Portal 2: Your Workshop maps

[Ravidge]

Post them in this thread for easier evaluation!
WIP or Finished, everything goes...

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1281220/2012-05/Screenshot-2012-05-08_20.11.04.png

[Tech]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=68471451


So yeah..

[yyler]

This is a fun editor, but it drives me nuts that Valve swapped the functions of Shift and Control from Hammer (Shift selects more than one item, Control copies). Maddening.

Here's a thing I made before work. Not great but fun enough?

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=68477531

[ForbiddenDonut]

Portal 2 Hammer Authoring Tools no longer works...

It force crashes as soon as you try to open them.

=(

[Ravidge]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=68479798


Exchange

Take it one step at a time. This puzzle has no timed events.
I'm not sure how difficult it is, but I believe everyone should be able to complete it, sooner or later!

[Trotim]

So... when you change some parts of the map in Hammer, can it still be published to the Workshop?

[Fr0Z3n]

So... when you change some parts of the map in Hammer, can it still be published to the Workshop?

I was wondering this too.

But Hammer for Portal 2 won't even open up atm, so who knows.

I was hoping to redetail into abandoned aperture...


EDIT: Here's mine http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=68491970

[YM]

So... when you change some parts of the map in Hammer, can it still be published to the Workshop?

Haven't tried but I'm 90% certain you can since the workshop has tags for "custom visuals" and "custom story"

My work for the night:
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/596970082499134903/7173FD20855DD4DFD88BA126D0EF689324AA62AB/600x337.resizedimage (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=68507378)
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=68507378

[Amidio]

You guys are making me really jealous right now.

[Evang7]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWw-iisHVj8&feature=youtu.be According ot this tutorial from a beta tester, there WAS support for uploading Hammer maps in the beta level creator, and this guy actually put up a few Hammer-made maps on the Workshop: http://steamcommunity.com/id/Motanum/myworkshopfiles/?appid=620 But none of this stuff is actually available right now, and they broke everything instead. But hopefully this will all be coming to the public soon!

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=68517493 Here is a stage I made in the editor, in any case!

[Aly]

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/560941285488163870/7916BEF98AB7ACBE0CD707BFF303DEC7C12129F6/600x337.resizedimage

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=68530057

[Lancey]

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/576703884212428049/D5C3CA3CF4512CC9A8F7AC7D4EF740F81730C2B7/

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=68533289

[LeSwordfish]

I desperately want to start dicking about with this but I can't until my exams are over.

[yyler]

Ran into an error -- "cannot build blah blah" whatever. Steam support page suggests uninstalling the P2 Authoring Tools and then verifying the cache, which sounds like crap to me but I am doing it anyway.

Kinda smashes the idea of using both Hammer and the chamber editor together, doesn't it.

Anyway, I made a test chamber I would consider good.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=68550601

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/540675162797449521/4D0CB60142093EE10D0855A25458C63731F5D0C0/600x337.resizedimage

[pl]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=68569234
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/540675162801679740/B149FF333E8EA984E77789414DC058D088B6059D/600x337.resizedimage

Note - very hard!

[LeSwordfish]

Okay, so i had a chance to play with this. I have a wish list of stuff i want from it though.

Triggers, Timers, other abstract shizzle. What, can joe SPUF not understand the idea of a trigger? Or of a timer? That means that a whole host of dynamic stuff isn't possible.
Boxes without droppers. Do they not trust me to be able to set up a testchamber where destroying abox doesn't break it?
Is it actually possible to create doors without them being entrance/exit.
CRUSHERS
GRINDERS

[pl]

Okay, so i had a chance to play with this. I have a wish list of stuff i want from it though.

