Portal 2 Puzzle Maker: Buttons

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This article contains content specific to the Portal 2 Puzzle Maker. For the Authoring Tools equivalent, see Button (Portal 2).

Buttons are a testing element in Portal puzzles. They can be connected to other testing elements to activate them. The Portal 2 Puzzle Maker includes 4 types of buttons.

Weighted Button

Entity Cost: 3

The ordinary button

Flat, round buttons. Activated when the player stands on it, or when any type of cube or sphere is placed on it.

Item Properties

• Button Type
  • Turns this button into the selected type (Weighted, Cube, Sphere)

Cube Button

Entity Cost: 3

The cube-specific floor button.

Variety of the standard button. Can only be activated by placing a type of cube on it.

Item Properties

• Button Type
  • Turns this button into the selected type (Weighted, Cube, Sphere)

Sphere Button

Entity Cost: 3

The sphere-specific floor button.

Variety of the standard button. Can only be activated by placing a sphere in it.

Item Properties

• Button Type
  • Turns this button into the selected type (Weighted, Cube, Sphere)

Pedestal Button

Entity Cost: 6

The pedestal button

Tall, player-height button, activated by pressing the USE key (E by default). This button can be rotated to face any of the cardinal directions.

Item Properties

• Timing
  • 3 to 30 seconds: The connected item(s) will be enabled upon pressing the button, and disabled after the specified amount of time.
  • Infinity: The connected item(s) will be permanently enabled.

Note: Having multiple buttons connected to the same item require all buttons to be activated in order for the connected Item to activate.