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	[[RED Brushes#Portal Brushes\|Portals]] are probably the most important part of your map. Primarily, a good use of portals will dramatically decrease your maps lag by reducing the amount of information that your computer has to remember/render.		[[RED Brushes#Portal Brushes\|Portals]] are probably the most important part of your map. Primarily, a good use of portals will dramatically decrease your maps lag by reducing the amount of information that your computer has to remember/render.

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	[[RED Brushes#Portal Brushes\|Portals]] are probably the most important part of your map. Primarily, a good use of portals will dramatically decrease your maps lag by reducing the amount of information that your computer has to remember/render.		[[RED Brushes#Portal Brushes\|Portals]] are probably the most important part of your map. Primarily, a good use of portals will dramatically decrease your maps lag by reducing the amount of information that your computer has to remember/render.

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	[[RED Brushes#Portal Brushes\|Portals]] are probably the most important part of your map. Primarily, a good use of portals will dramatically decrease your maps lag by reducing the amount of information that your computer has to remember/render.		[[RED Brushes#Portal Brushes\|Portals]] are probably the most important part of your map. Primarily, a good use of portals will dramatically decrease your maps lag by reducing the amount of information that your computer has to remember/render.

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	[[RED Brushes#Portal Brushes\|Portals]] are probably the most important part of your map. Primarily, a good use of portals will dramatically decrease your maps lag by reducing the amount of information that your computer has to remember/render.		[[RED Brushes#Portal Brushes\|Portals]] are probably the most important part of your map. Primarily, a good use of portals will dramatically decrease your maps lag by reducing the amount of information that your computer has to remember/render.

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	[[RED Brushes#Portal Brushes\|Portals]] are probably the most important part of your map. Primarily, a good use of portals will dramatically decrease your maps lag by reducing the amount of information that your computer has to remember/render.		[[RED Brushes#Portal Brushes\|Portals]] are probably the most important part of your map. Primarily, a good use of portals will dramatically decrease your maps lag by reducing the amount of information that your computer has to remember/render.

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	[[RED Brushes#Portal Brushes\|Portals]] are probably the most important part of your map. Primarily, a good use of portals will dramatically decrease your maps lag by reducing the amount of information that your computer has to remember/render.		[[RED Brushes#Portal Brushes\|Portals]] are probably the most important part of your map. Primarily, a good use of portals will dramatically decrease your maps lag by reducing the amount of information that your computer has to remember/render.

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	[[RED Brushes#Portal Brushes\|Portals]] are probably the most important part of your map. Primarily, a good use of portals will dramatically decrease your maps lag by reducing the amount of information that your computer has to remember/render.		[[RED Brushes#Portal Brushes\|Portals]] are probably the most important part of your map. Primarily, a good use of portals will dramatically decrease your maps lag by reducing the amount of information that your computer has to remember/render.

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	Portals are probably the most important part of your map. Primarily, a good use of portals will dramatically decrease your maps lag by reducing the amount of information that your computer has to remember/render.		[[RED Brushes#Portal Brushes\|Portals]] are probably the most important part of your map. Primarily, a good use of portals will dramatically decrease your maps lag by reducing the amount of information that your computer has to remember/render.

	===Air Brush Portals===		===Air Brush Portals===
	~~The portals tutorials are based around a couple Mat Jones put together. The site they were on no longer exists :(~~		As far as this tutorial is concerned, portals are also useful for encasing room effects.

	Portals are probably the most important part of your map. Primarily, a good use of portals will dramatically decrease your maps lag by reducing the amount of information that your computer has to remember/render. As far as this tutorial is concerned, portals are also useful for encasing room effects.

	To begin with, make an air brush with these dimensions; H=40, W=40, D=30. Then create a smaller air brush with these dimensions; H=15, W=10, and D=20. Now copy and paste the smaller brush and arrange the smaller brushes as per the screen shot. Make sure you have snapped the brushes to the grid (Ctrl + G). If you haven't it may cause the room effect to leak into the other rooms. Then move the brushes into position using the M + Arrow keys, not your mouse.		To begin with, make an air brush with these dimensions; H=40, W=40, D=30. Then create a smaller air brush with these dimensions; H=15, W=10, and D=20. Now copy and paste the smaller brush and arrange the smaller brushes as per the screen shot. Make sure you have snapped the brushes to the grid (Ctrl + G). If you haven't it may cause the room effect to leak into the other rooms. Then move the brushes into position using the M + Arrow keys, not your mouse.

	Go into Object mode and put a Room Effect in one of the smaller brushes. Press Ctrl + P and make the room effect a liquid type and adjust the height to a depth of 14m. Click OK. Now if you look in the Free Look viewport you will see that the other room beneath the main room is also filled with water. This is because the brushes have not been set to portals.		Go into [[RED User Guide#Object Mode\|Object mode]] and put a [[RED Objects#Room Effect\|Room Effect]] in one of the smaller brushes. Press Ctrl + P and make the room effect a liquid type and adjust the height to a depth of 14m. Click OK. Now if you look in the Free Look viewport you will see that the other room beneath the main room is also filled with water. This is because the brushes have not been set to portals.

	Go back into Brush mode and select the smaller brush with the room effect in it and press Ctrl + P and check the Is Portal flag. Rebuild your level. There you go, the water is only contained within the portal that has the room effect applied to it.		Go back into [[RED User Guide#Brush Mode\|Brush mode]] and select the smaller brush with the room effect in it and press Ctrl + P and check the Is Portal flag. Rebuild your level. There you go, the water is only contained within the portal that has the room effect applied to it.

	[[File:Triggerportals1.jpg]]		[[File:Triggerportals1.jpg]]
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	Copy and paste that brush and place it as per the first screenshot. Repeat this process until you have the four portals in place. Now you have four portals, therefore you also have four rooms. A way to see if the portals are working is to go to the top menu and select View and then Show Rooms in Different Colors. Your map should now show your different rooms in different colours. There may be two shades of green in your view. I changed the colour to make it easier to describe.		Copy and paste that brush and place it as per the first screenshot. Repeat this process until you have the four portals in place. Now you have four portals, therefore you also have four rooms. A way to see if the portals are working is to go to the top menu and select [[RED User Guide#View Menu\|View]] and then '''Show Rooms in Different Colors'''. Your map should now show your different rooms in different colours. There may be two shades of green in your view. I changed the colour to make it easier to describe.

	[[File:Triggerportals4.jpg]]		[[File:Triggerportals4.jpg]]

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	*~~'''~~[[Basic Portals/ru\|Russian]]~~'''~~		*[[Basic Portals/ru\|Russian]]

	[[RED Brushes#Portal Brushes\|Portals]] are probably the most important part of your map. Primarily, a good use of portals will dramatically decrease your maps lag by reducing the amount of information that your computer has to remember/render.		[[RED Brushes#Portal Brushes\|Portals]] are probably the most important part of your map. Primarily, a good use of portals will dramatically decrease your maps lag by reducing the amount of information that your computer has to remember/render.