Spoiler Alert: Video is the full walkthrough for Testchamber 117

At the 20-sec mark of this video is a mighty throw.
I tried numerous times but always am about a foot too low.

I tried spin while throwing upward . . . I tried jumping just before . . . I tried jumping and throwing at the same time . . all to no avail. What am I doing wrong ?

I have also seen guys throw a cube 10 feet forward to bridge a gap or to go through kill beams and onto a button in an adjoining room - and I also cannot make those throws.

Can I get the method to do this from someone ? Thanks

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lifeson99 wrote:
Can I get the method to do this from someone ? Thanks

Xdiesp is probably a master of throwing cubes by now. I suggest stacking the cubes to get higher and then place it on the platform.

Thanks for that - but I still would like to know if there is a trick to it, or if you just keep repeating until you somehow get it up there.

I practiced in an empty room and the cube just doesn't go far and it doesn't go high.
I think I just do not know the trick yet . . .

Think of the hammer throw at the olympics: turn around very fast, press the "use" button when you want the hammer to leave your hands. This game has a physics engine, so it will work somewhat realistically. To make the throw even further, jump as you press the button.

I'm not sure if this works in Portal 2 as much as it does in portal 1 (as I haven't started "ninja'ing" P2 yet (due to the lack of challenge maps.)) but, with portal 1 atleast, you could add a bit of "momentum" to the cube by pushing it into the ground before "whip-flinging" the shit out of it. like if you wanted to make a hard left throw, you could push it against an item to your right, before whipping hard left. To go up higher you could push it against the ground before whipping it hard-up.

xdiesp, can you chime in about whether or not this works as well in P2?

Never tried, sorry!

You started with the other cube seemingly right in the way of your "Hammer Throw" - amazing.
Hey - wait a minute . . . I could have stood on the other cube for an added 2 feet of height ! !

If you think that's impressive (which it is), check out this video:

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still reallllyyyy impressive! (more so really, considering it was done on a shiver.... console!)
The only thing i don't like is that he uses portal-glitches in to pull off some of the tricks. The ones he doesn't do this with are still really impressive... but i think the whole thing that makes "cube throws" amazing is when they are done within the confines of the "rules." Boosting yourself with portal glitches doesn't count imo.

OK OK - that was AMAZING.

But somebody tell me HOW ????????????

I tried the Olypic Hammer throw - to no avail.

I even tried the old "double-windup" that they use (well - they use quadruple windups - hehe).
Again to no avail and you need a super wide Mouse Pad.

C'mon guys . . . http://www.InfoCellar.com/temp/DrEvil.wav !!!

Practice....
And then practice some more.

Just follow what real-life Olympic athletes do.

They train for 10 hours a day, for years at a time.

In five years, if you practice like that, I guarantee you will be able to make any of those throws.

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Skip to 4:20 for something that's truly incredible.

Cube throws are an interesting thing. In my most recent map, I had a section where the player has to throw a cube at a relatively high discouragement field. Most players achieved this by using a propulsion runway slide into a tilted portal and letting go. However, djinndrache, the player that has been working on his project of recording all his gameplay, delightfully captured something rather impressive.

I had no idea this was possible, but propulsion gel dramatically increases the speed of whatever object you're throwing even if it's not in the direction you are going. (in this case, straight up)

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(Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzlwWUWEbS4)

The toss is at 8:25. He actually achieves it twice. Quite impressive indeed!

Yes, after learning the amazing feat of some players, I have to design maps with that in mind.

If a cube can be "easily" thrown to bypass the intended solution, I have to make it harder or nearly impossible.

This is evident in my latest map, sp_interception. I designed it so that even if players can throw cubes like Olympic athletes, they still have to solve the puzzle like every ordinary human being.

satchmo wrote:
Just follow what real-life Olympic athletes do.

They train for 10 hours a day, for years at a time.

In five years, if you practice like that, I guarantee you will be able to make any of those throws.

You double-posted, but all the same:

xdiesp wrote:
Think of the hammer throw at the olympics: turn around very fast, press the "use" button when you want the hammer to leave your hands. This game has a physics engine, so it will work somewhat realistically. To make the throw even further, jump as you press the button.

Took like 5 minutes to learn this.

I can understand the physics behind it as well.