Portal
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Developer: Valve
 This game has a development article This game has a bugs page |
 | To do: There's more stuff on various Wikis: Valve Developer Community, The Portal Wiki, and maybe the Combine OverWiki or Half-Life Wiki.
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Hello, and again, welcome to the TCRF wiki article pertaining to unused assets within the computer entertainment software known as "Portal". We hope your brief detention in the relaxation vault has been a pleasant one. Your specimen has been processed and we are now ready to begin the article proper. Before we start, however, keep in mind that although fun and learning are the primary goals of TCRF activities, serious injuries may occur.
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Unused Textures
BLU Briefcase
Present in materials/models/flag is the Team Fortress 2 BLU briefcase texture, apparently misplaced here.
fixed_portal_border
The early fixed portal border texture, seen in many pre-release screenshots and still works in the leaked developer test map (devtest.bsp) if the map is loaded into the final game. It also is hidden in Portal 2's files as it can be seen it's own leaked devtest.bsp. It remains in the game's files in the portal/materials/signage/ directory.
This texture was made into the model that's seen in Portal 2.
Red Portal
A red-colored portal, present in portal/materials/models/portals/portal-red-color.vtf. This is the color the orange portal had during development, and if you turn on the closed captions the message "Red Portal Open" will appear whenever you shoot an orange one. This misnaming is present in all languages.
To enable it in-game (replacing the orange portal), modify portal/materials/models/portals/portalstaticoverlay_2.vmt to read $PortalColorTexture models/portals/portal-red-color instead of $PortalColorTexture models/portals/portal-orange-color, although the particles around the portal will stay orange.
Alternate Portal Particles
| To do: Add an image of this in action. |
Present in the game's particle files are a different particle system for portals that was never used in-game. It can be enabled by running the game with the -tools argument.
"Sparta" Sign
This odd texture is present in portal/materials/models/props_facemovie/wet_floor_sign, without a matching model in the game's files. Files used in the "props_facemovie" folder were originally intended to feature in a Source Filmmaker video, and a matching model for the sign can be found in the Source Filmmaker files, albeit with a plain texture.
Texture from the Portal files.
The sign with the SPARTA! texture.
The sign with the plain texture from Source Filmmaker.
White Phone
There is an unused skingroup texture of Aperture Science's emergency phone prop, colored white.
Texture from the Portal files.
When applied to the phone and receiver models.
v_portalgun2
Present in the portal/materials/models/weapons/v_models/v_portalgun/ directory is a texture for a much earlier Portal Gun, as seen in this video.
Unused Map Textures
A couple of concrete and plastic textures that were never used.
concrete_bts_floor001b.vtf
concrete_bts_wall001a.vtf
plastic_light001a.vtf
plastic_light001b.vtf
This texture, in portal/materials/nature, apparently would have appeared as the surface of toxic slime, as seen from below. The material simply reuses the top texture for both sides.
Overlays
A few overlays, a poster and a couple of oil stains, also never got used. stain_oil_06.vtf lacks an alpha channel.
aperture_poster001a.vtf
stain_oil_02.vtf
stain_oil_06.vtf
Skyboxes
An odd skybox showing metal test chamber walls with glowing orange holes.
bts_custom_cubemapup.vtf
bts_custom_cubemapbk.vtf
bts_custom_cubemapft.vtf
bts_custom_cubemaplf.vtf
bts_custom_cubemaprt.vtf
bts_custom_cubemapdn.vtf
Another odd skybox showing the first Xen map from Half-Life. The map escape_01.bsp is in fact set to use this, but the map doesn't contain any skybox brushes, so it is never rendered. However, as shown in the uncompiled map file's _steaming_refuse visgroup, an early ending would reveal that Chell was to be in Xen after she defeated GLaDOS.
sky_escape_01_up.vtf
sky_escape_01_bk.vtf
sky_escape_01_ft.vtf
sky_escape_01_lf.vtf
sky_escape_01_rt.vtf
sky_escape_01_dn.vtf
Unseen Portal Gun Viewmodel Hand
In the actual Portal Gun's viewmodel, there's a non-animated hand without textures. Unfortunately, Chell's hand texture's UV mapping does not match the VTF, so the texture doesn't align with her arm properly. This appears to be a bug, since the Xbox 360 versions show the hand with textures. This can be seen briefly if you move your camera fast enough.
