Difference between revisions of "Portal"

Revision as of 23:11, 15 June 2013


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Subseries of Half-Life
Portal	2007
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Key points

Frequently goes on sale, even occasionally becoming free

Runs on low-end hardware

General information

Official Valve Portal Site

Unofficial Portal Wiki

Portal Section of the Half-Life Wikia

GitHub Issue Tracker for Portal and other Source-based games

Steam Users' Forums

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Template:Availability Table

All versions require Steam.

Game data

Video settings

File:Portal video settings.jpg

Video settings.

File:Portal advanced video settings.jpg

Advanced video settings.

Template:Video Settings

Field of view (FOV)

75 FOV
90 FOV

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Instructions

Input settings

File:Portal controls.jpg

Controls settings.

Template:Input Settings

Issues fixed

Game crashes when going through a portal (Windows)

Instructions

I can't see my crosshair

Instructions

Console Commands

Games running on the Source engine can utilize Source Engine Console Commands for various tasks.

System requirements

Template:System Requirements

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 {{infobox
-|title          = Portal
 |cover          = Portal Box.jpg
 |developer      = [[Wikipedia:Valve Corporation|Valve Corporation]]
@@ Line 32: / Line 31: @@
 === Save game location ===
 {{Game Location Table|
-{{Game Location Table/row|Windows|Steam\steamapps\<username>\portal\portal\SAVE}}
+{{Game Location Table/row|Windows|...\Steam\steamapps\<username>\portal\portal\SAVE\}}
 {{Game Location Table/row|Mac|}}
-{{Game Location Table/row|Linux|~/.steam/root/SteamApps/common/Portal/portal/save/}}
+{{Game Location Table/row|Linux|~/.steam/steam/SteamApps/common/Portal/portal/save/}}
+}}
+=== Configuration files location ===
+{{Game Location Table|
+{{Game Location Table/row|Windows|...\Steam\steamapps\common\portal\portal\cfg\}}
+{{Game Location Table/row|Mac|}}
+{{Game Location Table/row|Linux|~/.steam/steam/SteamApps/common/Portal/portal/cfg/}}
 }}
 === [[Save game cloud syncing]] ===
-{{Save Game Cloud Syncing|
+{{Save Game Cloud Syncing
-{{Save Game Cloud Syncing/row| [[Steam Cloud]] | true | Syncs save games and settings. }}
+|steam_cloud            =true
+|steam_cloud_notes      =Syncs save games and settings
+|origin                 =
+|origin_notes           =
+|uplay                  =
+|uplay_notes            =
+|gamesave_manager       =true
+|gamesave_manager_notes =
+|gamestow               =true
+|gamestow_notes         =
+|synctocloud            =
+|synctocloud_notes      =
+|square_enix            =
+|square_enix_notes      =
 }}
 ==Video settings==
+[[File:portal video settings.jpg|290px|right|thumb|Video settings.]]
+[[File:portal advanced video settings.jpg|290px|right|thumb|Advanced video settings.]]
 {{Video Settings
 |wsgf_link                  =http://www.wsgf.org/node/51
@@ Line 52: / Line 73: @@
 |multimonitor_notes         =
 |fov                        =true
-|fov_notes                  =
+|fov_notes                  =75 to 90 FOV. See [[#Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]].
 |windowed                   =true
 |windowed_notes             =
-|borderless_windowed        =unknown
+|borderless_windowed        =hackable
-|borderless_windowed_notes  =
+|borderless_windowed_notes  =See [[#Borderless fullscreen windowed|Borderless fullscreen windowed]].
 |anisotropic                =true
 |anisotropic_notes          =
@@ Line 63: / Line 84: @@
 |vsync                      =true
 |vsync_notes                =
+}}
+=== [[Field of view (FOV)]] ===
+<gallery widths=160px heights=100px>
+File:portal fov1.jpg|75 FOV
+File:portal fov2.jpg|90 FOV
+</gallery>
+=== [[Borderless fullscreen windowed]] ===
+{{Fixbox|1=
+{{Fixbox/fix|-window -noborder}}
+# Find Portal in your Steam Library
+# Right-click the game name
+# Select <code>Properties</code>
+# Select <code>Set Launch Options...</code>
+# Input <code>-window -noborder</code>
+# Press <code>OK</code>
+# Launch the game
 }}
 ==Input settings==
+[[File:portal controls.jpg|290px|right|thumb|Controls settings.]]
 {{Input Settings
 |key_remap                  =true
@@ Line 75: / Line 115: @@
 }}
-== Troubleshooting ==
+== Issues fixed ==
-'''Game crashes after seeing or going through a portal :'''
+=== Game crashes when going through a portal (Windows) ===
+{{Fixbox|1=
+{{Fixbox/fix|Run the game in DirectX 9 or higher}}
+{{ii}} If the game is running on a version below DirectX 9 it will likely crash when entering a portal.
+}}
-Make sure you are running Portal in DirectX 9 or higher. Trying to run the game in DirectX 8.1 will cause the game to crash when a portal appears.
+=== I can't see my crosshair ===
+{{Fixbox|1=
-'''I can't see my crosshair :'''
+{{Fixbox/fix|Description}}
+# Open the console in game (Default key is <code>~</code>)
-In the console, type '''cl_drawcrosshair 1''' to show your crosshair or '''cl_drawcrosshair 0''' to hide it.
+## You may need to enable the console in the settings
+# Input <code>cl_drawcrosshair 1</code> to show your crosshair. Similarly, use <code>cl_drawcrosshair 0</code> to hide it.
+}}
 == Console Commands ==
-Games running on the source engine can utilize [[Source]] engine console commands for various tasks.
+Games running on the Source engine can utilize [https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Console_Command_List Source Engine Console Commands] for various tasks.
 ==System requirements==