Stream is over and was on Sunday, September 13, 2026:

https://youtube.com/live/2q3-UCV7PrM?feature=share

Sorry again for the very late and last minute notice, but I'll be streaming NepsterLix in an hour, Sunday, September 13, 2026, 5PM PST (00:00 UTC). I was going to make the announcement earlier, but I was busy replacing my laptop speakers with the new ones that arrived at my house earlier today, which I set out to do after I got home from lunch with my father. Took longer than it should had, but only because I was a dumb dumb and wondered what had happened to the T5 Torx screwdriver, as I couldn't find it even though I knew I put it somewhere on my bed sheet cover. I spent a few minutes looking for it, because I won't be able to put the laptop cover back on without it! I eventually did find it, and it turns out it was really well hidden in a fold of the bed sheet cover. Well, I better make sure I put it aside in a small bowl next time, just like I did with the screws! That way I guarantee I can find it later on!

Anyway, the aim is to finish up the rest of the pack. I was able to get Outtakes 10 solved offline last night, so it will be a show the solution to the level and then we move on to the final level of Outtakes 11. If I finish early enough, then I think what I will do is revisit the levels that have a time limit in NepsterLems, as I believe some of my Lix solutions will time out. However, it would be necessary to know the formula for converting between seconds and ticks. Is it the same as when it used to be referred to as phyu? If so, then it should be 15n + 30 as stated in the NepsterLix level pack topic. Somewhere else, I saw 15n + 45. So, conflicting info, because here, either the first spawn is after 2 seconds or 3 seconds.

Anyway, see you there if you're able to make it. Sorry again that it's such short notice!

Friday, September 11, 2026 stream is over, and while I didn't manage to finish up the rest of the pack as I thought I would, I managed to solve the remaining 3 levels of the Black Hole rank, Final Frustration that in its own Final rank rather than the 21st Black Hole level like it is in NepsterLems, and finally the first 9 levels of the Outtakes rank. Here, I'm only going to attach my entire Black Hole rank and Final Frustration replays. I'll post my entire NepsterLix replay collection, including my replays for the Outtakes levels, next time when I beat the remaining 2 Outtakes levels Same thing with the feedback for the Outtakes levels, I'll post that next time as well.

For the remaining 3 Black Hole levels, both A Night in Lixtown and House of the Mad Trickster were new to me, though the former is of course a repeat of Sun 20 - Dawn in Lixtown and Black Hole 7 - A Day in Lixtown. I more or less used the exact same solution as the one for Sun 20, though Black Hole 19 felt a bit harder because I think the spawn interval is a bit higher here. Nice level even if I think my solution is a bit of a backroute

For Mad Trickster, probably a bit of a backroute as well. Still a nice level, even if it was one I thought would take me a while

The Deadly Rooms of Lix - Definitely not the solution I used in NepsterLems, though my NL solution was a bit hackish from what I remember. I think my NepsterLix solution is a bit of a backroute as well, as the intended solution probably seems a bit more elegant.

Finally, Final Frustration in NepsterLems took me about 2 hours of hashing things out before I finally solved it. It's definitely the hardest X-of-everything level I ever played but it's a pretty good one IMO! Here for NepsterLix, it didn't take me anywhere near as long, though it still took quite some time. I could had done the far left entrance more efficiently, and indeed I completely forgot about the blocker which I meant to free much earlier than I did in my eventual solution, but luckily it was still salvageable. Thank goodness, as it would had sucked so much to have to redo so much of the level!

The only levels that remain unsolved for me are Outtakes 10 (attempted but a no solve) and Outtakes 11 (this one not attempted yet). These final two levels are repeats of a 5-of-all level but made much harder. Outtakes 9 is also one, though I was able to solve this level in my stream. So, looks like I'll finish up the rest of the pack next stream. I'm thinking Sunday, but it all depends on how long it takes me to get Outtakes 10 solved. Once I succeed, then it should just be a quick show the solution and then we move on to the final level of the pack. I had a quick look after I quit Outtakes 10 and just from the save requirement alone it already sounds really hard. I don't yet know if the skillset is the same, though it wouldn't surprise me if it's not a 5-of-everything like the original. Both Outtakes 9 and Outtakes 10 aren't 5-of-everything levels like the original in the 5-of-all rank, so it's reasonable to guess that Outtakes 11 isn't one either, as it is a repeat of a 5-of-all level.

