2.8.9 Update

Further improvements and bugfixes. Here's the full list of updates:

Custom Skillsets - It's now possible to apply custom preset skillsets using SLXCustomSkillsets.ini

UI - Highlight Grouped Pieces - It's now possible to highlight all grouped pieces

UI - Highlight Eraser Pieces - It's now possible to highlight all pieces designated as 'Erase'

UI - Trigger area colours - It's now possible to choose between 5 different trigger area colours

UI - Set Screen Start to Mouse Cursor - It's now possible to set the screen start to the mouse cursor position using a customisable hotkey

UI - Zoom - Increased maximum zoom level

Bugfix - Level Validation - Validate level now has a minimum time limit of 1 second

Bugfix - UI - Dropdown lists are now prevented from closing if the mouse is moved too quickly

Bugfix - UI - Increased minimum selectable grid size to 2px

Bugfix - UI - In the Level Arranger window, X/Y co-ordinates of selected pieces now stay visible when the scrollbars appear

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Could you add some code so if the sleeper sprite is not present something else happens? (explode comes to mind) Maybe a weird unexplained splat?

Do we want this?



Currently, this has been soft-implemented in SLX when in Playtest mode. Could be useful in general, though...?

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Hi MrMimikyu1998, welcome to the Forums and good luck with your proposed level pack!

I take it you aren't familiar with screen capture software yet?

Fortunately finding free screen capture software is easy to come by. My personal recommendation is OBS. It'll allow you to add a source capture, tinker with audio settings, and even choose your output settings. Here's the web page if you need it

That way you shan't need to use a camera for your screen capture

Quote from: namida on November 11, 2025, 09:00:50 PMMy initial thought was yes, but then I realised: This would just move the issue from the default style, to any style with custom ones.
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I think the solution here needs to come from NL:CE's side.

I agree that CE should provide an in-built solution and have added that to the to-do list.

It does seem though, that the styles could be managed separately to 12.14 (as long as they remain compatible with 12.14, of course).

To that end, could we encourage users who create sprite sets to include the Sleeper from now on? A simple way to do this would be to include it in the default style at this point as a template for future styles.

Regarding existing styles, a few of us have already created Sleeper sprites for most of the sets that include custom lemmings (and, there aren't that many). The only ones we didn't do are Mantha's, but I'd be happy to add those (or contact Mantha to see if she wants to do the work herself).

I probably won't push any further than this, but whilst there's a chance to sort this out style-side (as well as CE-side), it seems worth at least having the conversation.

Going to make my custom Lemmings level pack called "SuperLems". It mainly consists of 120 levels plus five bonus levels.

There are four difficulties: Easy, Medium, Expert and Master. Each difficulty contains thirty levels and there is one level that would repeat in every difficulty and it is called "You Need The Umbrella", which takes its inspiration from the original Lemmings level "We All Fall Down", but uses floaters instead of diggers. It appears as the final level of Easy, sixteenth level of Medium, second level of Expert and twenty-second level of Master.

My favourite level I have made from this pack is called "An Homage to Mr. Lemming", which has only ten builders with a total of 50 lemmings and 90% (45/50) needs to be saved and it has a gold talisman where you have to save all of them with only using seven builders.

It'll be on NeoLemmix since I can't remember what the old SuperLems levels looked like besides those three levels.

SuperLems – The Warehouse: https://youtu.be/cvDpdOO4C5Q

It looks very familiar to the PimoLems level of the same name, but looks very different.

Just a quick update! We are nearly half way done with this level pack! I'm expecting a 2026 release for sure. Taking our time with this pack ensures the best quality levels and amazing, new solutions to figure out!

We have a few testers already willing to help. If anyone else, like you, would like to do some early development and/or final revision testing, let me know via direct message. Have a nice upcoming Thanksgiving holiday!

Ha, yes, I spose I take some of these tricks for granted now, like extending a miner tunnel via a builder, or stopping a basher with a blocker then freeing him with a bomber. You're right, I did learn a lot of tricks for the first time from IchoTolot's Introduction Pack, and also Strato Incendus's World Tour Pack.

Yes, a lot of LemFan's packs make use of tricks like this. Some of them can be obscure and less well-known though, like using a blocker at just the right time to turn a basher around but also free the blocker. Another trick of his I haven't seen used too much is turning a blocker into a stoner so that you can bash through it to finish the level. Not sure how common knowledge it is that you can assign a stoner to a blocker; certainly the first time I'd come across it. I don't feel there's an over-reliance on tricks though, my main criticism of his packs is inconsistent difficulty curve and the occasional ridiculously fiddly level. One that springs to mind is where you have a 99 release rate and have to use 4 diggers in quick succession followed by a fencer while another lemming goes ahead to make a platform, all within about a 40 second time frame. The solution is rather obvious but executing it is a real pita! As I said to kaywhyn, those are my least favourite type of challenge; more frustrating than fun.

That said, I would recommend LemFan's packs, and they do improve as they go on. BadLems is probably too easy for most people here and you were often left with a ton of unused skills whereas LemFanLems I, there aren't many leftover skills at all, implying there's really only one solution in each case. Let me know if you give Lemmings Obliterated a go - as far as I know, no-one else has played through that one yet. There're only 3 ranks that were ever finished, but things get really tricky in some of the third rank levels; I still haven't solved them all yet.