Quote from Whysopro? on December 7, 2010, 7:24 am

I can't get your map to load. >_< It just sits there for ages....

Quote from Motanum on December 7, 2010, 9:29 am

uh? You installed correctly? Emm, try launching it with console commands.

I cnat believe that from all the times the map was tested (Not only me) Now I am getting this silly messages.

Try "map mota_level2" or "map mota_level3" or "map mota_level4"

I am going to delete my maps and install using the .rar

Also, if anyone can confirm his bug, or if he can play it.

EDIT I just opened portal, tryied to launch it using bonus maps, itworked. I went ahead and deleted my files and simply merged the map folders from the .rar and my /portal/portal/maps folder, and it worked.

Have you installed correctly? Please, anyone else confirm if they can play or not! I am getting nervous :S

Quote from Mek on December 7, 2010, 1:36 pm

For me, everything worked as it should. Just got over the first map. Nice work, however, I wouldn't qualify the first energy ball puzzle as "easy" (took like 20 tries to get the not-so-long-living ball to its destination).
At the beginning of the second map, the chamber sign disappeared (maybe it's an error on my side, however) - see the screenshot. Also, in the console it says

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Failed to load sound "mota_level_gportalsong1.mp3", file probably missing from disk/repository
*** Tried to load a non-VTF file as a VTF file!
Error reading texture header "materials/mota_level2/sign_1_unlit.vtf"


and so on.

The second map was "the" easy one (at least for me). At the beginning of the third map, the chamber sign was the well-known black-pink checkerboard texture and then it got fixed itself.

The lighting in the second half of the third map looked a liitle bland. Seemed like you didn't have the time for final touches...
The chairs in the observation room weren't prop_physics.
I admit I had to cheat to get the cube out of the forcefield, so no cake for me today I guess...
However, that was the only puzzle I didn't find a solution to, and I had a lot of fun playing, so thank you very much for these great maps

Quote from Motanum on December 7, 2010, 2:20 pm

Alright, yeah, pakrat sometimes messes up with some files -.- Works fine when nothing is paked :p

Emm, yeah, I dont think it was that hard the first one, is just, well, maybe you overlook something. People I played with where able to caught on with it!

Thanks for the feedback.

Whysopro?, another person also was able to play the map ( Besides Mek), So install it properly

Quote from Whysopro? on December 7, 2010, 4:24 pm

I will try the console command one second.

Besides it's self explainatory to install a map...it's just copy and paste. You even had the folder named "maps" so I dunno Ill try the console.

Quote from Motanum on December 7, 2010, 6:00 pm

If not, try downloading again, and then ensure the files are where they are suppsoed to be.

Anyone else played the map? Some constructive criticism is always welcome ^^

Please use spoiler tags so you do not spoil my endings ^^

Quote from Jthm on December 7, 2010, 6:29 pm

I enjoyed this map very much so. The lighting was well enough where I didn't get disoriented. The pacing of the puzzles were spread nicely and the difficulty was a bit hard but not in a frustrating way. The extra voicing was unnessary and didn't fit when glados spoke, like when you knock a camera down.

Quote from quatrus on December 8, 2010, 3:45 pm

Very nice and lengthy. All the levels were challenging and had nice puzzles. Excellent job mapping.

Quote from Mevious on December 8, 2010, 5:11 pm

Just for the hell of it, here's my first pass through the final map in your set."part 1"
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"part 2"
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The maps were fun, but some of the puzzles were bland. For example, finding my way through that maze of tiny rooms to get the cube was just boring. I got totally disoriented, but it didn't matter because randomly trying things worked out. No one is going to get a sense of accomplishment from that.

On the other hand, there were parts where I got stuck and acted like an idiot, and I only realized I was an idiot after figuring out the right solution. A few of the puzzles made me stop, think, and try something different than my initial ideas. I enjoy those types of puzzles.