Unused Dialogue
GLaDOS
| To do: There's more unused audio for GLaDOS than just this one; extract them and upload them here. |
| Listen | Sound Summary |
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| Present as portal/sound/vo/aperture_ai/file_deleted.wav. It is simply GLaDOS saying "File Deleted". |
Turrets
| Listen | Sound Summary |
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| Unused line for when the player is spotted by a Turret. | |
| Unused line for when a Turret is searching for the player. | |
| Unused line for when a Turret is shooting at the player. | |
| Unused lines for when the player knocks down a Turret. | |
| Unused lines for when the player picks up a Turret. | |
Unused Sounds
| Listen | Sound Summary |
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| Unused fluorescent hum variant. | |
| Unused ticking sound for a clock that was using in the Prospekt Era. |
Tim Larkin
If you noclip to the end sequence, you will find a radio NPC named Tim Larkin. Larkin created the ending cinematic music/sound, and this NPC controls the playing of those sounds. It was named after him in his honor. Apparently, Tim didn't know about this!
Unused ASCII Art
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Unused Subtitles
| To do: Add the alternate-language subtitles. |
A few unused subtitles can be found in the closed captions files. They are translated into different languages. The scripts/npc_sounds_aperture_ai.txt labels them as BONUS REWARD SOUNDS, and reveals they were to be spoken by GLaDOS. Some of these correspond to lines which were garbled or cut-off in the final game, while others are for lines that go unused or are only present in the leak.
| Name | Subtitle | Corresponding Audio |
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| portal.bonus04_2 | "[Warping Effects] Fling! Fling! Fling! Fling! Fling!" | (Garbled, only in leak) |
| portal.bonus02_2 | "Before, when I told you it was your last chance, that wasn't completely true. This is your real last chance. Now, STOP what you're doing!" | (Only in leak) |
| portal.bonus05_2 | "Enrichment Center regulations require both hands to be empty before any cake can be served." | (Cut off) |
| portal.bonus04_1 | "Get ready to fling yourself. Fling into space." | (Garbled) |
| portal.bonus01_3 | "I know you don't believe this, but everything that has happened so far was for your benefit." | |
| portal.bonus06_3 | "I'm checking some blue prints and I think... yes, right here! You're definitely going the WRONG way!" | |
| portal.bonus03_2 | "Most importantly under no circumstances should you remove the device from the testing area." | (Cut off) |
| portal.bonus01_2 | "There really was a cake." | (Unused) |
| portal.bonus03_1 | "To reiterate our previous warning, this test requires a mastery of the principles of portal momentum." | (Garbled) |
| portal.bonus02_1 | "Very Impressive! Be warned, however, that complacency can result in failure." | (Cut off, only in leak) |
| portal.bonus05_1 | "We are pleased with your success." | |
| portal.bonus01_1 | "Well done. Remember that we are pleased you could join us for testing." | (Cut off, partially reversed, only in leak) |
| portal.bonus06_1 | "You need to make a LEFT at the next junction." | |
| portal.bonus06_2 | "You need to make a RIGHT at the next junction." |
Half-Life 2 Leftovers
There is a folder titled "hl2" filled with Half-Life 2 assets, mostly there due to reusing some assets and possibly not bothering to clean out irrelevant data.
Half-Life 2 Weapons
Open the console and then type 'sv_cheats 1' then type 'impulse 101'. This will spawn all of Half-Life 2's weapons and are fully functional. The 'impulse 101' command is straight from Half-Life 2 and was also featured in Half-Life 1 (Goldsrc or Source) and in it's expansions. It gives the player a HEV Suit and every weapon in the game. The Dual-Portal Gun is also featured (Whether the player has it or not). The HEV Suit and Half-Life 2 GUI works perfectly fine. Note that it also features the flashlight HUD from Half-Life 2: Episode Two although it and the flashligh doesn't work. The crosshair remains static instead of measuring the player's health and ammo.
Overview.
Half-Life 2-Style Testing Equipment
The prefabs included in the Source SDK Episode One tools with the folder "prefabs" (having three folders inside, one of which is for Portal) feature old versions of map elements in Half-Life 2 style. Portal used Half-Life 2 assets in the early stages of development as placeholders.
Platform Differences
The PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Portal are missing content from the Portal 2 ARG, such as the Transmission Recieved achievement and the extended ending.
The Portal series
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| Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | Portal • Portal 2 • Aperture Desk Job |
| Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3 | Portal 2 |
| Related | |
| Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | Ricochet • Tag: The Power of Paint • Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative • Portal Stories: Mel |
| See Also | |
| Half-Life | |
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