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#41 · May 22, 2011, 2:05 am

The zip file looks perfectly good on my desktop, so it seems like it is something in the uploading process. I'm not sure whether it's on my end, or TWP's. I'll restart my computer and try one more time before I conclude that it's on TWP's end.

#42 · May 22, 2011, 2:37 am

A friend of mine on youtube asked me to upload this here because he doesn't have a TWP account. It's his solution to take-off with commentary.
Walkthrough

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Mevious
Portal 1: Portal Pro, Resurrection, Dyad, Rexaura
Portal 2: [Coop] Electrophobia, [PTI] EotM Collection, [SP] Aperture Halloween

#43 · May 22, 2011, 3:37 am

well thats really weird ,you should try to host it on a different site

#44 · May 22, 2011, 2:22 pm

After 3 attempts trying to re-upload my (perfectly good) zip file (including one that was remade), the download still produces a corrupt zip. I think the problem may be on the server's end. I have reported the problem to the site management.

#45 · May 22, 2011, 2:36 pm

It's fixed now.

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#46 · May 22, 2011, 3:06 pm

Thank you.

#47 · May 26, 2011, 3:07 pm

I am thoroughly enjoying this map but as for the secrets

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I have been able to actvate the correct color pattern, after finding the numbers for Red, Yellow, Blue, and Violet; the other two i guessed. But now i am lost as to where to go next, i cant figure out what to do with the 6 colored balls that i can now get. I have been to all the other immidiate secret areas, I.E. the observatory (i hit the switch opening the panals and turned on the portal), and the Dollar tile making room. I have got 2 of the books on the pedastals and the cube on the button and i left the third book in front of the portal in the oberservatory. I know there is a small grate about the rainbow money arch at the beggining of the sequence of color rooms, but am unable to find a portalable wall, and i also noticed that there is a small fractal diamond at the base of the exhibit with the meteor or giant coconut or whatever it is. Also i am confused as to what activating the color combination did. Any nudge in the right direction would be appreciated

#48 · May 27, 2011, 3:20 am

Quote from Sword of Apollo on May 27, 2011, 3:20 am
Colonel_Cthulu wrote:

I am thoroughly enjoying this map but as for the secrets [spoiler]I have been able to actvate the correct color pattern, after finding the numbers for Red, Yellow, Blue, and Violet; the other two i guessed. But now i am lost as to where to go next, i cant figure out what to do with the 6 colored balls that i can now get. I have been to all the other immidiate secret areas, I.E. the observatory (i hit the switch opening the panals and turned on the portal), and the Dollar tile making room. I have got 2 of the books on the pedastals and the cube on the button and i left the third book in front of the portal in the oberservatory. I know there is a small grate about the rainbow money arch at the beggining of the sequence of color rooms, but am unable to find a portalable wall, and i also noticed that there is a small fractal diamond at the base of the exhibit with the meteor or giant coconut or whatever it is. Also i am confused as to what activating the color combination did. Any nudge in the right direction would be appreciated[/spoiler]

Regarding this secret: [spoiler]If you look closely at the orbs that you got, you'll notice that 1) each one corresponds to a color, 2) each one has a pair of fractals on it that match the one near the meteorite's display case. These fractal objects are supposed to be antennas (Modern, compact antennas are fractal-shaped. Technically, I'm pretty sure the ones in the map are not the right type of fractal to be an antenna as we know them today, but one could imagine they are some futuristic type.) So, what this matching is supposed to convey is that the "color orbs" can communicate with the meteorite display case. But you have to find a way to activate them.

One thing I should tell you is that the next step in this puzzle--once you find what you are supposed to with the orbs--is harder to actually do than it should be. Even once you figure it out, actually doing it may be frustrating. When I was mostly concerned with getting the level as a whole done, I was mostly concerned that that step worked, and was doable. But when I tried doing it again recently, I realized that it was likely to be frustrating to players, so I came up with a modification that will make it easier in v1.4 (the only real change in 1.4.) It's ready to upload, but I haven't done it yet, since my internet connection has been slow and spotty lately, and I'm afraid it will mess up the upload. I hope to have it up by tomorrow.

