Quote from: UltimateLemmings on September 23, 2026, 11:49:47 PMLooking into the bugs now, but when you say "classic control" do you mean you unchecked Modern keyboard control, clicked "used OG settings" in gameplay, or just clicked "old school" on first launch?

exactly. I clicked the "use OG settings" button and it does nothing. retains the modern controls (including the new circle effect when trying to select a Lemming.) weirder still, I thought maybe I just need to relaunch the game. well, when I did that, and went to settings, not only is the OG settings button off, but also the cursor vanishing on the settings screen. so that's not great.

as for what I clicked during "first launch," I choose "old school." however, that was with beta 32. when I launched RC1, I wasn't presented with any options. but perhaps it inherited my settings from the last version, and that's caused the issue?

edit: hmm, RC3 isn't even launching for me.

I have now cleared the whole Lemmings Plus Alpha pack by namida, pretty happy about that 
Second and third rank of the pack are as good as the first one. Difficulty ranked up for sure, but maybe not as much as I expected, or is it that my skill increase ?

Joining my replays, I think there are some backroutes in there.

Quote from: Silken Healer on September 24, 2026, 08:23:09 AM

Quote from: namida on September 23, 2026, 12:12:03 AMEntire topics are generally either for large packs, or a one-per-author topic for loose levels. And most people do not even do the latter, instead just using the Random Level Sharing topic for that.

Wow it's good to know that your allowed to do this (i.e. make a topic for one-off levels instead of puting them in the Random Level Sharing topic) as I don't like making packs and I prefer making one-off levels but I'd scared they'd never be seen if I put them in the "Random Level Sharing" topic. Even though, as you said, packs don't have to have large numbers, ranks, or grouping or ordering, I still like making one-off levels over packs for some reason

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Quote from: namida on September 23, 2026, 12:12:03 AMStop making topics just for one or two levels. On this occasion, I have merged the offending topic into your existing one. Should you do this again, next time I will just delete it outright.

Should we merge this topic: https://www.lemmingsforums.net/index.php?topic=7585 into this one too and rename this one "lemmkeev20's levels" or something. Though that being said, he said that, https://www.lemmingsforums.net/index.php?topic=7585 is going to be for a pack called "psychopatic dificulty" so maybe it's fair enough to let him have another topic for those as he said they'll be going into a pack in the future.

Edit: Also found another scattered level here you could merge that doesn't seem to be one that's going to be a pack in the future :https://www.lemmingsforums.net/index.php?topic=7588

no need, i already maded it, its called: mr lemmdo's X-tralems levels!

Quote from: Silken Healer on September 24, 2026, 08:37:27 AMI can't read that language

Edit: I decided to translate it with https://www.deepl.com/en/translator as I was bored
左に行くだけでそこ に着くと思います! = I think if you just head left, you'll get there!
わかりました。 念の ため、 全ての入口を 確認します = Right. Just to be on the safe side, I'll check all the entrances.
*待っている...* = *Waiting...*
左に行くだけでそこ に着くと思います! = VENDING MACHINE! Are you all right? What's happened?

you understood why is it here?

Ultimate Lemmings — 1.1 RC3 is up, Monterey is back

Same link, new build:

Lemmings 1.1 RC3

Signed and notarized by Apple, so Gatekeeper won't hassle you after unzipping.

Good news if you're on macOS 12: RC1 briefly required macOS 13 and dropped Monterey. That's reverted. This build is back to macOS 12.3 or later, with its own dedicated notarized Monterey archive alongside the standard one on the release page. Grab the "-monterey" zip if you're on 12.x, otherwise the standard one is for you.

What's new since the RC1 you already have:

• Fixed a real bug in the CRT view where edge-scrolling stopped working right at the curved screen corners
• The stricter "steel" rule from RC1 turned out to break 57 previously-solved Classic and Oh No! routes — reverted it, all 352 official routes plus Oh Yes! conversions verify clean again on this build. The stricter rule comes back properly later, once there's a real way to re-check at that scale
• A couple of build-script bugs that could leave testers with a broken app, fixed

Still open from RC1, unrelated to any of the above:

• Toggling Mac-style Lemmings 2 artwork on then off doesn't always restore the exact original frame
• One controller button-combo (retry, rewind and step together) doesn't route right

Sorry, this should fix the awful cursor from RC1 and 2!

I can't read that language

Edit: I decided to translate it with https://www.deepl.com/en/translator as I was bored
左に行くだけでそこ に着くと思います! = I think if you just head left, you'll get there!
わかりました。 念の ため、 全ての入口を 確認します = Right. Just to be on the safe side, I'll check all the entrances.
*待っている...* = *Waiting...*
左に行くだけでそこ に着くと思います! = VENDING MACHINE! Are you all right? What's happened?

