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Controls! The Complete Guide!
By chloe
Along with regular controls which you may already know, there are certain controls that the game doesn't show you in the instruction videos, all of which this guide lists. I'm not exactly sure if this guide may come to use, but I had a problem with some of these things at first.
   
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Category: Gameplay Basics
Languages: English
Posted
20 Apr, 2014 @ 1:28pm
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Guide Index
Overview
Old Controls 
New Controls 
Comments
Old Controls
The following are controls that have been in previous Portal games

Movement
W: Forward
S: Backward
A: Left
D: Right
Move the mouse: Look around
Ctrl/Control: Crouch

Portals
Left click: Blue portal
Right click: Orange Portal

Other Stuff
E: Pick up, press buttons, etc. essentially the "use" key.
New Controls
The following are controls introduced in this game

Time Control
R: Start recording
Q: End recording
F: Begin playback

Random tips
You crouch (see "old controls") to "bend over" as shown in part 2 of the tutorial.
30 Comments
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daedalus115 18 Feb @ 9:54am 
it works so much better if you set the time controls to 1,2,and 3. the rqf preset is just kinda jank. that said, i am enjoying the puzzles (Altho i wish there were more places for portals : (
Daksol 5 Mar, 2024 @ 8:35am 
Additional small info. Pressing either R Start Recording, or F Begin playback immediately cancels all existing Portals (so same effect as passing thru an emancipation grill). Not sure that is obvious from the tutorials,
Dodyssey 19 Jun, 2023 @ 10:24pm 
Nvm
Dodyssey 19 Jun, 2023 @ 10:24pm 
How do we solve the chamber with the borialis?
reggin 21 Dec, 2022 @ 7:15am 
the amount of people that came here for the controls instead of watching the TV screens in the chambers ...
overall thanks for the guide:)
Horky vk CRO™ (andrej) 6 Nov, 2022 @ 4:58am 
and why is the building mode cool? the building mode is like portal 2 but with time and its funny to see people get mad at the levels of any level i made
Horky vk CRO™ (andrej) 6 Nov, 2022 @ 4:56am 
TWTM has a cool building mode and you cant copyright this game when it its like portal 2
ozardofwiz 4 Oct, 2022 @ 6:50pm 
TWTM is great .... but the timer on L6 is too short! Give me a break ... can't get through
aster 14 Jan, 2022 @ 3:05am 
@TheGamer72 It's a mod of the base game. It's not an original game, nor by the original developers of Portal 1 & 2.
Mods of games don't need to include the original game, but you need to own the original game.
TheGamer72 19 Jul, 2021 @ 3:18pm 
question, why does it say 'mod' if its a seperate game?
Makes no sense