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==Items list==
==Items list==
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* [[Weighted Storage Cube|Storage Cube]] (with dropper)
* [[File:Puzzle Creator pedestal button.png|32px]] [[Switch|Pedestal Button]] (includes timer)
* [[Weighted Companion Cube|Companion Cube]] (with dropper)
* [[File:Puzzle Creator portal button.png|32px]] [[Heavy Duty Super-Colliding Super Button|Button]]
* [[Discouragement Redirection Cube|Redirection Cube]] (with dropper)
* [[File:Puzzle Creator box socket.png|32px]] [[Weighted Storage Cube Receptacle|Cube Button]]
* [[Edgeless Safety Cube|Edgeless Cube]] (with dropper)
* [[File:Puzzle Creator ball socket.png|32px]] [[Edgeless Safety Cube Receptacle|Sphere Button]]
* {{Spoiler|[[Frankenturret|Franken Cube]]}} (with dropper)
* [[File:Puzzle Creator cube.png|32px]] [[Weighted Storage Cube|Weighted Cube]] (with dropper)
* [[Switch]] (includes timer)
* [[File:Puzzle Creator companion cube.png|32px]] [[Weighted Companion Cube|Companion Cube]] (with dropper)
* [[Heavy Duty Super-Colliding Super Button|Heavy Button]]
* [[File:Puzzle Creator edgeless safety cube.png|32px]] [[Edgeless Safety Cube|Edgeless Safety Cube]] (with dropper)
* [[Weighted Storage Cube Receptacle|Cube Button]]
* [[File:Puzzle Creator frankenturret.png|32px]] {{Spoiler|[[Frankenturret|Franken Cube]]}} (with dropper)
* [[Edgeless Safety Cube Receptacle|Edgeless Cube Button]]
* [[File:Puzzle Creator tbeam.png|32px]] [[Excursion Funnel|Tractor Beam]] (forward/backward)
* [[Thermal Discouragement Beam|Laser]] (emitter, catcher and sensor)
* [[File:Puzzle Creator faithplate.png|32px]] [[Aerial Faith Plate|Faith Plate]]
* [[Aerial Faith Plate]]
* [[File:Puzzle Creator hard light emitter.png|32px]] [[Hard Light Bridge|Light Bridge]]
* [[Excursion Funnel]] (forward/backward)
* [[File:Puzzle Creator stairs.png|32px]] [[Panel|Stairs]]
* [[Hard Light Bridge]]
* [[File:Puzzle Creator fizzler.png|32px]] [[Material Emancipation Grill|Fizzler]]
* [[Material Emancipation Grill|Fizzler]]
* [[File:Puzzle Creator glass.png|32px]] Glass
* [[Laser Field]]
* [[File:Puzzle Creator arm paneltop.png|32px]] [[Victory Lift|Piston Platform]]
* [[Panel]]s (flips 180° to opposite portalable status, tilt 30-90°, forms staircase)
* [[File:Puzzle Creator arm motionplatform.png|32px]] [[Unstationary Scaffold|Track Platform]]
* Light strips
* [[File:Puzzle Creator laser emitter.png|32px]] [[Thermal Discouragement Beam|Laser]] Emitter.
* Observation room (one-block rooms only)
* [[File:Puzzle Creator laser catcher.png|32px]] [[Thermal Discouragement Beam|Laser]] Catcher.
* [[Goo]]
* [[File:Puzzle Creator laser receptacle.png|32px]] [[Thermal Discouragement Beam|Laser]] Relay.
* [[Repulsion Gel]] (with dropper)
* [[File:Puzzle Creator reflection cube.png|32px]]  [[Discouragement Redirection Cube|Reflection Cube]] (with dropper)
* [[Propulsion Gel]] (with dropper)
* [[File:Puzzle Creator airlock.png|32px]] [[Panel|Glass Panel]]
* [[Conversion Gel]] (with dropper)
* [[File:Puzzle Creator panel flap.png|32px]] [[Panel|Angled Panel]]
* [[Cleansing Gel]] (with dropper)
* [[File:Puzzle Creator panel flip.png|32px]] [[Panel|Flip Panel]]
* [[File:Puzzle Creator observation room.png|32px]] Observation Room
* [[File:Puzzle Creator deathfield.png|32px]] [[Laser Field]]
* [[File:Puzzle Creator turret.png|32px]] [[Turret]]
* [[File:Puzzle Creator goo.png|32px]] [[Goo|Deadly Goo]]
* [[File:Puzzle Creator light panel.png|32px]] Light Strip
* [[File:Puzzle Creator paintsplat bounce.png|32px]][[Repulsion Gel|Bounce Gel]] (with dropper)
* [[File:Puzzle Creator paintsplat speed.png|32px]] [[Propulsion Gel|Speed Gel]] (with dropper)
* [[File:Puzzle Creator paintsplat portal.png|32px]][[Conversion Gel]] (with dropper)
* [[File:Puzzle Creator paintsplat water.png|32px]] [[Cleansing Gel]] (with dropper)
* [[File:Puzzle Creator portal door.png|32px]] Door (cannot spawn)
}}
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Revision as of 20:34, 12 May 2012