All rightie, one last post next time when I solve all of the pack and post my entire replay collection!    

Stream is over and was on Friday, September 11, 2026:

https://youtube.com/live/dkFJCb7qjFQ?feature=share

Nice, I'll try and be there! First-timer and new-comer

@Simon

I'm just posting to acknowledge that I've downloaded the newest version of Lix and got a chance to try out the new, tweaked rewind to previous feature before I stream in about an hour. Thanks, setting it to -2 did the trick! So, I'm all set and ready for streaming!

Also, thanks for featuring my Lemming King Forums avatar in the image in the above post The avatar is courtesy of WillLem who made it for me from about 4 years ago when I was pondering what my avatar should be, as I've been avatarless for about 2 years ever since I first started posting to the site back in 2020! Well, I pitched the Lemming King idea to him, just because of the huge amount of Lemmings level packs I've cleared, and he happily obliged with making one for me!        

Quote from: lemchip on September 11, 2026, 09:11:26 PMIt is interesting that it's possible, but then why not just make him a stoner INSTEAD of a blocker?

Quote from: Guigui on September 11, 2026, 09:14:26 PMBlocker and stoner are definitely not the same skill. For instance in this particular level, the blocker needs to be walked on at some point. There are lots of other differences.

Yup, there are crucial differences between the blocker and stoner skills that not only set them apart from one another, but certain things will only work by being a blocker first before stoning it later. In the particular LPA level Guigui refers to, the other thing that separates the blocker from the stoner is the former turns others skills and they continue in the other direction rather than stopping, which the latter doesn't! Yes, it makes a turnaround point for Lemmings when you stone on ground level, but unlike the blocker, it doesn't turn Lemmings and make them perform skills in the other direction when the skill hits the stoner!

Before this LPA level, namida first made an LPO2 (Lemmings Plus Omega 2) level with an interesting application of the interaction. I won't spoil which level it is other than it's a level in the Sharp rank if you're interested in checking it out @Guigui

Also @Guigui, in addition to the bomber/stoner, besides the permanent skills, the only other skill you can assign to the blocker is the walker skill to free it. This last one comes from Lemmings 3/Lemmings Chronicles, so NL is simply copying the behavior here of being able to assign the walker skill to a blocker to free it.

@Simon

Sounds good to me! I can't guarantee that I'll get the approximately 30-minute video footage to you quickly afterwards, but I'll do what I can, whenever I can!

All rightie, next NepsterLix stream will be Friday, September 11, 2026 at 4PM PST (23:00 UTC). This will very likely be the final stream, as there's 15 levels remaining (3 Black Hole levels, 1 Final level, and a full rank of 11 Outtakes levels). It's been a blast playing through the pack ever since I first started, and while there have been some solutions that I have forgotten, it doesn't really matter, as given enough time I'm able to solve the level. Needless to say, I haven't lost too much of my touch with Nepster's levels even after all this time, despite how NepsterLix is many times harder than NepsterLems IMO.

See you there if you're able to make it!  

Wednesday, September 9, 2026 stream is over, and I solved 12 more levels of the Black Hole rank. Replays attached.

The new levels that aren't in NepsterLems are A Day in Lixtown, Cross the Red Line, and Very Derailed Level. The first one is a repeat of Dawn in Lixtown, which is the Sun rank finisher. The former is much harder as a result but it has an excellent solution and is one of my favorites! I backrouted the original I believe.

Cross the Red Line should be a backroute, though I had another solution that would had worked except the climbers would climb a high wall and splat. I think it might had still been salvageable though with a minor tweak. I'll have to check. edit: Yup, it works, alternative replay included.

One Minute of Action is currently quite broken in NepsterLix, even without the 1 minute time limit like in NepsterLems. I do believe I backrouted the level more or less the exact same way like I did in NepsterLems.

Very Derailed Level is credited to Insane Steve/Nepster. Wow, really hard level, and in several of my attempts near the end I was fighting with a timing based solution that I couldn't pull off but that the level was actually solvable the entire time had I let it play out some more in the end I don't know if my solution is intended, especially with the way

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the basher was able to remove the thin wall as well so that you kill two birds with one stone here

The remaining 9 levels are in NepsterLems as well. I had to use a different solution for 9/11 in NepsterLix, as once again staircases aren't possible like they are in NL.

