Quote from: namida on January 25, 2026, 09:34:18 AMI would go a step further and say - discontinue support for the alternate "sounds" folder. Otherwise, it could cause problems if people use NLCE when creating their packs, and it works fine there but (due to the different folder name) doesn't work on standard NL.

The directories were renamed because every other directory in the tree is named "----s".

"Replay" (with its capital letter - why?) and "sound" seem like they shouldn't be there. It's purely aesthetic and, sure, doesn't really matter, but with CE I felt there was an opportunity to sort that out. But you're probably right, it's likely cause more problems than it's worth in the future, so by all means lets revert those folders back to "sound" and "Replay". CE will internally continue to support the use of "sounds" and "replays" folders for those who wish to name their directories this way (I see no reason not to allow this), but we will ship it with "sound" and "Replay" as the default to minimise issues going forward.

The solution here (regarding CE/NL data compatibility in general) is probably to keep the root directory of CE identical to NL 12.14, and add anything new to the aforementioned "assets-ce" folder (see this post, above). This then becomes a necessary component of CE development which will allow us to update existing graphics and data files without risk of conflicts. CE will prefer this directory when looking for resources, so the rest of the tree can be identical to NL. This will ensure that anyone making content for CE that is then played in NL will add items to the correct relative folders (i.e. nothing should ever need to be added to assets-ce by an author unless it's to mod their own copy).

I don't have plans to implement directional selection since the intent was to replicate DOS Lemmings, which doesn't have that feature.  But thinking about it a bit more, I could probably add a similar feature that searches for a nearby cursor position that would select a lemming going in the desired direction.  That way you still can't select a lemming that DOS Lemmings wouldn't let you select, but it just automates the tedious cursor positioning that you could already do.

Hi,
thanks for great lemmings in browser.
I noticed cursor keys are not supported.
I remember from WinLemmings, holding Left or Right key
make much easier selecting only lemmings walking in desired direction.
Are you planning to implement this feature?

I've looked through the admin settings, too. Nothing.

I'm 60:40 against making a redirection topic, too. I look at the most recent 50 topics, and there it's clutter. When others look at a single board, it may be useful. I only make redirection topics when I move newbies' topics.

Do you want a hack in the LF source? This makes updates hard.

Do you want to push for a fix upstream?

-- Simon

I've managed to save 9 lemmings on the 'Eye of the Needle' level on revenge of the lemmings! I am really surprised, as it only had a save requirement of 70 but I wondered if it would be possible to save the builder and it turned out it was. Its the one that came out just before new years, not the most recent update I don't think.

I also managed to save 100% on 'the last mohilem' which had a save requirement of 50%. I can upload the replay for that too if anyone wants 

Quote from: WillLem on January 22, 2026, 02:42:32 AMYeah, I'll make sure that CE can read from "sound" as well as "sounds" in 1.1 proper.

Scratch that, I've already done it! In commit 5d091f3, full cross-compatibility with legacy NL directories has been added. This was done after the release of 1.1 RC-1. I don't even remember doing it, but it's there and it works! EDIT: Thinking about it, it was probably done in response to this topic. I've made directory cross-compatibility a fairly high priority in general, since it does make a lot of sense that people would want to run both NL and CE from the same directory.

One thing to note is that some of the sounds themselves may have different names or may use different sounds for the same thing. It's worth combining all sounds from CE and NL into the same directory (whichever one you use) to ensure that both programs can access the sound files that they need. You should only need to do this once, and thereafter add any sound that may later be added to CE (this would need to be done for regular NL anyway).

I would go a step further and say - discontinue support for the alternate "sounds" folder. Otherwise, it could cause problems if people use NLCE when creating their packs, and it works fine there but (due to the different folder name) doesn't work on standard NL.

There's no reason this should ever have been changed in NLCE in the first place. That's an SLX-type change; there's no reason for NLCE to be changing file/folder names or adding alternative options for them (it should only, where necessary, add entirely *new* files, not rename - even as optional things - existing ones), given the goal is data and physics compatibility with 12.14. It's too late to not do it in the first place; best to nuke it now while it's still early days (and might cause issues *once* for people upgrading from an older CE version) than have it become a long-term lingering problem.

Agreed, this bothers me too, I just never remember it when I'm working on the site. Something to keep in mind next time I am - and that should be easier now that there's a topic here to remind me. (EDIT: Let's just have a quick check in the admin panel now, in case there's already an option to change it.) (EDIT2: Doesn't seem like it.)

Not necessary. If people have something to post, they will; no one needs to post "just for the sake of posting".

Things do tend to be quiet around this time of year in general - a lot of people are on holiday and not really focused on Lemmings and/or online communities.

If there are no posts in the main channel for more than 4 days, i'd say that we band toghether for 1 post every 2 days to keep convos moving in all boardS.
wrote this 9pm est sorry for spelling

Solved with the styles updated, thank you.