[NeoLemmix] Lemmings United [Difficulty: Hard-Extreme]

IchoTolot · February 18, 2019, 08:48:42 PM

Over 3 years in development and it's finally here: Lemmings United!

1.) Download Links:

Lemmings United (V 13.2 ~ 540 KB): Lemmings United V 13.2

Contains the level pack in the newest version!

Lemmings United Music (~ 153 MB) : Lemmings United Music

Contains the music tracks! Extract all the tracks into the "music" folder of your NeoLemmix player. If the player does not have a "music" folder yet, create one in the same folder where the player is located.

To update you only need to redownload + replace the files of the previous version. The music only needs to be downloaded + configurated on your first download!

2.) Installation:

1. Get a NeoLemmix player from: https://www.neolemmix.com/ and extract it into a folder of your choice (if you already have an up-to-date player you can skip this step)
Also make sure you got all the styles that are linked in the player section there as well and extract them into your player's "styles" folder. The pack uses some non-standard tilesets and
therefore needs the collection.
2. Unzip "Lemmings_United.zip" into the main folder of your Neolemmix player. ../levels/Lemmings_United should exist now.
3. Extract all the music files from "United_Music.zip" into the "music" folder of your NeoLemmix player. If the player does not have a "music" folder yet, create one in the same folder where the player is located.
4. Run "NeoLemmix.exe" and press F2 in the main menu so you can access the pack through the level browser.
5. Inform yourself about the basics, new NeoLemmix features and hotkeys with the manual: https://www.lemmingsforums.net/index.php?topic=4081.0
6. Enjoy!

3.) Ratings:

Pacifism

Island Of Dreams:

Here we start things of with a quick introduction followed by some simple puzzles. This should not be too hard for most people, but especially at the rank's end where I start to introduce some sneaky tricks you will need to start your thinking engine.

Neutrality

Revenants:

More advanced tricks and more combinations of tricks await you here. You skills will start to be tested seriously now and you may even need to learn a few new tricks.

Tension

My Little Lemmagotchi:

Things start to get really difficult at this point. Even though there will be some breathers here and there, you must release all puzzling power that you have to make it through here. Already learned tricks might also resurface in a more unobvious environments and it is very likely that you will discover new tricks for your arsenal. I have learned quite a variety of tricks in my Lemmings history and by reaching this rank you prove to be a worthy test subject.

War

Kraft Und Licht:

Now I really want to see the steam come out of your head! Very complex skill combinations and unobvious behaviors will be required to survive (all while still being fair of course). Can you get through the onslaught of tough levels, or will you give up?

Genocide

Gate To The Inner Sanctum:

No more prisoners! It seems like I will need to release everything in terms of tricks and skills that I've learned on you! There is no more mercy! Face the puzzle nightmares I've prepared for you and you may make it in the end!

Bonus

The Adventures of Lemdiana Jones:

Here I gathered and roughly sorted in terms of difficulty all the additional contest, collaboration and single levels I've made during development. Enjoy this little extra!

4.) Thanks to:

Nepster for maintaining NeoLemmix
Plom510 and GigaLem for making the mainmenu logo and some of the tilesets
joshescue18, Strato Incendus and Proxima for testing
Uncle and the Bacon for providing one of the music tracks
Youtube link to the track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJIANR4DXv0
miarf for providing one of the music tracks
Youtube link to the track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH0IapYuDRk
jeux video et des bas for providing one of the music tracks
Youtube link to the track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5tAG-9bGwE&t=1s

5.) CONTACT INFO:

Via email you can reach me at: ScavengerW@gmx.de

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4Elfo3E1jTl-SHlOy97kwA

6.) Win a prize:

Win a prize for solving ALL of Lemmings United!

I've prepared 3 prizes for the first 3 people who solve ALL of the pack with 100% backroute-free solutions. So sadly if you solved a few levels with backroutes you will still need to resolve my update until no more backroutes remain.

The prizes are copies of my hand-scribbled blueprints for a part of the levels, which will be sent to you after your solutions are accepted!

All prizes have their winners now!

