[Coop] Lost In Transition
Atlas and P-Body get lost in the transition between test chambers and they must find their way back to Glados and her test chamber.
This is the third map that I have ever created and I thought that I would go all out on this one. There are three rooms in this map, and I have uploaded each room as its own file to reduce lag and allow players to stop after each room and continue later on if they wish. I would rate these puzzles as hard to solve and if you and your partner are looking for a challenge then this is the map for you, and you should expect to spend a while in this map.
Play instructions: Unzip the maps from the archive and place all three in your Steam/steamapps/common/portal 2/portal2/maps folder. Both players have to download the maps. Start a normal co-op game and whoever is hosting (the Blue Robot) type in "changelevel mp_coop_lostintransition" in the console (which is activated by the ` key under ESC. The rooms should end and load automatically, but if they don't or if you would like to start at a different room then enter in the name of the room you would like to start at.
I would like to thank those who tested my map for their help: RockeTek, SofaEater, Roksonixx, and Karmatoe.
Please Give Feedback on what you thought of my map.
v1.1 - Fixed minor bugs, fixed unintended way to solve last room, and changed second rooms looks a bit.
v1.2 - Made it so that you no longer have to backtrack for the cube in the third room.
v1.3 - I added 1 more second of time before panels go down, and I have added a sound to beep .8sec before the panel goes down.
v1.4 - Fixed Minor things in first room. On Third room I made it so you can't fall behind panels, and made them a little wider.
v1.5 - Added some placement helpers, and added some effects and looks.
P.S. I like watching the videos of my maps.
File Name: mp_coop_lostintransition.rar
File Size: 8.64 MiB
Click here to download Lost In Transition
Mapping Since May 21, 2011
Known Issues: Orange lags a bit, but it is nothing unbearable.
Mapping Since May 21, 2011
Uneven results when comparing first and lasting impressions. The first two maps contain good brainmelters, nicely using movement to get new perspective and cheat fizzlers: then the third turns into a super mario jumpfest, really tiresome as punishing as it is. Buggy too: clashing so easily in map 2 #2 spells unpolished, even more when it kills you; in map 3 it's also hella confusing to see those panels, turning on before using the first cubeplate.
Imho, drop the difficulty on the 3rd by removing the timing aspect of the platforms: a white panel beside the cube dispenser, activated once you hit the first cubeplate, would also minimize unneeded backtracking. Tecnique shows better than average mapping skills, but the scene is often overcrowded: needs more synthesis, to show what's important amidst the many.
haha I agree that that backtracking for the cube is annoying and I thought about putting a white panel next to it but it used to be in a position that would have made the puzzle super easy to solve, and when I moved the cube dropper I just totally forgot about it. Will Fix with a catapult.
*Edit*
I dont know why the moving panels were confusing for you.
Mapping Since May 21, 2011
Not on the condition that missing or waiting means death, and restart it all. We couldn't even pause and talk, or the panels would kill us. Realize that players won't know where panels are hidden, which neither appear to be timed until you die (no ticking sound dial icon).
These puzzles were possible, not practical.
The first one with the turret redemption line took a while to figure out, and putting a cube on a button through a portal in the ground definitely wasn't the best option to activate the timer to open the chutes.
Going through the puzzles they got harder (and uglier) and the one with the chutes was so bad we decided to skip it.
The anti-grav room wasn't very crafty and the tiny gap to put the cube past the fizzler was so hard to put through we gave up. It also looked like you just randomly put different GLaDOS sounds that had nothing to do with anything you did in that room.
The only thing I liked was the look of the first puzzle and how the platforms folded up in the anti-grav room.
Please try to improve your puzzle elements.
By my understanding these puzzles were meant to be hard. When i play a new co op map i dont want to walk in the room and think instantly "ok you push that button and we're at the exit already".
The 2nd level took me a while to figure out, and the chutes solution was excellent.
I got the cube through the fizzler in the 3rd level on the first try. (and when i redid it i got it on the first try also). The fact that the blocks were timed and i died after standing on one to look around didn't bother me at all - after it happens once you know what's going on. The fact that each player had to time their jumps and WORK TOGETHER (hint: co op) made the map a lot of fun from a hardcore perspective.
There's something in each map that i haven't seen used in any other custom map, how can you say that something so original is so bad? I personally enjoyed it
WHOA... who the heck voted 1 on my map 45 times... Someone really doesn't like me to put in the time to do that...
*Edit* Ok I added 1 more second of time before panels go down, and I have added a sound to beep .8sec before the panel goes down, which gives you enough time to do a running jump.
Mapping Since May 21, 2011
Whoever voted down your map 40+ times was a moron...cause it is really good. I just set the record straight by voting it up.
The only puzzle that annoyed me and my friend and caused us to use noclip was the jumping one at the end of the third puzzle. I would recommend having the platforms come close enough to the wall so that you don't fall behind them...that would be a minor change and would make it a bunch easier.
Overall....excellent job!
The only puzzle that annoyed me and my friend and caused us to use noclip was the jumping one at the end of the third puzzle. I would recommend having the platforms come close enough to the wall so that you don't fall behind them...that would be a minor change and would make it a bunch easier.
Overall....excellent job!
Well thanks a lot. Not sure how you guys are doing that voting thing, but thanks.
Mapping Since May 21, 2011