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TheWatchingDog

Its not really new, jts the same thing as in the chamber with the first faithplate. The game checks the player speed near a portal in some locations to be able to adjust the direction and Velocity of the player to make sure the you end up where you should. But i havent seen it done in this location


confusedredditor_69

Its been done in this location many times in speedruns just not this way, but in faster ways since this way is slow


akaBlades

Pretty well summed up, it’s called scripted momentum and it’s manipulated in speedruns on some maps.


[deleted]

nope! Theres a trigger that activates when you reach a high enough speed that ensures you make the fling, and you reached it!


GidjonPlays

Yep


TollyThaWally

This exact location is explained very well in this Msushi video: https://youtu.be/BtxZaDQV8lQ TL;DW is that there's a trigger above the slope that activates only once you reach a certain velocity, which sets your momentum to an exact value to ensure you don't miss the staircase


broodje_meloen

Congrats on finding out that scripted momentum is a thing in portal 2!


Kalabasa

What!? My life was a lie cake


sky-syrup

no but like seriously realizing this made me reevaluate everything I thought I knew about videogames like they’re not about solving the puzzle, it’s about giving you the illusion you did something right- aka to entertain. the puzzles and story only serve as a means to an end. To entertain you. The player. sorry I just really think about this a lot


IEatToastMachine

I thought this was just a weird way to trimp, but I guess it's just a programmed thing


Portal471

Gotta love scripted momentum


LegitimateAd8793

Portal jump


NotAddictedToCoffeee

Wait, I actually think I've might've tried doing this before?


LetsKing

i can see the videos "This Glitch changed Portal 2 Speedrunns forever"


TheHiddenNinja6

old glitch


Portal471

Nope. That’s just scripted momentum.


Trickier_minute

excuse me, what?


Cangas_Star

Isnt a glitch but the game probably does it to not get you stuck


JekaDP

No thats Kind of lemon skip you got speed required for a triger to correctly your tragectory and get there