A Sunny Day in April felt easier here in NepsterLix than in NepsterLems for some reason. For the latter, it's definitely fitting for the Black Hole rank, as it's one of the hardest levels of the rank/pack IMO.

Mining the Rainbow is Mining Company in NepsterLems, is Black Hole 9 there, and is the level that namida stopped at in his LP of NepsterLems from back in I believe 2017 or so. This means he got about halfway through the final rank and had 13 levels left for NepsterLems. He has not gone back to solve the rest of the pack since. Yea, I can absolutely understand why namida got stumped on this level in NepsterLems. I too struggled with it from when I first played it in 2023. It too is definitely fitting for the Black Hole rank, as it's one of the hardest levels but one of the best of the pack IMO! Here, I had trouble with the execution, which I don't remember having too much execution trouble with the level in NepsterLems.

HangLix is quite possibly the hardest level of the Black Hole rank, but only because it's very fiddly to get right no matter how you approach it. Like Icho, it's not one of my favorites of NepsterLems, though I largely have myself to blame for really overcomplicating the solution there. On the other hand, the NepsterLix version didn't seem as bad, but it's still very finnicky to do. It's remade in the L1 Pillar set in NL, meaning it has the slow rope trap just like the slow trap here in the Lix version, but they aren't as slow as you might think

Finally, Operation Overlord is credited to Crane/Nepster. Crane has a level called Deep Freeze, and someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Nepster's level is based on Crane's level. I don't remember having much trouble with the splat height on the right side in the NepsterLems version. This really irritated me here in NepsterLix, as I kept needing to readjust it plenty of times until they didn't splat anymore. In any case, it's just as hard here as in NepsterLems.

3 Black Hole levels left, 1 level in its own Final rank, and a full Outtakes rank of 11 levels are all that's left! I will probably stream the pack one last time on Friday and quite possibly finish up NepsterLix The end is near! Excellent job to Nepster with the pack despite all the backroutes!          

Stream is over and was on Wednesday, September 9, 2026:

https://youtube.com/live/uQ7-EBSEpks?feature=share

All rightie, after a really busy past weekend, I'm finally going to be streaming some more NepsterLix later today, Wednesday, September 9, 2026, at 4PM PST (23:00 UTC). There's only 16 levels remaining (15 Black Hole levels left plus the final level that's been moved to its own "Final" rank), plus a full rank of 11 Outtakes levels, but I'm doubtful I'll be finishing the rest of the pack up. If so, then I'll likely finish up whatever remains on Friday, September 11, 2026, at probably around the same time as today's stream. That one will likely be a much better day for others to catch the stream and to possibly see me stream NepsterLix one last time before I finish it all up

Wednesday, September 2, 2026 stream is over, and I managed to solve the remaining 12 levels of the Sun rank, as well as the first 5 levels of the Black Hole rank! Replays attached.

This time, only Dawn in Lixtown is new to me, as that one isn't in NepsterLems. It is also a level that wraps and is very small as indicated by the vertical gray lines. Despite the small level size, it still looks quite daunting, especially with the 1-of-everything skillset except for diggers, where you don't have any, along with two entrances and two exits. Overall, the level wasn't as hard as I expected, though that's because my solution is probably a backroute due to the skills I had left. Even then, it's still worthy of the Sun rank finisher position, especially as it has wrap. The level was a pretty enjoyable one to puzzle and work out! I also love the various Lix sprites in the level!

The rest of the levels are familiar to me as they're all in NepsterLems as well. Except for Thin Layers, Mount Doom, and Fall and Never Live, which are in the Black Hole rank in NepsterLems, these levels are in the Neutron Star rank of NepsterLems, for which the Sun rank of NepsterLix is more or less the equivalent of (they're both the 4th rank out of 5 of their respective packs)

Some Sun Levels Feedback

A Ticket to Hell! - I remember my solution is slightly different in NepsterLems as I took advantage of a basher mechanic that's possible in NL but not in Lix

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In NL, you can make a basher staircase by interrupting midstroke, but in Lix, she either removes none or all of the terrain at once, therefore making staircases with the basher is impossible in Lix.