Triggers, Timers, other abstract shizzle. What, can joe SPUF not understand the idea of a trigger? Or of a timer? That means that a whole host of dynamic stuff isn't possible.
Boxes without droppers. Do they not trust me to be able to set up a testchamber where destroying abox doesn't break it?
Is it actually possible to create doors without them being entrance/exit.
CRUSHERS
GRINDERS


1. Timers are possible with pedestal buttons, does that help? And yeah, triggers would be handy too.
2. Possible - right-click the box then uncheck "Dropper enabled".
3. You can't use the actual door models, but you can connect the glass/angled panels to a switch to get the door effect.
4 and 5, yes :P

[A Boojum Snark]

Ran into an error -- "cannot build blah blah" whatever. Steam support page suggests uninstalling the P2 Authoring Tools and then verifying the cache, which sounds like crap to me but I am doing it anyway.
I got that error too, but I thought it was stupid as well so I just tried verifying P2. It found 7 missing files and after that it worked. Didn't need to touch the tools. Always a good idea to escalate from simple to annoying slowly.

[LeSwordfish]

1. Timers are possible with pedestal buttons, does that help? And yeah, triggers would be handy too.
2. Possible - right-click the box then uncheck "Dropper enabled".
3. You can't use the actual door models, but you can connect the glass/angled panels to a switch to get the door effect.
4 and 5, yes :P

Oh, is that what dropper enabled does? Cool, I may be able to make the dumbass map idea I have in my head.

[Ravidge]

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/578955684043715704/C26D5F254A0A88FA3F484A5A6D59E3658239F7B2/

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=68588614

Stairs

So much trouble could have been avoided if you just brought a tiny ladder with you, but you didn't and now you have to carry yourself and other equally interesting objects up these stairs.

This map has timed elements, however the timings are very lenient, if you know what to do. You need to think just a little bit ahead here.

Tell me what you think!

If you played my P2 maps before when the sdk was released, this design might feel familiar... not the same puzzle though.

[YM]

New one. I like this one too. Not as much as the previous one but... well, the players should decide :P

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/595844344056945803/E7DF5CB2AAC2F760E35C63991AAA9081CDC71991/600x337.resizedimage
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=68632677

[Sel]

Are custom co op puzzles possible?

[YM]

Not yet. They wanted to get the editor out quickly so coop has been set for a later date.

That said, it wouldn't be hard to use this to develop coop puzzles and simply switch out ents in hammer

[Sel]

Ah alright, thanks.

[YM]

I reworked my first chamber into something actually decent aaand made a collection.

Now you can subscribe all and get all future maps too :)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2126504/Portal-made-by-YM-small.jpg
(http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=68663625)

(although the steam community is down :( )

[yyler]

I'm trying to work on having actual puzzles instead of just go here, push button, but it's hard :[

This might have some actual puzzles:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=68682134

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/540675268824196145/04EEA441F55C44D96CAA58E316AB36ED790E48B1/600x337.resizedimage

[TheKieranator]

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/578955684043715704/C26D5F254A0A88FA3F484A5A6D59E3658239F7B2/

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=68588614


If you played my P2 maps before when the sdk was released, this design might feel familiar... not the same puzzle though.

I have yet to play any custom P2 maps. However, I would like to inform you that my friend thinks you're a bastard.

[Aly]

I played both Ravidge's and Yylers. I also recorded demos, if you would like.

They're both very fun. Ravidge, yours made me feel very clever. Yyler, yours was a lot easier, and I encountered a funny bug with the reflecting cube dropper.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2347130/p2/yyler_excercise1_aly001.dem
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2347130/p2/ravidge_stairs_aly001.dem

[EArkham]

I guess I need to make time to finally play Portal 2 to understand how the existing maps work, since I really want to make something with this mapping tool.

[yyler]

I played both Ravidge's and Yylers. I also recorded demos, if you would like.

They're both very fun. Ravidge, yours made me feel very clever. Yyler, yours was a lot easier, and I encountered a funny bug with the reflecting cube dropper.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2347130/p2/yyler_excercise1_aly001.dem
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2347130/p2/ravidge_stairs_aly001.dem

I think it has to do with the way you pull the cube off the button and kinda half trigger it?

[Boylee]

Surprise! (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=71197977)

EDIT: The title of this chamber seemed significantly funnier at 4am this morning. Oh well it's only my first one so it's probably crap.

