All rightie, next stream will be tomorrow, Wednesday, September 2, 2026 at 4PM PST (23:00 UTC). Tomorrow is pretty much the only good day left this week that I'm able to stream, as I anticipate a busy weekend and hence I won't be able to stream at all this upcoming weekend. Looking ahead, I'm not too far from the infamous level that held up my being able to solve all of NepsterLems for 3 years, and there's a very likely chance I'll be playing that level in NepsterLix tomorrow

See you at the stream tomorrow if you're able to make it!  

Hello @Nota_Steve,

Thank you so much for sending your condolences to me during my NepsterLix streams both last week and this week when I had a rough time last week after I found out about the passing of my 8th grade science teacher! You and your family are also in my thoughts and I hope things look up for you in the future Anyway, I've resolved all the Tough levels that changed in V2.2 and I've attached my entire replay collection.

Some remarks:

- The file listing the ranks in the zip still shows the incorrect extension of .txt. I've fixed it for my copy, but it should be levels.nxmi, not levels.txt

- You don't need to change the IDs of the levels you updated due to backroutes. Instead, you need to give the repeats of the pack a different ID from the original, easier level. Any level that isn't repeated later in the pack doesn't need its ID changed. For example, in my MRC (mass replay check), Easy 17 passes with my Tough 21 replay. In this case, you want to make sure Tough 21 has a different ID from Easy 17's so that it doesn't confuse the MRC. There's still several cases of matching ID's for the pack, but it's fine, I have 90 replays, one for each level of the pack

The updated Tough 11 and Tough 19 are much harder than ever before and took me a while to resolve. For the former, the new ice steamer blower trap makes it much harder to save the right entrances. My solution still seems to be a backroute though.

For the latter, builders were the biggest problem for me. Not sure the way I made a turnaround point for the neutrals is intended though. I also managed to have a blocker to spare, though my new solution doesn't seem any more cheesy than my old one and hence is likely still fine

Tough 17 sadly should be another bad backroute

I'm still curious as to what you intended for Tough 3 When Icho's video for that got published a couple of days ago, I checked and saw that he pretty much solved it the exact same way as I did. However, in my LP, you commented that my solution isn't intended but acceptable, meaning Icho's solution would be acceptable as well. Any chance you might pass your replay along for Tough 3? 

Monday, August 31, 2026 stream is over, and I managed to solve Planet 13 offline, the remaining 7 levels of the Planet rank, and the first 8 levels of the Sun rank! Replays attached.

Regarding Planet 13, turns out I was a big dumb dumb, as I apparently can't tell the difference between terrain and what I erroneously thought was water at the bottom the entire time! Ok, the solution is slightly different to that in Nepster's Return of the Tribes, the latter which IMO has a far more clever use of the blocker in the level. Its use is somewhat clever in NepsterLix as well, just not as much Still, great level!

Planet 15 - No Matter What I try... is new to me. It looks hard but it wasn't too bad at all, especially as my solution should be a backroute given the skills I had leftover. Hence, it's not as hard as it should be.

The remaining Planet rank levels are all familiar to me from NepsterLems, though I used slightly different solutions to Cannonballs in the Air, Minor Obstacles, and The Marble Temple. While solving Minor Obstacles, I learned a nuisance of bombing in a miner tunnel in Lix, where it makes an unsurmountable wall. I believe SuperLemmini has this as well, so it's not new to me, but rather, I don't think I knew about this Lix mechanic until this stream. At the same time, because the bomber holes are different depending on whether you use the flinging bomber or non-flinging one, it might be surmountable with the flinging bomber (Edit: tested it, and yup, it is).

For the Sun rank, only Haunted Walls was new to me. Hard one, though I eventually solved it and it's probably a slight backroute, but it's an excellent level despite that!

I kind of dreaded playing Cliff Jumpers again in NepsterLix, as I remember the execution can be painful from NepsterLems. I checked my NL replay after I solved this level and turns out I more or less had the same solution, with the start done differently and done another thing differently to make execution a bit less painful and somewhat better skill management.

