(which may be a slight problem, cos I think lemedit puts something there which, when I imported levels into Mac ONML, makes them go at superlemming speed)

Yep, the bonehead that is the author of LemEdit put the LemEdit version number into those 2 bytes.  It didn't seem to have an effect in CustLemm despite its support of SuperLemmings according to Mindless, but it's quite possible that Mac ONML checks the bytes differently (eg. check for 0 vs. check for FF).

I suppose I could try hacking CustLemm to leave those 2 bytes as 0s, although it's probably easier if you just use a hex editor yourself to fix it.

Make sure your interactive objects (traps, exits) line up at a Y value divisible by 8 (I think it's 8, anyway).

4, actually.  (Of course, 8 would work too)

Make sure your Z-order of traps and exits is 14 (15?) or less.

15

Incidentally, since entrances don't work the same way as traps, you can set your entrances' z-orders to 16 and above to free up slots for traps.  Ditto for decorative objects that have no effect on Lemmings.

Ok, on second thought, maybe it's easier to just talk about it.

First, you need the Kickstart ROM file.  I can e-mail you that if you don't have it, it's hard to find on the Internet.

Next, find the games you want in .adf format, which are basically floppy disk images.  Although that does mean there's this annoying bit of load time to deal with when you play the game, it does make life easier then trying to install games into a simulated hard drive volume.

Now, you need to create a configuration file to specify the appropriate settings.  Most importantly, the configuration file is where you specified which floppy disk images goes into which disk drive, and what ROM to use, etc:

1) Go to "ROM" on the tree view at the left, then under "Boot-ROM Settings" on the right, for "ROM File", point it to where you have the file for the Kickstart ROM

2) Now go to "Disk Drives" on the tree view at the left.  You see that on the right side, you have a choice of up to 4 floppy drives.  Some may be "disabled" meaning that the emulator treats those drives as not being there.

For Lemmings, it should come on two floppies, likely named something like "Lemmings Disk 1 of 2.adf" and "Lemmings Disk 2 of 2.adf".  Set DF0 to 3.5" DD, then point it to the "...Disk 1 of 2.adf" file.  Set DF1 to 3.5"" DD, then point it to the "...Disk 2 of 2.adf" file.  Set DF2 and DF3 to "disabled".

For ONML, it should come on 1 floppy, likely named "On No! More Lemmings.adf".  Set DF0 to 3.5" DD and point it to the .adf file.  Set the other 3 drives as disabled.

For Lemmings 2, it should come on 3 floppies, named "Lemmings2_1.adf", "Lemmings2_2.adf" and "Lemmings2_3.adf".  Set DF0 thru DF2 to 3.5" DD and point each to the corresponding .adf file.  You will also want to create a "blank floppy" .adf file for storing savegames for Lemmings 2.  To do this, go to where it says "New Disk Image".  Set it to 3.5" DD, then click on "Create Standard Floppy".  You will then be prompted for a filename for the resulting .adf file.

Once the .adf file is created, set DF3 to 3.5" DD and leave it blank for now.  What happens is, while running the game, if you try to load the game will prompt you to "insert your save disk in drive 0".  To do that, press F12 to bring up the config screen again, go to "Disk Drives", and then switch DF0 to point to the save disk .adf  you created earlier, and set DF3 to point to Lemmings2_1.adf instead.  You can leave it that way for the rest of the game.  Click OK to get back to the game.

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Anyway, once you made the settings as explained above, you should save the configuration.  You should create a configuration for each game.  To save the configuration, click "Configuration" at the tree view on the left, then type a name for it under "Name:", and then click "Save".

With a configuration saved for each game, later when you need to run a particular game, you can just load the configuration for that game, instead of having to redo all these settings again.

There are many other settings you can fiddle with on the config window, although I don't remember having to fiddle anything to get the 3 games I had (Lemmings, ONML and Lemmings 2) running.  In worst case I can e-mail you my config files, although you then need to make sure to visit the ROM and Disk Drive section of the configuration and make sure they point to the files in the location you saved them on your machine (which of course may differ from where I choose to save them).

Let me note that if you need savestates, you can deal with them via the configuration window.  Commands for loading and saving savestates can be found if you select "Misc" from the tree view on the left.

Hope this helps, don't hesitate to ask questions if you're stuck.

Wild 15: &#A0;sadly, it looks like 48/50 might not be achievable on the Mac. &#A0;Why? &#A0;Well, recall how I said on the PC, there are 3 different ways you can handle the final obstacle and get 47/50.

Well, on the Mac, it turns out that two of the ways doesn't work. &#A0;The only method that works is the glitch-free, "guest-inspired" method. &#A0;And no one has yet successfully adapted that solution to 48/50 at this point, so until then

Then is now!  I finally found a way to adapt the "guest-inspired" 47/50 solution for 48/50, and so I have now confirmed on the Mac that it's possible to achieve 48/50 on Wild 15.  (The solution should also work on the PC.)

Although the "guest-inspired" 47/50 is glitch-free, I need to use the bomberless Mayhem 2 glitch for the 48/50.  Previous experience with adapting the solution to 48/50 suggests that you probably have to use that glitch to get a working solution.  In any case it certainly makes life much easier.

The four fire traps to the left of the exit aren't placed right; lemmings walking left along the platform fall to their deaths rather than being burned.

Sorry to digress, but what you said reminded me of Mayhem 2.

On many versions of the game (DOS version being one notable exception, since it lacked the fire traps altogether on that level), there are 5 fire traps placed along the pit below the entrance area, with 4 cone-shaped terrain, each placed in between every 2 traps.  If you build from the starting platform so that the lemmings falling off the bridge land on the tip of one of the cones, you'll find that as they walk down the cone they will fall to their death rather than getting burned.

Ok, I now have evidence that you can save 100% on Wicked 13 with no more than 9 builders.

I said "evidence" because my attempt was screwed up in a number of places.  First, I used 2 more builders than intended, because I failed to build at the intended places (basically, the same frustration LemSteven went thru when confirm the 10-builder solution, except I didn't feel like starting over).  Second, at the beginning I accidentally lost one.  And I probably used more skills towards the end than really necessary (but fortunately there was enough).

Still, the solution idea definitely will work.  It is actually just the 10-builder solution with a different way to deal with the "ending".  No differences until after you got past the application of the Mayhem 12 glitch.

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As for the Mac, with great difficulty (it's very hard to do precision moves on it reliably), I managed to confirm the 10-builder solution.

Although earlier I said that the 9-builder solution is probably PC-specific, I'm beginning to think that might not necessarily be the case.  In particular, since the glitch for the builderless Tricky 9 seems to work to some extent on the Mac......

Still, I don't think I'm even going bother with the Mac until I actually confirm the 9-builder solution for real on the PC first.

But before that, I ended up making minor improvements to the 11-builder solution:

1 blocker, 3 bashers, 11 builders, 1 digger

So one more basher than before, but in total 1 less skill used. &#A0;I suppose I should confirm it on the Mac

Just to be clear, I did confirm the above on the PC, just not the Mac.

Now, onto 10 builders or less......