List of Portal 2 Map Resources

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Warning:Article contains a thumbnail of maps from Portal 2, to help map creators find the map they're searching for.

There are useful examples and resources that can be looked at within the official Portal 2 maps. Portal 2 Authoring Tools comes with a sdk_content folder, that shows source map files of a very few maps for Singleplayer and Coop.

Below is a list of official maps and its special resources. This list is there to help find more examples and instances.

List of Maps and Resources

Singleplayer

Maps are in order of "sp_transition_list.nut"

Thumbnail	Map Name	Noteable Resources	Special instances used	Other notes
Act 1
	sp_a1_intro1
	sp_a1_intro2
	sp_a1_intro3	Departure Elevator Cleaning
	sp_a1_intro4	Glass break on stand
	sp_a1_intro5
	sp_a1_intro6
	sp_a1_intro7
	sp_a1_wakeup
Act 2
	sp_a2_intro	Camera Transition		Transition teleportation point is set to @incinerator
	sp_a2_laser_intro	Usage of Lasers
	sp_a2_laser_stairs	Stair panels and other panels Elevator turret boxes
Loading Screen	sp_a2_dual_lasers
	sp_a2_laser_over_goo	Horizontal moving panel
	sp_a2_catapult_intro	Faith Plate Falling Panels
	sp_a2_trust_fling	-	chamber_hallways/entry_hallway_tall_dirty_nocaps_bustfloor	Map available in sdk_content folder.
	sp_a2_pit_flings	Broken fizzler
-	sp_a2_fizzler_intro	Props exit elevator
-	sp_a2_sphere_peek	Ghost panel
-	sp_a2_ricochet	Panels
-	sp_a2_bridge_intro	Bridge A type of Entry Hallway Tall
-	sp_a2_bridge_the_gap
-	sp_a2_turret_intro	No departure elevator
-	sp_a2_laser_relays	No arrival elevator Map shows panel design Departure Filled turret elevator
-	sp_a2_turret_blocker	Moving glass panel Falling turret departure elevator
-	sp_a2_laser_vs_turret	Breaking vent
-	sp_a2_pull_the_rug	Vertical moving panel
-	sp_a2_column_blocker	Departure elevator speed change		Map available in sdk_content folder.
-	sp_a2_laser_chaining
-	sp_a2_triple_laser	Short chamber hallway Clean chamber Laser with sound
-	sp_a2_bts1	Seamingless teleportation BTS door panels Panel relays Neurotoxin
-	sp_a2_bts2	Turrets from tubes Yellow elevator		Level starts without elevator and no transition teleportation.
-	sp_a2_bts3	Core Flashlight Lasering panels Tubes
-	sp_a2_bts4	Conveyor Belt Special Turret Turret custom target Template Scanner Defective Turrets
-	sp_a2_bts5	Moving Portals Special transition
-	sp_a2_bts6	Camera Scene Vacuum Tubes		tube_ride_viewproxy
-	sp_a2_core	Choreo
Act 3
-	sp_a3_00			Transition teleportation point is set to @bottomless_pit
-	sp_a3_01	Camera start Vault Timing button
-	sp_a3_03	Doors
-	sp_a3_jump_intro			Transition teleportation point: @test_dome_lift
-	sp_a3_bomb_flings			Transition teleportation point: @test_dome_lift
-	sp_a3_crazy_box			Transition teleportation point: @test_dome_lift
-	sp_a3_transition01			Transition teleportation point: @test_dome_lift
-	sp_a3_speed_ramp	Ramps		Map available in sdk_content folder. Transition teleportation point: @test_dome_lift
-	sp_a3_speed_flings	Rotating Panel		Transition teleportation point: @test_dome_lift
-	sp_a3_portal_intro			Transition teleportation point: @test_dome_lift
-	sp_a3_end	Custom elevator		Transition teleportation point: @hallway
Act 4
-	sp_a4_intro	Monitors
-	sp_a4_tb_intro	Monitors Relaying Panels
-	sp_a4_tb_trust_drop	Panels
-	sp_a4_tb_wall_button	Moving chamber
-	sp_a4_tb_polarity
-	sp_a4_tb_catch
-	sp_a4_stop_the_box	Chamber moves
-	sp_a4_laser_catapult			Map available in sdk_content folder.
-	sp_a4_laser_platform	Laser Wall
-	sp_a4_speed_tb_catch	Ramp
-	sp_a4_jump_polarity	Breaking Chamber Hallway
-	sp_a4_finale1	Crushers
-	sp_a4_finale2	Moving Chamber Linked teleportation Shredder		Transition teleportation point: @hallway
-	sp_a4_finale3	Explosives Special Tube Conveyor Belt		Transition teleportation point: @hallway
-	sp_a4_finale4	Cores Transition where position is maintained from previous level Core Panel		Transition teleportation point: @hallway
Act 5
-	sp_a5_credits

By default available .VMF files

These can be found in the sdk_content folder, available when installing Portal 2 Authoring Tools, along with instances.

• sp_a2_column_blocker
• sp_a2_trust_fling
• sp_a3_speed_ramp
• sp_a4_laser_catapult

• mp_coop_doors
• mp_coop_paint_red_racer

• zoo_mechanics

References

Transition Teleportation Point

This article Elevator_(Portal_2) explains how to create elevators by using instances. The problem is, those instances were specifically created for the singeplayer mode, if you want to customize something specific such as whetever to spawn with or without a Portalgun, you would have to customize the instance or the VScript. If you're creating a workshop map, it's better to create a instance or a customized VScript, packed within the BSP.

Most of those transitions use update/scripts/vscripts/transitions/sp_transition_list.nut as a VScript file and call the function OnPostTransition() within it. This will loop through the table scanning for the current map. When the map was found and there's no entry in the table before the map, starting with the character @, then by default it will try to teleport to @elevator_entry_teleport and @arrival_teleport.

Note:Note that some files override eachother, example "portal2", "portal2_dlc1", etc.

See also

• List of Portal 2 Instances