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I've done some contest pre-testing, but that's not the same thing. From what I understand, it's mostly the final 2 ranks that are untested and so the focus should be on them when pre-testing?
You might still find some on levels where Armani used the intended solution. So if I just went by his replays, I'd consider these levels backroute-proof, when in fact some of them might not be.This is the very first time I will be pre-testing a level pack, and I'm not too familiar with the general process just yet other than PMing replay solutions.
), just those that seem worth mentioning to you.
). I definitely took some criticism for that by some players... on the other hand, Arty for example seems to enjoy discovering backroutes, and it certainly made his Let's Play very entertaining. 
There are some hilarious episodes where he beats 5 levels in 20 minutes. There's even one where he thinks he backrouted every level... well, almost, I think there was one non-backroute among them.
(And of course, everything is backed up on Dropbox, too ).
I guaranteed the two volunteers early access before anyone else, so these last three levels you see above will remain a secret to the "public" until kaywhyn and Armani send in their first batch of replays. They also help to give a player momentum and, as Mantha said, a bit of "relief" in between the more difficult ones.
Some other people criticise that as a "fluctuating difficulty curve"; I think it helps maintaining player motivation and allows the cognitive resources to regenerate. .1 - Anything that's a tutorial level, any-way-you-want-it, far more skills than needed, basically Fun/Tame-style
2 - Levels that require a bit more thought, but still have multiple possible solutions and plenty of available skills
3 - Levels with fewer possible solutions and requiring specific tricks/methods, but perhaps with some leniency in the skillset and/or relatively clear indications of what's meant to be done
4 - Levels requiring one very specific and relatively obscure solution, and only providing the necessary skills for that solution
5 - Levels requiring one very specific solution involving difficult-to-spot or even brand new tricks and methods not widely known to the community, and only providing the necessary skills for that solution
6 - Giving a level a "6" would indicate an extreme degree of complexity, with the expectation that not many players will be able to solve the level
I think all my New-Formats packs (Lemmings World Tour is both Old and New Formats) will be in the 3-5 range. 
I know that eventually, once the first real puzzle pops up in that pack, it will hit me out of nowhere and most likely stump me. I just hope that with all the experience (and knowledge of obscure tricks) I've picked up in the meantime, I will be able to make further progress this time than during my last attempt. A pointless waste of the player's time. If you can do basically anything, it feels like nothing you do matters. Any decision you make on a level can be the correct one. And if you make a false decision, you have plenty of skills left to salvage the attempt without even having to rewind. 
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At that point, I guess it was also something revolutionary in and of itself to simply get any type of new custom Lemmings levels in the classic tilesets with the classic skills. But in direct comparison to the other packs we have available for New Formats now, this one so far doesn't seem to have aged well. I expect it to get really challenging on the top ranks, of course... it just takes ages to get there.
I'm just currently clearing out the OneDrive for this new laptop, because initially it started saving my entire Documents section, and thus, 5.0 GB were used up in a split second.
So now my OneDrive settings definitely need to be more selective.
Indeed, the 83-level version was one that remained the latest one for a very long time. That leaves me quite certain that I haven't forgotten about any level, and that the 30th level from the Heavy rank (not the one in 30th position, though) simply didn't exist until yesterday. I won't rush it, but I do still have some rough ideas... maybe three levels won't be enough for them all, and some of them will have to wait for the later releases (i.e. Lemmings: Hall of Fame and Lemmings, Drugs, and Rock 'n Roll).
I have created enough beginner-to-intermediate content already, maybe even too much of it for some people's taste.Whoa, you're on the really low end of the RAM. Generally, people get at least 8GB or 16GB of RAM. You'll definitely want the recommended amount of RAM if you're going to do a lot of editing and other resource heavy intensive tasks. Also, 1TB for the SSD is quite common, as 256GB is generally nowhere near enough for most people, especially if you have a lot of programs, pictures, music, and videos.
That's why I constantly say that "Computers are one of the greatest inventions ever, but it's also one of the most frustrating inventions ever."
In that case, I recommend getting at least a 2GB external hard drive.
2 GB I already have in my Dropbox, but that's approaching its maximum capacity. The Mata Nuiy
Can you PM me a couple of the affected levels (along with any unreleased styles, if applicable, that they use)?
) is that a couple of levels needed fixing due to not one, but two different physics changes: It will simply establish the standard rotation for my custom recordings of the original Lemmings music. If you don't have the mp3s yet, simply download them from the Lemmings World Tour thread, the tracks are identical. the download hasn't been upgraded yet, because there's only one more level missing until the Heavy rank will also be completed.
The last level was still missing. The reason I never noticed was that my Heavy folder contained 32 files (30 levels + levels.nxmi + rank sign), as expected. However, one of them was only reserved as a title, the file was empty. I should have noticed in-game in the level selection menu, but I didn't, at least for a long time. ) already has 30 levels on the Heavy rank and I've missed something / lost a level in the crash, this one should be the missing level from the Heavy rank (meaning I just created it today):
Thanks a lot for your effort and your extensive input... I gotta say, though, you clearly subjected this pack to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. 
.) In New Formats, every pack consists of the single level files anyway; but in Old Formats, opening a pack in the player and then using level dump was the primary way of extracting and isolating the individual level files from a pack. At least now I have somewhat of an excuse, from a technical standpoint - instead of just "this was my very first attempt at making a pack and I don't really care anymore."
and his supposed promise of making "America great again." Also, I truly hope you are NOT a Trump fan. I'm not going to be happy if you are.