SuperLemmix 1.1.2, Editor 1.1 Release Topic [UPDATE]

[Will]

Download SuperLemmix 1.1.2

Well, what can I say, except...

Here it is!!!

When I made that discussion topic at the beginning of February, I had no idea I'd be at this stage so soon afterwards, and that SuperLemmix would be a reality. But, it just shows what a pinch of determination, a smidge of Googling and a generous portion of help from namida can do!

Anyway, pre-waffle aside, here's what we've been waiting for - the following is a list of all the features that have been implemented for SuperLemmix which make it distinct from NeoLemmix:

New & Modified Skills (click to show/hide)

The Timebomber (Bomber with 5 second countdown) has made a comeback as a separate, independent skill from the untimed Bomber (which is also still part of SuperLemmix)

Projectile skills Grenader and Spearer fully re-integrated!

Say goodbye to the Stoner, and meet the Freezer; a Lemming that turns into an ice block for reduced fiddliness!

The Laserer's range is now (effectively) infinite

Classic Mode (click to show/hide)

A new "Classic Mode" is featured, accessed via the Config Menu, which Globally modifies the following features for a more "old school" Lemmings experience!:

- Deactivates Skill Shadows
- Deactivates Clear Physics Mode
- Deactivates Direction Select, Walker Select and Highlight Lemming
- Deactivates Frameskipping (including Special Skips and Slow-Motion)
- Deactivates Helper Overlay Graphics (including Fall Distance Ruler)
- Deactivates Skill Queueing

The above features are also individually toggleable via their own checkbox. The following features are exclusive to Classic Mode, when activated:

- Deactivates jumping to Max/Min Release Rate
- Deactivates Save/Load State
- Deactivates Save/Load Replay (in-game only; replays can still be loaded and saved from pre/postview screens)
- Deactivates Replay Editing and Replay Insert Mode
- Deactivates Assign-Whilst-Paused
- Deactivates Sprite-recolouring for 'Selected' Lemmings (as well as keeping it old-school, this feature is also handy as an instant visual signal that you're in Classic Mode)

The Welcome screen for SuperLemmix also now includes a choice between 'Classic Mode' and 'Modern Mode'.

Updated Config Menu (click to show/hide)

As well as incorporating Classic Mode, the following tweaks have been made to the Config menu:

Added more auto-naming options for Replay files and widened the dropdowns for easier reading

'Don't Replay After Backwards Frameskips' has been changed to 'Replay After Backwards Frameskips' and is unchecked by default

Graphics Options now have their own tab

The Hotkeys Config now has options for 'Classic Hotkeys' (similar to previous 'minimal'), 'Advanced Hotkeys' (where most available functions are pre-mapped) and 'Clear All Keys'; the form factor has also been widened for easier reading/havigation.

Modified Default & Orig/OhNo! Styles, Sprites and other GFX (click to show/hide)

Floater now has a red & white umbrella

Athletes are recoloured to dark blue tunic with green hair

Sprites/Masks added for Spearer & Grenader (includes Thrower sprite)

Orig Fire water is now re-purposed as a FIRE object and is renamed to "lava"

Orig Marble water is now re-purposed as a FIRE object and is renamed to "poison" (I'm considering later making this into a Neutraliser/Zombifier that only Swimmers can access, if this is at all possible)

Revised trap animations for most of the Original styles, including removed secondary animations for some traps, and improved secondary animations for others (in particular, check out the Lizard's eyes!)

All Original style background colours are changed to the dark blue Amiga colour

Modified Game Mechanics (click to show/hide)

Fallers and Splatters can now exit if they make contact with the Exit's trigger before they hit the ground (aka Direct Drop).

Jumpers and the "Reacher" state of a Shimmier can also now exit once again (this was previously culled as a bug).

My logic for intentionally bringing these features back is that all of the above states can interact with a Trap's trigger, so it makes sense that they can also interact with an Exit's trigger.

New Talismans (click to show/hide)

The Kill All Zombies Talisman had been re-implemented - code for it already existed but was removed

Other Tweaks, Updates, Spit & Polish (click to show/hide)

Brand new Skill Panel which allows up to 14 skill types per level!

Colourful squiggle! (click it to see what it does!)

Brand new Menu graphics & layout

In-game level border is recoloured to dark purple

DMA Levelpacks (click to show/hide)

SuperLemmix ships with all of the original DMA Design levels, including:

- Lemmings
- Oh No! More Lemmings
- 2 Player Levels
- Xmas/Holiday Lemmings
- SNES, Genesis, SMS and PSP-exclusive Levels
- Prima Publishing and COVOX Levels
- and more...

