Yummy, chocolate mini eggs - my favourite! Too bad there's only 3 of them.

I wish Subway would switch back to Pepsi instead of Coca-Cola.

Added a tag-based template option for naming auto-saved replays:

{user} {pack} {rating} {level} {time}

That's username, pack name, rating name, level (number_title), and timestamp. Whichever of these tags you wish to use can be placed in any order you like, and are separated by double underscores in the output name.

Implemented in RLPlayer commit d7add49.

I'll steelman a case for the restrictive behavior 2) No, and weakly 1) No:

You have 50 lemmings in a dense pack. The replay contains a future builder assignment for one of them, followed by a largely-completed 10-skill route (he's a main worker). Now you want to bash with one of the 50 lemmings in the dense pack. You click into the middle of the pack. If you're unlucky and bash with the soon-to-be builder, you lose the builder's future, i.e., you cut the 10-skill route from the replay.

In Lix, this risk is reduced because Lix (under default options) is in insert mode whenever the tweaker is open. In the tweaker, you see the hovered lix's future assignments highlit. You'll think twice before you click. NL doesn't have this default behavior and indeed warrants separate risk-vs-annoyance balance.

Ideal would be: 1)-2) Yes, and some previewing power into the replay/click, and an undo stack for changes to the replay. Such undo is expensive to implement. Will and I consider undo out of scope of this issue here.

Please participate in WillLem's call for feedback (in the post before this)!

-- Simon

Apologies for the double-post, but this ideally shouldn't be hidden under the code in the previous post.

I need community feedback before deciding on the following:

1) Should we allow same-lem-same-frame assignment in Replay Insert mode?
2) Should we always erase the lem's future existing assignments when making an assignment, regardless of replay mode?
3) Should we erase future nuke when making an assignment in Replay Insert mode?

I'll give this a minimum of 1 month from today to generate discussion.

Your silence = I will probably mostly go ahead and follow Simon's advice, i.e. we'll allow same-frame-same-lemming overwrite even in Replay Insert mode, and will also erase the future assignments of that lemming. I'll also probably make this behaviour optional in Settings; having thought over the proposed hotkey, it's probably asking too much of players to press a key every time they want to make an assignment if they know they always want the same behaviour. Meanwhile, I probably won't erase the nuke, but Simon may convince me otherwise next time we meet.

So:

1) Yes, optionally 2) Yes, optionally 3) Maybe, but probably not.

Thanks, Simon.

Your modified version of the method compiles with the following tweaks (see condition brackets, and no ";" for the empty statement):

procedure TReplay.EraseLemSkillAssignment(
  L: TLemming;
  aFrame: Integer;
  DoCutFuture: Boolean);
var
  Item: TBaseReplayItem;
  i: Integer;
begin
  for i := fAssignments.Count - 1 downto 0 do
  begin
    Item := fAssignments.Items[i];
    if ((Item.Frame < aFrame) or ((Item.Frame <> aFrame) and not DoCutFuture)) then
      Continue;

    if (Item is TReplayNuke) then
       // Always delete a future nuke
    else if (Item is TReplaySkillAssignment) then
      if ((Item as TReplaySkillAssignment).LemmingIndex = L.LemIndex) then
        Continue;

    fAssignments.Delete(i);
  end;
end;


Implementing the function from voice chat.

I can't build Delphi here to test. There will probably be many small errors.

How wise is cutting future nukes when we cut an assignee's assignment future? I think it's correct to cut the future nuke. If you disagree, put Continue; instead of the empty statement ;. I erase future nukes in Lix, got no negative feedback, and most NL levels behave like Lix levels in this regard. Nuke levels are rare and you can always re-insert the nuke. Inserting a nuke shouldn't cut future assignments of anybody.

procedure TReplay.EraseLemSkillAssignment(
  L: TLemming;
  aFrame: Integer;
  DoCutFuture: Boolean);
var
  Item: TBaseReplayItem;
  i: Integer;
begin
  for i := fAssignments.Count - 1 downto 0 do
  begin
    Item := fAssignments.Items[i];
    if (Item.Frame < aFrame or (Item.Frame <> aFrame and not DoCutFuture)) then
      Continue;

    if (Item is TReplayNuke) then
      ; // Always delete a future nuke, like in Lix. Okay in NeoLemmix or not?
    else if (Item is TReplaySkillAssignment) then
      if ((Item as TReplaySkillAssignment).LemmingIndex = L.LemIndex) then
        Continue;

    fAssignments.Delete(i);
  end;
end;
-- Simon

Okay you told me Go Ahead. There is one trick which might be unknow for you. First time its showed custom+3. This is perfect level to train it. Yes you will need that trick in future levels. So just train it.

Thank you very much for playing our pack!   I'll attach my own solutions to my levels, including the talisman solutions, so you can compare them with yours if you want! I also updated one of my level. (Down the Rabbit Hole)

@Dexter

Spoiler

Mesmerizing
Intended!

Mirror World
There's a minor difference between my solution and yours, but yours is perfectly acceptable too.

In the Rear with the Gear
Intended!

Down the Rabbit Hole
This one I may call a backroute.

Terrarium
Acceptable solution! I'll attach my talisman solution below!

The Chosen One
Perfect solution! Yeah, the skillset is a bit unusual. When I made the level, I first chose several skills and limited myself to using only those, and then tried to find interesting interactions between skill types that don't normally interact much.

@Guigui

Spoiler

Mirror World
I'd consider both your solution and Dexter's acceptable.   The main idea I had in mind for this level was figuring out how to make a splatform with two builders so that the crowds from both sides can land safely. I'll attach my solution below.

The trigger areas of exits(and most other objects) have fixed relative positions. Because of that, rotating/flipping/inverting them can sometimes make the trigger areas look visually odd. That's why people usually avoid things like inverted traps or water except for aesthetic purposes, at least not in ways where the unusual trigger areas affect the solution.

That said, if someone asked me "Should a shimmiering lemming be able to use an exit attached to the ceiling he's shimmiering along?" my answer would be yes becuase it looks so natural! And in the same way, a shimmiering lemming can press a button attached to the ceiling.

The Chosen One
Good luck with this level! Let me know if you'd like a hint.

Good shout, I'll look into it for sure.

sorry for no lemming races, they escaped...
i found vexle on this sratch rock background, aka NOT where he is supposed to be. he seems content tho, i wonder if he noticed those flowers, or that strange message...
Facts about lumian lemmings:
They are an alien subspecies of lemmings

vexle is a lumian lemming. (when happy or have other high emotions, their antennae pop up, although most other times hes just chilling)

lumian lemmings acutally dont like berries, alone at least, they actually eat meat, and sometimes they put the berry jam on the meat (odd food choice but ok)

the 3 planets orbiting the star lumi have diffrent atmospheres, so most species actually adapt to all atmospheres at once.