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Portal 2

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Portal 2
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Developers
Valve Corporation
Engines
Source
Release dates
Windows April 19, 2011
macOS (OS X) April 19, 2011
Linux June 17, 2014
Portal 2 on Wikipedia

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
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Key points

Runs on low-end hardware.
Includes two-player split-screen co-op and controller support.
Built-in level editor with Steam Workshop support.[1]

General information

Official Portal 2 Site
Official Valve Portal 2 Site
Unofficial Portal Wiki
Portal Section of the Half-Life Wikia
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums
Steam Workshop for Portal 2

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Green Man Gaming
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Steam
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Retail
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Retail
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All copies of Portal 2 on PlayStation 3 come with a Steam key.
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Soundtrack is available for free in here.
All versions require Steam.

PlayStation 3

The PlayStation 3 version includes a single-use product key for Steam.[2]
Can be linked to a Steam account, which allows cross-platform multiplayer with Steam players, access to your Steam friend list (chat, invites, etc.), Steam Achievements, and Steam Cloud save-games (PlayStation 3 saves are not compatible with other versions).

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Configuration files location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/620/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/620/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.

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Split-screen without bezels

Portal 2 split-screen mode was meant to be played on a single 16:9 screen only. If you have a different setup then, the image could not entirely fit the monitor(s).
Instructions

Input settings

In-game general controls settings.
In-game gamepad settings.
In-game key map settings.

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Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Finnish
French
German
Spanish
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Simplified Chinese
Swedish
Thai
Traditional Chinese
Turkish

Changing subtitle language

Instructions

Network

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP
Open the console (~) and enter connect followed by the IP and port.

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 27014-27050
UDP 3478, 4379-4380, 27000-27030
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues unresolved

Hang on exit

New patch on July 12, 2013, introduced a crash when exiting the game. Application hangs and does not respond when the game is exited via the quit button on the main menu or task manager. Steam Cloud synchronisation resumes when forcefully quit. No fix has been announced.[3]

Issues fixed

Purple and black broken textures

A generic fix for this issue can be found on our Source engine page.

Split-screen co-op

As of November 20, 2012, splitscreen mode has been officially added for Standard Co-Op.[4]
If you'd like to use a keyboard/mouse for Player 1 and a controller for Player 2 in Windows, follow these instructions:
Instructions
If you'd like to use a keyboard/mouse for Player 2 and a controller for Player 1 in OS X or Linux, follow these instructions:
Instructions

Black screen at launch

Instructions

'Visual 2005 Runtime' error

Instructions

'Portal 2 Failed to create D3D device' error

Instructions

Freezes after logo intro video

Instructions
If you have an FX Bulldozer CPU, such as the AMD FX 4100, you may need to:
Instructions

'Could not Load Library Client' error

Instructions

No sound

Instructions

Sound causing stuttering

Instructions

Generic crash fixes

Instructions

Cinematic audio stutter

Instructions

Lag physics blob fix

Instructions

Display driver has stopped working

Instructions

Portal 2 with Integrated Intel Graphics

Portal 2 may have problems running on integrated Intel graphics cards, including crashing and black screens. Windowed mode may fix this.
Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 6, 7, 8, 8.1, 9
OpenGL 2.1 OS X and Linux only.
Shader Model support 2, 3
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok Heavily modified variant.
Audio Miles Sound System
Cutscenes Bink Video
Multiplayer Steamworks

Console commands

Games running on the Source engine can utilize Source Engine Console Commands for various tasks.
Instructions
You can also have the console open by default on launch by following this guide:
Instructions

Launch options

View this Steam Support Article regarding launch options as well as the relevant Valve Developer wiki page for further information and a list of useful Source engine launch options.
Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz or 2 GHz dual-core
System memory (RAM) 1 GB (XP)
2 GB (Vista, 7)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 7.6 GB
Video card (GPU) 128 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.6.7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core Duo 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 7.6 GB
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA GeForce 8600M
ATI Radeon HD 2400
Intel HD Graphics 3000

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/620/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (620) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References