Bethesda makes map for Portal - bit-tech.net Forums

Tim S · 6th Nov 2007, 15:45

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/11...p_for_portal/1

After being so impressed with the game, Bethesda Softworks level designer Daryl Brigner created his own map for Portal. Download link inside.

Hells_Bliss · 6th Nov 2007, 15:49

coolness will try it tonight

steveo_mcg · 6th Nov 2007, 16:06

I was too stupid/impatient to do the four original bonus maps so i doubt i'll manage this.

Faulk_Wulf · 6th Nov 2007, 16:12

The "in the forums" links to the Forum's main page. I'll let you know about the map when I get Portal! Cheers.

Tim S · 6th Nov 2007, 16:14

whoops, thanks!

g3n3tiX · 6th Nov 2007, 16:23

Trying it now, will update on difficulty...

EDIT :
WOW. Try it, if you Dare...very small room, lots of things, not many portal walls, a companion sphere...tough one.
I'm taking screenies.
(not much more than the official ones at the moment, I'll try to stay spoiler-free.
The whole room rotates...very nice thought.
I suggest you try it, it's really great !!

boiled_elephant · 6th Nov 2007, 16:25

I'mma buy the orange box when I get home, it's long overdue. I'll try this out as soon as I can, being a Bethesda whore

Firehed · 6th Nov 2007, 16:34

Remoted into my home computer to install this from work just a few moments ago... I'm quite excited to give it a try tonight.

Omnituens · 6th Nov 2007, 16:56

VERY well made map, though the unportalable and portalable walls need to be made a bit clearer.

g3n3tiX · 6th Nov 2007, 17:07

I agree, between light gray and dark gray, it's better to rely on the crosshair...
Anyone did the catcher ?

Advice : trying to block door with a sphere is a very BAD idea...especially when the sphere comes to crush you.
That's something my missed companion Cube would not have done. He was not trying to kill me. (there's a funny sphere/WCC debate on the Steam forums)

And DONE ! http://g3n3tix.free.fr/files/gallery.../86/category/5

jakenbake · 6th Nov 2007, 18:11

I can only get #2 adn #4 done, can't get #3... is that the ball catcher?

glaeken · 6th Nov 2007, 19:12

Pretty good map. Really not as difficult as those yahoos over at TWHL are saying.

eek · 6th Nov 2007, 20:14

Nice, it's not particularly hard to see what you have to do, but it is very tricky!!

It's good to see something a bit more challanging than the actual game!

TomD22 · 6th Nov 2007, 21:30

Hmmm, the energy-ball-catcher is causing me headaches too.

It looks like it's being buggy.....but it's quite possible I'm just being a nub and missing something stupid.

I can get the energy ball into the small thin corridor-like chamber that has the catcher at the end of it....but the ball seems to just fly into the catcher (or hit the wall it's mounted on, sometimes) and vanish....without triggering it :/

Bug? Or am I supposed to have 'activated' the catcher or something (altho I don't rmemeber any of the ones in portal needing that) first? Or what?

UncertainGod · 6th Nov 2007, 21:59

That's a nice map, but it made me open Portal up again so I may not escape for a few days, cya.

Jamie · 6th Nov 2007, 22:54

Not a particularly fun map in my opinion. I got very annoyed when I caught out by the energy ball as I was going through the doors a couple of times.

g3n3tiX · 7th Nov 2007, 12:52

Yeah the energy ball seems buggy, the first time it did the same thing to me. You have to line it up real good so it goes traight into the catcher. Otherwise it just goes through the wall. Weird.

TomD22 · 7th Nov 2007, 13:56

Hmm ok, cheers for the info. Not sure I can be bothered to go back and get it perfect....for me the enjoyment of the puzzles is working out what to do, not the over-and-over attempts to actually do it.

tribalman · 22nd Nov 2007, 12:12

i just dowloaded and downloaded this map. it looked very daunting the first time i walked into the main room. it was kind of buggy in that the energy ball wouldn't impact the wall, but either a bit off the wall/floor or go through the first layer and reflect off one behind. and some of the physics seemed off. might have to do with different settings in the game that i changed. it was a decent level. any others made yet?

6th Nov 2007, 15:45	#1
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6th Nov 2007, 16:14	#5
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6th Nov 2007, 16:23	#6
g3n3tiX Resident frenchie Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: localhost Posts: 590	Trying it now, will update on difficulty... EDIT : WOW. Try it, if you Dare...very small room, lots of things, not many portal walls, a companion sphere...tough one. I'm taking screenies. (not much more than the official ones at the moment, I'll try to stay spoiler-free. The whole room rotates...very nice thought. I suggest you try it, it's really great !! __________________ I also have a MTBF. Last edited by g3n3tiX; 6th Nov 2007 at 17:30.