Anyway, if you decide to continue with the version you currently have, I just wanted to warn you in advance that the next part could be frustrating. Sorry about that. (Anything after that one step should be mostly a mental challenge.)[/spoiler]

Colonel_Cthulu wrote:

I am thoroughly enjoying this map but as for the secrets

Spoiler

I have been able to actvate the correct color pattern, after finding the numbers for Red, Yellow, Blue, and Violet; the other two i guessed. But now i am lost as to where to go next, i cant figure out what to do with the 6 colored balls that i can now get. I have been to all the other immidiate secret areas, I.E. the observatory (i hit the switch opening the panals and turned on the portal), and the Dollar tile making room. I have got 2 of the books on the pedastals and the cube on the button and i left the third book in front of the portal in the oberservatory. I know there is a small grate about the rainbow money arch at the beggining of the sequence of color rooms, but am unable to find a portalable wall, and i also noticed that there is a small fractal diamond at the base of the exhibit with the meteor or giant coconut or whatever it is. Also i am confused as to what activating the color combination did. Any nudge in the right direction would be appreciated

Regarding this secret:

Spoiler

If you look closely at the orbs that you got, you'll notice that 1) each one corresponds to a color, 2) each one has a pair of fractals on it that match the one near the meteorite's display case. These fractal objects are supposed to be antennas (Modern, compact antennas are fractal-shaped. Technically, I'm pretty sure the ones in the map are not the right type of fractal to be an antenna as we know them today, but one could imagine they are some futuristic type.) So, what this matching is supposed to convey is that the "color orbs" can communicate with the meteorite display case. But you have to find a way to activate them.

One thing I should tell you is that the next step in this puzzle--once you find what you are supposed to with the orbs--is harder to actually do than it should be. Even once you figure it out, actually doing it may be frustrating. When I was mostly concerned with getting the level as a whole done, I was mostly concerned that that step worked, and was doable. But when I tried doing it again recently, I realized that it was likely to be frustrating to players, so I came up with a modification that will make it easier in v1.4 (the only real change in 1.4.) It's ready to upload, but I haven't done it yet, since my internet connection has been slow and spotty lately, and I'm afraid it will mess up the upload. I hope to have it up by tomorrow.

Anyway, if you decide to continue with the version you currently have, I just wanted to warn you in advance that the next part could be frustrating. Sorry about that. (Anything after that one step should be mostly a mental challenge.)

#49 · June 5, 2011, 2:03 am

I am stuck early and I am not ashamed - I just am. I can't kill the 2nd turret.

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When I jump over the lasers I am right there about 10 feet in front of him and he fires away. I tried jumping, zig-zagging . . . and of course I tried to bum rush him . . . all to no avail. I tried the Book just in case it had magical powers - but no.

Then I did the notarget cheat to get past him and got stuck immediately again . . . with the giant room above me and nothing but Glass to shoot at. The white walls only go up to a level 3 feet below the ledge, and there is no way I can see to fling up there.

#50 · June 5, 2011, 4:46 pm

I went back into it and tried to see if i could figure it out... but i couldn't.

I appreciate you giving me hints, instead of full out telling me what to do, so i have a few questions:

1.

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Did the radio in the Blue water room have any significance? At first i thought that taking it to a certain area would cause some sort of intereference, like it was with the Portal ARG, but all i could find is that taking it close to the fizzlers causes interference.

2.

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Do you have to do something with the planetarium? My first time around i detached and threw every planet into the middle area but found it didnt do anything so i didnt bother with it this time

3.

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Does the solution to the colored orbs involve placing them in their respective rooms or along the rainbow money arch?

I really enjoy the intricacy of this map and am looking forward to any future maps you make

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