[LeSwordfish]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=71263982

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/596970359657947616/19107FDB53C590E69ACD718F98787769DF30473E/600x337.resizedimage

[YM]

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/595844459751620831/0C962FB91723AF3B898FA57EDED015FFF3C1706B/ (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=71275530)

New one by me. Tried to use as much white as possible.

[Jimmy]

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/558689762809917129/69002D68FDBBFA3B05695ED6CD198FF48D7836FA/
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=68583057

My first one so far, check it out guys! Also I live! Not for long though, exams and stuff, but expect a few test chambers from me over the next month.

[Bereth]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=71394944
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/577830031270571461/1BD53A7288C6FE76F01FB7B3A5263075536CA094/600x337.resizedimage

[Aly]

Techie:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2347130/p2/techie_springfling_aly001.dem
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2347130/p2/techie_springfling_aly002.dem
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2347130/p2/techie_springfling_aly003.dem

Swordfish:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2347130/p2/swordfish_field_aly001.dem

YM:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2347130/p2/ym_mapcore5_aly001.dem

Jimmy:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2347130/p2/jimmy_funnels_aly001.dem

Bereth:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2347130/p2/bereth_washton_aly001.dem

[LeSwordfish]

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/596970359685816705/45DD2B5BE3BA6C6BE008C9BD3B40DCE7024A43C4/ (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=71569397)

Lasers. T Beams. Death-fields.

EDIT: Also thanks for the demo Aly. I love how you sheperd the spheres. I might swap them for cubes though, just to avoid them wandering off.

[Idolon]

Odysseus
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/576703884211404448/DF66F60C99DE40F339D92309621C7E9324286B91/600x337.resizedimage (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=68524680)
Underside
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/576703884232213858/1DE4BB27A7B701B079ED52A571FBA6B4E4ECB361/600x337.resizedimage (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=68662581)
Also, a pre-editor map: Levitation
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/578955943492284089/60FDFE58A136A551A9F403CAD17C4FF03FD847FB/600x337.resizedimage (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=70885169)

[LeSwordfish]

Suggestion: someone should make a tf2maps.net collection.

[Aly]

That's me, the sphere herder.

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/558689762838676665/A48CC16D4AF97565336FEF6CF95F81F2137A06BA/600x337.resizedimage

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=71589787

Test it, break it, trim the fat.

[Tech]

That's me, the sphere herder.


http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=71589787

Test it, break it, trim the fat.

Did the map without even getting the 2nd cube. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1607727/Portal%202/innuendo_run_tech.dem

[Jimmy]

Aly's new chamber. Finished it eventually, found it really easy to miss that portal whilst in the air and to die from the fling to the jump pad. Also, no need for the other cube: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2615818/aly_inyourendo_demo_001.dem

[Kiddnils]

Hey, I made a decent testchamber. Aly, WastedMeerkat and cips already played it.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=71291003

[Tech]

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/540675364337198810/7A94BCA91E7954DF1A63996596B747701687058B/600x337.resizedimage (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=71601895)

Made something new, demo would be welcome if you play it.

[Bereth]

Hey, I made a decent testchamber. Aly, WastedMeerkat and cips already played it.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=71291003

Demos: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/46797319/kiddnils_delusion_bereth01.dem
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/46797319/kiddnils_delusion_bereth02.dem

Not too bad a map. But I must say my death (at the end of the first demo) was complete BS.

[Monsterclip]

"We have tested this test and the metrics have proven that it is fun."

Of course none of that is actually true, so please try it if you get a chance!

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/560941721087270759/52AA463CCBD21D42C69639211375619F763AA573/600x337.resizedimage

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=71647738

[Aly]

Monsterclip, I kept running into a few problems with yours. First, the angled panel in the first room is way too hard to hit and the right angle due to the slightly unpredictable nature of faith plates. If you miss it the first time, ie, not fall from the door platform, it's really hard.

Then, the cubes in room 2 can get stuck, not pressing the buttons, rather off to the side of the buttons, really easily, and there's no way to get them back without restarting.

