i have a map and yes i looked on the tutorials but they were too confusing personaly just give me some way in which i can play my map without having to open sdk and then hammer then the map i just want to play it like any normal portal map by just loading it on portal i does not have to be in the bonus section it can be anywhere

pizalover1000 wrote:
i have a map and yes i looked on the tutorials but they were too confusing personaly just give me some way in which i can play my map without having to open sdk and then hammer then the map i just want to play it like any normal portal map by just loading it on portal i does not have to be in the bonus section it can be anywhere

In the console, type in "map map_name".

If you don't have a console, enable it in Options -> Keyboard -> Advanced -> Enable developer console (~).

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EDIT: The title is misleading. It should say something like "opening a map on Portal" or something like that.

Answering the title anyway:

So your map is in (Steam path)/steamapps/username/portal/portal/maps/. You create a new folder called "Whatever_Your_Map_Is_Called", put a BSP there and create a new file "map_name.bns":

"Map Name"
{
   "map"   ".\map_name"
   "image"   ".\map_image.tga" (if you include an image)
   "comment"   "A comment on your map"
   "lock"   "0"
}

And here you go.

If you are including some info on the folder, create a new file "folderinfo.bns":

"Folder Name"
{
   "comment"   "A comment on your folder"
   (foldericon.tga will serve for an image)
}

EDIT: I just realized there's some information here.