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Thursday, October 9, 2008
Day Twenty Five: The Release!
116 comment(s)
Posted by Nicolas
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That's it!
Portal: Prelude is released!
Thanks to FilePlanet and Planet Half-Life, you can now download the game one day before the official release date!
You will find their review here (it's worth the reading, we love their style):
http://planethalflife.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Reviews.Detail&id=65
And you can download the game from our download page right now!
Head up to the Download Page, and enjoy!
PS: There's a little misunderstanding regarding this 24h exclusivity. We're not earning any money of this. It's just one more step to world domination! =)
Comments
October 8, 2008 11:36 PM,
Tori said :
Oh yeah!
...
Place in line: 83 /100, 28 minute wait...
October 8, 2008 11:36 PM,
WinCamXP said :
Does it work on the Portal DEMO for Steam? (I sent you an email saying the same thing.)
October 8, 2008 11:37 PM,
Virtual Console said :
Congratulations on the launch, guys.
I'm downloading it now. :)
October 8, 2008 11:38 PM,
Alex said :
Place in line... 75/112 yay!
October 8, 2008 11:38 PM,
NikoKun said :
40/122 with 17 minutes left!
October 8, 2008 11:39 PM,
said :
The queue on the public server was around 70 people when I started, then it jumped up to 115 a few minutes after this news item... I wonder how much bigger it'll get?
October 8, 2008 11:40 PM,
Capitaine Mousse said :
@WinCamXP:
No, you need the complete portal
October 8, 2008 11:40 PM,
said :
-Dances- SO EXCITED! Now all I gotta do is put up with the wait time for download then the download itself....OH THE SUFFERING!
October 8, 2008 11:42 PM,
Ben Small said :
Thats the only problem with sites like filelanet and gamespy, you have pay money to get instant downloads, where as filefront and other hosting sites you may only need to wait 30 seconds if that at all.
October 8, 2008 11:43 PM,
Darky said :
So you actually did it for money...
Uploading this only to one mirror - FilePlanet is to make us buy accounts not to wait in queue. Of course not much people did it, but you knew it will get hell popular, and there WILL be quite much people buying the accounts. Ehhh.... And JavaScript doesn't work for me, so I can't download it... because it's the only mirror... and I was waiting for it soooo looooong -.-
October 8, 2008 11:46 PM,
Capitaine Mousse said :
@darky
So, wait the other miror tomorow
October 8, 2008 11:47 PM,
Steve said :
Congrats on the release! Can't wait to make it through the queue and check this out!
October 8, 2008 11:48 PM,
said :
@Darky
More mirrors will be available tomorrow.
FilePlanet got it as a pre-release.
The official release date is tomorrow.
Stop saying things about doing it for money. You made an awesome mod for free, yet people still are complaining and all...
well, that's internet.
----
Will download tomorrow, gotta sleep now.
October 8, 2008 11:59 PM,
said :
yahoooooooooooooo thank youuuuuu
Damn waiting lines.......
October 8, 2008 11:59 PM,
said :
Well...See ya when its on a free site...
October 9, 2008 12:01 AM,
NikoKun said :
lol^ giving up?
I'm already downloading it, nearing 50% now... The wait isn't THAT long. =P Just set it, go get something to eat, then come back and enjoy it!
October 9, 2008 12:09 AM,
said :
I am the FIRST man, in the world, to enjoy Portal: Prelude, just thought I'd alt+tab out and let you all know that. It's fucking epic.
October 9, 2008 12:13 AM,
K-4U said :
2 /89
is my place in line!
Thank god, FINALLY :D
I've waited SOOOOOO longggggg
Mike: I envy you!
October 9, 2008 12:15 AM,
said :
16 meg internet helps a bit ;) Don't you all worry, you'll LOVE it. ModDB is right, the hype was well worth it, now pardon me, back to playing.
October 9, 2008 12:17 AM,
elvis-presnyj said :
This damn site keeps me in line for about 5 minutes and then drops me. Could someone create a torrent and upload it to the Pirate Bay or Demonoid?
October 9, 2008 12:18 AM,
Zero1328 said :
Being in Australia it's always pleasant when you get a nice surprise when you just woke up.
Anyway, regarding that ModDB Review, are you guys gonna consider improving the dialogue, or are you satisfied as is? They said that some was lost in translation, so maybe you need some editing from some native person. I'm still downloading so I haven't looked at it myself yet, though...
October 9, 2008 12:20 AM,
said :
Yay! It's finally here! I will let it download overnight. BTW. Did anyone notice that small "Donations" link under "Contact"? I though it will lead to a "HAHA! ur teh stpuid guy, cuz we alraedy tlod taht we dont taek donationes"... But it's a true one. You should add a status bar with "Donated so far: ### ?"
Can't wait to play this.
October 9, 2008 12:20 AM,
said :
slowness........... 30 kb/sec.
:(
October 9, 2008 12:28 AM,
Darth Butternutz said :
Congratz on the release :)
October 9, 2008 12:30 AM,
said :
will this work on non-steam portal?
