Quote from rellikpd on March 2, 2008, 11:13 pm

YES! I'm glad you came on over... This map pack rocks! (still working on my golds. got all 3 golds on pk1, and portal gold on pk2, still working on the others)

and welcome to ThinkingWithPortals btw

Quote from Ralen on March 3, 2008, 12:09 am

I beat the 3 regular maps and the 6 extra maps, but the 3 advanced maps are still locked to me.

Quote from infernet89 on March 3, 2008, 3:13 am

Ralen wrote:

I beat the 3 regular maps and the 6 extra maps, but the 3 advanced maps are still locked to me.

Are you sure?

When you beat a basic map, you unlock the corrispective advanced one.

Mmmmh... probably you have sv_cheats at 1?

Howewer, i made a video on the three advanced maps
Don't open it if you haven't finished those by yourself

http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=6opGwSmEMsc

Quote from Kiavik on March 3, 2008, 8:00 am

I've already commented on this awesome pack on myaperturelabs, but let me add how damn clever the time attack challenge on map n?2 is. To get gold you have to use a COMPLETELY different strategy from the normal, and the result makes you feel incredibly smart when you figure it out.

[spoiler]those small steps on the wall near the fizzler were a touch of genius[/spoiler]

This map pack absolutely has to enter the community spotlight.

Edit: to make your maps even more perfect you may want to add mist and reflections (I dont know how they're called... cubemaps maybe?) to this goo here in map 2 and 2 advanced:

Quote from Browen on March 3, 2008, 6:20 pm

this was a great map pack

Quote from Ralen on March 3, 2008, 6:46 pm

infernet89 wrote:

Are you sure?

When you beat a basic map, you unlock the corrispective advanced one.

I downloaded the regular chambers and advanced chambers separately from myaperturelabs.com, but I didn't download the advanced chambers until after I had already beaten the regular chambers.

Quote from rellikpd on March 3, 2008, 7:06 pm

Ralen wrote:

I downloaded the regular chambers and advanced chambers separately from myaperturelabs.com, but I didn't download the advanced chambers until after I had already beaten the regular chambers.

well then just replay them and rebeat them, or better yet, delete everything and reinstall the release he has here, and replay it all. it should be really easy now that you know what to do. and he fixed one part of one of the maps. furthermore (much like the orriginal levels) these are actually fun to replay...

i've got all 3 golds on PK1, gold portal and steps on PK2 and PK3, just have to get gold times for pk2/pk3

Quote from mazk1985 on March 3, 2008, 7:16 pm

Firstly, thank you all for your great support. I'm truly flattered that you enjoyed my maps.

And as for the unlocking problem I was unsure about the add-on working 100% when I uploaded it so here are two ways to solve it if your having the same problem:

1. Do what rellikpd said above
or
2. Change the locked status manually by going to the directory:
C:Program FilesValveSteamSteamApps<USERNAME>portalportalmapsPMK2_advanced

Once there, open advanced.bns with notepad and change "1" to "0" where it says "lock". Do this each map entry and save.

That should hopefully unlock them. Sorry about the dodgy split file. I'll add a note to the map download details stating the problem.

Thanks again.

Maz

Quote from mazk1985 on March 3, 2008, 7:50 pm

Kiavik wrote:

to make your maps even more perfect you may want to add mist and reflections (I dont know how they're called... cubemaps maybe?) to this goo here in map 2 and 2 advanced:

Seems I overlooked that goo pit quite a bit. First the box not respawning and now the effects. I had a quick look at the map in hammer and there is indeed no particle emitter in sight. There is a cube map present but I guess the room is too dark to reflect clearly. I'll resist updating the maps unless any more problems are found.

Maz