[stevethepocket]

Someone on SPUF made an excellent suggestion the other day (I know, shocking): That people should be required to successfully make their way through a puzzle — with cheats off — before they're allowed to vote on it. Right now they can do it right from the Workshop, which means puzzles that are technically impossible could end up getting upvoted for the lulz.

[Monsterclip]

Aly, the cubes are totally fixable when they don't land on the buttons in room 2. Quite easily, actually.

[LeSwordfish]

I dunno. Doesn't that stop impossible puzzles getting rated down?

Instead, I think completing the puzzle, sans cheats, should be part of the submission process. Also allows you to get Ingame screenshots.

[Aly]

Aly, the cubes are totally fixable when they don't land on the buttons in room 2. Quite easily, actually.

I could not find a way. I died, many times, trying to get them. You need a button up there that can retrieve them.

[stevethepocket]

Instead, I think completing the puzzle, sans cheats, should be part of the submission process. Also allows you to get Ingame screenshots.

That might also have been part of the SPUF post, come to think of it. And yeah, that's definitely even better.

[Trotim]

I dunno. Doesn't that stop impossible puzzles getting rated down?

Instead, I think completing the puzzle, sans cheats, should be part of the submission process. Also allows you to get Ingame screenshots.

Someone on SPUF made an excellent suggestion the other day (I know, shocking): That people should be required to successfully make their way through a puzzle — with cheats off — before they're allowed to vote on it. Right now they can do it right from the Workshop, which means puzzles that are technically impossible could end up getting upvoted for the lulz.

I'd really like to see that as well. Both for players before they can vote, and for authors before they can submit.

On top of that there can be a "Of x players who played, y players have completed this map" that helps you gauge difficulty.

[Monsterclip]

I could not find a way. I died, many times, trying to get them. You need a button up there that can retrieve them.

Aly, would you mind watching this and let me know if this was an option for you, and if so, why it didn't seem like something you could do? Just trying to learn why you thought it was broken instead of trying to figure it out more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-D1ztZxybI&feature=youtu.be

Note: in the video, both cubes trigger the buttons, but I know that doesn't happen often and I designed the map around having to fix the cubes.

Thanks!

[Aly]

Yeah okay, that makes sense. I completely missed that method of following the cubes, I'm an idiot, ignore me. :)

[YM]

New one with a name! Ladies and gentlemantises, I give you Feedback!

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/596970529037247125/A44BAFE83531CAC72E30A094655CECEDC313F0CA/

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/596970529037248786/AC7DDFF9BFFB2AC9CB4136FF9ED6BA7CFE661F09/ (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=71900917)

Fair warning: Until you 'get' it, it will be hard and probably frustrating.

[Monsterclip]

Yeah okay, that makes sense. I completely missed that method of following the cubes, I'm an idiot, ignore me. :)

Just glad it isn't broken. Thanks. :)

[Aly]

As punishment, YM, you have to watch through ALL of these demos of me having no idea what to do.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2347130/p2/YM%20feedback.zip

the first 3 are on the old chamber, so they might not work. I bypassed all the laser relays in the end, too.

[YM]

Yeah I forgot that the glass paneling was actually serving a purpose so you can skip the final part! D:

[YM]

For the new innuendo Aly: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2126504/innuendo_demos.zip

I totally broke it for you, 03 is the one where I actually solve it, but 04 is where I complete what I tried to do in 02 proving all of the standard cube section is completely useless.

[YM]

Gentle Drop:

Fair warning, may also be ruddy difficult!
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/596970529058073101/86BE64ABDD60A1EEAFC72900594B8812D164D251/
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/596970529058060629/40498D4438CCB1D5F5416675478F735CED73CFF5/ (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=72074161)

[yyler]

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/540675904037199932/726116160E93EC35DFACA597E0D96334226F274D/600x337.resizedimage (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=72368287)

Thanks to Prestige for showing me a neat trick, which I then stole.

If someone figures out a way to exploit something or skip a part of the overall puzzle please upload a demo and link me.

[Micnax]

Here's my latest one:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=72416189

I always do simple test chambers, but I wanna try some harder ones.