What materials can a portal be fired on

#1 · June 15, 2011, 3:29 pm

Hi guys, used Hammer for 2 years for TF2, im now going to give Portal a go. Noob question, how do you know what materials can be used that a portal can be fired on, thanks.

#2 · June 15, 2011, 3:33 pm

All of the white walls are Portalable. As far as I know there is no way to see if they are portalable, but you can probably fine some sort of filter for it. Like portalable. xD

Also, there is a nodraw_portalable texture.

#3 · June 15, 2011, 5:03 pm

Generally, white/bright textures are portalable, dark/black textures are not. Exceptions are light-emitting textures and maybe a few of the underground metal ones. It should be obvious which ones are and which ones aren't.

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#4 · June 15, 2011, 5:12 pm

It doesn't really have to be entirely white either. There are some walls with a light blue base that are portalable.

#5 · June 21, 2011, 12:14 pm

I recently discovered that at least one type of carpet can have portals placed on it.

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