Portal2JAEP
(Portal2 - Just Another Extras Patcher)

Welcome together to Portal2JAEP. Portal2JAEP is an easy-to-use Portal2 Extras-Manager with many features to manage your Portal2-Custommaps.

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Features

1. Automatically detects the Portal2-Path (installed in "Steam\SteamApps\common\portal 2") or ask for it and save this Path to use it.
   
2. Automatically creates the "addons"-Directory if not exists.
   
3. List of all installed Custom-Maps ("Map list")
   1. Add-ons and Maps-Folder are observed to find the Maps and display it in the Map list.
      
   2. Hide Maps in the Map list to keep track of maps you've already played.
      
   3. Delete Maps from your Hard-Disk if you no longer need them.
      
   4. Add Maps with Portal2JAEP:
      1. Use the "Add Map"-Button to browse your computer and select the Map-Files
         
      2. Drag-Drop the Map-Files directly on the Portal2JAEP-Form to add the Map.
         
      3. Automatic File-Extraction of zip, rar and 7z-Files and install the Maps to the correct folders.
   5. Start single player maps in Portal2.
      
   6. Automatic rename Maps with dots in the Filename to use an underscore (Option).
      
   7. Highlights maps added in the last 24 hours to find new installed maps.
4. Patch the Extras-Menu to display all Maps in your Map list (when downloaded by Portal2JAEP it also shows the Thumbnail and Map-Author in the Extras-Menu).
   
5. Download Maps from ThinkingWithPortals.com (Option)
   1. The Download-Feature allows you to Download Maps directly from ThinkingWithPortals by adding the Link to the Download-Form in Portal2JAEP. The Map will be downloaded, maybe extracted and installed fully automatic.
      
   2. (Option) Portal2JAEP observes your Clipboard to find ThinkingWithPortals-Download links to add and download it, so you must only add a Link to your Clipboard and can Play it a few seconds later without any other actions.
      
   3. Download thumbnail and author to show them in the extras-menu.

How to use

Simple start it

Portal2JAEP will search for Portal2 in the Steam-Install-Folder on the first start. If Portal2 is not available Portal2JAEP ask you to set the path manually.

If Portal2JAEP has found your Portal2, it will show you the Map list and you can use it. Please take a look at the Options. By default all Options are disabled.

To add new Maps, you can use the "Add Map"-Button on the bottom-right or simple drag and drop the Map/Zip-File on Portal2JAEP.


The Options

1. Patch the extras menu
   1. This enables the Extras-Patcher. All maps in your Map list will be written to the extras menu.
2. Preserve old entries in extras menu.
   1. Read the extras backup and keep all old entries in the extras menu. By default that are the portal2-videos, a comic and the trailer of "e1912".
3. Mark new Maps in the Map list
   1. Highlights maps added in the last 24 hours to find new installed maps.
4. Show hidden Maps in the Map list
   1. Display all hidden maps in the Map list. You can unhide maps by right-click on them and click on "unhide".
5. Auto-Hide Maps with "coop" in Map-Title
   1. Automatic hide all Maps that contains "coop", "co-op" or "co_op" in the Map name. Portal2-Coop-Maps cannot be started correctly with Portal2JAEP.
6. Enable double-click on Map list to start portal2 with the map
   1. You can double-click on a file in the Map list to start Portal2 and load the Map file. If this Option is disabled you only can use the context-menu (right-click) to start a map.
7. Replace dots (.) in map filenames with underscores (_)
   1. Some developers use dots in their map-filenames to display version-numbers (eg. "MyCoolMap_v1.2.3.bsp"). You can't start these files in Portal2, because there are dots in the map name. To prevent this "bug", Portal2JAEP can rename the files (only when added by Portal2JAEP) and replace dots with underscores.
8. Overwrites existing files while adding a map (be careful)
   1. This option overwrite existing files when add a map. If this option is disabled, Portal2JAEP will ask for every file that already exists to overwrite it.
9. Enable download feature
   1. Enables the Download-Feature. Some people won't use a program that communicates with the Internet. If this feature is disabled, Portal2JAEP doesn't use an Internet-Connection. Enable or disable this option forces a restart of Portal2JAEP.
10. Observe clipboard to find download links
    1. Observe the Clipboard to find Thinkingwithportals.com-Download-Links. These links will automatically be added to the Download-List.
11. Start download after adding a link to download queue
    1. Starts the Download after adding the first link to the download-list. If this option is disabled, links will be collected in the download-list, but the download only start if you click on "Start download".
12. Automatic map-adding after a download is finished
    1. Add downloaded map files automatically to Portal2. If this option is disabled, the download-list will show a link to add the map.

