Forum | Thinking With Portals

#11 · August 19, 2011, 12:16 am

Very simple and straightforward puzzle design; the only complaint I have is that the cube doesn't spawn until you walk directly underneath the dropper - it should spawn as soon as you enter the room. I spent a while in confusion because I thought I had to somehow activate it first.

The advanced version relied a fair bit more on timing and precision; though one of the buttons (the extended one) I managed to activate just by dicking around, chucking the cube across the room. I think I had more fun solving that one, though.

#12 · August 19, 2011, 12:30 am

Very nice map. Like the above commenter said you should have the cube dropper spawn a cube as soon as you enter the room. I didn't even notice it and spent five minutes trying to solve it without a cube. Otherwise everything is looking very nice.

#13 · August 19, 2011, 5:10 am

BOB74j: I used the arrival/departure transition instance but I had to muck around with the logic script to get rid of the potato and orange portal firing ability. Yes, I meant to put the portal emitter lights for the orange portals, but I forgot. I'll add that in v1.1.

NuclearDuckie et. al.: I'll fix the cube dropper trigger for v1.1.

Rlink0: Yeah, that's the intended solution for normal right there, and there are a couple of variations on that that are slightly harder. For your advanced solution, that looks like a variation of Godfather's technique. I'll try to fix that for v1.1.

I'll try to have v1.1 up by 8:00 or 9:00 GMT (going to a friend's house to watch him play it now).

I'm really pleased and amazed at how quickly the community responds to new maps. It's already had 100 downloads in half a day. Thanks guys!

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#14 · August 19, 2011, 5:15 am

By the way, I think the problem people are having with your entrance elevator is due to the fact that you only used the _base instance and not the _logic instance for it. For more info, see here. You've probably read it already, but you must have missed a step.

#15 · August 19, 2011, 5:58 am

Reminiscent of Portal 1 and Blue Portal in that, two solid microchambers of considerable difficulty. :thumbup:

I actually found the normal one more difficult than the advanced, because of the rapid movement required in such a small confinement. See if you can connect the 2 chambers by the exit elevators, or via a switcher.

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#16 · August 20, 2011, 12:26 am

Here's a playthrough of the first chamber while I'm scratching my head over the second!

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EDIT: And here's the advanced chamber.

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#17 · August 20, 2011, 6:38 am

So, any progress in fixing the elevator? I want to see chamber 2...

#18 · August 20, 2011, 10:34 am

I'm not sure about the correct way to solve that, I:
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(I'll stop recording if i die.)

#19 · August 20, 2011, 11:32 am

infernet89 wrote:

I'm not sure about the correct way to solve that, I:
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Invalid. Using the Sixense script breaks most puzzles anyway.

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#20 · August 20, 2011, 11:33 am

arvisrend wrote:

So, any progress in fixing the elevator? I want to see chamber 2...

Type "map sp_aperture_advsalience" into the console to play the advanced chamber.

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