6th Nov 2007, 16:34	#8
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6th Nov 2007, 16:56	#9
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6th Nov 2007, 15:49	#2
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6th Nov 2007, 16:06	#3
steveo_mcg What owl? Join Date: May 2005 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 3,981	I was too stupid/impatient to do the four original bonus maps so i doubt i'll manage this. __________________ No boom today, boom tomorrow... there's always a boom tomorrow.

6th Nov 2007, 16:12	#4
Faulk_Wulf Internet Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: USA Posts: 280	The "in the forums" links to the Forum's main page. I'll let you know about the map when I get Portal! Cheers. __________________ -- Faulken S. Wulf "Under the Willow, he sleeps and dreams, of Heaven." Attempting to post intelligently since the year 2000!

6th Nov 2007, 17:07	#10
g3n3tiX Resident frenchie Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: localhost Posts: 590	I agree, between light gray and dark gray, it's better to rely on the crosshair... Anyone did the catcher ? Advice : trying to block door with a sphere is a very BAD idea...especially when the sphere comes to crush you. That's something my missed companion Cube would not have done. He was not trying to kill me. (there's a funny sphere/WCC debate on the Steam forums) And DONE ! http://g3n3tix.free.fr/files/gallery.../86/category/5 __________________ I also have a MTBF. Last edited by g3n3tiX; 6th Nov 2007 at 17:58.

6th Nov 2007, 18:11	#11
jakenbake full duplex Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Ohio, USA Posts: 494	I can only get #2 adn #4 done, can't get #3... is that the ball catcher? __________________ 1 + 1 = 10

6th Nov 2007, 19:12	#12
glaeken Yehehehessss! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Indy, US Posts: 1,428	Pretty good map. Really not as difficult as those yahoos over at TWHL are saying. __________________ I drink your milkshake! I drink it up! My Graphics Blog

6th Nov 2007, 20:14	#13
eek CAMRA ***. Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: in meh own little world Posts: 1,511	Nice, it's not particularly hard to see what you have to do, but it is very tricky!! It's good to see something a bit more challanging than the actual game!

6th Nov 2007, 21:30	#14
TomD22 Modder Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 62	Hmmm, the energy-ball-catcher is causing me headaches too. It looks like it's being buggy.....but it's quite possible I'm just being a nub and missing something stupid. I can get the energy ball into the small thin corridor-like chamber that has the catcher at the end of it....but the ball seems to just fly into the catcher (or hit the wall it's mounted on, sometimes) and vanish....without triggering it :/ Bug? Or am I supposed to have 'activated' the catcher or something (altho I don't rmemeber any of the ones in portal needing that) first? Or what?

6th Nov 2007, 21:59	#15
UncertainGod Still Alive Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 1,144	That's a nice map, but it made me open Portal up again so I may not escape for a few days, cya. __________________ Twitter Tumblr Blog Last.fm "What role do you want to play, I'm just a click away night or day"

6th Nov 2007, 22:54	#16
Jamie bit-tech Staff Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 7,620	Not a particularly fun map in my opinion. I got very annoyed when I caught out by the energy ball as I was going through the doors a couple of times. __________________ bit-tech hosted by tsohost.co.uk twitter \| flickr \| xbox live \| last.fm \| moot

7th Nov 2007, 12:52	#17
g3n3tiX Resident frenchie Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: localhost Posts: 590	Yeah the energy ball seems buggy, the first time it did the same thing to me. You have to line it up real good so it goes traight into the catcher. Otherwise it just goes through the wall. Weird. __________________ I also have a MTBF.

7th Nov 2007, 13:56	#18
TomD22 Modder Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 62	Hmm ok, cheers for the info. Not sure I can be bothered to go back and get it perfect....for me the enjoyment of the puzzles is working out what to do, not the over-and-over attempts to actually do it.

22nd Nov 2007, 12:12	#19
tribalman What's a Dremel? Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 18	i just dowloaded and downloaded this map. it looked very daunting the first time i walked into the main room. it was kind of buggy in that the energy ball wouldn't impact the wall, but either a bit off the wall/floor or go through the first layer and reflect off one behind. and some of the physics seemed off. might have to do with different settings in the game that i changed. it was a decent level. any others made yet?