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Portal 2
Portal2boxart.jpg
Developer(s) Valve Corporation
Publisher(s) Valve Corporation
Engine Source
First release date Windows, OS X April 19, 2011
Portal
Portal 2007
Portal 2 2011
Peer Review
Perpetual Testing Initiative

Key points

Advantage Runs well on low-end hardware[1]
Advantage Free level editor with Steam Workshop support[2]

General information

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

Contents

[edit] Availability

Source(s) Store unlock Notes
Retail Steamicon.png
PlayStation 3 Steamicon.png All copies of Portal 2 on PlayStation 3 come with a Steam key for the PC version.
Steam Steamicon.png
Information All versions require Steam.

[edit] Improvements

[edit] Disable Intro Videos

Fix Description • Link

  1. Find Portal 2 in your Steam Library
  2. Right-click the game name
  3. Select Properties
  4. Select Set Launch Options...
  5. Input -novid
  6. Press OK and launch the game

[edit] Game data

  Location 
Windows C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\portal 2
Mac

[edit] Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud Native Syncs save games.

[edit] PlayStation 3

Information PlayStation 3 copies of the game include a Steam code for use on the PC[3].
Advantage Can be linked to a Steam account, which also gives you access to both the PC and Mac versions of the game. In addition, linking to Steam allows cross-platform multiplayer with PC and Mac players, access to your Steam friend list (chat, invites, etc.), Steam Achievements, and Steam Cloud save-games (not compatible with PC/Mac versions).
Disadvantage Each PlayStation 3 copy can only be linked to a Steam account once, so take care if buying the game used - all the benefits from linking to Steam may not be available. Similarly, purchasing one PlayStation 3 copy of the game will not allow co-op play with someone using the included PC or Mac version.

[edit] Video settings

Graphics option Native WSGF Notes 
Widescreen resolution Native WSGF WS Gold.png  
Multi-monitor Native WSGF MM Gold.png  
Field of view (FOV) Native  
Windowed Native  
Borderless fullscreen windowed Hackable See Borderless fullscreen windowed. 
Anisotropic filtering (AF) Native  
Anti-aliasing (AA) Native  
Vertical sync (Vsync) Native

[edit] Borderless fullscreen windowed

Fix Set -window 1 -noborder launch option • Link

  1. Find Portal 2 in your Steam Library
  2. Right-click the game name
  3. Select Properties
  4. Select Set Launch Options...
  5. Input -window 1 -noborder
  6. Launch the game

[edit] Input settings

Input Settings Native Notes 
Remapping Native    
Mouse acceleration Native    
Controller support Native   

[edit] Issues and Fixes

[edit] Split Screen Co-op

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

Fix Input joy_remap_player_for_controller1 2 • Link

  1. Open the console in Portal 2
  2. Input joy_remap_player_for_controller1 2
  3. Play

[edit] Changing Subtitles Language

Fix Enter cc_lang LanguageName into the console • Link

  1. Open the console and enter cc_lang LanguageName
  2. Substitute LanguageName with one of the following available languages:
    1. English
    2. French
    3. German
    4. Spanish
    5. Czech
    6. Danish
    7. Dutch
    8. Finnish
    9. Hungarian
    10. Italian
    11. Japanese
    12. Korean
    13. Norwegian
    14. Polish
    15. Portuguese
    16. Romanian
    17. Russian
    18. Simplified Chinese
    19. Swedish
    20. Thai
    21. Traditional Chinese
    22. Turkish

[edit] Portal 2 Black Screen At Launch

Fix Set your resolution to your native desktop resolution • Link

[edit] 'Visual 2005 Runtime' Error

Fix Install Microsoft Visual Runtime Libraries • Link

  1. Visit Microsoft Visual Runtime Libraries
  2. Download and install the files provided
  3. Run the game

[edit] 'Portal 2 Failed to create D3D device' Error

Fix Install DirectX • Link

  1. Install/update DirectX
  2. Find Portal 2 in your Steam Library
  3. Right-click the game name
  4. Select Properties
  5. Select Set Launch Options...
  6. Input -w # -h #, where each # is your monitor's width and height respectively.

[edit] Portal 2 Freezes After Logo Intro Video

Fix -novid property • Link

  1. Find Portal 2 in your Steam Library
  2. Right-click the game name
  3. Select Properties
  4. Select Set Launch Options...
  5. Input -novid
  6. Open the game

Fix Verify the integrity of Portal 2's game cache • Link

  1. Find Portal 2 in your Steam Library
  2. Right-click the game name
  3. Select Properties
  4. Select the Local Files tab and press Verify integrity of game cache...
  5. This process may take a few minutes
  6. Once it's done open the game

Fix If you have an FX bulldozer CPU... • Link

Information Note: If you have an FX bulldozer CPU, such as the AMD FX 4100. You need to:
  1. Update the BIOS

or

  1. Visit this thread and download and open the Orocho-CEG application. However, it must be restarted after each reboot.

[edit] 'Could not Load Library Client' Error

Fix Add Steam.exe and portal2.exe to your firewall's exception lists • Link

  1. Open your firewall's software
  2. Find your exception list
  3. Add Steam.exe and portal2.exe to your exceptions list
  4. Open the game

[edit] No Sound

Fix Run the game with Stereo Sound • Link

[edit] Sound Causing Stuttering

Fix Update your sound card drivers • Link

[edit] Generic Crash Fix

Fix Run as Administrator • Link

  1. Navigate to your Portal 2 directory, check Game data for your directory location
  2. Right-click on Portal2.exe and select Run as Administrator

Fix Run in compatibility mode • Link

  1. Navigate to your Portal 2 directory, check Game data for your directory location
  2. Right-click on Portal2.exe and select Run in Compatibility Mode
  3. Make it run in compatibility mode with Windows XP SP3

[edit] Cinematic Audio Stutter

Fix Update your audio device drivers • Link

  1. Update audio device drivers
  2. Uninstall extra codecs you have installed

[edit] Lag Physics Blob Fix

Fix Input r_threaded_blobulator 0 in the console • Link

  1. Open the console in Portal 2
  2. Input r_threaded_blobulator 0

[edit] Display Driver Has Stopped Working

Fix Description • Link

  1. Navigate to your Portal 2 directory, check Game data for your directory location
  2. Right-click portal2.exe
  3. Select troubleshoot in compatibility issues
  4. Run Portal 2

[edit] Portal 2 Integrated Intel Graphics

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

Fix Description • Link

  1. Find Portal 2 in your Steam Library
  2. Right-click the game name
  3. Select Properties
  4. Select Set Launch Options...
  5. Input -windowed
  6. Launch Portal 2

[edit] Console Commands

Information Games running on the Source engine can utilize Source Engine Console Commands for various tasks.

[edit] System requirements

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

References

  1. ↑ Tested by Nicereddy.
  2. ↑ 'Portal 2' gets level creation tools May 8th for PC and Mac - Polygon
  3. ↑ Game Differences - Portal 2
  4. ↑ Portal 2 Update Released - Steam News for Portal 2
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