Prize winners:

- Armani
- kaywhyn
- joshescue18 (prize rejected - redirected as a thank you gift to namida for NL maintenance )

7.) Music track list:

United_01 - Quarks123 - Anti-Sad Song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-th_KKWclc)
United_02 - Beach Boys 16 bit Surfin USA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arkoQgiIlac)

United_03 - Sheep OST - jurassic (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZiwc0YPuFs)
United_04 - Command&Conquer Red Alert - Groundwire (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE49A3-uRLE)

United_05 - Silent Partner - Runner (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvqlRBrMBk8)

United_06 - The Green Orbs - At The Fair (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsgp-ilVqBs)
United_07 - Vibe Mountain - AI 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJvZqB-2T54)

United_08 - Dune 2000 OST - Under Construction (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdLMQRo_ydI)
United_09 - Age of Empires Soundtrack - Track #3 - Dawn of A New Age (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Llo8ckcrYgI)

United_10 - Ellischant- Shade of a new Dawn (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne-L2qPG0J0&t=4s)

United_11 - Quake 2 OST - Descent into Cerberon   (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALBKFB28E0M)

United_12 - jeux video et des bas - Shadow of the Beast Amiga Intro Remix (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5tAG-9bGwE&t=1s)

United_13 - Emperor: Battle for Dune OST - Not an Option (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOmX6HmGp0U)

United_14 - Mike Oldfield - To France - Instrumental cover by Doxent (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foOUwR9DMxI)
United_15 - Ievan Polkka - instrumental   (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ6jEWqpk5M)

United_16 - Emperor: Battle for Dune OST - The Machine (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPGav8_HQbA)
United_17 - Emperor: Battle for Dune OST - Harkonnen Force (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOxuQBe_cL8)
United_18 - Emperor: Battle for Dune OST - Victory Is Inevitable (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlUU2U-Sn_g)
United_19 - Dune 2000 OST - Rise of the Harkonnen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ2mUSz-8W0)
United_20 - Emperor: Battle for Dune OST - Surrounded (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1SUUkhKkXo)

United_21 - Bernie Boulder OST - Classic (No link to this, as I needed to hand convert it from a very old game disk)
United_22 - Earth 2140 - Track 3 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMv5G90cFf4)

United_23 - Lomax OST - Lemmingland 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlLUaHtpZtc)
United_24 - Toby Fox - Asgore (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMa4hZQbrms)

United_25 - Lemming rastafari (https://www.remix64.com/track/selecta-novel/lemmings-green-haired-rastafari/)
United_26 - Bernie Boulder OST - Forest   (No link to this, as I needed to hand convert it from a very old game disk)

United_27 - Uncle and the Bacon - Postcard from Lemmingland Big Band (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJIANR4DXv0)

United_28 - Wiz 'n' Liz OST - Snow Land (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wcSU741plQ)
United_29 - Bernie Boulder OST - Ice (No link to this, as I needed to hand convert it from a very old game disk)

United_30 - The Settlers 2 OST - Track 8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9Na66Ek04c)
United_31 - N++ soundtrack (OST) Dabp - Twunggg! i Guess Well Wait (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gFC_qCkrKg)

United_32 - Martin Landh - Racing Hearts 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmG8IMQWx7A)
United_33 - Bernie Boulder OST - Space   (No link to this, as I needed to hand convert it from a very old game disk)

United_34 - Vibe Mountain - Operatic 3 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUHkIKNh7M4)
United_35 - miarf - Lemmings 2 Sports tribe disco (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH0IapYuDRk)

United_36 - Emperor: Battle for Dune OST - Spice Must Flow (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqzDBbEc4qo)

United_37 - Age of Empires Soundtrack - Track #1 - Conquest (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o2aBk86UKY)

United_38 - OC ReMix #511: Command & Conquer: Red Alert 'Mud Mix' [Mud] by Scott Peeples (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM9h-EgBxmE)
United_39 - Risk of Rain OST - Chanson d'Autonome (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSnOWqTPUNQ)

United_40 - Risk of Rain OST - Arctic Oscillation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5ChKb_9JoY)

United_41 - Earth 2140 Track 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dtoESMLLoY)

United_42 - Freedom Planet 2 OST - Dragon Valley (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR1ue2PG800)

United_43 - Risk of Rain OST - Monsoon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgCmmax-unE)

United_44 - Sakuyas Theme - Flowering Night (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wFRIWFraWQ)

United_45 - Risk of Rain OST - Coalescence (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysPtBjY8o_A)

United_46 - Quake 2 OST - Quad Machine (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6VpX-feA2M)

United_47 - Indiana Dope Xam (https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=62206)

United_48 - Toby Fox - Spiderdance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ3XjVVNagU)

Now have some fun with Lemmings United and send me a few replays to get rid of the last pesky backroutes!

