[Release] Logic Portals [00-02].v2

espen180 · Loves Cake Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Posts: 370

Just played through. I mostly like it, except for these points:

1. At the start I sat for several minutes doing nothing. and nothing happened either, so I had to noclip into the test chamber.

2. I don't like your "half-portal" technique.

Panda On Smack · New Employee Joined: 19 Oct 2007 Posts: 1

I actually used the half portal technique to get through the very first door instead of grabbing the cube, you can shoot a blue portal on the floor while on the button then go over to the door with it shut and fall through into the original chamber then jump back onto the other side of the door, was bizarre to then actually have to use this solution later on!

Hurricaaane · Test Supervisor Joined: 29 Sep 2007 Posts: 173

xitooner · Test Supervisor Joined: 19 Oct 2007 Posts: 139

espen180 · Loves Cake Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Posts: 370

I just saw your video.

It looks like magic! :O

If you manage to execute it without it becoming tedious or annoying, you just might become the next Portal mapping god.

Crooked Paul · Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 5:31 pm Post subject:

I agree, the floating cube is awesome. I wish I had the first clue how you did it.

After seeing that, it took me all of 1 minute to wonder whether that technique could be used to make a 'trampoline' for the Companion Cube. Please say it can.

Player1 · Test Supervisor Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 144

I don't get it. What use would a floating cube be? I mean I understand the physics implication here (and implementation), but I just don't see how that can be made into logical puzzles...

taco · Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 7:45 pm Post subject:

Floating cube = delayed button presses.

Rivid31 · Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 7:59 pm Post subject:

Creating a floating cube is really easy, I would think
Just set a trigger_push up that enables / disables every x seconds using a logic_timer and presto! floating cube.

I think several cool puzzles could be made using this... we'll just wait and see what he does with it.

msleeper · Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 8:17 pm Post subject:

JunkInThetrunk · New Employee Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Posts: 4

Apparently I'm the first to have this problem, but I had major texture problems. none of the Step 1/2/3 dominoes appear and none of the action tiles appear leaving only the pink check texture. Also, some of the walls were white wire frames still. And everytime I entered a new room it sort of went crazy, and I had to back up back the way I came... but then I just ended up in the new room. Oh, also the light boxes were only pink checks. I liked this map as far as I could get into before the half finished look made me wanna stop playing it.

Lorithad · Loves Cake Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 250

I'm pretty sure the only reason you're having the problem, is because you haven't downloaded one of the fixes that was required for a lot of maps before the sdk was released.

I'm pretty sure this is it:
http://forums.thinkingwithportals.com/viewtopic.php?t=203

I doubt any more maps will be made that require it, but it's handy if you're going through any releases that were made before the sdk came out.

Hurricaaane · Test Supervisor Joined: 29 Sep 2007 Posts: 173

youme · Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:43 am Post subject:

Nice map, I guess its a training level so itsnt too hard, you're info signs have way too much info on them, it makes it feel like you are being told what to do not figuring it out yourself.

Also, I do not like the half portal idea, It seems just silly. I went through the first half of the portal and got stuck in a wall or something, so it's glitchy too.

The floating cube video lookes awesome. truely awesome.

It's kinda harsh to leave the player hanging at the end of the map, untill the next chamber is ready and in the download pack you should either put a message on the screen or disconnect the player, or both.