All levels are fully restored and recompiled by WillLem, Proxima and ericdekovits

All levels feature the Timebomber in place of the untimed Bomber so that they can be played as originally intended

New logos for each pack have been designed and included

Editor Updates (click to show/hide)

There have also been some considerable tweaks to the Editor interface as well, in part to incorporate the new skills, but also to distinguish it from the NeoLemmix Editor to avoid confusion:

Spearer, Grenader and Timebomber support added

Support for the Kill All Zombies talisman added

Theme/style dropdowns widened for easier reading

Larger scrollbars for easier access when fine-editing a level

Tab-key indexes properly organised

"Clear Backgrounds" button moved to above the piece scroller for better access

Some buttons and fields re-named for clarity

New icon and title

Revised & Culled Features (click to show/hide)

Whilst much has been added in SuperLemmix, some features haven't quite made the cut. Note that these features have, at present, only been 'commented out' in the code, and can (relatively) easily be added back in if there is enough demand to do so:

Online Features (including Style Manager) are no longer supported, due in part to the updates to the Default & Original styles, but also because I don't have anywhere to host this feature at present. If SuperLemmix gains any traction, I may consider re-implementing this is the future; for now, Styles will be periodically updated on a manual basis and made available from this post/board at all times.

Hotkey presets have been removed and instead there is a single "Classic Layout" which is recommended for use with Classic Mode. It's also similar to the previous "Minimal Layout", and so forms a good basis for building your own hotkey Config. You can, of course, simply copy over your existing hotkeys.ini file from NeoLemmix if you wish to continue to use your familiar hotkeys with SuperLemmix.

Removed support for Postview Success/Failure Jingles. I personally find this feature a bit tacky, buuut if enough people like it I guess there's plenty of room on the Audio options tab.

Removed option to switch between Release Rate and Spawn Interval. This is a personal choice based on preference for the original way of displaying this feature. Again, if there's enough demand for it, I'll bring it back.

Removed option to hide Advanced Options in Level Select screen. This seemed superfluous and was taking up space in the Config menu, so it's gone.

Removed option to force default Lemming sprites. This one is gone for good; if a designer has spend time and effort making sprites for their levels, they ought to be showcased as intended. As the creator of the Lemminas, I'm hardly going to support a feature that will override them!

Removed option for Compact Skill Panel (the new panel basically is a compact panel with 14 available skills).

Replays now cancel upon re-loading a level (previously, the current replay would be pre-loaded when starting a level via either "Retry Level" or "Level Select" from Postview and would have to be cancelled manually). This was originally intended to be a Classic Mode feature, but I've decided to push it forward it as a Global standard. Feedback is wanted on this feature; if people would prefer this to be optional, I'll look at implementing it for next time.

For next time.....

Features implemented for next release (click to show/hide)

IN PROGRESS: Rewind gamespeed implemented (essentially a repeated -3 Frameskip at roughly the same speed as Fast-forward) along with dedicated panel button and hotkey - this feature is nearly finished but requires a bit of work to get it into a stable release

IN PROGRESS: Skill panel will dynamically resize along with the game window - progress on this is slow, but I think I've located most of the code that will need tweaking for this to happen

2 new packs added to DMA Lemmings Packs compilation: ZX Spectrum and PlayStation 3

Further improvements to the DMA compilation logos & screen start positions

Plans for the future (click to show/hide)

A SuperLemmix Introduction Pack will need to be made which introduces the fork-exclusive features. I'd like to redesign the pack from scratch ideally, so help will be wanted if anyone fancies designing some levels!

The Fencer destruction tunnel will be widened to allow Shimmiers through it

Orig and OhNo styles will have independent Hi-Res counterpart graphics

Superlemming speed will be implemented & supported as a level design feature

Old gimmicks Karoshi (kill all Lemmings) and Frenzy (play with no pause) will likely make a comeback as well

I'd like to look at implementing per-line font recolouring for the level select screen and, eventually, make this user-customisable

Depending on feedback, I might look at culling some of the more superfluous objects that rarely get used, or that frequently cause level design problems.

[Will]

Reserved for Styles Download

[Will]

Reserved for Music download

[NieSch]

Congratulations on the release!

[Will]

SuperLemmix 1.0.1 Update

An update already (albeit a minor one)!

