Portal 2

Portal 2

Tricky Lasers
33 Comments
DarkCloud Jan 27, 2021 @ 9:47am 
Interesting idea, but felt a bit hacky.
mabelpines Nov 8, 2020 @ 4:40am 
I solved it but i needs too much control
MasterZymeth Mar 11, 2019 @ 4:25pm 
This is one of the coolest levels ever.
bullfrog Mar 4, 2018 @ 3:47am 
Brilliant puzzle and very clever concept to enable exit. Getting the correct portal angles and cube height to bootstrap the light bridge the first time took a few attempts. The second time from 1 block higher when you have both cubes, was relatively easy. After completing the first time in about 20 mins with many retries, I went back and did it again first time/no retries, which I’m dead chuffed about :)
bullfrog Mar 4, 2018 @ 2:43am 
... I see from your comment 30 May 2016, "can't remember the solution, I made this over 4 years ago (which is now 6 years ago!); does this ring a bell?
qrioso Jan 11, 2017 @ 1:49pm 
Very hard one, need to do a lot of tries. Good concept.
zigzagtenniscoe Sep 4, 2016 @ 2:20pm 
...is for, to bring you up to that platform. I was going to say that if you made the light bridge go onto a portalable surface, you wouldn't need the reverse funnel at all and it'd be a neat example of reusing elements in a map for different purposes. But I do suppose I now see the point of that reverse funnel... thinking of other ways you could do it without adding any exploits. Can't really think of anything right now. Oh well, still a very nice map. Just some suggestions for what could have been done better, though I stiill do realize you wouldn't do it since you did make the map 4 years ago after all. :P Keep up the good work!
zigzagtenniscoe Sep 4, 2016 @ 2:16pm 
Other than that, great map! I do feel it could be designed a little bit better though. I take back the end of my first comment below, I just realized I'm pretty sure you're supposed to do the mildly tricky technique where you have to place a portal sideways while you're on the second side of the laser platform and then place a portal normally on the floor, in the box highlighted by the light bars, but this isn't the one with the laser pointing on to it. Drop the cube normally in there and quickly place a portal where the laser shines on to so the cube lands on the now activated light bridge I think the first time you do that you can't move your portals around since you need a second cube, but that's what the reverse funnel...
zigzagtenniscoe Sep 4, 2016 @ 2:13pm 
A fun and clever intermediate-difficulty map, not too frustrating. Didn't really get stuck. I believe I glitched a part of the solution though. Near the beginning I got up on the top platform on the only accessible side of the death lasers. I jumped diagonally from this platform into a portal on the floor, the other portal was placed in a way so I could jump up to the other side of the platform, allowing me to bypass the lasers completely. This isn't all, after this from this platform I jumped into the floor once more after pressing the button, went to the portalable floor right bside the button spawning the second cube, Airstrafed my way over to the platform. However I don't see any other way of getting the cube, so...
Gigo  [author] May 30, 2016 @ 6:54am 
I can't remember the solution, I made this over 4 years ago D:
VRerse May 30, 2016 @ 4:25am 
I dont know, it seems that I have to use tilt laser shooting out from the second higher wall first then throw the cube from the highest ground then it will come up from a perpendicular portal and shoot the laser beam into the hole and stay on the light bridge ...

It's so tricky that I'm not sure if it's the intended solution. Is it?
jandlml Mar 15, 2016 @ 6:59pm 
took me a couple days to figure this one out too. boy am i slow. great job. i disabled the lazer wall.
40ozKilla Jan 20, 2016 @ 7:33pm 
I too never needed to disable the laser field or use the buttons associated with it. Was it intended to be solved by dropping the cube from the high platform through portals?
stormsend Apr 19, 2015 @ 8:55am 
Merci YUKI_67.
YUKI_67 Apr 19, 2015 @ 8:26am 
Très bonne carte, j'ai adoré la jouer. Merci !
(Attention à l'éclairage qui n'est pas bien fait)
dire.fcs Apr 14, 2015 @ 4:27pm 
Great laser maneuver, as wildgoosespeeder, I never needed to deactivate the laserfield, I jumped from the corner od the 3rd block high to my portals of the floor
stormsend Apr 13, 2015 @ 4:27pm 
Awesome doesn't cover it. My head and my keypad are on fire. I can't tell you how many times I jumped down, adjusted portals and went back for another try, F6/F7 are completely worn out. I had fun though and that's the whole pupose. My friend was watching me and walked out mumbling 'you call that fun'. I do. Thanks for the hours of enjoyment. Thumbs up and favorite. See ya round the workshop.
wildgoosespeeder Dec 28, 2014 @ 10:08pm 
I never needed to disable the laser field. I took advantage of portal rotations, cube momentum through portals, and juggling. I also airstraifed flung myself to the pedestal button that activates two flip panels. Something tells me I bypassed your intended solution big time.
batman Nov 5, 2014 @ 8:18am 
i cant believe i did it. so damn tricky...and genious concept of map
bobdugan_2000 May 27, 2014 @ 4:10pm 
Wow, I initially got all of the pieces solved except one. Then that one took me a long time, but finally I got it. Kudos Gig, great chamber!
Special Agent Dale Cooper Jul 25, 2013 @ 7:41am 
Enjoyable, but only hard in the execution. Still fun :) Thank you!
kimist108 Jun 29, 2013 @ 8:59pm 
Thought I had it made, but then that slanted panel messed me up. Finally got to the end. Yea!
SloppyPlatypus May 31, 2013 @ 8:49am 
Gig, you're one of my most admired creators (along with Mevious, azorae, Mothalius, tmast98, AD_79 and some others). That said, and as also happened to greeny, I solved this chamber without having to deactivate the laser field. I just used portals and gravity, jumping from the cube button which is closer to the door. Now I wouldn't dare to say "you need to fix this map" but am still wondering how would I have solved it (probably I wouldn't have) if I had to deactivate the laser field.

Thank you once more for such a test chamber and please keep them coming :)

Please feel free to delete / edit this comment.
AgentFire Mar 25, 2013 @ 9:30am 
Indeed beautiful solution.
gaden002 Oct 31, 2012 @ 12:03pm 
Had to put it away for a while and come back to it. Then I finally had that "that might work" thought. Well done, lad.
NiclO (- - ) Oct 14, 2012 @ 11:16am 
!Finally! got it. That was a beautiful solution. That took me way to long, probably 1 hour before I gave up the first time and then probably like 30 mins before I gave up the 2nd time. Then the solution just came to me when I dropped a potato in the grocery store. I'm must be crazy cus I was thinking, "hmm how would that potato fall if there was a portal there."

Great map. Thank you!
Dale Cooper Sep 27, 2012 @ 9:46am 
you should fix this map you can get up to the button without having the grill deactivated
esmo Aug 30, 2012 @ 1:19am 
not bad, the first cube placement took a few f6/7's , favourited, cheers
NightHawk8P Aug 25, 2012 @ 1:35pm 
Had the same problems as Batistuta.
crazymatt007 Aug 24, 2012 @ 1:58am 
A very nice map indeed.
new318 May 23, 2012 @ 1:52am 
genius move lester
BOJANGOALS May 22, 2012 @ 3:44am 
Awesome, had some probs with getting the first cube to fire the laser to the catcher. Second time its easier.
Vintage May 18, 2012 @ 5:59am 
Little confusing at first, but otherwise a very good and rewarding map.