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Fleetingness #2: Pandex
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Tags: Button, Pedestal Button, Weighted Cube, Weighted Cube Dropper, Light Bridge, Laser Field, Fizzler, Angled Panel, Tractor Beam, Laser Emitter, Laser Catcher, Stairs, Glass, Piston Platform
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The comfortable sense of security of always having your portal gun at hand... The convenient sturdiness of weighted cubes... Have you been taking those for granted? Looks like you need a reminder that in this life, all things are fleeting.

Fleetingness is a series of maps that combine portal buttons and futbols. This second instalment adds cubes to the recipe while expanding on the portal gun on/off mechanics, and was conceived in December 2018. Playing part 1 before checking out this one may be useful. Please also consider trying out part 3.

Notes:
- Futbol throwing is required. However there is no need to build momentum or anything like that, just aim at the wanted direction and press E. You can throw a futbol vertically by aiming straight up.
- Stepping in the dissolving area will destroy any cube placed on a yellow button.
- A couple of steps in the last room involve some notion of speed and timing. Nothing too hard though.
- No glitches, cube tossing or other shenanigans are part of the intended solution.
- As a hint if you’re stuck towards the end of the map, here’s a move that’s part of the intended solution: https://youtu.be/nSUUL-I1TBU

Estimated difficulties:
Room 1: 1/10
Room 2: 2/10
Room 3: 4/10
Room 4: 6.5/10

Sorry for the absence of music. If that bothers you too much, I suggest you listen to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7lNsUy7N8k (right click on the video and select “loop”)

All credits for the portal gun on/off concept go to FLooper and tuleby (CZ).
All credits for the futbol go to Valve and TeamSpen210.

Huge thanks to Nobody No-One and bullfrog for playtesting and giving great advice.

Intended solution of room 4 (video by Joric): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3218LPuW9jI&
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Leo  [author] 19 Jan @ 9:28am 
@Mattchew
Sorry for the late answer! Sounds like you enjoyed it a lot, and I'm glad to hear it! Good job for solving it, this one is definitely a tough nut to crack.
@mentallentil
Sorry to you too for my unresponsiveness to all your comments on my workshop lately... I will go through them all in the coming days to answer them. In the meantime, thank you for playing this one!
mentallentil 18 Jan @ 6:51pm 
dude i overcomplicated this so much my solution was 20 minutes long and didnt get me anywhere but hey the puzzle state was different i guess. good map i managed to figure out the easy way that actually works
Mattchew 17 Oct, 2024 @ 9:16pm 
My god what a beast. Room 4's (or should I say 2 and 4) logic is unreal. I heard this map made very good use of the futbol, but its magical seeing how well it was used here. Figuring out the ultimate purpose of Room 2 gave me life. All of that for a ceiling surface! God damn. I also enjoyed Room 3 as well, I liked how many times you have to remove/re-insert the futbol. Faved without a doubt!
Leo  [author] 11 Sep, 2023 @ 10:07am 
@SpielSatzFail
Big congrats for solving this one! The last part in particular can indeed be quite overwhelming. You're right that the move you said you skipped is quite minor, so I don't mind. All the crazy stuff you mention that's possible with futbols was indeed not what I wanted to go for. In fact, it made things considerably harder for me to design the maps because I had to take into account those crazy moves as potential unintended solutions. Initially, I also wasn't sure whether I would include futbol throwing as part of the solution, but it felt way too difficult to prevent entirely so I chose to embrace it. Anyway, onto the main dish now...
SpielSatzFail 6 Sep, 2023 @ 5:19am 
Ok I think I got it now. I was able to skip a tiny part in the intended solution video by Joric. I skipped the futbol maneuver @5:00 and never used the ceiling panel/portal. As far as I can remember that was because I previously swapped cubes in room #2 somehow (with a later sacrifice) - which was hard work! So I'd say it was a far more complicated way that made me skip a rather insignificant move. I could try to reproduce that and provide a video if you like...
SpielSatzFail 5 Sep, 2023 @ 6:24pm 
Made it. Took me ages to complete (in a single continuous session). My brain is dried out. My problem is that right now I have no power left to check the walkthrough, and once my sanity returns I won't remember how I solved this beast ;D sorry but an ON/OFF map this size, with futbols and the backtracking can't be less than a 7...
I already struggled with room no.3, but no.4 was just insane. The last move ( intentionally erasing your portal gun ) was cool though.
For me the difficulty does not come from what you have to do, but what options you have to eliminate . You need to see what correlates. The end move was clear, but working with room #2 was tough.
In summary these ON/OFF maps are not my favourite ones. I'm glad the futbols weren't used in additional crazy ways (juggling, parking, swapping...). I give it a subjective "only just" thumbs up for it is really clever and got me out of my poor real life for some time ;-)
Leo  [author] 13 Jun, 2023 @ 7:34am 
@cnh2r
No, thank YOU for playing! You've been breezing through my workshop for a while, when I was away from Portal, and I'm sorry I didn't reply sooner to all of your nice comments.
cnh2r 6 May, 2023 @ 2:00pm 
Another brilliant puzzle. Thank you for creating.
Leo  [author] 28 Mar, 2022 @ 3:04pm 
@Mr Fab
Well done beating it, the last room is definitely no small feat!
Mr Fab 19 Mar, 2022 @ 10:59am 
I like chamber 4 ! Great logic with the portal button and the futbol :steamthumbsup: Favorited !