This sleep thing appears to be nonexistent on specific laptops. For the Dell XPS 9500, pressing the power button will simply turn off the display, making you think that the laptop is asleep but it's not. Opening the lid will turn the display on and will simply be where you left off. Hence, I have read a lot of things online where many owners have put the laptop in their bag and be confused why their laptop is so hot/warm. I believe it's also a Windows version specific thing. On Windows 10 version 2004 and after, supposedly this sleep state got eliminated so that the CsEnabled registry entry doesn't work anymore to disable s0, what is known as modern standby, even if you add it. Interestingly enough, my old laptop was still able to sleep just fine despite upgrading to version 2004. Then again, it's a Dell XPS 9560, so again it just might be certain laptop models that don't have it.

In any case, I think it's really dumb that it's not available for my new laptop and so I guess I have no choice but to either hibernate or shut it down. That's a shame too. I'm very used to putting my laptop on standby/sleep and then quickly resuming where I left off. Hibernate is mostly the same, the difference is that it saves way more power due to being in a much more minimal state than standby/sleep but it's also slower in continuing where you left off. Or, I might just reach out to Dell support and see if they can help me with my issue. After all, I do have a 1 year warranty, meaning until next October.

Seems like I'm the only one who wants the "click on empty space to get to the level preview screen" back. Do you think there should be a poll asking about this?

Quote from: Swerdis on October 31, 2020, 01:30:30 PM
To add my 50 cents, I support Proxima and recommend "Insane Steve's world."

You just reminded me that I still need to finish up this pack. I started playing and stopped playing after a few levels for some reason. I consider this unacceptable for myself, leaving unfinished stuff on the table. In any case, I would love to eventually play all packs that are available on NL (both Old Formats and New Formats), as well as SL.

Before this, I have played his 10 level custom packs on Dos years ago. There were 1 or a few with some levels that I couldn't beat entirely back then, but once I came back and revisited them, I was able to get by them. I remember one with a really clever nuke solution that I eventually figured out. I also remember there was one really frustrating level that was very tight on time. I don't remember the level name, but it was a crystal level and involved a lot of precise bombing. I believe both of these levels were in the same pack.

In any case, I can attest to Steve's levels/packs being quite great.

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This is where I would like your input: the format my Lemmings videos should take. In order of preference, I can do 1) silent ones, where I simply upload my solution of the level, 2) post-commentary, where I upload my solutions, as well as give my thoughts/feedback on the level, or 3) blind playthrough of a level pack, either with or without commentary. Since I currently live with my elder folks, #1 is the easiest for me, since both #2 and #3 will be quite difficult for me to do in peace. The only way I can get around that is by recording late in the evenings. Of course, I could video edit, but as I'm not very good at it and prefer to avoid doing it, that's pretty much out of the question. At the same time, I love giving feedback, as you can tell by the huge posts that accompany when I post my replays, so I can certainly do #2 or #3. If I decide to go the audio commentary route, do expect a lot of fumbling and a lot of pausing in between voicing my thoughts, as I'm not very good at quickly thinking on my feet, but I don't mind, as I've seen from the other videos of LPers that we all get stuck in articulating our thoughts from time to time. Obviously, some are naturals at it, but we all seem to run into a block in our thoughts every now and then.

Now that I've managed to get out decent OBS recordings with a great headset/mic, after much thought and from the positive feedback for my first Lemmings video that I just uploaded to Youtube, I have decided I'm going to try all 3 approaches mentioned above. My first video is a commentary series on a level pack, so I'll eventually get to trying the other two approaches. I might stream a pack in the future as well, although if I do end up doing that sometime, again the best time for me would be in the evenings. I might also end up making another topic for this and asking what packs people want to see me stream/play/LP. I'm not much of an online chatter/multiplayer, but I figure it wouldn't hurt to try this sometime. Might be a lot of fun to see and read the comments while streaming. Just keep in mind that I'm one of those people who prefers to figure out solutions to levels for myself, so as long as you don't spoil it heavily it should be fine.

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I will watch the series with great interest!

