Portal 2 - Chapter 8, Chamber 11 level skip via flying glitch

[zakopako82]

finally!!! i was waiting for someone find a glitch!! i love glitches, i was jumping into corners with portals an doing strange things to find out something, still without luck xP

[hermeticks]

sweet!

experimented a bit after reading this ... turns out crouch-flying works even if there's no ceiling button, as long as you can ride the funnel to the ceiling ... like in the upper chamber of wheatley's first test ("Funnel Intro" in challenge mode) ... so you can just float over and grab the frankencube instead of portaling (did this on the 360, btw)

[romscout]

@hermeticks yea, there's been a lot of work done with this glitch after I first found it. You can fly out of horizontal funnels, and you can even activate a state of zero gravity that carries over between chambers. The funniest part is that this glitch still works even after several updates, even though other big speedrunning glitches like reportal have been patched out.

[RiddLss]

YES! It still works! :D

[MrIliketacos12345]

I tried it and got stuck on the ceiling....lol

[obtusegreenthing]

i accidentally discovered this glitch as well. but on another level.

[andyyudiche]

HAAAAX! DA HAX!

[wawator99]

crouching on the ceiling button? wow, you REALLY ran out of ideas....

[SSBMaster11]

Does this work on the Xbox 360 version? I haven't been able to get it to work.

[romscout]

@SSBMaster11 I only have played the PC version so I can't confirm, but Paraxade has used the glitch for speed tricks on the PS3 version so I see no reason why it wouldn't work on 360.

[Robsie2300]

1 person failed at this glitch

[moon77123]

this only works like 1 in twenty times and never on this level what am i doing wrong?

first i get in the funnel then i get to the top and crouch then i jump while holding crouch. then i 'walk' out of the funnel and most of the time i just fall this has only worked once of a different level please help

[jdunk2145]

I just did it again. So one out of ten tryes. Not sure why I don't get it every time.

[jdunk2145]

I did it twice on a vertical funnel then I could not do it again.

[TheKingsHotmail]

Have you actually beaten it the proper way :3?

[holyhandgrenade999]

This is going to ruin custom maps. Just wait. It'll be Portal Prelude all over again.

[crazychri1]

"if physics doesn't apply in the future ...God help you"

[ChapterGames78]

@crazychri1 HELP ME GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­D!



[DrBrandold]

I'm so glad i beat the game before i found out about this.

[Majora911]

I guess Wheatly was right. I did solve this worse possible way.

[Sadorath]

Ya doesnt work :/

[CrownMe559]

All you have to do it start crouching on your way up there. When you get there grouch a few times then hold crouch button. lol

[CrownMe559]

This is what happened to me! I thought it was just me!

[Walker8715]

it wont let me fly i just drop to the floor when i get out the excersion funnel help?

[DrummerPh3n0m]

Never mind...:D I got through it

[DrummerPh3n0m]

I'm stuck in mid air!? HELP!

[JediMastr80]

I was Wonder why this happened to me.

I was playing a Coop Map with a friend and i'm like "Um Dude, I'm Flying."

I tried to record it but wasn't able to do it again. Now I know. Thanks.

[gsofficial]

Yeah I wouldn't count on this being a legit "speed running" technique... for one, it's a flat-out glitch, and for another, it'll be fixed quickly

[romscout]

@gsofficial SDA doesn't ban speed glitches, and the community working on Portal 2 has already expanded upon using this glitch quite extensively. Even if they fix it, I'm sure some people will be interested enough in doing runs of version 1.0, as has been the case with other games such as Assassin's Creed 2 where they patched out a flying glitch.

[gsofficial]

@romscout by "legit speedrunning technique", I mean that it changes the game such that the run would no longer be entertaining. At some point, you're not really playing the game anymore. Some people find videos of guys glitching out of bounds and completing the game in two seconds entertaining, though, so I probably overstated the point.

[romscout]

@gsofficial oh, I understand then. Yea, it's all personal opinion on that. Whether flying is on the same level as portal bumps or peek-a-portal or portal flings is all arbitrary. To be fair, even if this glitch was used, it's only really chapter 8 where you can start flying and where doing so can save lots of time, so most of the run would still be restricted to the other cool portal tricks you're used to.

[gsofficial]

@romscout True. When the run crosses the fuzzy boundary from "Wow, that was cool!" to "Uh, what the hell just happened?", SDA should at that point not accept the run, because the point of the site is entertainment at the end of the day. Glitch runs are probably only entertaining to other speed-runners. The "Portal Done Pro" run, for example, is wayyyyyy across that boundary. Most gamers would watch that run and be confused, not entertained.

[BreenedandScrooned]

@gsofficial Speed runs using major glitches should just have their own category. I see no reason to outright get rid of them.

[gsofficial]

@BreenedandScrooned agreed.

[notroop]

@gsofficial Have you seen portal done pro? I found it pretty entertaining, although it basically glitches all over the place.

[Sc0tt8588]

I better give this a shot before it's fixed just for fun :P

[ChaoThing]

Has this been patched? It does not work for me.

[romscout]

@ChaoThing nope, the patch just fixed major game breaking stuff. It's just tricky timing when you do it on a ceiling. I should make an update to this, because you do not need a switch or ceiling to do this, just any flat service. I find it much easier to float out of horizontal funnels. Check out the Portal 2 thread in the PC Games section of the speeddemosarchive forums for a bunch of other tricks and expansions of this one.

[Judgment89]

This is how i solved it in the first place :)

[tonyt3rry]

thanks for the video man saved me some time, Love the game hope you are enjoying it too

[MartiansfromUranus]

"So..I'm gonna need you to finish these puzzles 10 times faster."

Way to give Wheatley what he asked for.

[themettking]

Wow, game's been out for a day and already glitches and speed tricks are being found.

[ssskinner]

stop breaking shit, you romscout

[McGack1]

I expected nothing less from you Rom XD

[phieryone]

This “method” he has is a lie, none of this crap works.

[romscout]

@phieryone well, at least 3 people I know besides myself have done it too... it still has timing to it, and you have to hold crouch (holding jump along with crouch couldn't hurt either I guess, if all you want to do is skip the puzzle).

[sm3xything]

@romscout it works, because other people have found it also the internet is constantly updateing so by posting this, it just allows them to fix it... which isent a bad thing but more glitches will be found. cant wait, to buy the game and try a few myself lol idc about spoilers

[ExoSDA]

Glitchscout to the rescue :s

[PlayingPanda]

Wow Rom breaking the game already .....ahhh sigh typical rom.

[BaronOfBacon]

I see rom is living up to his reputation.

[chrisdelvalleisgreat]

nice find

[CptCool2]

Wow, that's amazing, were you just fucking around and just stumbled upon this?

[NeyghtSkie]

My fuck, man. The game hasn't even been out for a week, and you're already casually breaking shit >.>;;

This is why we can't have nice things.

[AutomaticCoding]

@NeyghtSkie Last I checked it's been out for 25 hours =)

[Procredonioliostarca]

@NeyghtSkie programmers fault

[Gollum544]

@NeyghtSkie LOL. HE didn't break the game, it already there.... Just show us.....

This is always be like that,don't know why you cry....

[Shadow194]

GOD DAMMIT ROM. BREAKING IT ALREADY? GOD DAMMIT. *Calls steam*

[AnxietyBurns]

I cant get this to work.... On a side note how the $%$^ do i get the laser cube.

[Roxas258]

I always find it strange how people just....randomly come across neat little tricks like this while goofing around.

[armydude213]

Breaking the game already? Jeez Rom D=.