Lament of Innocence is a Sun rank level in Nepsterlix, whereas it's in the Black Hole rank (fifth and final rank) in NepsterLems, Black Hole 2 to be exact. I suppose its placement in NepsterLix is fine here, as IMO it honestly isn't too difficult of a level and not really much of a Black Hole level. On the other hand, I saw that Thin Layers is a Sun rank level in NepsterLix, whereas it's Black Hole 1 in NepsterLems. This is the level that was responsible for halting my progress in NepsterLems and hence prevented me from solving all of the pack for nearly 3 years! It is most definitely worthy of the Black Hole rank! From memory, Icho really had to convince Nepster to uprank Thin Layers to the Black Hole rank in NepsterLems. When this happened, Dunes in turn was downranked from Black Hole to Neutron Star, which I agree with, as Dunes is quite easy. I haven't played either Dunes or Thin Layers in NepsterLix yet, but I very likely will for Wednesday's stream (September 2, 2026). I'm simply pointing out the NepsterLems feedback on these two levels as best as I can recall them.

Can't wait to play more NepsterLix soon, and I continue to enjoy the pack very much!  

5th stream is over and was on Monday, August 31.

https://youtube.com/live/Cpy352witHc?feature=share

All rightie, I would like to stream some more NepsterLix in an hour, Monday, August 31, 2026, at 4PM PST (23:00 UTC). This is an hour earlier than I normally stream. Once more, sorry for the late notice.

See you if you can make it, and I'll try and remember to post the link when I start this time, as I forgot to do that the last time!

August 28, 2026 stream is over and I managed to solve 10 more levels of the Planet rank, one of which was Altruism, the level that Simon skipped Replays attached

I also attempted Planet 13 - Choir of the Mad but was a no solve. I remember this level from Nepster's Return of the Tribes, the L2 level pack for Old Formats NL that Nepster never finished making, so it was just a matter of remembering the solution. There, it's remade in the L2 Medieval tileset. I wasn't able to remember the entire solution during the stream before I ended. I remember it involved some really clever use of the blocker, but what that is, I can't yet remember. The interesting thing is that I played through all the levels of the pack that Nepster made for Return of the Tribes last year. So, I apparently can remember solutions from 3-5 years ago but not from a year ago? It sure boggles the mind! At the same time, there's more, and that is I haven't spent anywhere near as much time on the Return of the Tribes levels as NepsterLems despite how the levels in the former are just as hard, if not harder, and it does feel a lot harder IMO.

Once I manage to solve Planet 13 offline I'll stream more of the pack. Still haven't figured it out yet, but I know the solution will come to me given time

This time, the ones that look like backroutes are Tomb Raider and Cubism. At least I'm certain I don't recall solving Tomb Raider from NepsterLems like the way I did the NepsterLix version. I remember not taking a shortcut at all for the level in the NepsterLems pack and taking the long way around pretty much the entire level.

Both Altruism and Cubism were new to me, as they're not in NepsterLems. The rest of the levels I've played are from NepsterLems, so it was more or less a matter of trying to remember the solution I used in the latter. I remembered the solution to Five do not Survive incorrectly for a few minutes before it came back to my memory. I might had also been wrong about using an RR timing based solution in the NepsterLems version of the level. Any levels where I did abuse the RR manipulation in NL I had to come up with a somewhat new solution, though luckily they didn't need too much of a tweak from the solution I used.

Regarding Altruism, yes, absolutely agree that it's too difficult for its position. It really reminds me of Scrap the Builders from NepsterLems, and IIRC that level is Sun 7 in the latter, which is the rank after Planet and hence the 4th rank. Indeed, Altruism greatly resembles the layout of Scrap the Builders, and the feedback given for the latter is that it really feels more of a Black Hole rank level, and I absolutely agree there! Especially as both Icho and namida struggled with it. I did as well, and that was the next level of the pack that caused me to quit the NepsterLems pack for a while back in 2020, after I was finally successful in getting past my previous roadblock, Planet 13 - 50% is not Enough. Ultimately, when I finally did return to the NL pack, I ended up using a really overcomplicated solution that just barely works thanks to the fast triggering needles trap of the L1 Pillar set. Also, Altruism feels way harder than the NepsterLems version of the level!

Enjoying the pack as usual and can't wait to play the rest! Great levels I remember them being, especially the new ones I haven't played because they're not in NepsterLems      

Third stream is over and was on Friday, August 28, 2026 at 5PM PST:

https://youtube.com/live/F0jAwVGFDLY?feature=share

Edit: Oops, I forgot to post the link before I went live Must remember to do this! Not used to this apparently

All rightie, next NepsterLix stream will be scheduled for Friday August 28, 2026 at 5PM PST (00:00 UTC). Hopefully this will be fine, as I'm trying to accommodate both Armani and Flopsy (and of course Simon if he's able to), who weren't able to make my stream last time. Especially the latter, as I know how much he loves Lix, and I'm more than happy to have him be a part of my future Lix streams from now on He also gave me advice back either the end of 2020 or early 2021 to consider looking at Lix content if I'm ever running out of NL content to play. Well, that time has pretty much finally come for me, as I'm now more or less out of NL content to play. So, time for me to check out all the wonderful Lix content!

