This topic deals with the ancient level format for DOS Lemmings. Level files in this format end with
.lvl, 10-level-packs end with
.dat.
Consider NeoLemmix or Lix: DOS Lemmings's .lvl/.dat format was popular around 2000 to 2010 for custom levels. Since 2014, the most popular engines are
NeoLemmix and Lix. We encourage you to create new levels for these games.
Play old Lemmings games: This topic is about custom levels. If you want to play DMA's old Lemmings, Oh no! More Lemmings, Holiday Lemmings, ...,
get a Lemmix player, or run the old games in DOSBox. You don't have to set up Lemmix editor.
See also the
2013 list of game engines and editors.
Lemmix + Eric's Lemmix editorLemmix is a lemmings clone that comes with a level editor and is probably your best choice for playing custom levels in .lvl and .dat format, like most of those on the
level database, as these levels were designed for Lemmix/CustLemm physics and might not work in other clones. Due to the physics it's also a good choice for the challenges from the
Challenges Board. Lemmix features saving and loading replays, savestates and a few more convenient features. Setting it up is a bit complicated, and it has no music.
Link:
https://web.archive.org/web/20180929192201/http://ericenzwaan.nl/eric/lemmings/lemmix.htmSetupGet
CustLemm which essentially merges the graphics files from Lemmings and ONML. Extract Lemmix and open the file
LemmixStyles.ini. Navigate to
[style_9], and two lines below you should find "
CommonPath=". Enter the path where CustLemm is located there. (Optional: If you have the original game and/or ONML, find
[style_0] and
[style_1] and put the paths to Lemmings and ONML there respectively. This will allow you to play the original and ONML levels.)
Now run Lemmix, and go to Tools -> Compiler. Select 'Custom Lemmings' and click 'compile all graphics sets for this style'. (Optional: you can do the same for Original Lemmings and ONML.)
UsageWhen opening a
.lvl file, you'll be prompted to select a viewer style. Select 'Custom Lemmings' there. When opening a
.dat file, you'll be presented with a level list. Right-click on that dialog, select 'change viewer style' and select 'Custom Lemmings'.
To play a level, open it and press [F2]. Press [
u] to save a replay of your solution. Press [Shift]+[R] to load a replay during play; make sure you are already playing the correct level.
CustLemmixAn alternative to Lemmix + Lemmix Editor (explained above) to play levels from the
level database in a Lemmix player. Download
CustLemmix, create a new empty folder, put that executable inside the folder. Rename your level pack to
LEVELPAK.DAT and put the pack in the CustLemmix folder. Run CustLemmix to play.
More info about CustLemmix. Don't have CustLemmix in a folder with other Lemmings/Lemmix styles. CustLemmix has styles compiled into the executable and should use those styles. It would prefer other styles from its folder if it found any styles there, thus don't have any styles there.
CustLemm, LemEditObsolete since 2007, but historically important. Both of these run in DosBox. CustLemm is a hack of ONML that loads any given LEVELPAK.DAT instead of the ONML-included levels. See the included readme for instructions.
Download CustLemmYou can select levels 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 from the 10-level pack with the arrow keys in the CustLemm main menu. To play even-numbered levels, you have two ways: Either press F2 in the main menu, enter SKIPLEVELS, then press [Numpad-5] during the preceding odd level to skip the odd level. Or press F2 in the main menu and enter one of these codes:
2: IRRTDTSICR
4: RTDTSIVKCX
6: DTSIRVTMCJ
8: SIVVTDTOCP
10: IRRUDTSQCK
AmigaCreating and playing custom levels in Amiga Lemmings.
Link:
http://www.lemmingsforums.net/index.php?topic=1206.msg32683#msg32683-- Simon