Portal 2

Portal 2

PDI Initiative: Advanced Stages
27 Comments
quatrus 31 Oct, 2020 @ 9:06am 
Solved it all but don't understand why I got the exit door to open when I went back through. Oh well - still fun thanks for creating.
ƒlechette 11 Feb, 2018 @ 12:56am 
Why did I have to solve it multiple times?
-GB  [author] 10 Oct, 2015 @ 8:45pm 
Three solutions actually, but poorly executed back in the day
wildgoosespeeder 10 Oct, 2015 @ 6:32pm 
Is this a map based on three solutions or exploits found in the original map?
Unowninator 22 Sep, 2015 @ 11:13pm 
Thanks. I wish I could use this in my levels, but I can't use hammer :(
-GB  [author] 22 Sep, 2015 @ 10:54pm 
@Unowninator thx! It's Portal Device Inverter
Unowninator 22 Sep, 2015 @ 4:52pm 
Favorite. BTW, what's PDI stand for?
-GB  [author] 31 Oct, 2014 @ 7:24am 
Thanks :D
Swedish Firefighter 31 Oct, 2014 @ 7:20am 
nice chamber. Easy and fun. Fun nice repeat function
-GB  [author] 23 Aug, 2014 @ 11:32pm 
@pa1ntmaster I should probably try Aperture Tag
The Sojourner 23 Aug, 2014 @ 11:16pm 
Looking back this map just now reminds me of the paint fizzlers from Aperture Tag, only for portals....
Slordar 20 Aug, 2014 @ 7:15pm 
--My name is Four, like the number--
Repost this post on any maps that are divergent with their 4 stars and maybe get a 5
-GB  [author] 20 Aug, 2014 @ 12:04pm 
@dante Much appreciated! :)
Nobody No-One 20 Aug, 2014 @ 11:28am 
Not sure if these ideas are any good, just trying to provide inspiration.
Nobody No-One 20 Aug, 2014 @ 11:28am 
One more idea: Blue and Orange walls
Some walls, you can only place portals on when the inverter is in blue-only mode, and others, only when orange is activated. This would allow some strategy when there is an inverter that you cannot access, or with the timed inverter.
Nobody No-One 20 Aug, 2014 @ 11:28am 
Yes... I will try to construct one at home, see what kinds of puzzles can be made with it. One question... at the beginning, there is a portal gun, but only with the crosshair and no orange/blue arcs. I haven't seen the option to have that kind of portal gun.

Very creative concept and I look forward to seeing puzzles that rely more on the inverter, such as areas where you can't access the inverter, so you have to plan ahead.

Another idea would be timed inverters, where you start with blue only portals, and when you pass through the inverter, your portals would turn orange for a certain amount of time before turning back. The puzzle would allow you to see a way to do it if you had untimed access to both portals, but it wouldn't work without super-ninja skills, so you would have to put that solution out of your mind and try to find an alternate way to do it with timed inverters.

-GB  [author] 20 Aug, 2014 @ 4:59am 
@dante There is a lot of triggers a relay logic behind it. And this was also kinda not focused on the inverter. Thanks for your comment!
Nobody No-One 20 Aug, 2014 @ 4:49am 
Ok, I think the mechanic is more interesting with cleansers. Still, it's a nice hammer programming. How do you do it?
-GB  [author] 19 Aug, 2014 @ 6:57pm 
@dante This only shows how you would solve regular puzzle with it. Thanks!
Nobody No-One 19 Aug, 2014 @ 6:07pm 
It's an interesting mechanic, but it seems to me like the tests would have almost the same solution with a dual portal device...
-GB  [author] 17 Aug, 2014 @ 12:18am 
@pa1ntmaster Thanks a lot!
The Sojourner 16 Aug, 2014 @ 7:09pm 
:p2orange: Very nice :p2blue:

Only a couple of complaints:
1) The lift could use some grating and a better-positioned player clip
2) The faith plate above the cube dropper appears to be backwards, along with another weird clipping surface.

The Wheatley line kinda ran through my head too. If only there was some good GLaDOS dialogue to work in...
-GB  [author] 14 Aug, 2014 @ 10:36pm 
@Powerman123 Oh I did try to put Wheatley in but he kind of did not fit the test. Thanks for feedback!
Tobastin 14 Aug, 2014 @ 6:06pm 
Quite a unique type of puzzle. The whole time I could hear an imaginary wheatley in my head saying:

"Oh, here's an idea: since making tests is so difficult, why don't you just keep solving THIS test? Same one! And I can just, like, watch you solve it!"
-GB  [author] 14 Aug, 2014 @ 2:38pm 
@TopazGiraffe2973 Glad you liked it! And yeah, I was aware of your way (actually had a small chamber with this being the solution). Thanks a lot!
TopazGiraffe2973 14 Aug, 2014 @ 1:59pm 
Just watched the walkthrough, I didn't do the last one the same, I went to the back, stood on the cube, then portaled my way up on the bridge with the cube, then blocked the laser above me. [/spolier]
TopazGiraffe2973 14 Aug, 2014 @ 1:47pm 
Very nice! The last one was very clever. Good job! Make more if you can, I like this very much :D