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#1 · October 28, 2011, 5:34 am

http://www.thinkwithportals.com/blog.php?id=6632&p=1

Sounds great :thumbup:

Except!

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The simplified puzzle creator will let players easily carve out their creations in a straightforward but powerful way

CARVING OMG >:(

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#2 · October 28, 2011, 6:01 am

Hi Mr.Late!

There is an open thread already for this new tools:

http://forums.thinking.withportals.com/general-discussion/more-news-on-the-new-editor-and-the-2nd-dlc-t4893.html

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Sounds great :thumbup:

Well, the fact is that it looks so helpful for beginners, but in my opinion that is gonna be sooo limited. What I really hope is that Valve concentrates a little bit more in improving authoring tools and release a final version after this beta ASAP!

useful tools and stuff here on TWP :thumbup:

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#3 · October 28, 2011, 1:22 pm

MrLate wrote:

http://www.thinkwithportals.com/blog.php?id=6632&p=1
CARVING OMG >:(

Perhaps they are not referring to the carving tool, but simply using a figure of speech.

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#4 · October 28, 2011, 3:51 pm

Yeah, it's supposed to be a "Photoshop for Portal 2 maps"

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#5 · October 28, 2011, 9:40 pm

josepezdj wrote:

Well, the fact is that it looks so helpful for beginners, but in my opinion that is gonna be sooo limited. What I really hope is that Valve concentrates a little bit more in improving authoring tools and release a final version after this beta ASAP!

I agree, but I have a tendancy of doing things the complex way. So I might windup using the old hammer tools anyways.

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#6 · October 29, 2011, 4:13 am

Okay, so when will this come out?

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#7 · October 29, 2011, 6:24 am

That tool looks good for manifesting ideas in fast created maps. But if you really want your test chamber in a really good map, this is nothing but a sketch.

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#8 · October 29, 2011, 10:06 am

I am looking forwards to being asked by everyone: "How did you do this destroyed testchamber/create this awesome testing element? I can't find it in the editor!!!" (when I finally submit my first mappack)

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#9 · October 30, 2011, 6:34 am

josepezdj wrote:

What I really hope is that Valve concentrates a little bit more in improving authoring tools and release a final version after this beta ASAP!

Actually, the tools are only reported as Beta in Steam. If you launch the Authoring Tools, the 'Beta' tag has gone, so they're certainly final. Don't count on Valve updating them.

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