Recoloring (CO-OP) portals in Portal 2

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How to recolor (CO-OP) portals in Portal 2

THIS IS ONLY FOR CO-OP PORTALS. For this tutorial all you're going to need is Notepad ++ (or similar text editor. I do not recommend using notepad).

First open pak01_dir.vpk file located in C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\portal 2\portal2 with Notepad ++.

Then search (Ctrl+F) for lines:

$PortalCoopColorPlayerOnePortalOne "[0.125 0.500 0.824]" $PortalCoopColorPlayerOnePortalTwo "[0.075 0.000 0.824]" $PortalCoopColorPlayerTwoPortalOne "[1.000 0.705 0.125]" $PortalCoopColorPlayerTwoPortalTwo "[0.225 0.010 0.010]"

Example

(PlayerOne is Atlas, PlayerTwo is P-Body)

And change the values as you like, but remember - they are floating point numbers so you have to divide the channel (E.G. red) with 255. So if you want color (E.G. 255, 100, 0) the values should be [1.000 0.392 0.000]

(255 / 255 = 1) (100 / 255 =0.392) (0 / 255 = 0)

After you changed the values save file and launch Portal 2 and it should work :).

Note: This also modifies the crosshair and lights in the portal gun so you don't need to change anything else.

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Posted 7 months ago
Pros:
- Good for everyone who likes playing with colors
- You don't need to search the variable by yourself
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- Show a few color examples
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Improvements:
- Green portal in portal 2 good job
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Posted 2 years ago
Posted by ALackOfLife

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...What file am I supposed to even open.

Can't you read? I wrote:

First open pak01_dir.vpk file located in C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\portal 2\portal2 with Notepad ++.

I can read, and I still don't understand... To make it clearer... What file INSIDE the pak... You know what never mind.

You just open pak01_dir.vpk in Notepad++.

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Posted 2 years ago
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Posted by ALackOfLife

...What file am I supposed to even open.

Can't you read? I wrote:

First open pak01_dir.vpk file located in C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\portal 2\portal2 with Notepad ++.

I can read, and I still don't understand... To make it clearer... What file INSIDE the pak... You know what never mind.
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Posted 2 years ago
Posted by ALackOfLife

...What file am I supposed to even open.

Can't you read? I wrote:

First open pak01_dir.vpk file located in C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\portal 2\portal2 with Notepad ++.
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For singleplayer I'm sure you have to modify the same file but different lines (or some texture files). Right now I'm searching witch ones :)

Just thought I'd let you know, I found the texture files that need to be edited for single-player portals however it only changes the colour of the portals (the colour of the effects on both portal gun and around portals are the original colour) I think those effects can only be edited in tools mode but I can't get my portal 2 to work in tools mode , anyone else?

The P2 Tools are still in testing so it's going to mess up for a while.

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Posted by ultralok

For singleplayer I'm sure you have to modify the same file but different lines (or some texture files). Right now I'm searching witch ones :)

Just thought I'd let you know, I found the texture files that need to be edited for single-player portals however it only changes the colour of the portals (the colour of the effects on both portal gun and around portals are the original colour) I think those effects can only be edited in tools mode but I can't get my portal 2 to work in tools mode , anyone else?

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Posted 2 years ago
Posted by ultralok

This is a very helpful tutorial thank you very much, not sure what all the problems are about it worked for me the first time I tried it. A Tutorial on how to edit (or which files to) the colour of the single player portals (this will most likely require tools mode but I'm not sure) Anyway great tutorial thank you.

For singleplayer I'm sure you have to modify the same file but different lines (or some texture files). Right now I'm searching witch ones :)

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Posted 2 years ago
This is a very helpful tutorial thank you very much, not sure what all the problems are about it worked for me the first time I tried it. A Tutorial on how to edit (or which files to) the colour of the single player portals (this will most likely require tools mode but I'm not sure) Anyway great tutorial thank you.

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