Glad to hear it. Hopefully the quality came out just fine. On my end, both the music and my voice are loud, but that's because my new laptop has extremely powerful speakers. Still, hope I'm still audible enough despite the music. I can hear myself just fine. I'll likely do it at the same pace you're currently doing your series, up through Neutrality 41, meaning 8 videos for quite a while and will resume once you continue. Perhaps with this concurrent series I'm doing it'll get more people to play your pack, which I still highly recommend despite the very high difficulty

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I am also glad that I could be of help in setting up the recording setup.

Believe me, you were a huge help in this regard. Recommendation for a headphone, settings to use in OBS, plenty. Also, I think this community could always use more Lemmings LPers, so I decided to jump on the wagon in this regard as well as upload my solutions online

Quote from: ericderkovits on October 26, 2020, 10:09:55 PM
Re: Kaywhyn.
I consider you a real buddy of mine on the forum.

Reading this certainly brought a smile on my face. Back at you, buddy I know you meant everything you said from the bottom of your heart. Especially the apology was extremely heartfelt and very sincere sounding.

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You are probably the only one here that even gave me any kind of help when I'm doing conversions,  or needing replays, etc. I remember from day one when I was doing my original lemmings remakes(ie amiga, dos orig, ohno, holiday, etc) I remember you mentioned you had a few issues with a few packs and how you were surprised no one else brought it up. But no you did and I appreciate it alot. And everytime I was converting lemmini packs to Superlemmini, you were always guiding me along about levels. I remember I thought some needed changing because they were too hard to do, but you showed me that I didn't need to change it(ie Pimolem's "Be Lem-minded, showed me 2 ways to do it).

No problem, I was glad to help you along the way with all of that.

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And as far as the music for Dovelems, (even though it plays the boring Amiga music, and I could change it, I don't want it changed, as you know I like everything they way it was intended)
And since Dodo used that music in the levelpack.ini file for the Lemmini version, that's what I want it to be-won't change it).

I meant putting on your own music playlist, not changing the soundtrack to other Lemmings music I understand, though. Truthfully, I do the exact same thing and don't mute and put on my own music in the background.

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Now the only thing I wish is that Tsyu would come online to say anything about how Superlemmini is coming along, but perhaps that is a pipe dream now as he never seems to come on.
I just hope nothing has happened bad to him.

Agreed. I would also like some of the Superlemmini issues fixed as well, especially the climber issues and the builder wall. I hope he's fine as well, but I think it's just getting caught up with real life stuff.

Check out Deceit's Lemmings as well. Pretty good pack. Not too difficult until you get into the Taxing/Mayhem rankings, just like the original Lemmings. I have only played it in Lemmix, but the NL version should have the exact same levels and everything. I believe there might had been some changes to account for some changed physics, such as deadly ceiling, in order for all the levels to remain solvable.

Quote from: Armani on October 31, 2020, 08:15:31 AM
Lemmings United : Ironically, this is the first custom pack I played. I found Ichotolot's youtube videos(creator's commentary on Pacifism rank of the Lemmings United) and registered to this forum to download the pack. I completed first two rank and asked Ichotolot to recommend me some easier packs to play. And those were the Dovelems, Pimolems and Lemmings reunion.
The pack is notorious for its insane difficulty. But I think the first rank is quite manageable to everyone on this forum and the overall difficulty curve is not that steep. So if you are hesitating to play Lemmings United because of its difficulty, I strongly recommend you to actually play the pack.

Lemmings United wasn't the first custom pack I played (it was Dovelems), but it was the very first custom pack I played on NL. Prior to taking on the pack, I had completed Dovelems, Pimolems, and Lemmings Reunion, all on Lemmini, and so having already beaten two difficult packs, I felt like I would be able to handle United just fine despite having used Lemmini/Superlemmini for 4-5 years before switching to NL and never having trained myself with the new skills/NL features. Still got pretty far in the pack before encountering my very first roadblock with Neutrality 7.

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NepsterLems - This is one of the hardest pack I've played so far.(maybe be the second or third) NepsterLems break my firm belief that it is impossible to make challenging level with only classic skills. And also, most of the levels are small in size and provide very limited skills, but they're still very difficult.

I'm still playing through Nepsterlems. Currently held back with BH 1. At this point, it'll be really amazing if I manage to solve even just one level in the BH rank. I prefer to play levels in order, though, and so I generally will not jump around in a pack.