As usual, I unfortunately can generally only stream in the late afternoon, by which point it's generally not a good time for European residents, as it would be midnight or past when it's 5PM PST (my time zone). However, given that tomorrow is the weekend, I think this should be fine, as I think we're generally up late on those days anyway instead of sleeping in or whatnot

See you tomorrow if you're able to make my NepsterLix stream. No worries if you're not able to make it at the very start, just come in whenever you're able to at any time the stream is still going!    

August 24, 2026 stream is over, and I show the solution to Moon 7, solved the remaining 13 levels of the Moon rank, and the first two levels of the Planet rank! Replays attached.

The new levels to me were Moon 8 - You Need Blockers This Time, Moon 12 - The Prisoners, Moon 14 - White Wonder, Moon 18 - Direct Misdirection, and both Planet levels, Planet 1 - Fourtissimo and Planet 2 - Slow Down, Walkers!. The Prisoners and Fourtissimo were my favorites! Though I'm not sure if my solution for the latter is intended. Also, I heard in Icho's and Simon's NepsterLix stream that it was one of the levels that Simon didn't solve, but I only watched the first minute or so of it. I will check it out! At the same time, it's from 2016 or so, but even then, should be a nice, entertaining watch! Not sure if Planet 2 is intended as well, though only one part of my solution feels a bit hackish.

Both Moon 14 - White Wonder and Moon 18 - Direction Misdirection seem to be backroutes.

Moon 19 - Miner Preservation Society Recently got backroute fixed, and IIRC this solution I found is the exact same one I use in NepsterLems.

Moon 15 - Construction Zone Here I remember abusing the digger on the NepsterLems version to cheese the level Seems completely solid here for NepsterLix. Great level!  

Moon 11 - Horror Ping-Pong and Moon 16 - Don't Feed The Frogs! are both in NepsterLems as well, albeit slightly different, since for the former has a runner skill in addition to the same skills in NepsterLems, while the latter has the platformers all replaced with builders. From memory, I use a timing based solution for the latter in NepsterLems thanks to how you can fiddle with the RR during gameplay and also with the differing platformer vs builder mechanics between the Lix and NL engines.

Moon 13 - 50% is not enough is Planet 13 in NepsterLems and I remember using an extremely heavy timing based solution in the NL version of the pack. Doesn't seem to work here in NepsterLix as you cannot mess with the RR/VSI during gameplay. It was also my very first major roadblock of Nepsterlems, as well as the level that caused me to quit the NepsterLems pack for a while before coming back to it much later in the future back in 2020. In fairness, I started playing NL content in 2019, for which NepsterLems was one of the very first level packs I played, along with Lemmings United, so I wasn't as experienced back then and hence roadblocks came up very often for me!

Can't wait to stream more of NepsterLix in the future. Looks like I'm just finding my stride and I haven't lost too much of my touch with Nepster's levels despite it being 3 years since I last played and solved all of NepsterLems!      

Stream is over and was on August 24, 2026:

https://youtube.com/live/6ic1KuGpoA8?feature=share

Planning to stream more NepsterLix in an hour, Monday, August 24, 2026 at 5PM PST (00:00 UTC). Sorry again for such a short notice. I generally can only stream in the late afternoon, which unfortunately is a pretty bad time for European residents, as it would be midnight or past.

See you if you're able to make it. I show the solution to Moon 7 and then we see how many more levels of the pack I can solve from there!  

Quote from: Simon on August 23, 2026, 06:30:22 PMOkay, the typo in "Introducing" is now clear, that came from old level files. What's best for the colon though? Lix 0.10.30 renamed "Introdicing: Miners" to "Introducing Miners" (fix typo, remove colon) to align it to the colon-less "Introducing Climbers". Now both levels lack a colon.

Do both of these two have a colon in NL NepsterLems?

Yea, both level titles contain a colon in NL NepsterLems.