Due to the updates made here, I would strongly recommend that you delete your "settings.ini" file from SuperLemmix/settings and start over.

Here's what's changed for 1.0.1:

- Updated the Welcome screen to include a choice between 'Classic Mode' and 'Modern Mode'.

- Updated the Hotkeys Config with options for 'Advanced Hotkeys' and 'Clear All Keys', also widened the form factor for easier reading/havigation.

- Fixed a bug where the "-" RR skill panel button was cropped offscreen at the smallest possible window size in windowed mode.

- Increased the default "Resize Window" size to 1776 x 800 (the current width of the panel at maximum zoom x the height of the panel + the height of a standard level); the window can of course be dynamically resized if this is too wide for you, but note that the panel will jump down to minimum zoom when in hi-res mode. I'm currently looking at creating a new panel to correct this.

- Stretched the minimap out to the right a touch; there was available space on that side that wasn't being used, figure I might as well give it to the minimap for now.

- Updated one level file and one music file, plus added Thrower and Freezer to the Lemminas sprites

Congratulations on the release!

Thanks, NieSch!

[Will]

SuperLemmix 1.0.1b Update - Sorry, had to upload this again because I forgot to include something

- Updated one level file and one music file, plus added Thrower and Freezer to the Lemminas sprites

(The download in the OP has this included as well)

[Will]

The first proper release of SuperLemmix is ready!

It's strongly recommended that you get this version even if you downloaded the RC; delete the RC if you have it and use this version instead. There have been a number of tweaks, improvements and bugfixes throughout the program and the included files, including some that are essential for the program to run.

Version 1.1.1 has added the following to what's listed in the OP:

The Timebomber is here! Bombers with the 5 second timer are back as a separate, independent skill

Updated DMA levels to feature the Timebomber so that they can be played as originally intended

Added Thrower sprite to Xmas style

Windowed mode now opens with the panel stretched to the full width of the window

Slightly improved panel font (this can and will be improved further in a future release)

Fixed a few bugs & issues related to graphics & music in the RC release

Enjoy! Feedback and suggestions are welcome.


Please note that from now on the SuperLemmix master downloads will only include styles, music and other files that are necessary for the program to run.

[jkapp76]

New 1.1.2 crashes at level 6

[Will]

New 1.1.2 crashes at level 6

Yes, I've fixed that now

I've re-uploaded the zip file including this fix, so anyone downloading after this post will get the fixed version.

Here's what you need though @jKapp - place the attached file into SLX/levels/All Original Lemmings Packs/Lemmings/Fun and it should work

[Will]

Bugfixes & Features Update

Download SuperLemmix 1.1.2

It's worth downloading the full thing again; apologies to those few people who've been loyally grabbing each version - I have done my best to keep the download as small as possible (it's currently only 44.17MB).

Here's what new for 1.1.2:

Kill All Zombies talisman added (with Editor support) - this works, but will need testing for bugs/wierd behaviour

All known Timebomber bugs fixed; the skill now works as expected, although further testing is necessary to fully guarantee its stability

Added Timebomber graphics to various subfolders and styles (these are required for SLX to run properly)

Fixed bug which re-draws the semitransparent skill_selected graphic over the Pause button when backwards framestepping

Added Thrower, Freezer and Timebomber sprites to lemminas_honeycomb, so all Lemminas styles are now available

Added jKapp's hi-res logos to DMA level packs

Some minor fixes to the DMA level files


Thankyou for continuing to support the SuperLemmix project

[TBA-NA]

I am unable to access the Mediafire link. Is it an error on my end or with the site?

[Will]

I am unable to access the Mediafire link. Is it an error on my end or with the site?

Try it again. The link had expired, I think.

I'm going to need to find a better way to host the file than using MediaFire.

[jkapp76]

I really like hosting files with pcloud. You get a free 10GB account, which should allow plenty of stuff.

If you keep the download name the same, (like Slemmix_install) you can just overwrite the old file and the link is auto updated. So, even if you didn't update anything here on the forum the link will download the latest exe.

I've had a 500GB account for 4 years now. (I do NOT get any referral perk either.)

[TBA-NA]

Still errors.

[Will]

I really like hosting files with pcloud ... you can just overwrite the old file and the link is auto updated. So, even if you didn't update anything here on the forum the link will download the latest exe.

I like the idea of that, definitely worth a look. No free option?

Still errors.

Try again, I'm hosting in GitHub now. The direct download link should work fine.