Half-Life: Alyx

Half-Life: Alyx

ApertureVR - Thinking Without Portals
101 Comments
Disk 27 Dec, 2023 @ 10:36am 
Absolutely fantastic! Thank you for such an awesome mod. Super clever. Using the gravity gloves on portal cubes is such a trip
Seven Raging Storms (SRS) 25 Dec, 2023 @ 11:09am 
thinking with vr
NatPayneVR 27 Aug, 2023 @ 10:51am 
Hi, nice work! Last chamber has a problem with the two laser beacons on the ground, they don't activate when I point laser to them :(
Any suggestions to make them work?
Thanks
Doctor Noc 7 Aug, 2023 @ 2:26am 
Excellent map, was fun and used the hl Alyx features to solve some of the tests, chamber 4 had an issue with the lasers not starting up, had to restart to fix

At the end I didn't like how you basically just die, but oh well, Glados doing her thing
VapeInVR 21 Jul, 2023 @ 12:11am 
Brilliantly done on HL:A tools. Don't even know how some sh*t was accomplished. Just.. woah, thank you.
Venn 20 Jul, 2023 @ 8:42pm 
now actually figure out how to add portals
sheop 2 Jul, 2023 @ 4:26am 
how and where do i mount the source pack
The UnFunny 4 Jun, 2023 @ 7:33am 
A short but fun Portal map pack. The puzzles are creative and try to nicely use the benefits of VR such as manipulating the Lazer cubes so they shoot at the ceiling. Simple idea, good execution! I recommend it.
Krotter  [author] 27 Mar, 2023 @ 10:13am 
@PICKY RADISH
Exile Vilify
PICKY RADISH 26 Mar, 2023 @ 4:08pm 
WHAT IS THE SONG ON THE RADIO
Skummeh 1 Mar, 2023 @ 5:35am 
Make sure you have no other Addons running. There might be a conflict.
the guy who asked 28 Feb, 2023 @ 11:55pm 
for some reason the laser wasnt apearing whenever i entered a map
MURDATYME 6 Sep, 2022 @ 9:52pm 
also, I really like this map and the levels, i very much enjoy portal style levels and keep up the good work :steamthumbsup:
MURDATYME 6 Sep, 2022 @ 9:49pm 
whenever i have this mod on i cant play the main campain which really sucks to me because there is this console mod that lets you spawn the companion cube and radio from this map and i cant spawn it without having this equiped and i am a REALLY REALLY big companion cube fan, Please try and fix, I really really need it..
Skummeh 2 Sep, 2022 @ 1:12pm 
@MrCow No you just need this map. The others in the collection are different Portal-style maps for HLA that you can enjoy.
MrCow 2 Sep, 2022 @ 1:11pm 
do you need the entire collection for this to work?
KG3 16 Aug, 2022 @ 3:27pm 
goddamn glaDOS is huge
Mister Smurg 8 Aug, 2022 @ 7:32am 
map 4 is broken you cant step on the button to activate it
Godzilla9876 Widows Knight 5 Aug, 2022 @ 7:34pm 
HL:A keeps crashing whenever I try to load up this mod. Any help?
Bad RS 6 Jan, 2022 @ 10:47pm 
Hope we can get completely new additions of modded weapons someday - although portals would probably be awfully nauseating. Thanks for the assets and demo levels!
CreativeCipher 3 Jan, 2022 @ 5:32pm 
It genuinely amazes me that you managed to make test chambers that work and are fun without the portal gun AND the even using the gravity gloves, incredible job
Globule 1 Jan, 2022 @ 7:03pm 
such an amazing addon although I have a suggestion. Recently a working portal gun addon has been made for Half-Life: Alyx, And you are aan amazing modder so I would suggest making an aperture VR thinking with portals.
levi 12 Dec, 2021 @ 11:34pm 
this is such a fun idea, nice job everyone
< blank > 18 Oct, 2021 @ 10:14am 
Nice work. For a while I couldn't solve the last chamber, then I remembered I had gravity gloves.

