Other purposes of pneumatic diversity vent
As the titles says. Is there any
Other way to use a diversity vent in a puzzle. I can't imagine anything but maybe you can?
Check out HMW's Try Anything Twice. Theres a really cool use of diversity vents at one point. Im sure theres plenty of intersting uses for them, but they are something that is hard to get right.
I think in terms of boolean variables. Generally, it makes things easier.
Substitute for an elevator
You can transport players and drop them out of cube dispensers...
(check my wip_3 map 
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(check my wip_3 map
)It is also used in escape_001 or test_chmb_a_14
Could you show me some pictures or just tell me? I do not own Portal 1. Only Portal 2.
Thank you for the other ideas too!
In my map Lost in Transition, I used them kind of like a catapult; however, it was hard to get the player around the turns, was pretty buggy, and lagged the orange player.
Mapping Since May 21, 2011
I used it as a track for launching weighted spheres in a pinball map and as a method of fast travel to the exit.
I took the liberty to make them suck everything: cubes, gel, the player, etc. And I use the vents as a multipurpose element. Check Diversity Gels (in my signature) or when I'll finish it a new map I'm working on called Hypobaric Function, that improves upon Diversity Gels in co-op mode.
I think making it suck the player as well creates a much more realistic feel, and remember we don't have these in Portal because valve couldn't explain why the player didn't get suck.
If you need I created an instance of the tube ride from the new DLC to capture the feeling of going through pipes.
