The custom level challenge thread

[chaos_defrost]

Got it. I don't know how to make Lemmix replays but I guess if you want a replay of this I can get one -- it took about 8 or so tries to do right though 

Lemming 3 (from the right) builds to the left, Lemming 2 build to the left about in the middle of the room, then builds to the right to the wall, then builds again to the left to the wall. Lemming 1 builds about a 1/4th of the way from the left wall facing left, then all the way up to the right, then mines -- if everything's set up right, he mines all the way down the builder bridge to the exit. Lemming 4 bashes to the other exit from the left wall.

[Minim]

Hey. Insane steve: I have just about seen your solution because you picked the wrong code. The code is: #dee7ef not #f8f8f8.

You were quick on getting the solution I have to admit.

A possibly easier challenge for this level coming up:

Solve it again, this time with 0 builders, 1 basher, 1 miner and 1 digger.

[chaos_defrost]

I can't see it that well, but I'll keep that in mind for that color box.

Your level's solution:

Lemming 1 digs on the far right side, down the wall, and bashes to the right the floor under the 2nd and 3rd Lemmings so they can get to the left exit on the bottom. Lemming 4 mines down to the exit. Lemming 1 reaches the right exit.

[Yawg]

Steve, I'm having a hard time following how you solved it...and it looks like a back route  you can save replays by pressing "u" after you've played your solution, and then load replays by pressing "R" (that is, CAPITAL r ; you need to hold shift or have caps lock on).

EDIT: I see how you did it. That wasn't the intended solution, but i almost like it more than mine. However, my solution does use a pretty rarely-seen trick. 

[Minim]

Steve, I'm having a hard time following how you solved it...and it looks like a back route  you can save replays by pressing "u" after you've played your solution, and then load replays by pressing "R" (that is, CAPITAL r ; you need to hold shift or have caps lock on).

I think it's "L" not "R" and you don't need to capitalise it to load replays.

[Yawg]

Steve, I'm having a hard time following how you solved it...and it looks like a back route  you can save replays by pressing "u" after you've played your solution, and then load replays by pressing "R" (that is, CAPITAL r ; you need to hold shift or have caps lock on).

I think it's "L" not "R" and you don't need to capitalise it to load replays.

Um...wrong on both accounts. SHIFT + R opens the load replay window, and u saves your replay to the Replay folder of Lemmix. No prompt though. If you dont hold shift, the r key by itself is mapped to restart the level. As anyone that uses Lemmix is aware, I'm sure.

[Minim]

Oh! Sorry Yawg! I thought you were talking about the Lemmix player, and not the tester. Now I understand what was going on. Now, I need to just calm down and put this in mind.

[chaos_defrost]

I found another route through Yawg's level which might be "intended", but pressing "u" didn't make it save. Huh. It's a lot easier to execute than the other route, at least.

[Yawg]

Its probably another back route. Mind sharing it with me? And are you sure it didn't save?  "u" saves the replay as "level name.lrb" in the replays folder of the lemmix directory. Maybe you had caps lock on? It has to be lowercase.

[chaos_defrost]

Oh, here it is, I didn't know where it was saved.

[Yawg]

I knew putting in all those exits would come back to haunt me. oh well, this is what peer review is for I suppose... 

[chaos_defrost]

Hahaha I know the feeling. 

Can your intended route work with 10 builders? The replay obviously won't and the miner is going to be extremely difficult if not impossible. I think it is, since at the minimum I needed 2 on the right hole, 5 in teh middle, 3 on the left, and one to stop the miner from breaching the floor.

[Fernito]

Geoo's solution for Insane Steve's level was AMAZING!  (I'm a bit late, I know )

BTW, Insane Steve: it's your turn to post a challenge

[Yawg]

Hahaha I know the feeling. 

Can your intended route work with 10 builders? The replay obviously won't and the miner is going to be extremely difficult if not impossible. I think it is, since at the minimum I needed 2 on the right hole, 5 in teh middle, 3 on the left, and one to stop the miner from breaching the floor.

My intended solution actually requires all 20 builders. Thanks to your playtesting, I should be able to eliminate all the back routes, and have an air-tight puzzle ready for my 6th pack .

[chaos_defrost]

I am fond of minimac's idea that this thread be devoted to alternate skillset/save %/whatever else versions of existing customs, so I think my future challenges in this thread will be in that form.

I'm going through my levels now to see what levels are good for this -- I have one level for ISteve11.dat but I don't want to post it quite yet.