Quote from HeadShot on April 28, 2013, 2:12 pm

My understanding of your explanation is that once you open the fizzler to area 3, you place a portal on the only portable surface in area 3 to return to area 1. I tried to do that on my first attempt, but I don't see how you can go through the area 3 surface, which is one unit high...

Quote from josepezdj on April 28, 2013, 5:41 pm

After almost an hour trying to solve it I gave up and read your solution...

Doegewoonwat wrote:

[spoiler]you then walk to the third area and place a portal there that lets you go back to the first area, so area 1 (the start of the map) and 3 (part with the orange gell) are linked,[/spoiler]

[spoiler]This is not actually possible since the white tile at part 3 is too high... you can't even get there by standing on the cube.[/spoiler]I don't think the puzzle is solvable as it is now.

Quote from quatrus on April 30, 2013, 6:59 pm

Doegewoonwat wrote:

Ok, this is how you do it: [spoiler]You place the cube onto the tractor beam base (so that if you put it on, the cube will go up) then you open a portal to the area with the beam by making sure that the laser hits the lasertarget in the third area. you then walk to the third area and place a portal there that lets you go back to the first area, so area 1 (the start of the map) and 3 (part with the orange gell) are linked, change the portal from where the laser is pointing to the white area on top of the stairs, then enter this portal getting you back to area 3. From area 3 you can shoot a portal in between the fizzlers on the white area above the tractorbeam, this portal has to be connected to the area 1 portal on the stairs. Stand on top of the button in area 3 that activates the tractorbeam, as this also removes the fizzler thats next to the button in area 1 across the water, keep standing on it for a few seconds until you think the cube will have reached the button. Now the fizzler between area 1 and 2 is gone, there should be orange gell on the floor making a runway (you should have done this before) towards the white area on the wall, make a portal on that white area and another portal on the white area that is pointed towards the exit. Then proceed to use the orange gell for speed and make the jump across the gap and enter the exit [/spoiler] I know it is a lot of work, but thats what makes it interesting.

Thanks - I don't feel so bad for sneaking the cube onto the platform. I actually tried your solution above, but like Headshot and Josepezdj I could not get from area 3 back to area 1 as the portalable surface in 3 seems too high - I even considered trying to orange gel the upper platform in 3 and flying over to the surface near the orange gel pipe but couldn't figure out how to do that either.

Quote from Doegewoonwat on May 1, 2013, 3:25 am

It was actually still possible to finish but changed it now, found that the way to do it was quite an annoyance and can understand how it can be seen as impossible, sorry for that

Quote from quatrus on May 1, 2013, 10:43 am

Can you please post a video of your annoying solution? I am sure I will learn something new.
The current map changes worked to make the solution easier than previously.
Thanks for creating and I look forward to more....

Quote from sicklebrick on May 2, 2013, 6:52 pm

I absolutely loved this map, thanks!
Been a while since I had a good challenge like this, and while it was partly because I didn't notice the dual functionality of the crescent moon button, I still thoroughly enjoyed it - fantastic re-use of elements and portals there

Here's my solution for the latest version:
(I actually tried to refrain from cheating here, so apart from jumping round vs through the fizzler, it should be pretty legit.)

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Quote from PortalCombat on May 4, 2013, 7:26 am

Nice map, thank you very much!
I enjoyed the re-use of nearly everything in that map.

Edit:
Just noticed, that i solved the first part with an unintented solution.
my solution
[spoiler]I just flipped the cube to point upwards
- then I pushed it down the stairs
- and then let the laser come out of the wall at the top of the staris

It is not an "easy" solution, but it works...

Edit 2: - Screenshots:

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Quote from sicklebrick on May 4, 2013, 11:08 am

Hah! I love that solution