The Puzzle Creator (also known as Puzzle Maker or Editor) is a part of the Perpetual Testing Initiative in Portal 2, a DLC released on May 8th, 2012[1] allowing the creation of single-player test chambers within a simple in-game editor.[1]

Overview

The editor was first mentioned within The Final Hours of Portal 2, "[An in-game level browser won't be of much use unless] Valve figures out how to make designing Portal 2 maps an easier process. It has a plan there too, it comes in the form of a simplified level editor [...] a Photoshop for test chambers".[2]

The "Puzzle Creator" does not appear to have a single official name; Valve published a blog post on the October 27, 2011 referring to the editor as the "Puzzle Creator"[3], later referred to it on the blog post of April 27, 2012 as "Puzzle Maker"[4] and simply calling it "Editor" in-game.

Interface

The Puzzle Creator features a stylised representation of the test chamber being worked on; featuring a simplified, bright, and flat color palette, and models and textures lack the level of detail that they would have in-game.

The initial view of the Puzzle Creator.

Basic controls

  • Hovering the mouse over the left screen edge displays the item list.
  • The top edge of the screen features four buttons: "Build and play puzzle", "Undo", "Redo", and "Switch to game view".
  • Selecting and dragging the upper-right corner pans the camera view.
  • Selecting and dragging the right edge controls the camera zoom.
  • Selecting and dragging the lower-right corner controls the camera rotation.
  • LMB - Select a block or item.
  • RMB - On background: Pans camera view; On chamber: Context menu.
  • MMB - Click: Controls camera rotation; Scroll: Controls camera zoom (follows cursor).
  • W+S - Zoom in/out.
  • Q+E - Rotate left/right.
  • W+S - Pan left/right.
  • R+F - Rotate up/down.
  • P - Toggle surface portalability.
  • ++- - Push/pull (extrude) surface.
  • Delete/← Backspace - Delete selection.

Advanced controls

  • ⇧ Shift+LMB - Allows for batch selection of surfaces.
  • ctrl+LMB - Duplicates an item (does not duplicate any connections).
  • alt+LMB - Places an item on the surface opposite to the one facing the camera.
  • space+LMB - Pushes/pulls surface if selected.

Shortcuts

  • ctrl+N - New chamber
  • ctrl+O - Open...
  • ctrl+S - Save
  • ctrl+⇧ Shift+S - Save as...
  • Tab ⇆ - Switch to game view.
  • F9 - Rebuild
  • ctrl+Q - Exit editor
  • ctrl+Z - Undo
  • ctrl+Y - Redo
  • ctrl+A - Select all

Items list

Limitations

As the puzzle creator is designed for ease of use, certain limitations apply. These limitations can be overcome by importing the map into Hammer in the Portal 2 Authoring Tools.

  • The entity limit is set to 1750; the actual number of items placeable by the user is much lower than this.
  • The editor is block based, so complex geometry such as curves and angles smaller or greater than 90 degrees cannot be achieved.
  • Chambers are isolated, so sequences of chambers cannot be published as one map using the Puzzle Creator alone.

Related commands

  • procedural_generator_solve_it - Solve the procedural puzzle generator.
  • procedural_generator_test - Test the procedural puzzle generator.
  • puzzlemaker_autosave_dev - autosaves the current puzzle as 'autosave.p2c'
  • puzzlemaker_compile_and_preview
  • puzzlemaker_compile_and_publish
  • puzzlemaker_current_hint
  • puzzlemaker_drawselectionmeshes 0/1 - draw wireframe item selection meshes in red
  • puzzlemaker_export <name> - export the current puzzle as 'name.vmf' (maps are saved to common\portal 2\sdk_content\maps\)
  • puzzlemaker_load_dev - load the puzzle called 'name.p2c'
  • puzzlemaker_new_chamber
  • puzzlemaker_open_chamber
  • puzzlemaker_play_sounds 0/1 - sets if the puzzlemaker can play sounds or not
  • puzzlemaker_publish_dev - compile the current puzzle and publish it to the Steam workshop
  • puzzlemaker_quit
  • puzzlemaker_request_publish
  • puzzlemaker_save_chamber
  • puzzlemaker_save_dev <name> save the current puzzle as 'name.p2c'
  • puzzlemaker_shadows 0/1 - Enable shadows in the Portal 2 Puzzle Maker
  • puzzlemaker_show_overlay_web_page
  • puzzlemaker_show 0/1 - 1 shows the puzzle maker, 0 hides it
  • puzzlemaker_zoom_to_mouse 0/1/2 - 0-zoom to center of screen, 1-zoom to mouse cursor (smart), 2-zoom to mouse cursor

Unused content

The following have been found in the game files:

  • Aerial Faith Plate (large).
  • 'Push out' panel.
  • Additional voting criteria for a map, including "confused" and "stuck".
  • Various "upgrade" badge textures.
  • Crusher
  • Portal Spawner
  • Unidentifiable panel
  • Observation room with adjustable size
  • Teapot

Gallery

References

External links