Agree that we can leave the level ordering untouched for now until I get through all of NepsterLix

Close around to this time of year last year, within the last 1-2 weeks, I had an itching to revisit an educational game that I played so much in my childhood: Bodyworks Voyager: Missions in Anatomy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodyworks_Voyager:_Missions_in_Anatomy

You can easily find and download the game online. The game is for Dos, so Dosbox is the way to go to play it. To this day, I still have the physical CD of the game even about 30 years later! However, I either ended up simply copying the files off the CD to a directory on my hard drive to run the game, or I downloaded the game and ran it from that. Can't remember now. That reminds me, I should really make a CD image dump of the game, similar to how I made one of my physical Lemmings/ONML CD earlier this year

Picture of my CD of the game that I've owned since my childhood attached

   

If you haven't heard of this game, you're forgiven, as it's a super obscure one. Basically, it combines answering questions about the human body along with an arcade-like style of shooting and destroying various microbes in order to save the patient. There are two types, ones that attack the ship, and ones that attack the body/patient. In any given tour, there are 60 missions total, so it can feel super redundant and repetitive, but honestly the arcade style gameplay, the part of the game when you're not answering the medical quiz questions, is the main part of the game that keeps me addicted It's still a lot of fun, and I must say the soundblaster soundtrack is excellent! Unfortunately, only Midi versions of the soundtrack is available for download. The soundblaster version isn't anywhere to be found, as apparently no one has ripped the soundblaster soundtrack. Such a shame, because the music is so good!

Playlist link of my LP of the game:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbp2m4KlFpJsHcaATpDEt_ajOoaRd_5R_

I also posted a more in-depth analysis of the game in my LP topic:

https://www.lemmingsforums.net/index.php?topic=5180.msg102249#msg102249

Quote from: Swerdis on August 23, 2026, 07:58:38 AMBesides Lemmings, I play several games, mostly role-playing or strategy. I'm glad to hear that people still like Age of Empires, and I do so as well. I play the Definitive Edition of AoE II for some years now. I don't play free mode, only the campaigns and on hard difficulty - only gold medals count.

Age of Empires is a classic! While I do have the definitive edition, I ended up scouring around the web to find the original, as I just missed the original sounds/music of the game too much. I honestly think the AoE DE doesn't do them justice sadly.

As for AoE 2, I need to rectify and play through that and its Conquerors expansion. I only played through the original AoE last year and I just stopped there without continuing through with AoE 2 as well. I have only played custom maps and the tutorial campaign. I still haven't played any of the other AoE 2 campaigns, though I believe I played a bit of the first AoE 2 campaign before I stopped out of frustration with the UI of the DE of the game.

Besides AoE and AoE 2, the only other game I owed in my childhood was Age of Mythology, which is kind of a spin-off of AoE but the gameplay is very similar.

I haven't bought AoE 3 or 4, so I don't know how they compare to the first two AoE games.

Alternative solution that I found to Planet 7 - A Study in Scarlet after I recently solved Moon 7 in NepsterLix. Replays attached, one for New Formats NL v2.0, and one for Old Formats NL v1.11.

Also links to the video solutions:

New Formats NL Planet 7 alternative solution - https://youtu.be/urfdpCJ4LCk

Old Formats NL Planet 7 alternative solution - https://youtu.be/ve6q5OutgkE

Wow, what an excellent and clever solution! When I found this for the NepsterLix version, I was completely blown away by the solution Note that the other solution that works on NepsterLems doesn't work on the NepsterLix version of the level. As such, IMHO this solution is much harder to find and hence Moon 7 from NepsterLix should be ranked higher! Because there are two solutions for the NepsterLems version, one of which is much easier and seems to be the only solution that most in the NL community know about, Planet 7 is placed fine as is, but yes, if that solution wasn't possible in NepsterLems then it should also be ranked higher!

In any case, this alternative solution to Planet 7 gives me a level idea of mine for my Lemmings Memories pack, so a BIG thank you to Nepster for this one and inspiring a level for my level pack!

I've also reattached my entire replay collection for both New Formats and Old Formats NL with the alternative Planet 7 replay solution included so that Planet 7 for both collections has two replays! Apparently I haven't posted my latter replay collection (I thought I did) I've done that now!

edit: Oops, looks like I didn't attach them when I said I did I've attached my replay collections now!

Finally, playlist of my video solutions for the Old Formats NL v1.11 of NepsterLems because apparently I didn't link to and post it in this topic either

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbp2m4KlFpJvy6ugFd5PkkGHlXYDbQ73y       

Managed to solve Moon 7 - A Study in Scarlet now and wow, amazing solution! Without having checked either of Forestidia's or Simon's solution, it sounds like mine is the exact same one as the both of theirs. Yes, agree completely with Simon that the level should be ranked higher! While this solution also works on the NepsterLems version, it is a far harder solution to discover than the other solution that's possible in NepsterLems but not in NepsterLix.

Next time I stream the pack I will show the solution to Moon 7 and then we carry onward and see how many more levels I can solve!