IchoTolot · February 18, 2019, 08:50:09 PM

Colorful Arty · February 18, 2019, 10:36:56 PM

Akseli · February 19, 2019, 10:16:30 PM

Congratulations, IchoTolot!

Lemmings United certainly is one of the most expected releases in Lemmings custom level design scene, and it's soon 4 years since the groundbreaking Lemmings Reunion arised, huhhuh!

I like how the rating level previews and descriptions have changed since the development topic.

The prize idea is funny, though I doubt if anyone is going to solve the entire pack in a long time, given the assumed difficulty and enormous amount of levels, let alone that three people would achieve that! But now there's certainly loads of challenge in it, anyway.

This might make people not to post their replay solutions in public, though.

Aaand again I have to think if I dare to tackle this pack immediately because of my schoolwork. I tend and like to get absorbed into games like this!

LB999 · February 19, 2019, 10:57:08 PM

Hey that's pretty good work

IchoTolot · February 19, 2019, 11:10:13 PM

Thanks for the kind words.

I have to say I get a bit nostalgic thinking of the timespan from Reunion being around the first released NL packs back in the days and United now. So many things happened during that timeframe.

Strato Incendus · February 20, 2019, 12:00:45 PM

Yeah, sorry I couldn't really help with the testing anymore beyond the first rank

. I did solve some of the remaining levels in the meantime, but nothing really worth mentioning starting from rank 2. And I don't think the pack has gotten any easier since then.

Congratulations for the official release, IchoTolot!

I guess though that I should probably try completing Lemmings Reunion first before attempting to make further progress on United - after all, I give the same advice to players of my own packs (Open Air is going to be more difficult on average than World Tour).

Nessy · February 22, 2019, 12:26:11 AM

I managed to finish the Pacifism rank

Since it is only the first rank I'll post my replays on the thread but I doubt anyone on this forum will steal them and pass them on as their own for the sake of the prize.

Spoiler

So far very impressive levels

I'm enjoying the heck out of the pack so far. I think the only levels that I got really stuck on were Pacifism 18 "Dr. Do-Ping's Hideout" and Pacifism 41 "As Far As Peace Can Go". I loved the simplicity of Pacifism 18 and in retrospect I'm surprised I struggled with it so much. I'm not surprised about Pacifism 41 though because that one indeed took me a few attempts to piece every part of it together.

Also on another topic I'm still impressed with your talent in using what I consider the harder L2 tilesets like the CaveLem graphic set. THe way they look alone look like something that could have been official stuff.

Also a big congratulations from me as well in finishing this pack! You worked hard on this pack and it shows

IchoTolot · February 22, 2019, 11:18:21 AM

Thanks for the replays and kind words!

Great job on the first rank, everything intended or acceptable except: 1 26.

Thanks why V 1.1 is out! With following changes:

- 1 26 backroute fix (moved a pair of arrows a bit higher)

As far in terms of replay steal: I doubt the first (or even 2nd and 3rd) rank will ever be the area of problems in terms of 100% completion + I look through all of these in detail and I am very confident that I will recognise duplicates.

IchoTolot · February 23, 2019, 08:29:20 PM

V 1.2 is out!

Thanks to Colorful Arty's stream a few issues in rank 1 have been fixed:

Level swap:

- 1 18 <--> 1 27

Level fixes:

- 1 01 visual error fixed
- 1 29 backroute fixed via builder pick-up skill

IchoTolot · February 26, 2019, 07:54:47 PM

Removed the "getting the non-standard NL tileset part (zanzindorf_agony)" from the download links + installation guide as it now part of the standard library of NL tilesets.

IchoTolot · March 05, 2019, 01:58:40 PM

V 1.3 is out!

The following level has received a little backroute fix:

- 2 41 (added a few OWWs)

IchoTolot · March 09, 2019, 09:46:51 PM

V 1.4 is out!

The following level has received a backroute fix:

- 3 05 (added a clam and locked the RR)

IchoTolot · March 10, 2019, 09:51:44 AM

And in quick succession: V 1.5 is out!

The following levels have received a backroute fix:

- 3 15 (added a bit of terrain)
- 3 20 (a steel block has been added)

IchoTolot · March 11, 2019, 08:22:18 AM

V 1.51 is out due to a little problem with a staircase!

The following level has received a fix:

- 3 20 (a staircase was fixed, level was still solvable though)