Forum | Thinking With Portals

#1 · May 21, 2011, 3:53 pm

This is the first map I've made for portal 2, (but not the first map in hammer by a long shot.) I'm still pretty amature, so be kind! I used my own style of recessed lighting instead of that featured in the game. I think it looks nice. Anyhow, this map is short but fun; shouldn't take you more than 5-10 minutes. Have fun!

File Name: first_map by killerblonde.zip
File Size: 1.12 MiB
Click here to download first_map by Killerblonde

#2 · May 21, 2011, 4:31 pm

Interesting concept for the use of the light bridge in the beginning. In the 2nd room

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if you don't fling the blue gel to the angled wall and instead fling yourself you'll stop on the wall then when it rolls up you'll get stuck in the room behind.

Having to restart now, will let you know if I find any other issues.

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Ok, wow was not expecting that ending... Feel kinda let out by that...

Overall some good concepts though I would have liked a happy ending.

#3 · May 21, 2011, 8:25 pm

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Heheh, yeah I wasn't going for storyline or anything with the ending, just a test of portal 2 mapping that I decided to put online. I'll make another map with a happier ending. Sorry that it upset you! (It was pretty cruel.)

EDIT: I updated the map with a few bug fixes. Also, feel free to use any concept ideas I presented in your maps! (With a referrance to me, of course! :wink: )

#4 · May 22, 2011, 10:37 am

downloaded the new map to see if the glitch I mentioned was fixed, but didn't seem to be so I made a quick video to show what I meant.

View Video

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I bet if you cover the opening with a grate then when it closes the game won't be able to push you back into the room and it would just drop you into the goo.

#5 · May 22, 2011, 12:37 pm

Yay! I'm officially famous, because someone else posted me on youtube!

Heheh, I'll work on that right away. I'll edit this post and update the download when I have it fixed.

EDIT: Finally fixed it. Try getting stuck now! :wink:

There's still one part that I really don't know how to fix. You're pretty much asking for it if you end up getting stuck there. I really don't know why some people are hell bent on finding a glitch in a map that makes them stuck. Anyhow, in my next map I'll make it longer, use portal 2 lighting techniques, and

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a better ending that doesn't just lower you into acid.

#6 · May 22, 2011, 1:46 pm

Just re-downloaded it and I can still get stuck behind that wall. Map doesn't seem to be any different.

#7 · May 22, 2011, 2:00 pm

Made a video of the entire run too, I'll throw that up here as well.

Walkthrough Video

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#8 · May 22, 2011, 5:35 pm

Simplistic and broken. But it's the first time I see a

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downward funnel being resisted with a lightbridge

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the hills are alive... with the sound of music

#9 · May 23, 2011, 12:59 pm

Looks like there's a problem with ThinkingWithPortals if you upload a map with the same name it won't actually update. Same issue happened with Revelations and the guy who made that had to upload it with a different name in order for the map to update.

#10 · May 23, 2011, 5:53 pm

Simplistic, yes. Broken, in a few parts, yes. But again, heed the title of my map. I never even intended to release this map to the public, it was just for my friends to try and to test alienswarm SDK before the official one came out. I'm still learning all the stuff in hammer, even though I've been using it for a few years. (I'm quite a newb, but at least I'm not a noob.) I am currently working on a much better map called Mobius. It should be ready in a few weeks.

[SP] first_map by Killerblonde