Portal 2 Puzzle Maker/Laser Catcher

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This article contains content specific to the Portal 2 Puzzle Maker. For the Authoring Tools equivalent, see Thermal Discouragement Beam and prop_laser_catcher.

A laser catcher is a test element available in the map editor. Similar to a button, the catcher can be used to activate other items present in the test. The catcher is activated when a laser comes into contact with it's receptacle, which is possible through portals or redirection cubes.

Todo: add images

Item Properties

Entity Cost: 4

• Connect to...
  • Opens a pointer to select a test element that gets activated when the Laser Catcher is activated.
• Remove connections
  • Shows existing connections to other test elements and allows to delete these.
• Delete item
  • Deletes the Laser Catcher.
• Portalable
  • If checked, the rest of the surface the Laser Catcher is placed on becomes white. If unchecked, the surface becomes black.
• Pull surface
  • Moves the selected Laser Catcher further into the room together with the wall/ceiling/floor block behind it.
• Push surface
  • Pushes the selected Laser Catcher out of the room together with the wall/ceiling/floor block behind it.

Placement

Todo: add placement rules