here's my unfinished levelpack downloads section meant to give ksoft a run for his money :P
http://it.travisbsd.org/lemmings/levelpacks.php (it looks pretty lame right now, since there are no levelpacks uploaded)
register and upload your level packs :)
it is currently missing delete and update features (and many others), but I think it's useable (just don't make any mistakes yet :devil:)
Looks Good =)
Just wondering, how to deal with levelpacks requiring a special VGASpecX.dat for some levels to be playable?
Quote from: geoo89 on January 27, 2008, 09:24:56 PM
Just wondering, how to deal with levelpacks requiring a special VGASpecX.dat for some levels to be playable?
hmm... I'll put that on my TODO list
edit: I've figured out how I'll handle vgaspec files, but it may be a week before I get time to implement it (and editing will be implemented then as well)
alright, second launch since nobody uploaded anything on the first x_x
editing should work, as well as support for vgaspec should work
let me know if anything is broken (aside from deleting and vgaspec screenshots)
Weird, even after a week of delay I'm the first one to enter my packs, which is sort of sad. At least my packs got the IDs 1 and 2. :D
Heck, this is awesome, and considering the possibilities once some more levelpacks have been entered...just thinking of level details, stats, searching...
Nice work, Mindless!
Just wondering, the level pictures are newly created everytime one views the pack info page, aren't they? As it always takes some time to load them even though they are only about 2-3kB.
As for the large collection of levels you had there previously, I guess some of them will never be entered by their author due to (sometimes only temporary) inactivity (just thinking of the levels from the VTM site)...I feel those should be added as well somehow, and if the original author happens to re-appear unexpectedly, they could still be replaced.
Oh, just a little nit-pick: the description field doesn't accept line breaks. Or perhaps there could be a short description for the level pack overview and an additional notes field for the levelpack info.
Hey, I'm Medieval Lemming now! The silver username looks much better...
apparently internet explorer's caching mechanism sucks, so you can't download packs with it :(
Quote from: geoo89 on February 01, 2008, 04:03:21 PMJust wondering, the level pictures are newly created everytime one views the pack info page, aren't they? As it always takes some time to load them even though they are only about 2-3kB.
nope, they're cached (or at least, should be). I guess it's the overhead of PHP and making multiple requests
edit: it didn't help that user-side caching wasn't working properly ;)
Quote from: geoo89 on February 01, 2008, 04:03:21 PMAs for the large collection of levels you had there previously, I guess some of them will never be entered by their author due to (sometimes only temporary) inactivity (just thinking of the levels from the VTM site)...I feel those should be added as well somehow, and if the original author happens to re-appear unexpectedly, they could still be replaced.
yeah, I'll probably add them in the future
Quote from: geoo89 on February 01, 2008, 04:03:21 PMOh, just a little nit-pick: the description field doesn't accept line breaks. Or perhaps there could be a short description for the level pack overview and an additional notes field for the levelpack info.
that should be simple to fix
Anyone that has my packs that wants to add them can do so; I'm too lazy to do it myself though >_<
My (only) level pack is loaded now. That's very cool how it automatically generates pics!!! Great work! :laugh:
I was expecting some feedback on my levelpack... but I guess I'll upload there anyways. Enjoy!
As for me, it's been a while I didn't create new levels. All my levelpacks are on Garjen's website. So, if you want to add them there, you can do so. Like Insane Steve, I'm too lazy too.
alright, I've added DragonsLover's and Insane Steve's packs
Whenever I try to download ISteve06 or ISteve09, I get an error saying "vgaspec not found." In fact, it seems nobody has been able to download these. These packs use vgaspec files from the original Lemmings. Could you fix your site to allow these packs to be downloaded?
oh... oops, didn't think about that
edit: fixed
Someone has posted a new level pack which uses a missing vgaspec file, so it can't be downloaded.
I think it would be a good idea to require the user to submit the necessary vgaspec files along with the pack. Otherwise, more packs like this may appear on the site, and nobody would be able to download them.
Edit: Also, inform the user of what to do if any levels use vgaspec files from the original Lemmings. This may help with some potential confusion. (Sorry if this stuff has already been implemented; I have never uploaded any packs.)
I've fixed the level pack mentioned.
I can't currently force the user to upload the VGASPEC files when they upload the DAT since I can only pick out the levels that need the VGASPEC after the pack has been uploaded.
There is a notice when the user uploads the pack that tells them to upload VGASPEC files by editing their pack, apparently it's being ignored.
@Mindless: What happened to http://it.travisbsd.org/lemmings/levelpacks.php?dump, it gives an error now for a few days.
my host seems to be down :(
That's too bad.. do you think it comes back?
hopefully it will be back sometime this weekend
after an unacceptably long downtime, I've moved the Lemmings Archive / Level Pack Database to a new server (links are in my signature, as usual) ... because of the change I've had to rewrite quite a large portion of the back-end of the database, so let me know if you notice anything out of place :)
just so everybody knows, somebody forgot to pay the server bill, so the database is running on a month-old read-only copy, the current database will be back when the bills get paid
I've made the database not read-only now... I haven't gotten the previously-current database back yet, as the bills haven't been paid. If I ever do get it, I'll try to merge the missing level packs.
I've taken this opportunity to add two level packs...
One recreating the four Sega Master System levels which didn't use the SEGA style which can be downloaded here. (http://camanis.net/lemmings/levelpacks.php?info&pack=90)
The other has three levels based on a fourth large level, and can be downloaded One recreating the four Sega Master System levels which didn't use the SEGA style which can be downloaded here. (http://camanis.net/lemmings/levelpacks.php?info&pack=91)
Feedback for either pack would be appreciated!