Portal 2 Puzzle Maker/Wall Hazards

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This article contains content specific to the Portal 2 Puzzle Maker. For the Authoring Tools equivalent, see Emancipation Grid.

A fizzler or "Emancipation Grid".

A laser field or "Discouragement Field".

Wall Hazards are testing elements in Portal puzzles. They include Fizzlers and Laser Fields. They are generally used to prevent a player from passing, or at least to prevent a player from passing without thinking first.

Item Properties

• Hazard Type
  • Fizzler: Light blue field. When the player passes through, both of his or her portals are removed. When other testing elements such as cubes pass through the field, they are fizzled.
  • Laserfield: Red horizontally striped field. When the player passes through, they are killed.

Editor Adjustments

• The size of the hazard can be adjusted by dragging the white arrows at the edges of the item
• What area of the panel the hazard extends from can be adjusted by dragging the round diamond shaped handle

Item Properties

• Start Enabled
  • If checked, the hazard will start enabled when the level begins

Connections

• If "Start Enabled" is checked, an active connection will disable the hazard
• If "Start Enabled" is not checked, an active connection will enable the hazard