1001 Lums? (Rayman 2)

[Greengoop]

So you have to softlock to 100%?

[PluMGMK]

Apparently

[Greengoop]

Honestly idk how this thread ended up having 40 posts

[The Jonster]

I guess that kind of stuff happens with a lot of activity! But I'm glad the conversation for the most part stayed close to that 1000th lum in the Tomb of the Ancients

[Greengoop]

Unlike the sparks of hope one

[The Jonster]

Yeah I think you of all people should know that we all seem to go off topic at a time like today. I'm hoping things will be more organized when today ends.

[Greengoop]

We were going off topic the week before as well

[RayCarrot]

I'm a bit late here, but there might actually have been 1001 lums in the game originally. Internally the game supports 95 lums in The Prison Ship, making the 1000th lum the 1001st Lum! Funny enough you can mark this 95th lum as collected, which results in the game showing you having 1000/999 lums (rather than 999/999 which it would do even with the normal 1000th lum).

[dr_st]

Like the extra lum bug in Hoodlums' Revenge, I suppose?
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[Greengoop]

I'm a bit late here, but there might actually have been 1001 lums in the game originally. Internally the game supports 95 lums in The Prison Ship, making the 1000th lum the 1001st Lum! Funny enough you can mark this 95th lum as collected, which results in the game showing you having 1000/999 lums (rather than 999/999 which it would do even with the normal 1000th lum).

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I find that very unlikely, because 1001 is a very odd lum cap

[dr_st]

I find that very unlikely, because 1001 is a very odd lum cap

So is 1550 for that matter. Just sayin'.

[Greengoop]

Not as weird tho

[PluMGMK]

I'm a bit late here, but there might actually have been 1001 lums in the game originally. Internally the game supports 95 lums in The Prison Ship, making the 1000th lum the 1001st Lum! Funny enough you can mark this 95th lum as collected, which results in the game showing you having 1000/999 lums (rather than 999/999 which it would do even with the normal 1000th lum).

Ah yes, I thought I had heard something about this! Well, I'm guessing the decision to include the bonus Lum in the Tomb was made either after or at the same time as the decision to remove the 95th one from the Ship. I really doubt there was ever actually a plan for 1001 in the game. But at least it explains how the creator of that cover might have gotten the idea, since they could have spoken to someone on the team who either got confused or didn't explain it properly!

Also, Jonster, was it intentional that this was your post count on Record Day?

[The Jonster]

I actually thought i only had just 1000, didn’t think I made an extra one heh.

[Greengoop]

It would’ve been worse if you found out you’d gotten 999