Beginner Tips

Learn essential beginner tips for mastering LASERS in Portal Reloaded. Navigate test chambers, utilize time portals, and solve puzzles with this guide.

This guide focuses on the 'Lasers' section of Portal Reloaded, covering Test Chambers 13, 14, and 15. It details how to use portals and time portals to manipulate lasers and reflector cubes to solve puzzles.

Test Chamber 13:

1. Place portals as shown in the image to redirect the laser.
2. Use a time portal to move the laser into the future. You may take some damage to do this.
3. Once in the future, rearrange portals to direct the laser into the target.
4. Proceed through the door.

Test Chamber 14:

1. Travel to the present using a time portal.
2. Summon a reflector cube from the center switch and position it as shown.
3. Use a portal to bring a laser through the first node, then use the reflector cube to direct it into the next two nodes.
4. Travel to the future.
5. Use portals to bring a laser into the present through the time portal, ensuring it passes through the node.
6. Retrieve the reflector cube from the future and bring it to the present via a time portal.
7. Position the present reflector cube to hit all three nodes. Adjust as necessary.
8. If the future reflector cube was moved, return to the future to retrieve it and bring it back to the present.
9. Place the future reflector cube to reflect the laser into the receiver, completing the chamber.

Test Chamber 15:

1. Enter the particle field on the left. Place a portal where the laser hits the wall and a time portal on the opposite wall.
2. Travel through the time portal to the future to bypass the particle field.
3. Head to the other side of the room and use another time portal to return to the present, now on the other side of the particle field.
4. Place a portal on the upper wall above the laser room so the laser hits the first receiver.
5. Travel to the future and place a portal on the small wall in the laser room to shoot the receiver.
6. Return to the present. The laser should still be hitting the first receiver, powering an elevating platform.
7. Stand on the platform and place a time portal behind the node to raise the platform further, allowing you to summon a reflector cube.
8. Place this reflector cube on the lip above the second receiver.
9. Travel to the future. Retrieve the future reflector cube and run into the laser room.
10. Use a time portal in the laser room to bring the future reflector cube to the present. Position it to reflect the laser to the second receiver through the node.
11. To get to the other side of the particle field without going through it, use an existing portal or a time portal. You need to be in the present on the other side.
12. Climb the stairs and use a portal on the upper wall to hit the third receiver.
13. Move the reflector cube onto the switch to complete the test chamber.