Screenshots




Platforms

Requires Microsoft .NET 3.5 (or higher)

Tested with Windows XP and Windows 7


Changelog

1. 2011-08-22, v1.00
   1. First release

File Name: Portal2JAEP_v1.00.zip
File Size: 2 MiB
Portal2JAEP v1.00

Dammit you win. After I spent so long on my map installer ;(
Will definitely download when my Internet is working again.
Also, you should add folder watching and drag and drop support.

YM_Industries wrote:
Dammit you win. After I spent so long on my map installer ;(

Thanks and Sry
I start coding Portal2JAEP in May 2011^^ So i spent many weekends in my tool, too^^

YM_Industries wrote:
Also, you should add folder watching and drag and drop support.

Portal2JAEP supports Drag & Drop, see Features c.4.2: "Drag-Drop the Map-Files directly on the Portal2JAEP-Form to add the Map."

< - Main-Beta Tester ^^

wanted to mention that Drag&Drop is indeed possible and wanted to point out that it's mentioned above in the wall of Text.
But Tyr was allready faster.

But I can verify that the programm came a very long way till now.

For all who are to Lazy to read all the features In the First Post.
It's the perfect tool for lazy people like me

Just start it, check the Options and activate everything as you please.

Domathan wrote:
< - Main-Beta Tester ^^

Yepp, Doma is my Hero! He found so many bugs which i had never seen before g.. Thank you

Question: would it be possible to make a playlist of downloads? Because I have a "suggested maps" list for a friend of mine and it would be comfortable to just have him download them with your awesome program.

Hey xdiesp,

sry, but i dont know what you mean. A List of Downloads which you can send to a friend? A List of Maps to Play? Could you explain please?

- Tyri

Tyri wrote:
Hey xdiesp,

sry, but i dont know what you mean. A List of Downloads which you can send to a friend? A List of Maps to Play? Could you explain please?

• Tyri

Erm, a list of maps to download from our site? With this software right?

mhm, you can create a textfile with a linklist to the download-pages and send this to your friend.. so you want a function to import textfiles with downloadlinks?

I guess it might help, if ever someone decides to classify the downloads based on some criteria (style, difficulty, contests...).

Tyri wrote:
YM_Industries wrote:

Also, you should add folder watching and drag and drop support.

Portal2JAEP supports Drag & Drop, see Features c.4.2: "Drag-Drop the Map-Files directly on the Portal2JAEP-Form to add the Map."

What about folder watching?

YM_Industries wrote:
Tyri wrote:

YM_Industries wrote:

Also, you should add folder watching and drag and drop support.

Portal2JAEP supports Drag & Drop, see Features c.4.2: "Drag-Drop the Map-Files directly on the Portal2JAEP-Form to add the Map."

What about folder watching?

c. 1 )
List of all installed Custom-Maps ("Map list")
Add-ons and Maps-Folder are observed to find the Maps and display it in the Map list.

YM_Industries wrote:
What about folder watching?

Hey YM_Industries,

what do you mean with "folder watching"?

Portal2JAEP already watches at the "addons" and "maps" folder in your Portal2 to display all installed maps in the Map list. With the Drag&Drop-Feature you can Drop Map-Files on Portal2JAEP to install it or direct download it with Portal2JAEP.

• Tyri

Man, this'd be really useful if Portal 2 didn't lock down the entire main menu for me when I run it without Steam.
Back to double-clicking .BSPs for me.

NuclearDuckie wrote:
Man, this'd be really useful if Portal 2 didn't lock down the entire main menu for me when I run it without Steam.
Back to double-clicking .BSPs for me.

You can also double click the maps in the Programm if activated in the Options See Point 6:

Enable double-click on Map list to start portal2 with the map
You can double-click on a file in the Map list to start Portal2 and load the Map file. If this Option is disabled you only can use the context-menu (right-click) to start a map.

Magnific


Video de uso.
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