IDK if I can play Lix due to depression, but I will try to come anyway. Lix also used to help make me feel less sad when I'm depressed. If I do come I probably won't be playing my best due to that and just the fact I haven't played Lix in ages

Quote from: namida on September 23, 2026, 12:12:03 AMEntire topics are generally either for large packs, or a one-per-author topic for loose levels. And most people do not even do the latter, instead just using the Random Level Sharing topic for that.

Wow it's good to know that your allowed to do this (i.e. make a topic for one-off levels instead of puting them in the Random Level Sharing topic) as I don't like making packs and I prefer making one-off levels but I'd scared they'd never be seen if I put them in the "Random Level Sharing" topic. Even though, as you said, packs don't have to have large numbers, ranks, or grouping or ordering, I still like making one-off levels over packs for some reason

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Quote from: namida on September 23, 2026, 12:12:03 AMStop making topics just for one or two levels. On this occasion, I have merged the offending topic into your existing one. Should you do this again, next time I will just delete it outright.

Should we merge this topic: https://www.lemmingsforums.net/index.php?topic=7585 into this one too and rename this one "lemmkeev20's levels" or something. Though that being said, he said that, https://www.lemmingsforums.net/index.php?topic=7585 is going to be for a pack called "psychopatic dificulty" so maybe it's fair enough to let him have another topic for those as he said they'll be going into a pack in the future.

Edit: Also found another scattered level here you could merge that doesn't seem to be one that's going to be a pack in the future :https://www.lemmingsforums.net/index.php?topic=7588

Cryptic Puzzles

On September 5th, geoo and I participated in PaderPuzzle 2026. This was an outdoor puzzle hunt: You got 9 hours to travel the city of Paderborn in teams of 1-5 players, find pre-placed puzzle sheets with cryptic information, and enter solution phrases for each in an online system.

After solving a puzzle, you scored 4 points and learned the whereabouts of the next sheet in the city. You had the option to phone for hints (at cost of 1 point each) or skip (scoring 0 but learning the location of the next puzzle).

Example puzzle and solution

One puzzle was a poem of Japanese-sounding nonsense words, spelled in latin letters.

The solution: Transliterate each line into katakana; the standard katankana table a-ka-sa-ta-na-ha-..., i-ki-shi-chi-ni-hi-... was provided by the organizers to all teams in a general knowledge booklet. Color the location of these katakana in the standard table. See what the colored picture (pixel art) represents. Each picture (one picture per poem line) formed a kyrillic letter; transliterate the kyrillic back to German for the solution.

Example puzzle and solution

One puzzle was a sequence of colorful men (silhouettes of butlers).

The solution: Look around where you are the city. 50 meters from you, there was a store called BUTLER'S with its name printed in differently-colored letters. Replace each man on the sheet with the correspondingly-colored letter from the store logo. Easy once you see it, right?

But made the mistake of attacking this puzzle sitting a quiet corner for 20 minutes, websearching, thinking about color hex codes, ..., and nothing worked. Other teams sat down in better spots and solved it in 3 minutes.

Example puzzle and solution

One puzzle was a cryptic crossword. Each solution was either an animal or a plant. I got many clues right on this one:

Q: An einem zugefrorenen See stehend, gefragt wo er denn hier stehe, antwortete Goethe ganz poetisch: ...
A: Ameise ("am Eise")

Q: Reptil, das vor Gericht niemals lügen würde: ...
A: Eidechse

Q: Wenn ich mich nicht entscheiden kann, in welchem Topf ich mein Erdnusscurry erhitze, dann stehe ich vor einer ...
A: Pottwal

geoo asked me how this was even possible for me, given that I like to rant against ambiguous instructions and ill-defined gameplay!

geoo and I named the team Suicidal Rodents, in honor of the team name from 12 years ago that the Lemmings Forums team used for online puzzle competitions. We accepted one external student who didn't have a team yet, and ran as a team of 3.

PaderPuzzle 2026 statistics, we (Suicidal Rodents) placed 12th out of 32 teams. We scored 38 points. We bought a hint for puzzle 9; you can tell because we scored 3 points there instead of the usual 4 points. We solved bonus puzzle Z1 but failed Z2.

Several teams got the full score of 42 points. Some contestants were regular solvers and finished way earlier than the bunch. geoo and I were happy to do well as nonregulars, still, and I got to spend a day outside, away from the computer.

-- Simon

context: when i was trying to use the super teleport i was testing it on neolemmix editor

but when i was deleting it, i accidentally removed my neolemmix folder (erasing my data)

luckily nothing important was lost and everything came back to normal