Third person view, Eastereggs and more

How to play in third person view. List of Eastereggs, cheats and Rat Man's Den Locations.

Console

Go to your steam library, right click on Portal 2 and open properties -> "Set launch options".
Type in "-console" (without quotes). If you now start the game you should see the console, I would advice to bind the console to a key, like F11. Type in the console "bind F11 toggleconsole"

Third Person View

Enter these commands into console:

thirdperson 1
or
thirdpersonshoulder 1

You can play the entire game in third person, and control the cameras position with these commands:

c_thirdpersonshoulder 1
c_thirdpersonshoulderdist 20
c_thirdpersonshoulderaimdist 120.0
c_thirdpersonshoulderdist 20
c_thirdpersonshoulderheight 15
c_thirdpersonshoulderoffset 20.0

Cheats

Cheat	Effect
host_timescale # (default=1)	Changes speed of game, 0.1 = 10% of original game speed, 2 = twice the original game speed
sv_speed_paint_acceleration (default = 500.0f)	Changes the acceleration of the speed gel
sv_speed_paint_max (default = 800.0f)	Changes the maximum speed obtainable from speed gel
portalgun_held_button_fire_fire_delay (default = 0.5)	Changes the minimum speed (in seconds) in which the portal gun shoots when you hold click. (Affected by portalgun_fire_delay)
portalgun_fire_delay (default = 0.20)	Changes the minimum speed (in seconds) in which you can fire a portal gun
ent_create_portal_companion_cube	Creates a Companion Cube
ent_create_portal_reflector_cube	Creates a reflector cube for lasers
ent_create_portal_weighted_sphere	Creates a Weighted Sphere
ent_create_portal_weighted_antique	Creates the 1900s version of the Weighted Storage Cube (from "The Fall" chapter)
ent_create_portal_weighted_cube	Creates the original Weighted Storage Cube (the normal one)
god	Invincibility
sv_gravity # (600=normal)	Lets you change the gravity in the game
noclip	Lets you go through walls and fly around
sv_portal_placement_never_fail # (1 or 0)	Place portals anywhere
buddha	Player can take damage but won't die
ent_create_paint_bomb_portal	Shoots conversion gel out of your face
ent_create_paint_bomb_speed	Shoots propulsion gel out of your face
ent_create_paint_bomb_jump	Shoots repulsion gel out of your face
ent_create_paint_bomb_erase	Shoots water out of your face
cl_showfps 1	Shows FPS Rate
sv_cheats (0=off/1=on)	Turns Cheats on/off
notarget	Turrets won't shoot at you
cl_showpos 1	Used to see your position and speed

Unlockables

Achievement Items:

Unlockable	How to Unlock
Bionic Beanie	Complete "Lunacy"
WCC Flag	Complete "High Five"

Eastereggs

Borealis:

At the end of chapter 6 (in the area where you get POTaTOS), go to the bottom floor of the building POTATOS is in. In the back left corner there is a door half hidden behind a book case. Go through the door, continue to the end of the hallway and go through the blown-open door frame to your right. You will be at a dock with several life-savers with the word "borealis" on them, which is a reference to the missing experiment in Half Life 2: Episode 2.



Singing Turrets:

In test chamber 16, there is a turret inside a ventilation grate right past the elevator. Jump over it, get the refraction cube and use the laser to destroy that turret. The grate will open up, and when you go in, there will be 4 turrets singing a song in unison.



P-Body's cameo:

In test chamber 15, Wheatley will move a wall aside on the opposite side of the
chamber, notably, breaking several lines and straining the architecture. He
seems to do that a lot. Anyway, if you look to the left during the process, you
will see P-Body from co op mode! He stands there, before acting suprised and
running through the door.



Hidden song:

Go to Chapter 2, Chamber 3. When you enter, go to the door and turn right. There is a Ratman den. Also, make sure you shoot a portal somewhere in the chamber for you to escape later. When you drop into the den, go to the left and there is a corner with a radio. The radio plays "Exile Vilify" by The National.

Still alive:

On Chapter 2, Test Chamber 6, midway through when you need to press a button to get a Weighted Companion Cube, GLaDOS instead throws trash at you first. One of the items she throws at you is a radio. When you pick it up (or at least get near it), you can slightly hear an instrumental version of "Still Alive," the famous song used during the closing credits in Portal 1.

Companion cube plays music::

On Portal 2 Chapter 2 : The Cold Boot, in testchamber 7 after you pick up the companion cube three times look to your right, near the corner. For a split second you can see Wheatley in a hole, but he'll quickly cover the hole up with a panel. But that's not all. After you see it pick up the companion cube and turn up your volume. There should be music.

Potato Powered Flux Capacitor:

Whilst Wheatley is helping you through the dark areas of Chapter 5, you’ll come across the Bring Your Daughter to Work exhibition, where you’ll find this little Back to the Future reference.

Rat Man's Den Locations and Final Transmission

Chapter 1 - Test Chamber 4 - After you fall through the glass, there is a staircase leading up to it.

Chapter 2 - Test Chamber 3 - This one is very easy to find, it's just a room off the main test chamber, no portals needed.

Chapter 2 - Test Chamber 6 - This one gets you the Final Transmission Achievement if you bring the radio from the garbage that GLaDOS launches at you. To get to it you must place a portal on the most upper right panel on the wall to the left of the two angled panels. Place the second portal on the right panel of the two angled panels. Launch yourself. The momentum should lanch you into the Rat Man's Den which is through a glass window on the wall to the right of the two angled panels.


Final transmission decoded

Chapter 3 - Test Chamber 11 - there is a wall where the hard light surface hits it. Behind this wall is a room where you see Wheatley briefly and some text on the wall. It is open with a space big enough for you to go through on the side, but it is easy to not notice.

Chapter 3 - Test Chamber 12 - You'll see an enterance near the top of the chamber. Use the light bridge to enter it.

Chapter 3 - Test Chamber 16 - When you first walk in, there is a turret behind a vent. Use the cube to redirect the laser into that vent to kill the turret and open up the Rat Man's den.

Chapter 3 - Test Chamber 17 - Above the archway towards the exit, shoot the portal above that as far left as you can. Walk across the bridge and you should see an open panel on your right.

Other Guides

Portal:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=197839984

Left 4 Dead:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=197850803

Left 4 Dead 2:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=197862101

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[Armchair]

Console is automatically bound to the [`] key

[dsaS]

https://youtu.be/DdmNYNkcwKE

[Grandulf Tha Gruy]

i saw someone running into the exit door at wheatly test 15.

[Antonym]

At the clean test chamber, ( the one with 3 laser recivers, each one plays a part of music. If you get all of them, they start playing their whole song.

[narwall101]

Not sure if this still gets checked, but at the "Bring your daughter to work day" displays, the project that has the overgrown potato has Chell's name on the poster board

[Troo]

Why does the noclip command work?

[Noel]

umm if you enter third person at the very start of the game when it turns night you will get teleported to the "floor plan" of the room instead of the room

[hypoKritical]

what he meant was that you could grab wheatley when he pops out of the wall

[osc075]

cool guide

[Yeebis]

that's not an easter egg