Calibration Course

Calibration Course

mp_coop_start.bsp[citation needed]
mp_coop_lobby_3.bsp

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This is the first level in Cooperative Testing Initiative of Portal 2. Its purpose is to teach player the basics of Cooperative testing, like the Ping Tool, thinking with four portals, etc.

Hazards

• Goo

Walkthroughs

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Character		When	Notes	Link
GLaDOS	"Hello and, again, welcome to the Aperture Science Computer-Aided Enrichment Center." | Download | Play "Today, you will be testing with a partner." | Download | Play "Please wave to your partner." | Download | Play	Always		Tube01
Atlas and P-body	Use a Gesture menu (Q by default).	Always	Waving preemptively may not work with some version...	Tube02
GLaDOS	"The upcoming tests require you to work together as a team." | Download | Play "To facilitate collaboration, both of you have been equipped with a ping tool." | Download | Play "BLUE, please use your ping tool to select your favorite animal." | Download | Play	Always		Tube03
Atlas	Ping (F by default) your favourite animal (choices: horse, deer, rooster, elephant, wolf, moose, baboon, porcupine, rhinoceros).	Always		Tube04
GLaDOS	"Good." | Download | Play "ORANGE, please observe your partner's favorite animal." | Download | Play "Good." | Download | Play "ORANGE, please use your ping tool to select your favorite element from the periodic table." | Download | Play	Always		Tube05
P-body	Ping your favourite Periodic element (choices: copper, zinc, gallium, silver, cadmium, indium, gold, mercury, thallium).	Always		Tube06
GLaDOS	"Really? Okay." | Download | Play "BLUE, please observe your partner's... interesting choice." | Download | Play	Always		Tube07
GLaDOS	"Your ping tool can also be used to indicate to your partner where you would like them to place their portal." | Download | Play "For the sake of this test, I will pretend to be your partner." | Download | Play	Always		1st01
Atlas and P-body	Use the Ping tool to place one portal over Handheld Portal Device and second next to you with the help of GLaDOS, then jump into the portal to get over the Goo and take the portal gun.			1st02
GLaDOS	"Oh... can someone reassemble Orange?" | Download | Play when P-body dies to the Goo. "Oh... can someone reassemble Blue?" | Download | Play when Atlas dies to the Goo. "Did you do that on purpose?" | Download | Play when someone dies to the Goo... "It seems rather earlier to require reassembly." | Download | Play when someone dies to the Goo...	Optional		1st03
Atlas and P-body	Place portals to reach the higher ledge.			2nd01
Atlas	Stand on the red circular button so that P-Body can proceed. Wait for P-Body to get to the next room.			3rd01
P-body	Stand on the red circular button so that Atlas can proceed. Wait for Atlas to get to the next room.			3rd04
Atlas	Reach the top level with two portals then wait for P-body to place two portals for you.			4th01
P-body	Wait for the Atlas to reach the top level then place two portals so that Atlas can overcome the transparent wall.			4th02
GLaDOS	"Your ping tool is invaluable for communicating specific locations to your partner." | Download | Play			4th03[citation needed]
Atlas and P-body	Summon a cube from Vital Apparatus Vent by pressing Pedestal Button then place the cube on the red square button. Wait for other if needed.			5th01
Atlas	Summon a cube from Vital Apparatus Vent by pressing Pedestal Button until P-body manages to grab it by using it (E by default).			6th01
P-body	Grab the cube by using it (E by default). Move with the cube to the window on the right, where the cube won't disintegrate. Release the cube on Atlas's side. Move via Material Emancipation Grill without a cube toward the red square button. Wait for other if needed.			6th02
Atlas	Wait for a cube from the other side then grab it by using it (E by default). Bring it to next window with the red square button. Release the cube on P-body's side. Move to the exit if everything worked out, otherwise repeat.			6th03
P-body	Grab the cube by using it (E by default). Move with the cube to the red square button. Release the cube on the red square button. Move to the exit if everything worked out, otherwise repeat.			6th04
P-body	Move to the right after entering the room and stand on the red round button. Wait for Atlas to place one portal close to you and other close to the Pedestal Button. Move towards Pedestal Button and press it. Move towards exit.			7th01
Atlas	Wait for P-body to stand on the red round button. Shot one portal close to the P-body, shot second close to the Pedestal Button. Wait for P-body to press the Pedestal Button. Move towards exit.			7th02
GLaDOS	"Finally! I had almost given up hope of ever testing again." | Download | Play "Stop it!" | Download | Play "Completing this course was not a reason to behave like that." | Download | Play "Now let's continue testing." | Download | Play			7th03

Notes

• In the 6th room, P-body can bring the cube over Goo and bypass the Material Emancipation Grill alone.

Gallery

Atlas's POV

Inside the tubes (Atlas's POV)

Atlas have to choose an animal.

Rooms (Atlas's POV)

1st rooms (Atlas's POV).   2nd rooms (Atlas's POV).   3rd rooms (Atlas's POV).   4th rooms (Atlas's POV).   5th rooms (Atlas's POV).   6th rooms (Atlas's POV).   7th rooms (Atlas's POV).

P-body's POV

Inside the tubes (P-body's POV)

1st rooms (P-body's POV)

2nd rooms (P-body's POV)

3rd rooms (P-body's POV)

4th rooms (P-body's POV)

5th rooms (P-body's POV)

6th rooms (P-body's POV)

7th rooms (P-body's POV)

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Trivia

• Players can use the console command say while the movie is playing...

GLaDOS' voice lines

• "ORANGE, please show me where you would like me to place a portal." | Download | Play
• "BLUE, please show me where you would like me to place a portal." | Download | Play
• "Using your ping tool, please indicate where you would like me to place your two portals. Ping each location." | Download | Play
• "I can only place a portal on a white portalable surface." | Download | Play
• "Please ping a white portalable surface." | Download | Play
• "Each portal gun may create two self-contained portals." | Download | Play
• "Please test your device by portaling to that ledge." | Download | Play
• "Orange is first to acquire a Portal Device." | Download | Play
• "Blue is first to acquire a Portal Device." | Download | Play
• "Orange now has a Portal Device. Finally." | Download | Play
• "Blue now has a Portal Device. Finally." | Download | Play
• "Orange is awarded five points!" | Download | Play
• "Blue is awarded five points!" | Download | Play
• "Again, those are science collaboration points, which you should not confuse with points from competitions such as Who-Gets-To-Live-At-The-End-And-Who-Doesn’t. I mean basketball." | Download | Play
• "Calibrating Blue's weight..." | Download | Play
• "Calibrating Orange's weight..." | Download | Play
• "Weighted Cubes calibrated." | Download | Play
• "No variances detected." | Download | Play
• "Did you know humans frown on weight variances?" | Download | Play
• "If you want to upset a human, just say their weight variance is above or below the norm." | Download | Play
• "You are the first robots to pass calibration." | Download | Play
• "Don't worry. You can't die. They will just reassemble you." | Download | Play^{[citation needed]}