My first Lemmings video on your Lemmings United pack is up on my Youtube channel. That's how much I love this pack of yours. Here is the link: Kaywhyn's Lemmings United Level Solving Commentary Video Series. Check it out and back for more later on when I get around to making more Hope you like it and hopefully it's still enjoyable to watch and listen to despite how I constantly fumble my words when recording. Keep in mind this is the very first OBS video I have recorded and the very first one I have uploaded to my channel in a very long time. Time for me to join the Lemmings video making/solving wagon and revive my channel.

Hello Simon,

I would like to be added to the Youtube list. Here is the link to my channel: Kaywhyn's Youtube Channel

Quote from: IchoTolot on October 30, 2020, 09:16:57 PM
3.) If that's still not enough: Also OBS can add a "gain" to your voice. At the mic slider there is a gear symbol - click on it - then click on filter. Here you can add filters with right clicking and choosing the ones you desire.
I use the following 3 for example:

- Gain: Adds more volume to your mic.
- Noise Suppress

Thanks to you, after hundreds of test videos, I was finally able to get videos to record to my liking. The gain and noise suppress were the filters that did the trick quite nicely. Gain might be a little on the high side, but it did quite well in making my voice heard over the music that plays in the video. Suppress I kept at the defaults and it almost got rid of the keyboard/mouse clicks quite nicely.

As a result, for the very first time in more than 10 years, I have my first Lemmings video uploaded to my Youtube. Just search Lemmings United Level Solving Commentary

Bought the Logitech H390 last night, picked it up in the store today. Yea Icho, you're right. Sound quality is many times better than the H540 and no background noise at all since the noise cancelling works much better on the H390 than the H540. Even with the keyboard/mouse clicks, you can barely hear it in the recordings. Mic even sounds so much better due to being digitally processed. The only thing I'm working on now is to fix the softness of my voice in the recordings. The audio is fine, but my voice always sounds pretty quiet compared to the game music and so it can be difficult to hear me. I've used my internal mic which fixes the problem of my voice being soft, but it reintroduces the keyboard/mouse clicks since my laptop's mic picks them up quite well. I just found out that you can expand the headset from both the left and right sides. I thought it wasn't possible, but you can, so I'm going to try that and see if it makes any difference. Unexpanded, barely fits on my head anyway. I can probably also try reducing the music volume in-game as well. I've noticed in your recordings that the music/sounds tend to be quite soft compared to your voice anyway.

I'll be returning the H540 later.

Quote from: IchoTolot on October 30, 2020, 08:03:48 AM
Random example: The H390 headphone has cussions and does not just lay onto your ears. I would suspect the sound isolation being good there.

Funny. I was deciding between the H390 and the H540. I went with the latter. I knew I should had bought both. That way I could try them both out and then return the not as good one.

The headphone connects via USB.

For namida and Icho, I bought myself a Logitech H540 headphone. Even though it has a mic, I'm wondering if it's better to use my internal mic or the mic on the headphone. In this case, what device should I set for the input? Same thing with the speakers. Should I use the headphone's speakers or my laptop's speakers? I've been experimenting with switching between devices. Sometimes, it works with getting rid of the keyboard/mouse clicks in the videos, but at times it seemingly appears to come back in future recordings. Finally, for the headphones, is it better to increase or decrease something known as sidetone? My laptop defaults it to a level of 9/10. From what I understand, it's supposed to make your voice more audible on the headphones so that you can hear yourself. From what I seen, decreasing it really works in reducing/eliminating the keyboard/mouse clicks that get picked up.

Quote from: IchoTolot on October 29, 2020, 09:17:31 PM
The solution is to get noise isolating headphones and only output the sounds of your machine through these. If the sounds can't get out of the headphones they can't get to your microphone.

In that case, something like your Logitech set should do. I love and can attest to the high quality of Logitech products, as I have recommended my dad to get a Logitech keyboard/mouse. From what I've seen, I think yours is pretty much a well outdated model now and so there should be plenty of newer models that are cheap and can do the same thing with being isolated/cancelling microphone. I don't need a very expensive one anyway, a cheap one that's well-liked should do just fine then.

Thanks Icho, this was quite helpful. I'll keep you updated and for sure will send my video series your way when it's ready and uploaded