Haven't had the most time where I feel like working on it lately, but I got some stuff done today. I also implemented the actual fast travel a while back, so that's fully functional now too.

I've added the option to push a button while on a map screen (that has encounters) to get an instant random encounter. I'm considering combining this with a random encounter cap per area, after which you won't get any more encounters in that area unless you specifically trigger one with the button. Alternatively, I might consider having only touch encounters outside of specifically-requested ones - possibly with the added factor that the touch encounters cannot be escaped from.

I've also changed how enemy AI works. Instead of an unnecessary script interpreter, I'm now hardcoding the AI into the source code itself. This averts a lot of mess. (Some other things still need interpreters, eg. event scripts, because they can't just be run entirely in one go but often need to stop at certain points; while equipment drops are simple enough that it's easier to keep them as scripts in the data files.)

Finally, a very familiar random encounter foe from the first game has been made for this one too. A certain one that's well known for their tendency to appear in large groups and gang up on a single target...

Only a few hours left to get nominations in, if anyone who wants to hasn't submitted theirs yet.

Just gonna point out there's only about a week left for nominations, and not many are in yet.

The checks for absolute values (like 0 or 1) are now ignored if the level is solved.

Just to be safe there, I would check that this doesn't result in a divide-by-zero error on levels that require saving 0 of 0 (which might be used as placeholders during development of packs).

I moved it from the main just because of the gameplay, I mean, I wasn´t exactly sure where to put it because gameplay has got nothing to do with original Lemmings but the whole theme of the game is of Lemmings, so yeah...

My logic here is that the same could be said for Lemmings Paintball, yet topics about it go in the general Lemmings board.

It's not a big deal though, at any rate. We're not the kind of community that's going to punish you just for posting in the wrong board (especially when, as you say, it's slightly ambiguous which one is right); we'll simply move it to the right one.

Whether using the installer or the styles ZIP, many files from the Lemmings Plus VI styles are missing.

Basement: Folders are present, but are all empty. Theme.nxmi is missing.
Bridge: Folders are present. Objects and backgrounds are empty; most terrain pieces are present but a few are missing. Theme.nxmi is missing.
Garden: At a quick glance, does not appear to have any problems. I did not fully check if every file is present, though.

I've attached a copy of the styles to this post, both to assist with fixing this bug and as a workaround for anyone affected by it (as the styles are no longer included with the LPVI download).

Agreed. I don't think it would be too tricky to implement - the game already keeps track of skills used, for talisman purposes. Even if that wasn't there, or isn't preserved through to the postview screen, replay data absolutely <i>is</i> still in memory when you're on the postview screen, and used skill counts could be reconstructed from that. Keeping track of it could be done exactly the same way as it is for the other records, so the only question would be where to display it.