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Portal 2 Mapping Basics
The Portal 2 Mapping Basics tutorial will teach you how to start making your own maps and puzzles for Valve’s game, Portal 2. Learn how to use the Portal 2 Authoring Tools, along with Hammer, to build your own maps and add entities to them. Follow along as weighted companion cubes, turrets, propulsion gels, faith plates, hard light brides, and more are explained and shown. After completing this tutorial you’ll be ready to get started on your own Portal 2 maps and mods!
In this first chapter of the Portal 2 mapping basics training module you'll learn to find and open the Portal 2 Authoring Tools.
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- Runtime 02 min 15 sec
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In this chapter we'll learn how to open the zoo_mechanics.vmf and preview the many entities that make up Portal 2's gameplay.
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- Runtime 02 min 07 sec
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By the end of this chapter you'll be able to create a small template room that can be saved out and reopened.
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- Runtime 02 min 33 sec
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Learn to place the player start and portal gun in your scene.
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- Runtime 02 min 47 sec
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Review the parameters and settings of several Portal 2 material types.
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Quickly create a large template room to place your entities in.
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This chapter will focus on creating buttons in your scene as well as adding a teleporter.
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- Runtime 05 min 10 sec
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By altering the parameters of the button entity you'll be able to add a time delay.
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- Runtime 01 min 26 sec
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Upon completion of this chapter you'll be able to compile and test your Portal 2 maps.
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- Runtime 03 min 06 sec
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At the end of this chapter you'll have the knowledge to use the weighted cube entity in several scenarios.
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- Runtime 03 min 28 sec
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Using the prop_wall_projector entity you'll learn to create the hard light bridges.
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- Runtime 02 min 33 sec
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The focus of this section will be on Portal 2's propulsion gels.
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- Runtime 05 min 15 sec
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