Shoutbox

Or, if you don't want to install Steam, use 7-Zip to extract the "portal prelude" folder from the installer.

Rename it so there's no space to something like "portalprelude" (otherwise you should add quotes around the path in the next step).

Then create a new shortcut to hl2.exe like SonicSam said and add -steam -game <path_to_prelude_folder> to the end.

WEll I grabbed it but not bothered playing yet

Blah, my thread got hijacked by SonicSam's hacking techniques. Did I fail now?

Anyway, started it up yesterday, difficulty level is quite a lot higher than the original Portal so beware: you might have problems with level 02 already! Level 05 was also quite complex: the solution wasn't easy to think of and even if you knew how you'd do it, you still had to execute it. But it was awesome when I eventually managed to complete it!

I cant get it to install, I click on the exe and it just makes explorer freeze >_>

Well mine installed but won't play or get past some stupid pre video with a domokun in it

I got up to level 3 but then got stuck and noclipped through the whole game just to see the story
I think I missed a part of the story though since there was a reference of something I supposedly did in the previous room

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Originally posted by Dazzy
I cant get it to install, I click on the exe and it just makes explorer freeze >_>

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You're on Vista I assume? Well, the UAC has the terrible habbit of trying to load the whole thing into the memory before showing the "Do you want to start this in elevated mode?" popup and eats a lot of CPU and memory during that. It took about an hour and a half before I got the popup and could continue.

But there is a way to fix it!

1. Start an elevated command prompt by going to Start > type "cmd" and press Ctrl+Shift+Enter.
   
2. When UAC complains, accept it.
   
3. Copy the full path to your Portal: Prelude setup file, e.g. "C:\Downloads\portal-prelude-1.0.0.exe"
   
4. Paste it in the command prompt by right-clicking and choosing Paste.
   
5. Press Enter to execute the command and thus firing the setup.

The fact why this works is because it launches the setup with the same rights as you launched the command prompt, and it takes far less time to get the UAC pop-up for the command prompt.

Oh by the way, I finished it and I loved it, especially the final part.

k stuck on lvl 1 lol. i just got the gun, but not really sure how to get out. although i did notice a white patch on the roof....

Yeah i gotta say it is so much harder that the original portal. Im stuck on lvl 14 at the moment

Finished it, it was hard, but awesome.
I also finished lvl5 and 14 from the advanced chambers
edit: i just also finished level 12 from advanced chambers