Puzzle Creator: Difference between revisions

* {{key|c|LMB}} - Duplicates an item (does not duplicate any connections).

* [[File:Puzzle Creator pedestal button.png|32px]] [[Pedestal Button]] (includes timer)

* [[File:Puzzle Creator box socket.png|32px]] [[Heavy Duty Super-Colliding Super Button#Weighted Storage Cube Receptacle|Cube Button]]

* [[File:Puzzle Creator ball socket.png|32px]] [[Heavy Duty Super-Colliding Super Button#Edgeless Safety Cube Receptacle|Sphere Button]]

* [[File:Puzzle Creator cube.png|32px]] [[Cubes#Weighted Storage Cube|Weighted Cube]] (with dropper)

* [[File:Puzzle Creator edgeless safety cube.png|32px]] [[Cubes#Edgeless Safety Cube|Edgeless Safety Cube]] (with dropper)

* [[File:Puzzle Creator tbeam.png|32px]] [[Excursion Funnel|Tractor Beam]] (reversible)

* [[File:Puzzle Creator glass.png|32px]] [[Barriers|Glass]] (can be turned into grating)

* [[File:Puzzle Creator laser emitter.png|32px]] [[Thermal Discouragement Beam|Laser]] Emitter

* [[File:Puzzle Creator laser catcher.png|32px]] [[Thermal Discouragement Beam|Laser]] Catcher

* [[File:Puzzle Creator laser receptacle.png|32px]] [[Thermal Discouragement Beam|Laser]] Relay

* [[File:Puzzle Creator reflection cube.png|32px]] [[Discouragement Redirection Cube|Reflection Cube]] (with dropper)

* [[File:Puzzle Creator observation room.png|32px]] [[Observation Room]]

* [[File:Puzzle Creator turret.png|32px]] [[Sentry Turret|Turret]]

* [[File:Puzzle Creator paintsplat bounce.png|32px]] [[Repulsion Gel|Bounce Gel]] (with dropper)

* [[File:Puzzle Creator paintsplat portal.png|32px]] [[Conversion Gel]] (with dropper)

 

* [[File:Puzzle Creator observation room.png|32px]] Large [[Observation Room]]

 

 

These items are exclusively featured in the [[Portal 2 - Educational Version]].

* [[Heavy Duty Super-Colliding Super Button#Contraption Cube Receptacle|Contraption Cube Receptacle]]

* [[File:Puzzle Creator contraption cube.png|32px]] [[Cubes#Contraption Cube|Contraption Cube]] (with dropper)

 

==="WIP Editing" (unused)===

 

===Puzzlecraft tips (unused)===

As the puzzle creator is designed for ease of use, certain limitations apply. These limitations can be overcome by exporting the map to [[Portal 2 Authoring Tools|Hammer]] (see Related Commands).

* There is a limit of 1750 entities in a single chamber, as opposed to 2048 in Hammer maps. Items consist of multiple entities, meaning the actual number of placeable items is much lower than this.

* The editor is block based, meaning that angles and smaller geometry cannot be achieved without the use of custom items such as the BEE2's partial blocks.

* {{code|puzzlemaker_autosave_dev}} - Forces an autosave, saving the current puzzle as 'autosave.p2c'.

* {{code|puzzlemaker_compile_and_preview}} - Compiles the map and loads it in preview mode.

* {{code|puzzlemaker_compile_and_publish}} - Compiles the map and opens the publish dialog.

* {{code|puzzlemaker_current_hint}} - The hint number to display in the compile progress window. This is incremented by 1 every time a compile is started.

* {{code|puzzlemaker_drawselectionmeshes 0/1}} - When enabled, editor model selection meshes are drawn as red wireframes.

* {{code|puzzlemaker_enable_budget_bar 0/1}} - When enabled, a "budget bar" is shown in the bottom-left corner.

* {{code|puzzlemaker_export <name>}} - Exports the current puzzle as 'name.vmf', to open it in Hammer. Maps are saved to 'common\portal 2\sdk_content\maps\'.

* {{code|puzzlemaker_load_dev}} - Loads the puzzle with the filename 'name.p2c'.

* {{code|puzzlemaker_new_chamber}} - Opens a new chamber

* {{code|puzzlemaker_open_chamber}} - Displays the open dialog

* {{code|puzzlemaker_play_sounds 0/1}} - Sets if the puzzlemaker can play sounds or not.

* {{code|puzzlemaker_shadows 0/1}} - Enables unfinished shadows in the puzzlemaker.

* [[File:Puzzle Creator faithplate 128.png|32px]] Large [[Aerial Faith Plate]]

* 'Push out' [[panel]]

* [[File:Fixed portal door.png|32px]] [[Autoportal]]

* [[File:Puzzle Creator panel door.png|32px]] A Glass [[panel]]  

* 4x1 observation room

* Shadows, enabled with the {{code|puzzlemaker_shadows}} command. They are somewhat buggy, and don't accurately represent the actual lighting in the chamber.

* A "budget bar", enabled with the {{code|puzzlemaker_enable_budget_bar}} command. This bar will fill up as objects are added to the chamber. When exceeded, the editor will not allow the chamber to be built, using the "build failed" message normally only seen when there are placement errors in the map. The final editor simply relies on the compiler to throw an error when over engine limits, instead of implementing an arbitrary system.

 

 

'''BEEmod''' is a well-known Puzzlemaker mod which adds additional content to the editor. The latest version of the mod is version 2.4, which uses a standalone app to configure the item palette and other options not available within the Puzzle Creator itself. Some of BEE2.4's features include additional items such as [[High Energy Pellet]]s and [[Portal Spawner|Autoportals]], styles such as Portal 1 and Overgrown, and a large selection of music from various Portal games and mods. BEE2.4 can be downloaded from its [https://github.com/BEEmod/BEE2.4 GitHub page].

 

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|File:Portal 2 editor announcement 01.jpg|Announcement screenshot #1 (the test chamber there looks similar to [[Portal 2 Chapter 1 Test Chamber 5|the Cube Momentum test]])