[SP] THE CORE: Portal 2 custom mini campaign
I did however, jump, with blue gel, never used the fling I could build in the first room :$
The patched version has been released. Have fun!
Here's the changelog:
General:
- custom signs are now self illuminated
- All maps now have correct reflections (cubemaps)
- improvements in some map detail design trough-out the levels
- updated essential mod file to support directx 8
- fixed exit doors not closing behind the player in some maps (except for the nightmare elevator)
- Installer package now fetches for sourcemod dir in the windows registry
- Chapters now also show their titles in-game
Map 1: (chapter 1: Angular Reality)
- replaced bts arms in sky-box with decoration lights to optimize performance on low memory bandwidth video cards
- More "ratman den" decoration to make it look less dull
Map 2: (Chapter 2: A New Companion)
- moved back the catwalk which is sometimes blocking start catapult movement direction
- fixed further texture misalignments
- BTS decoration arm lights were pointing the wrong way
Map 3: (Chapter 3: The Shrine)
- prevented placement of portals outside the shrine until THE CORE is removed from the altar
- redesigned the top of the shrine room
- fixed misaligned ceiling texture near gel and excursion funnel area
- jump panels of the second room now activate when the player enters
- fixed some Z-fighting props in the jump room BTS area
- fixed unfinished look of blobulator spawn area above the gel dropper
- made the pneumatic diversity exit vent more responsive to THE CORE
- puzzle indicators for tractor beam will now match it's direction color
- New puzzle in the shrine
Map 4: (Chapter 4: Deadly Intermezzo)
- extruded glass near "bowling turret" to reduce the chance of blockages when it's tippled over
- reworked some brushwork in maze area
- removed ability to place portals in maze area to avoid players skipping the maze entirely
Map 5: (Chapter 5: Euthanazation Vault)
- decorated the jump hall with extra brushwork and models
- fixed env_projectedtexture
- core goodbye line should be a triggered once only
- texturized laser power control room interior in case that players portal in there
- prevented players from going trough the tractor beam generator prop
- sanitized the puzzle around the tractor beam alcove with an escape platform and emancipation grill
Map 6:: (Chapter 6: CatapultClysm)
- added bonus map-
Map 7: (Chapter 7: Round Tangent)
- added extra models and brushwork to prevent players spotting the ceiling of the right side entry bts area when crouched.
- prevented "cutting the race" glitch by replacing core receptacle tube piece with an iris
- overhauled design of the small test room for a less dull look and removed shallow water areas
- fixed small room exploit where players could jump & hop the core inside the glass window without having to fling it
- fixed ability to place a portal on the second fling platform for the CORE race puzzle
- changed main test room acid texture to the correct deadly slime look
- corrected misaligned light spots on the exit hatch area
- removed map prototype GLaDOS power off event in exit area
- placed exit hatch override in case the player manages to "forget" THE CORE and left it being on the race exit socket
- gave breakable glass a visually broken style so it seems more obvious that you can break it.
- fixed succeeded wallprojector puzzle indicators showing unsolved state for the sphere when it is put into the socket for a second time-
There are more changes that I didn't mention here. Can you find them ?
Has a quick play.Man that bonus map had me thinkin for a bit.Then had to get my timing just right for portal placement.Not a lot of time for that lol. Excellent job
Great that you liked it. I was trying to make it hard but not frustrating. It's hard to execute but I set it up so you have enough time to prepare for what you have to do 
Check your -game parameter or VCONFIG setting.
This is on a mac...
I had this problem too and im too impatient and stubborn to be defeated easily.... plus i don't have a windows.... so
I was desperately trying to find a way to play this on my mac and after reading around a lot, i discovered a way to get it to launch. Place the "thecore" directory in Users/USerNAMe/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Portal 2
After starting up Steam, go into the launch options for Portal 2 and type in -game thecore -dev
Launching Portal 2 should launch the core, tell me how this works out for you, thanks, im off to play
Wow, what an amount of work was put into this campaign. Cosmic many, many thanks. From such dedication to mapping community thrives and people like me can have a quality time when playing. I perceive it as easy-moderate difficulty with great graphics and some interesting puzzles. The only thing I less enjoyed was the last level. Waiting eagerly for your next releases.
After starting up Steam, go into the launch options for Portal 2 and type in -game thecore -dev
Launching Portal 2 should launch the core, tell me how this works out for you, thanks, im off to play
Well if this is a definite fix I can post it as a tutorial on my moddb page! Thx for the effort.
Good that you enjoyed it. I did much work for the patch to make it look a bit better than before and touched up some puzzles.
My next relesae might not be a portal map though. Unless I get a good flow from the ingame map editor and I decide to add another level or so. Maybe a maintenance update next year or so. But after that I have to go back to music making or maybe work further on my l4d project "dead things".
Next update will be: THE CORE Reloaded 2.0 (the brushwork hell, as darth_brush would call it)
The maps will be greatly enhanced visually
Changes to some puzzles
Extra map (making it a total of 8 test chambers)
I hope we'll be ready for this at Xmas/newyear period but it's not an exact timeframe. It might be later too.
Here are some previews:
http://www.moddb.com/mods/coremod/image ... 3#imagebox
http://www.moddb.com/mods/coremod/image ... 6#imagebox
It seems that things have been changed on Chamber 7:
Any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks,
Chris
It looks like mac users are getting the error about missing GameInfo.txt. There's been a fix posted that makes Portal 2 run this mod instead of itself, but if you want The Core in your Steam games list, you can do this:
1. Extract thecore to /Users/<USERNAME>/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteapApps/sourcemods (as per the readme)
2. Open terminal and type in:
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ln -s /Users/<USERNAME>/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/sourcemods/thecore /Users/<USERNAME>/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/portal 2
3. Open (or relaunch) Steam, then set launch options for Portal 2: THE CORE to -game thecore
That should work, please tell me if anyone has success this way.