can't place time portals in chamber 17

[SnackPirateHD]

i can't place time portals anywhere but in the little alcove with the fizzlers. i watched the walkthrough and apparently you're supposed to be able to

[Michal58]

Those kind of fizzlers control if you can or cannot shoot time portals. It is the intended bahaviour.

[SnackPirateHD]

Originally posted by Michal58:

Those kind of fizzlers control if you can or cannot shoot time portals. It is the intended bahaviour.

i watched the official walkthrough and you're definitely supposed to be able to shoot time portals elsewhere.

[Kalzirdragon]

Originally posted by SnackPirateHD:

Originally posted by Michal58:

Those kind of fizzlers control if you can or cannot shoot time portals. It is the intended bahaviour.

i watched the official walkthrough and you're definitely supposed to be able to shoot time portals elsewhere.

yep, it's still intended. The alcove wasn't put in there randomly, it's part of the puzzle. Maybe watch the walkthrough again more carefully

Or think of it like this: The time fizzlers don't designate an area where time portals can be used, they just activate your ability to shoot time portals when you move through them one way and de-activate it the other way. They also don't fizzle regular portals.

What you're actually supposed to do:
place regular portals inside and outside the alcove, walk into the alcove to activate time portals, then walk through your portal to exit

[Phresh]

Kalzirdragon's right, the solution to the chamber revolves around overcoming that obstacle

[Ozzryck]

I just completed 17 and didn't realize this was the intended mechanic. I think it was bugged for me because I just walked through the gates back and forth until I could place the time portal. I don't believe that it was intended, but I was able to replicated it 4-5 times until I could solve the puzzle.

[Michal58]

Originally posted by Dark Sorc:

I just walked through the gates back and forth until I could place the time portal

I don't think this is intended ,sounds more like a bug.
I believe the intended solution is to walk into the alcove to gain the ability to place time portals and then use regular portals to get out of there, maintaining your ability.

[Michal58]

Originally posted by SnackPirateHD:

Originally posted by Michal58:

Those kind of fizzlers control if you can or cannot shoot time portals. It is the intended bahaviour.

i watched the official walkthrough and you're definitely supposed to be able to shoot time portals elsewhere.

Of course, you are able to shoot time portals (almost) anywhere in the chamber but only as long as your ability is enabled by the green fizzler.

[Noelle]

There's also an alternative solution, if you didn't remember that you can just place portals; the exit gate is covered by a time portal field that is facing the wrong direction. Pass through it and back out to achieve normal time portal functionality.

..Well. Not "wrong direction". It's actually facing the right way. But it's also accessible easily without issue...

[Michal58]

Originally posted by Jade:

the exit gate is covered by a time portal field

Lol, I didn't realise that but it makes so much sense, lol... That would be way more funny if they didn't include the alcove then... but I guess they wanted people to not get stuck do they included more ways how to do it....

[SnackPirateHD]

Originally posted by Michal58:

Originally posted by Dark Sorc:

I just walked through the gates back and forth until I could place the time portal

I don't think this is intended ,sounds more like a bug.
I believe the intended solution is to walk into the alcove to gain the ability to place time portals and then use regular portals to get out of there, maintaining your ability.

im stupid

[Ozzryck]

Originally posted by Michal58:

Originally posted by Dark Sorc:

I just walked through the gates back and forth until I could place the time portal

I don't think this is intended ,sounds more like a bug.
I believe the intended solution is to walk into the alcove to gain the ability to place time portals and then use regular portals to get out of there, maintaining your ability.

Super late, but yeah from reading forum comments hear I realized this. My experience was definitely a bug.

[rouths]

Originally posted by Kalzirdragon:

Originally posted by SnackPirateHD:

i watched the official walkthrough and you're definitely supposed to be able to shoot time portals elsewhere.

yep, it's still intended. The alcove wasn't put in there randomly, it's part of the puzzle. Maybe watch the walkthrough again more carefully

Or think of it like this: The time fizzlers don't designate an area where time portals can be used, they just activate your ability to shoot time portals when you move through them one way and de-activate it the other way. They also don't fizzle regular portals.

What you're actually supposed to do:
place regular portals inside and outside the alcove, walk into the alcove to activate time portals, then walk through your portal to exit

Oh my god I was stucked there for over an hour now. I never realized the time portal gate effects your gun, not the area.

[loppantorkel]

I can't say I was enthustiastic about the minute detail that was required to finish level 17. I had the solution for a few hours but couldn't execute it and was looking for other solutions. I tried to adjust the portals to allow the momentum to carry over, but since it seemed too finnicky, I thought I was on the wrong track somewhere. Turned out I wasn't, just needed to be executed with a jump and the portals slightly higher :(

I can't complain, because it's an excellent mod, but I hope that the upcoming levels aren't as 'find the right pixel to jump and put portals in'.

Edit: seems I did it the hard way. The easy way seems more like an oversight than an intended solution though.
Level 17 is solvable with only using the timeportal in the little scrub. I think this is the intended solution, although annoying.
edit 2: seems the way you apparently can bypass the timeportal inhibitor is the way to go. Meh. Tough to know the concepts of forcefields and rules.

[Ozzryck]

Originally posted by loppantorkel:

I can't say I was enthustiastic about the minute detail that was required to finish level 17. I had the solution for a few hours but couldn't execute it and was looking for other solutions. I tried to adjust the portals to allow the momentum to carry over, but since it seemed too finnicky, I thought I was on the wrong track somewhere. Turned out I wasn't, just needed to be executed with a jump and the portals slightly higher :(

I can't complain, because it's an excellent mod, but I hope that the upcoming levels aren't as 'find the right pixel to jump and put portals in'.

Edit: seems I did it the hard way. The easy way seems more like an oversight than an intended solution though.
Level 17 is solvable with only using the timeportal in the little scrub. I think this is the intended solution, although annoying.
edit 2: seems the way you apparently can bypass the timeportal inhibitor is the way to go. Meh. Tough to know the concepts of forcefields and rules.

Sounds like you had the same experience as me haha

[jerry]

I just have to necro this. Stupid mechanic. Never explained in game, and if it is it is not explicit in any way.