Not only that, it took me a while to figure out the solution, as I couldn't remember the general idea for some time. Also, the NepsterLix level has a platformer, while NepsterLems only gives builders as it sticks to the classic 8 skills. Once I did figure it out, it was quite satisfying when it all fell into place!

Oddbox - My solution is more or less the same as my NepsterLems solution, though here you have a runner and so I suppose it can be slightly easier to execute in NepsterLix. I think I remember abusing something in NL and hence it feels more of a backroute there than in NepsterLix.

Dunes Much harder here than in NepsterLems, though in the end I used the exact same general solution as the one in NepsterLems. It's pretty much a matter of allocating the runner skill to the right Lix in order for the timing to all work out. Also, as mentioned in the spoiler for A Ticket in Hell!, the level in NepsterLix is harder due to a basher mechanic that isn't possible in Lix but is in NepsterLems. Even then, I would agree that the NepsterLix isn't worthy of the Black Hole rank despite being a bit harder than the NepsterLems version.

Thin Layers - As mentioned in the stream, this was the level that was responsible for preventing my solving all of NepsterLems for almost 3 years, all because of one critical spot that I was pretty much blind to the whole time See my video stream for the explanation, especially if you're not too bothered by spoilers Forgotten one part of the solution for a bit, but overall you can use the same solution here as in the NepsterLems version, except in the latter it's a bit easier to pull off since you can

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adjust the RR during gameplay.

Also, this is Black Hole 1 in NepsterLems instead of a Sun rank level like in NepsterLix.

Mount Doom - Ok, there's a gap in the terrain that most definitely isn't there in the NepsterLems version. For some reason, I couldn't remember how to do the solution from there, and honestly I remember solving that level very quickly and was wondering, what the heck is this level doing in the Black Hole rank? It's quite easy for the final rank! I managed to figure out how I solved it in NepsterLems before I watched my video solution, so goodness knows why it didn't occur to me during the stream Also, I at first didn't recognize that it has a version in NepsterLems, but I quickly caught on in the first few minutes. It's remade in the Dirt tileset and is Black Hole 10 there.

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For whatever reason, it didn't occur to me to have the left digger go a bit lower than the digger on the right instead of cancel him before or at the same level of the digger on the right so that you can bash everyone out to the right, which gives the builder enough time to bridge the gaps and then to finish mining to the exit in time.

On the Edge of Death This level has a 1 minute time limit in NepsterLems and as such the solution I used here in NepsterLix wouldn't work because it would time out long before I can even finish the level. Also a bit easier to pull off in NepsterLems due to the spoiler above for Thin Layers.

Fall and Never Live - This level is in the Black Hole rank in NepsterLems. I remember using a really heavy timing solution there. Since that's not possible here in NepsterLix, it's probably just slightly easier as a result. Even then, I still don't find it easy in any way. It's one of the final 5 levels of NepsterLems and definitely one of the hardest of the pack. The bashing probably can be made easier, but to get it to work some precision was needed with some earlier parts of the level.

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Some Black Hole Levels Feedback

A Heart for Lix - This level is in Return of the Tribes, the L2 pack for NL that Nepster never finished. I don't exactly remember the solution I used there, but I think I remember I used some extreme brute force to cheese the level. I might had done the same here as well, though it doesn't look too hackish or as brute forced.

Gray Walls - This one has a time limit in NepsterLems, though maybe my solution would finish on time here so all is fine.

The Rule of the One - Way more backroutable in NepsterLems due to how I used a heavy timing solution. The solution I used here in NepsterLix should be the intended way, as I tried other alternatives but couldn't get them to work, including trying to imitate the general heavy timing solution I used in NepsterLems.

A Bowl of Pillars - This one is a Neutron Star rank level in NepsterLems. I believe I use the exact same solution.

No added Colors and Lix Definitely a backroute, though I also use a really heavy timing solution in NepsterLems for this level that of course isn't required at all.

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80/96 NepsterLix levels solved! Meaning, 16 more levels to go for the main part of the pack and then a final Outtakes rank are all that's left of the pack!    

Stream is over and was on Wednesday, September 2, 2026:

https://youtube.com/live/YXXUNJoXd78?feature=share

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!