How many levels can be solved with a 99 release rate?

[Minim]

I have decided to reopen the topic so that I can put in perfect scores. Anyway, the challenge was like this. So, using the standard skill set and the required percentage. Can you solve as many levels as you can with an instant 99 release rate?

Here are the results:

Original Lemmings
Fun: All solved! Non-100%: 3, 6, 18.
Tricky: 1-17, 19-30. Non-100%: 15-17, 23.
Taxing: 1-22, 24-27, 29-30. Non-100%: 7, 16, 19, 27.
Mayhem: 1-9, 11-30. Non-100%: 2, 5, 7, 19, 26, 29.
Total: 116/120

Oh No! More Lemmings
Tame: All solved with 100%!
Crazy: All solved! 100%: 2, 4-9, 12, 16-18, 20.
Wild: 1-7, 9-20. Non-100%: 5, 12, 13, 15, 18, 20.
Wicked: 1-14, 16-20.  Non-100%: 1, 4, 7-10, 12, 16, 17, 20.
Havoc: 1-4, 6-8, 10-11, 13-20. Non-100%: 10, 16, 20.
Total: 95/100

Holiday Lemmings '94
Frost: 1-13, 15-16. Non-100%: 4, 6, 15.
Hail: 1-4, 6-16. Non-100%: 2, 6.
Flurry: All solved. Non-100%: 16
Blitz: 1, 3-16. Non-100%: 12, 15, 16.
Total: 61/64

Xmas Lemmings Demo
Xmas '91 (first 2 levels only): Both solved with 100%!
Xmas '92: All solved with 100%!
Total: 6/6
Perfect score total: 6/6

Out of all the levels which are tested, an incredible 278 levels were solved out of 290 using Lemmix and DOS Lemmings.

[Dullstar]

You can pause the DOS version and then hold F2.  Very effective.  I think I will be quite active in this challenge thread!

Now, where are those headphones of mine?

[Dullstar]

Tricky (so far, will update):
1 (100%, requires blocker, blocker, however, can be freed.)
2 (100%, hard)
3 (100%, hard, "chaotic digging")
4 (100%, ridiculously easy)
5 (100%, insanely easy)
6 (100%, arguably easier than pie)

Will return to this later, provide information!

[Clam]

Wait... don't use Lemmix clones? Why not

[Minim]

Sorry, I thought that If you could use Lemmix clones you couldn't possibly set the rate to 99 before the lemmings come out. Is it possble? Tell me, then I can modify the wording of my speech.

[Clam]

You can change the release rate while the game is paused (as Dullstar just mentioned).

[Dullstar]

* Method 2 says to set the release rate to 99 in a level editor.  Would work with Lemmix.
* Don't know about Lemmix, but in DOS you can pause the game, then increase the release rate with F2.  Possibly a glitch, as the mouse control does not allow this.

[Dullstar]

btw, I can't use Lemmini because for whatever reason the rabid apes who designed Java probably went out of their way to make the part needed for Lemmini to not work in Ubuntu Linux.  Honestly, Lemmini is not worth a reboot.

Besides, I don't think Lemmini offers Tandy combined with EGA (which I think are the same as the TGA colour set, but I may be wrong).  Does it even offer VGA level graphics as opposed to WinLemms?

[namida]

If anything, Lemmini should not be allowed. As far as I'm aware, only Lemmix is 100% true to the originals.

[Clam]

It's actually quite easy to tell at a glance whether a level is possible in most cases. Levels that either contain the crowd in terrain without you having to do anything, or give you blockers that don't have to be saved, are likely to be doable with the release rate set to 99.

Out of the Tricky levels, only 18 appears to be impossible.

[namida]

Does Tricky 12 give you enough floaters to do it?

[Clam]

Yep. One for every lemming. Even the Mayhem version offers this.


First tough challenge - Taxing 9.

[Minim]

Does Tricky 12 give you enough floaters to do it?

You're definitely right. You can save 100% assigning 50 floaters for 50 lemmings.

[Minim]

Tricky (so far, will update):

Hang on a minute Dullstar! I think Clam Spammer has already given an an overview for all the Tricky levels. May you focus on some levels from the other difficulties please?

[Dullstar]

Which one was posted first?