[RELEASE] Test Chamber 74

sheldon · New Employee Joined: 08 Jul 2008 Posts: 1

Really fun map, thank you.
I got a little stuck getting the second block, but worked it out eventually.

jimmyb · New Employee Joined: 06 Mar 2008 Posts: 8

So, I got stuck on the floor of the fizzler room with the fizzler at eye level. I guess you didn't intend for us to build a pile of turrets and jump over? Embarassed

Mek · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:45 am Post subject:

dvlstx · Test Supervisor Joined: 21 Nov 2007 Posts: 130

ultradude25

Hi,

I found a bug. The cube, camera and The Supercolliding Superbutton go infront of the texture. Embarassed

Also, upside down camera?

Doomsday192 · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:38 am Post subject:

i know the problem already

the texture on that is a decal texture - not the normal one

i made that mistake once Razz

Mek · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:12 am Post subject:

awwww... the bug with the see-through texture was fixed once. I thought it was because of nodrawing some brush sides touching the see-through brush, but then I fixed it and the problem was gone... now I see that I used the wrong texture, thanx for the hint... the bug seems to be random, as when I tested it before final release, everyhting worked fine Confused

Also, the upside-down camera is not a bug, it's a feature Very Happy

I wanted to have concrete walls because I like them more, and I wanted the cameras not to be detachable by the player; they are supposed to open the door on the other side of the chamber. So I made a metal ceiling and attached the cameras to it Wink

Sephiroth* · New Employee Joined: 15 Jul 2008 Posts: 4

omg...I'm having some trouble in the room with 4 turrets and the big fizzler in the middle....I just can't get that damn box...I just thought you could place a portal at that platform the box hits when it falls...but you can't...although the surface looks like you could...is that just a bug or is there another solution that I simply missed to see?

oh and pls don't tell me the solution...just answer my question pls ^^

Mek · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:56 am Post subject:

you can't place the portal on this particular metal surface, even if it looks like a concrete one (that would be too easy Very Happy

), but it is hard to give you a hint without spoiling the puzzle for you Very Happy

well, what I can say now, is that you keep trying, you should be able to do something in no more than 10 pushes of the button Wink

(I won't tell you what to do, you don't want to know) Cool

ultradude25 · Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:41 am Post subject:

i couldn't find a solution, but this is how i think you have to do it, i just couldn't

You press the button then grab the cube before the platform throws it into the grid, and then throw the cube into the hole where you can go in (I just couldn't manage to throw it Sad

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I wouldn't mind knowing, because it is really annoying me, just put it in spoilers so people can see it if they want to.

reepblue · Test Supervisor Joined: 16 Mar 2008 Posts: 193

When you get tho the part where you use buttons to rotate the platforms to get the ball in the catcher, the ball just bounces off the portals after it has been moved. Also, not letting me put portals on some portable surfaces bugged me.

compherm · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:13 pm Post subject:

@ultradude

Try walking with the cube... I assume you tried to throw it, but that'd be too simple

Hope this helps...

Kokoyote · New Employee Joined: 14 Jun 2008 Posts: 13

I love the map. It's made me do some really interesting and original things (like the above mentioned cube puzzle, for one example). And having played dozens of other custom maps, that's saying something.

I did want to point out a couple of bugs I noticed: I also noticed that the energy ball bounces off of portals that are placed on the angled surfaces. True, I might have been able to come up with a "ninja" solution to that room if it worked, but it was a little odd. All I was actually trying to do at the time was fling the ball at the turret. If you wanted to keep the angled panels off limits for portals, you would be better off making them metal. Speaking of which, I found the checkered metal texture to be confusing as well, sorry - I didn't notice the difference between it and the normal concrete and it just seemed like a mistake. In the room with the acid pit and the fizzler wall, I could consistently get trapped by placing a portal on the wall below me and then walking into the area above it. I suddenly find I can't move or even create new portals anywhere. It was pretty strange. I attached a screengrab to better explain what I'm talking about.

At the moment, I'm still stuck in that room, actually - I've tried flinging myself from a number of different locations, but none seem to be positioned right to get me across the gap.

Mek · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:41 am Post subject:

Kokoyote · New Employee Joined: 14 Jun 2008 Posts: 13