Forum | Thinking With Portals

#1 · March 11, 2008, 12:24 am

My first portal map!

Download (updated 3/16/2008): dload.php?action=download&file_id=185

Screenshot: pafiledb/images/screenshots/egg_level00.shot01.jpg

There are some problems with the map. VRad was bombing so no HDR for now. (I just want to get this thing uploaded so I can go to sleep!) Once I get HDR working I'll probably need to tweak the lighting some.

Problem #2: It's my first map and I'm new to mapping, more or less. (I did a little with UnrealEd for Deus Ex but that's it.)

#3: The x.x megawatt button sticks once in awhile...? Dunno why it happens.

#4: There is some annoying invisible thing that clips the player's movement right in front of the ball catcher. This will not affect gameplay.

This is a medium-length map with two endings. In one you die, in the other, cake. I know forcing death is a dirty trick. Sorry. Realizing your cake involves the companion cube.

To install:

Download the zip file and unzip it. The resulting file is a 'egg_level01.bmz'. This contains the .bsp, .bns and .tga files (and a README.) I don't have any challenges set at this time.

1) Place the egg_level01.bmz file anywhere on your system (recommended: root level of your hard drive, or else your ...SteamSteamAppsSUBJECT_NAME_HEREPortalPortalmaps directory)

2) Start Portal and click on the 'Bonus Maps' button.

3) Click the 'Import Maps' button and navigate to the location you saved 'egg_level01.bmz'. Select the file.

4) Open the 'egg_level01' folder in the Bonus Maps section.

4) Double-click the 'egg_level01' map.

5) Enjoy!

To Uninstall:

Navigate to your Portal maps folder and delete the egg_level01 folder. (Make sure and shut down Portal first.

#2 · March 11, 2008, 9:23 am

woha, interesting map. Very impressive for the first :shock:

I got both endings, the "no cake for you" ones it's very nice

but..

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I usually demorec the blind ride of every map i try, if you want it send me a private message.
(I'll stop recording if i die.)

#3 · March 11, 2008, 9:42 am

Thanks. Do you mean you didn't know when it dropped? Easy enough to add an indicator for that--actually I'll need to rework the box dropper but it needs redoing anyways.

#4 · March 11, 2008, 10:24 am

eggrock wrote:

Thanks. Do you mean you didn't know when it dropped? Easy enough to add an indicator for that--actually I'll need to rework the box dropper but it needs redoing anyways.

second time i've played the map. No

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(I'll stop recording if i die.)

#5 · March 11, 2008, 10:52 am

Ah, I see.. It's a *really* cheap trick that I don't expect anyone to get. It's in there more for me to learn than to be a real part of the challenge.

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#6 · March 11, 2008, 11:01 am

eggrock wrote:

Thanks. Do you mean you didn't know when it dropped? Easy enough to add an indicator for that--actually I'll need to rework the box dropper but it needs redoing anyways.

um i have no idea how to get the cake i have played through it twice i

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do NOT click this

#7 · March 11, 2008, 11:06 am

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the pole behind it (that drove the wall) can be seen "through" the wall

That's odd, I haven't noticed that. Could you post a screenshot?

The companion cube comes from the same place the other cubes do. No need to backtrack to get it.

#8 · March 11, 2008, 3:58 pm

Here it is my way on that's map:
*quality sucked, reencoding&uploading*

I usually demorec the blind ride of every map i try, if you want it send me a private message.
(I'll stop recording if i die.)

#9 · March 11, 2008, 6:08 pm

Care to be more specific?

#10 · March 12, 2008, 12:25 am

eggrock wrote:

Care to be more specific?

I think he was talking about his video, not your map.

"Games are made out of smaller games ? turtles all the way down, until you hit the game that is so trivial and stupid it isn?t deserving of the name." --Raph Koster

[WIP] egg_level01 beta