Tubes (Affinity For) # 5 is it solvable?

[sh33pz007]

Wondering if there are any hints for this one?

This one has portals, and the only block I have movable is the same one needed to complete the ending matching block. However, only moves I see is turning it green but I have no way to undo that color change back to blue unless its something with the portals? only one I can't figure out.

[RHICTKY]

OH, THIS ONE! This puzzle introduces something new that I don't think you ever have to use again. Essentially, as long as you don't end a move targeted by a beam you can kind of "pass through" it.

If you're right next to a beam and conga the turrets through the not-portal, you'll trade places (the beam will end up in the adjacent space on your other side) without it changing your color.

[Fazza]

It is. It held me up for a while too. I'm now stuck on part 5 of the other challenge in the same chapter. Been on it over 2h now even though I've pretty much finished every other puzzle in the game. (EDIT, just managed it, overthinking it as always, hah!)

I wouldn't want to give it away. But basically you push back and forth on the top lane and bottom lane in a specific order. However, you will also notice there are a couple of extra empty tiles off the top and bottom rows of turrets that you can push a turret into to make extra room or to put you block into in order to move them back and forth.

Once you see that, you'll trial and error in order to move your block to the right without it or you being hit and changing. This part becomes a lot easier.

Once you can remove the other block, there is a final challenge in order to get your unchanged block onto the correct square (this bit took me the longest in trial and error).

Good luck!

[sh33pz007]

ah I see, I wonder if my lack of experience with the Portal game, either way. Thanks all.

[Fazza]

Its really nothing like Portal, don't worry. That section is just portal themed (and perhaps just the idea of a menacing AI robot), but there are many other themed areas in the game that you don't need to know about the original games to play them.

Portal is a 3D first person game with very different physics based puzzles. This is not that.