R1 remains V3!

Changelog History of R1:

V2 - Removed some terrain to fix a backroute I discovered. That's what I get for going overboard with the decorating!

V3 - Shifted steel blocks on the right side to exactly line up with the thin terrain pieces above to fix a backroute thanks to Crane. Another dumb mistake on my part because I thought they were already perfectly aligned!

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V3 of R2 uploaded!

Changelog History of R2:

V2 - Added a button to fix a backroute thanks to Crane.

V3 - Shifted terrain to fix a backroute thanks to Crane.

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V2 of R3 uploaded!

Changelog History of R3:

V2 - Fixed up the level some more to make it look better.

Added latest Editor version (2.9.2) to the download folder. See Editor release topic for more details.

2.9.2 Hotfix Update

A quick update with the following features/bugfixes:

Refresh Styles - It's now possible to refresh the styles without closing and re-opening the Editor. So, if a style is modified during a level editing session, it can be refreshed without interrupting workflow! This feature is accessed via a menu item and customizable hotkey (Ctrl+Shift+F8 by default)

Missing Pieces Handling - Much improved handling of missing pieces. The status bar now gives 3 options (Show, Keep or Delete missing pieces) - no more auto-deletion of pieces, and no more need to auto-save with an appended filename. See this topic for more details

Missing Pieces Handling - Bugfix - Status bar is once again shown correctly (it wasn't appearing in 2.8.9b and 2.9)

Custom Trigger Area Colours - Bugfix - Fixed transparency for the non-default colours

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Get the latest version here.

Finally got this one working. We now have a menu item and hotkey which performs a full styles refresh:



This re-loads the entire styles folder and refreshes the level. In the event of missing pieces following a styles refresh, they're handled in the same way as opening an existing level with missing pieces (see this topic for details).

Please note that it's been decided not to add a button to the Piece Browser for refreshing styles, since it's not something that will likely be reached for very often. The customisable hotkey should be enough for quick access to this feature.

Implemented in commits 4efb55d - 21f3f19.

OK, we now have much better handling of missing pieces. The status bar informs the user that the level contains missing pieces, and offers 3 options (via the "lemming" button):



Show missing pieces - Opens a dialog with a list of the missing pieces
Keep missing pieces - Closes the status bar and returns session to normal (NOTE: the missing pieces will remain in the level file, and will be flagged as missing again next time the level is opened in the Editor)
Delete missing pieces - Removes the missing pieces from the level

So, importantly, the Editor no longer auto-deletes missing pieces and instead gives the user complete control over the session. N.B. It was also decided to remove the behaviour of auto-creating a "_MissingPieces" version of the level. If the user wishes to create a new save of the level with a different filename, they can do this manually.

I'm fairly happy with this as a final version of missing pieces handling. I'll keep the topic open for now, but this should be considered resolved.

Implemented in commit 0fe3481.

Quote from: Crane on November 24, 2025, 01:05:33 AMI probably should do, yeah.  I didn't think I had enough levels this year to justify it - sorry for flooding the board!

No worries! I've went ahead and done that now. Looks much better and tidier now! Feel free to edit the topic title in the OP by the way, this is just merely a suggestion

I probably should do, yeah.  I didn't think I had enough levels this year to justify it - sorry for flooding the board!

Quote from: Crane on November 24, 2025, 12:26:31 AMIt might be a good idea to move it to DMs since the topic with all the levels gathered together, as well as other people's levels, will start getting buried (P.S. they're on page 18 everyone!)

I should have seen that one coming with the miner into the steel.  Made a fix!  Hopefully the levels are almost completely patched!

I dare say, you should give the recent Level Design Contest levels a try.  We'd welcome any backroutes or intended solutions you find.

Another thing you can do, which some have done (Turrican, Niesch, etc.) and are somewhere on the in-development board in their own personal topic and are now pretty much part of a level pack that has since been released, is make your own personal topic where you post your own levels, e.g, a topic called Cranes' Levels.

It might be a good idea to move it to DMs since the topic with all the levels gathered together, as well as other people's levels, will start getting buried (P.S. they're on page 18 everyone!)

I should have seen that one coming with the miner into the steel.  Made a fix!  Hopefully the levels are almost completely patched!

I dare say, you should give the recent Level Design Contest levels a try.  We'd welcome any backroutes or intended solutions you find.

Dang! I was pretty pleased with that Sphinx solution! I tried again - this is maybe a variation on my previous backroute though.

I guess this topic is accepted as a kind of sand pit then? I'm happy to take these back and forths to DM if they might annoy any other members.

Spoiler

RE: Oubliette, it did occur to me to bash as soon as the climber had ascended to the right (just in trying anything mode!), but it didn't seem to lead anywhere useful.