Calibration Course

From the Portal Wiki
Calibration Course
mp_coop_start.bsp[citation needed]
mp_coop_lobby_3.bsp

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Most beginners (or players who made a reset recently) start from Calibration Course - the first Test Chamber during Portal 2's Cooperative Testing Initiative. Its purpose is to teach player the basics of Cooperative testing, like the Ping Tool, thinking with four portals, etc.

Mechanics

Hazards

Walkthroughs

Naive

Characters 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...[1] 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
"Using your ping tool, please indicate where you would like me to place your two portals. Ping each location." |   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 for the 1st time.
"Oh... can someone reassemble Blue?" |   Download |   Play when Atlas dies to the Goo for the 1st time.
"Don't worry. You can't die. They will just reassemble you." |   Download |   Play when someone dies to the Goo 2nd time.
"Did you do that on purpose?" |   Download |   Play when someone dies to the Goo 3rd time.
"It seems rather earlier to require reassembly." |   Download |   Play when someone dies to the Goo 4th time.
"I can only place a portal on a white portalable surface." |   Download |   Play when...[explanation needed]

Optional 1st03


GLaDOS

"Blue is first to acquire a Portal Device." |   Download |   Play
"Orange now has a Portal Device. Finally." |   Download |   Play

or

"Orange is first to acquire a Portal Device." |   Download |   Play
"Blue now has a Portal Device. Finally." |   Download |   Play

Always The exact order may vary from time to time. 1st04
GLaDOS

"Each portal gun may create two self-contained portals." |   Download |   Play
"Please test your device by portaling to that ledge." |   Download |   Play

2nd01
Atlas and P-body

Place portals to reach the higher ledge.

2nd02
Atlas

Stand on the red round button so that P-Body can proceed. Wait for P-Body to get to the next room.

3rd01
GLaDOS

"Calibrating Blue's weight..." |   Download |   Play

3rd02
P-body

Stand on the red round button so that Atlas can proceed. Wait for Atlas to get to the next room.

3rd03
GLaDOS

"Calibrating Orange's weight..." |   Download |   Play
"No variances detected." |   Download |   Play

3rd04
Atlas

Reach the top level with two portals then wait for P-body to place two portals for you.

4th01
GLaDOS

"Your ping tool is invaluable for communicating specific locations to your partner." |   Download |   Play

4th02
P-body

Wait for the Atlas to reach the top level then place two portals so that Atlas can overcome the transparent wall.

4th03
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
GLaDOS

"Weighted Cubes calibrated." |   Download |   Play
"No variances detected." |   Download |   Play

5th02
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. Repeat 7th part if needed.

7th02
Atlas and P-body

Move towards exit.

7th03
GLaDOS

"Finally! I had almost given up hope of ever testing again." |   Download |   Play
"You are the first robots to pass calibration." |   Download |   Play

7th04
GLaDOS

"Stop it!" |   Download |   Play
"Completing this course was not a reason to behave like that." |   Download |   Play
"Now let's continue testing." |   Download |   Play

7th05

Speedrunning

Best time

Fewest portals

Notes

Gallery

Atlas's POV

Inside the tubes (Atlas's POV)

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)

Achievements

High Five

High Five
Celebrate your cooperative calibration success
Difficulty: Story-related
How to obtain: Simply complete the calibration course in co-op to get this achievement.

Professor Portal

Professor Portal
After completing co-op, complete Calibration Course online with a friend who hasn’t played before
Difficulty: N/A
How to obtain: Find random partners online, and immediately leave the game if you do not see the opening film. When you find a beginner, exit the game, friend them, and invite them. This will take a long time depending on how lucky you are. Alternatively, this achievement can be very easy if you already have friends on Steam who have Portal 2, but haven't done co-op mode yet.

Closed Captions

  • Party Whistle

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[citation needed]
  • "BLUE, please show me where you would like me to place a portal." |   Download |   Play[citation needed]
  • "Please ping a white portalable surface." |   Download |   Play[citation needed]
  • "Orange is awarded five points!" |   Download |   Play[citation needed]
  • "Blue is awarded five points!" |   Download |   Play[citation needed]
  • "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[citation needed]
  • "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

References

  1. March 25, 2023 Patch or version "Protocol version 2001, Exe version 2.0.0.1 (portal2), Exe build: 19:15:46 Mar 3 2023 (8873) (620)"

External links

  1. https://wiki.portal2.sr/Calibration