why not renaming the exe file NLEditorCE ?
The CE suffix would allow this editor to not overwrite the regular editor exe if they are run from the same folder as you're currently working on.

I am currently playing this pack and making some progress.

I just cleared Not Fun 11 : Toil. Replay joined.
It was a roadblock for a lot of time to me considering the huge number of possibilities, mainly to get through that chain at the middle.
In the end my solution is backroutish because I am left with a bomber and save an extra lemming.
This is certainly due to how I do this chain part : precise timing that allows to both free the crowd with minimal casualty, and allow the athlete to get back to the left part of the level.

Now I'm stuck on the Sorting Factory that's next, but I guess this level can be possible too.

Ladies and gentleman, we've got our final results!

The winning level/entry is:

kaywhyn's "Help Me, Help Dune"

The 2nd place goes to:

kaywhyn's "It's Crazy Sports Day!"

3rd place goes to:

kaywhyn's "We Got Mad Lemmings 3 Lab Skills!"

Congratulations to kaywhyn for winning the contest!

I will contact the author of the top 3 levels regarding the determination of the next contest's ruleset.

QuoteThank you, IchoTolot!  (Does your username mean something?  Languages always interest me.)

My username comes from a series of sci-fi novels called "Perry Rhodan".

But feel free to suggest a feature! Even if it doesn't get implemented in the end. Again, Simon is very open in that regard. 

I'm sure Simon will be happy to see all your positive comments about Lix when he sees this thread again.

If you don't want to officially suggest anything, that is okay. But, if you ever wanted to suggest a feature in the future, Simon has always been very open to suggestions for Lix. In fact, Simon has explicitly said that he doesn't want people to differentiate their bug reports and suggestions. Even if your not officially suggesting anything, Simon or other people who are okay with making suggestions might read what you say and think "Hm, that would be a good idea to add though" anyway e.g. now that you mentioned it I definitely think being able to adjust the ratio of initial lix per entrance hatch would be a good thing to add to Lix.

Quote from: Guigui on January 31, 2026, 11:49:47 PMThe "you needed" line is not properly aligned with the 2 others as it used to be in NL and the games of my childhood. My eyes and heart hurt every time...

No worries, fixed (commit 340a17c)

NeoLemmix Editor Version 1.45



Download the latest version of the NeoLemmix Editor

Here's the full list of 1.45 updates:

NeoLemmix Editor 1.45 changelog

Version 1.45 Updates

'Sketches' are now 'Rulers'
 • Rulers are drawn to their own layer and with their own selection rectangle colour for easier identification. The layer can be toggled on/off via hotkey/menu item. Full backwards compatibility with existing Sketches is preserved (NOTE: the 'sketches' folder is auto-renamed to 'rulers' if the rulers folder is not found).

UI
 • Improved Entrance Hatch arrow rendering
 • Steel now has its own selection rectangle colour
 • Improved layout of piece data & 'Load Style' button in Pieces tab

Bugfixes
 • Combos are now correctly refreshed when changing levels
 • Music list now searches recursively in subfolders of 'music'
 • Cursor is correctly reset when clicking status bar buttons
 • The Editor now closes if the 'styles' folder cannot be found
 • Many other general improvements, tweaks and typo fixes

Quote from: Guigui on January 29, 2026, 11:39:29 PM... I can not remember a moment where I thought that I was better in vanilla NL ...

Oh well, can I actually express my ocd here ?

Why is that indentation wrong on the result screen ? The "you needed" line is not properly aligned with the 2 others as it used to be in NL and the games of my childhood. My eyes and heart hurt every time...

Quote from: IchoTolot on January 31, 2026, 12:46:39 PM... comes to my mind in that regard would be the splitter object in NeoLemmix (another game engine). These alternate between sending Lemmings left and right.

Thank you, IchoTolot!  (Does your username mean something?  Languages always interest me.)  I'm VERY pleased with Lix and I'd rather stay with it, learning slowly, than try a new game.  I really admire how very easy Lix is for a newbie to use and enjoy.  The growth since my ancient Lemmings game is amazing.


I seem to have messed up the multi-element quoting but another quick reply: I would never dream of "suggesting" anything to Simon.    In current American idiom, "suggesting" carries an implication that the person doing the suggesting, is relatively as smart and/or capable as the person to whom the suggestion is aimed.

I am, my helpful friend, MUCH less a person to "suggest" as to say "absolute newbie with a question."  ;-)

Again, I note that IMO a real strength of Lix is that there is such a helpful and welcoming online community.  I appreciate it!   --ken ac4rd

Here are my solutions for BadLems.

Overall I'd say it is a nice pack with moderate difficulty, and a lot of open ended levels. Clearing it did not take me too long, and I recognized many tricks you can learn while playing the NL Introduction Pack by Icho.

If I had to guess I'd say that you played the NL Introduction Pack prior to making this one LemFan ?