IMO it would be fun to experience portals in VR someday.
wangsi 4 Oct, 2021 @ 12:35am 
start to feel sick just by looking at the portal-style image
john2910 3 Oct, 2021 @ 4:03pm 
very very nice!!!
Malki Nokternum 3 Oct, 2021 @ 8:53am 
this is going to be interesting :D
Salzmann69 20 Sep, 2021 @ 10:34pm 
Weird scaling for the cubes, but other than that very nice
Sir 15 Sep, 2021 @ 10:11am 
I just laid down for an hour in the end room of Chamber 3 looking at the plants coming down from the ceiling listening to Exile Vilify on the Aperture Radio. I got to escape for a while.:steamthumbsup::p2cube:
tabg gaming 12 Sep, 2021 @ 10:00am 
how do i use asset in sfm
Soko 21 Aug, 2021 @ 4:34pm 
I eventually figured out how to play it, so now I can make a proper comment. I love it. Kinda makes me wanna play a version where you actually do have a portal gun.
LeviBuoy 21 Aug, 2021 @ 11:40am 
nive!
netsrak 21 Aug, 2021 @ 11:07am 
One of the best Alyx mods yet! I can't wait (or rather I'm hoping) for more puzzles/levels!
aversion 12 Aug, 2021 @ 3:29am 
You also can't burn cameras with the beams, but that wasn't even a feature in P2 I don't remember so :shrug:
aversion 12 Aug, 2021 @ 3:23am 
Third chamber radio doesn't fizzle
aversion 12 Aug, 2021 @ 3:22am 
Spectacular demo. Only thing I can think of is improving texture resolution and adding parallax occlusion to the panel surfaces.
sleekalan 6 Aug, 2021 @ 12:30am 
This is absolutely incredible! I have been waiting since 2016 for a portal VR port and this is by far the best implementation of that I have played (yes I've played Portal Stories VR). The graphics are amazing and so exact to portal 2 it's unbelievable, the feeling of actually being IN the chambers is what I've been waiting for. This just shows that it's definitely possible to make a Portal 2 game in VR, even though there are no portals. I have played enough community made maps to know that you don't need portals to make a great map, there are enough elements to create really challenging and fun maps! Well done guys I'd LOVE to see more of this, and perhaps one day we'll be able to have portals in these maps!
JAZ 31 Jul, 2021 @ 7:36pm 
A couple questions. - 1. I placed buttons in my map but they activate when anything including small objects like a paint can or xen grenade are placed on them. Any fix?
2. I am almost ready to publish my map, will the portal items need to be packed for them to publish? I used to use pakrat for packing custom items in the old hammer for Portal 2. Not sure what the equivalent is now.
3. Are there any guides or tutorials for publishing or for using the Portal items in general? I found I could get some of your Portal items to work but not others.
prosthetist 27 Jul, 2021 @ 12:06am 
Big fan of the portal test laps, this just put a new dimension into the game, well done!
RIP TT 26 Jul, 2021 @ 3:08pm 
Good fun, very atmospheric. Great mod - Thanks
VoiceOfJared 24 Jul, 2021 @ 11:20pm 
Amazing :p2blue::p2cube::p2orange:
Actual_Artifacts 24 Jul, 2021 @ 2:13pm 
Seeing as how this was made from Portal 2, would it be possible on a technical level for HL2 water shaders or npcs (hunters, fast zombies, etc.) to be ported into Source 2 in the future?
yaelm 23 Jul, 2021 @ 2:01pm 
It really feels like being in portal 2.
I hope Valve employees play this !
Reliantlers 22 Jul, 2021 @ 11:15am 
softlock in map 3 where the 2nd laser does not activate
yoanperez 22 Jul, 2021 @ 12:50am 
This is awesome! It looks and feels like Portal in VR, eventhough there isn't any portal :-)
This is the most different experience of any mod so far, a must for any portal fan.
BluMan04 18 Jul, 2021 @ 10:40am 
this is exactly what I wanted in a HLA/Portal mod if there arent going to be portals. REALLY CREATIVE, fun for an hour.
Trivvy™ 18 Jul, 2021 @ 8:32am 
@Soko
Are you actually loading in to the level? Or are you just launching Half-Life Alyx's campaign..?

This doesn't magically turn HLA into Portal, you need to enable the addon, then start a new game and select Add-on content next to "original game" and it will list all the available custom levels. Scroll until you find the ApertureVR one, you'll want to start at Chamber 1.
turntechGodhead 18 Jul, 2021 @ 7:21am 
Absolutely loved this! If you're a fan of Portal, you'll definitely love this set of maps!