)
-2 entrances
-2 exits (both must be used)
-2 lixes
-2/2 save requirement
-no climbers, floaters, runners
-must be some working together in some way

Rule 3
-raymanni_lab tileset
-classic skills only
-10 lixes must come out of the hatch
? again like above, only objects with lab prefix in the filename are allowed? I ask because all of the objects in Lix are bundled together in one menu (except for entrances and exits).

It's been a long while since we've played due to myself taking a step back from arranging the sessions during my house buying process. I'm now settled in and with the summer starting to wind down, it's probably a good time to start playing again. Thanks to Silken Healer for stepping in to arrange a session during my absence 

Anyway, Simon and I have arrived at a date of Sunday Sept 14th at 5pm UTC (6pm UK time).

Same as usual, we usually voice chat on Mumble client which is free to download. PM Simon for the Lix server info.

Also try to make sure Lix is as up to date as possible as well to help Simon with bug reporting (0.10.31 at the time of writing)

It sounds to me like you're referring to the recent Mobile version of Lemmings, this website deals with the classic versions of Lemmings released in the 1990s which the mobile game is "very loosely" based on. We make custom content using modern Lemmings engines called NeoLemmix and SuperLemmix.

I play the mobile game myself but I am no where near that far into the game. I don't think there is anyone here who would be of much help here as the mobile game is generally disliked on here.

I've tried to stay out of contest participation and discussion but after reading the topic created by WillLem linked above in the first post for the first time. I feel like I need to explain why I stopped participating as my name is mentioned as being one of the people who only reached the top 3 once in the sample of LDC contest podium displays.

First of all, it should be pointed out that I only reached the top 3 once and it was in the only design contest I participated in for that period I believe.

The contests don't allow collaborative levels. About 50% of levels I create nowadays are collaborations of some sort. I understand that collaboration levels is a big can of worms in itself and allowing them in contests is complicated. But I'm curious, were they ever allowed in contests? And if so, why were they then subsequently not allowed?

It seems like the contests don't allow anything made outside of NeoLemmix or Lix. While I'm active in the Lix community, I excel at making multiplayer levels more in that community and my single player efforts are largely non-existent. I did try making contest levels using Lix at one point but then I ended up making them into multiplayer levels instead. Multiplayer levels in Lix are not allowed in contests.
Also, why is superLemmix not allowed in contests? I'm actually working on a project in superLemmix at the moment and anything I make there is automatically non-eligible for contests...?

I also backed out of the contests because my levels were not getting played by many people, there seems to be a bias towards voting levels which are made using the classic Lemmings tilesets. I was entering contests with tilesets I had made and it feels like my levels were at a disadvantage at the start for being unfamiliar and as a consequence they weren't being played let alone getting voted for. A few people did play them but they were always the same people, the kind who would bulldoze all the levels in the contest and want a full plethora of replays before posting their results.

In the current contest, the whole 1 vote per person across the 4 or 5 levels was too low I thought. I agree that people would just vote for their own level. I would also be in favour of keeping results hidden until the conclusion of the voting round.

I'm just throwing out there my reasons for quitting the contests, I'm not nit picking and I feel like I just wanted this written down here. I'm not an active NeoLemmix solver anymore, I do fire up the contest levels every now and again and see what I can solve. I usually have a bad time and rarely solve many levels. I vote based on which levels I enjoyed trying to solve even if I don't end up getting there.