CustLemmix

The Lemmix Players collection covers most of the normal Lemmings games - but there's one thing missing from it. Back in the days where LemEdit was the only level editor, there was also a little hacked version of Lemmings known as Customized Lemmings, or simply CustLemm, which was tailored towards playing custom level packs.

Now, CustLemmix provides a Lemmix player with the same functionality - and more! Using a Lemmix player that specifically emulates CustLemm's mechanics, rather than those of Original Lemmings or Oh No! More Lemmings! (which there are some very slight differences), it allows you to play all the custom level packs designed for Customized Lemmings.

CustLemmix also adds support for a small selection of NeoLemmix features that were not supported in standard Lemmix:
  • Supports 32-color or full-color graphic sets
  • Supports full-color special graphics levels
  • Supports graphic sets with more than 64KB each of terrain and object graphic data
  • Supports graphic sets with up to 128 terrain pieces and up to 32 objects
  • Specifying which music will play on a level
  • NeoLemmix-style oddtabling (creating a level that copies the layout of a different level, or "repeat levels")
  • Integrating with the NeoLemmix Editor to provide a playtest mode
Additionally, unlike CustLemm which required the user to provide a copy of any graphic sets they were using, CustLemmix includes most graphic sets (including special graphics) built directly into the EXE, so providing a copy of a graphic set is only necessary when using custom graphic sets, or a different numbering scheme from the standard one.

Another feature is that, whereas CustLemm required you to rename whatever level pack you wanted to play to LEVELPAK.DAT, CustLemmix allows you to configure it in the INI file. So, say you have two level packs - LEVELPACK1.DAT and LEVELPACK2.DAT. Whereas on CustLemm, you would need to rename the files so that the one you want to play is called LEVELPAK.DAT, on CustLemmix you can simply edit the CustLemmix.ini file (created the first time you run the program), and change LevelPack=LEVELPAK.DAT to whatever name you want - change it to LevelPack=LEVELPACK1.DAT to run the first one, or LevelPack=LEVELPACK2.DAT to run the second one. Much less work!

To make this even easier again, as of V27, you can simply go into the Config menu (by pressing F4 on the title screen) and choose your levelpack from there!

Current version: V29

        Download CustLemmix
        Download CustLemmix DOS Music Pack (place in the same folder as CustLemmix to use DOS music instead of Amiga)

By default, CustLemmix emulates CustLemm mechanics. However, there is a Mechanics switch in the INI file that lets you change this - setting it to 0 uses CustLemm mechanics, 1 uses Original Lemmings mechanics, and 2 uses Oh No! More Lemmings! mechanics. This can also be configured from the config menu.

Do note that CustLemmix still has the same ten-level limit that the original Customized Lemmings had. One way around this is to use it together with the NeoLemmix Editor's playtest mode; see the NeoLemmix Editor page for more information on this.


For reference, the included graphics sets are:
  1. Dirt style (Original Lemmings)
  2. Fire style (Original Lemmings)
  3. Marble style (Original Lemmings)
  4. Pillar style (Original Lemmings)
  5. Crystal style (Original Lemmings)
  6. Brick style (Oh No! More Lemmings!)
  7. Rock style (Oh No! More Lemmings!)
  8. Snow style (Oh No! More Lemmings!)
  9. Bubble style (Oh No! More Lemmings!)
  10. Xmas style (Xmas/Holiday Lemmings) - Extended version with 3 extra objects
  11. Tree style (Lemmings Plus II)
  12. Purple style (Lemmings Plus II)
  13. Psychedelic style (Lemmings Plus II)
  14. Metal style (Lemmings Plus II)
  15. Desert style (Lemmings Plus II)
  16. Sega style (Original Lemmings - Sega Master System version)
  17. Dirt style (Original Lemmings - Genesis version)
  18. Fire style (Original Lemmings - Genesis version)
  19. Marble style (Original Lemmings - Genesis version)
  20. Pillar style (Original Lemmings - Genesis version)
  21. Crystal style (Original Lemmings - Genesis version)
The reason for the gap in numbering is that styles number 15 through 18 are the Lemmings Plus III styles. As these are not compatible with traditional Lemmix (only with NeoLemmix), they are not included in CustLemmix; but to keep consistency, the Sega style is numbered 19 in both.

The included special graphics images are:
  1. What An AWESOME Level (Original Lemmings)
  2. MENACING !! (Original Lemmings)
  3. A BeastII Of A Level (Original Lemmings)
  4. A Beast Of A Level (Original Lemmings)
  5. The Covox Level (Covox Lemmings Demo)
  6. The Prima Publishing Level (Prima Lemmings Demo)
  7. The Duck Level (Lemmings Plus III)
  8. The Nyancat Level (Lemmings Plus III)
  9. The Rickroll Level (Lemmings Plus III)
  10. The Troll Level (Lemmings Plus III)
  11. What An AWESOME Level (Original Lemmings - Genesis version)
  12. MENACING !! (Original Lemmings - Genesis version)
  13. A Beast Of A Level (Original Lemmings - Genesis version)
  14. A BeastII Of A Level (Original Lemmings - Genesis version)
  15. Sunsoft Special (Original Lemmings - Genesis version)
  16. The Apple Computer Level (Original Lemmings - Mac version demo)
  17. Gotcha Again! :P (Lemmings Plus III Bonus Pack)
  18. The Lemmings Forums Level (Lemmings Plus III Bonus Pack)
  19. Trivia Time! (Lemmings Plus III Bonus Pack)
Unlike the graphic sets, the Lemmings Plus III VGASPECs have no compatibility issues with CustLemmix, so they are included.