October 9, 2008 12:34 AM,
piklemeup said :
No, you have to have legit portal Jesus, cracked portal won't work.
Also, I have to go to class in 10 minutes, and I get my download spot in 25, I have to wait until after my class until I can download this. This sucks.
October 9, 2008 12:34 AM,
Simon Mellor said :
this was a triumph
October 9, 2008 12:42 AM,
DDressler said :
So they didn't get money? Why not! Its not as if Fileplanet is a good mirror. I'm really hoping they did get cash or some other bribe. I can live with a crap mirror, provided said crap mirror gives something in return.
October 9, 2008 12:49 AM,
Ted said :
Well, that was a complete waste of 30 mins. I get greeted with a borish download speed of 80 KB/s average (I can reach 1MB/s)
Sorry, mod devs. You made the wrong decision with pre-releasing it to Filefront. I'm not waiting 2h40m.
October 9, 2008 12:56 AM,
said :
@Jesus-
if you mean you just didn't tie your legit copy of portal to steam, i think it still won't work.
I was 171 in line when i joined, for a wait time of 29 minutes, and it got up to 183 while i waited! the good thing though, was that i actually had ~900 kbs to download it :D
October 9, 2008 12:58 AM,
said :
wow, i just noticed all the people having horrible download speeds. Must be your internet providers to all those who had problems, because it obviously wasn't filefront's problem.
October 9, 2008 1:01 AM,
said :
No, Fileplanet has HORRIBLE bandwidth for free users. I've known this for a long time and that's why I never download anything from them if I don't have to.
October 9, 2008 1:03 AM,
said :
My download is just finished! The rate was good 200-300KB/s in average. I am really excited by this mod.
Congratulations to Nicolas and the whole Portal:Prelude team! I believe I will enjoy the game, for sure!
I don't know if you noticed but there are already more than 1000 finished downloads on filePlanet in only one hour and a half!! This mod is gonna be famous!
Congratulations for your job again!
Super JJ
October 9, 2008 1:05 AM,
said :
Downloading now!! woot!!!! I've Been checking the page numerous times everyday for the last week. Congrads boys, You made a lot of people so happy they probably pissed themselves!
I'm one of them.
October 9, 2008 1:05 AM,
NikoKun said :
Holy Cow this is hard!!! lol
October 9, 2008 1:06 AM,
chedabob said :
Somebody put it on MegaUpload or The Pirate Bay. I'm not staying up for another 40 minutes just to start the download.
October 9, 2008 1:06 AM,
said :
Anyone know how to open up The developer Console?
im stuck and i want to get past one part
October 9, 2008 1:17 AM,
said :
I'll upload the installer to filesavr.com since I have a premium license to it and maybe I'll start a torrent. I'll post both here tomorrow.
Place in Line 157 /178
Estimated Wait 26 minutes
October 9, 2008 1:19 AM,
said :
Wohooo!!! Thanks guys 65/101 with 27 Minutes.. its taking so long XD cant wait!
October 9, 2008 1:21 AM,
bd_ said :
I don't know where all of you are getting this 'fileplanet has slow mirrors' thing, but I got an average of 1.22M/s from their US east mirror. Granted, I did have to wait for 30 minutes to start...
October 9, 2008 1:29 AM,
said :
I take what I said back, I got 2000 KB/sec for some reason. Very happy. :]
October 9, 2008 1:31 AM,
said :
@Bad Coupon
Can you PLEASE make a torrent when you are done, or ANYONE ELSE!!! I get 600 *BYTES* per second on this, and that on a 10mbit connection. I will seed it for the rest of my LIFE if I need to! Please... Somebody?
October 9, 2008 1:39 AM,
said :
i do have one more comment to make, that i can't get past test chamber 3. i have tried every possible move that doesn't involve madly firing portals everywhere, and i still come up a couple of inches short :(
October 9, 2008 1:52 AM,
said :
658 kb/s 17 minutes
Speed isn't to bad
October 9, 2008 2:03 AM,
said :
Well, this is a let down.
I was on the wait before the official announcement, and started downloading it. I walked away, and came back a half-hour later. It had frozen at a mere 6.9mb. I restarted, this time having to wait 30 minutes, and walked away again. Half-an-hour later, I came back to 6.9mb and epic-fail. A waste of 13.8mb of downloading. I'll just wait for a better provider.
October 9, 2008 2:05 AM,
said :
Woot-oot! For torrent seekers everywhere, there is...
http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/1647448/6201776/
FOR THE WIN!
October 9, 2008 2:06 AM,
said :
@Mikel S:
Just use a download manager, FilePlanet supports resuming downloads.
October 9, 2008 2:08 AM,
Jeff! said :
@BRINGER OF TORRENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please upload to another site, IM NOT REGISTERED @ DEMONOID!!!
PLEAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEE
October 9, 2008 2:17 AM,
said :
Thanks for the torrent.
I was unable to download from the shitty fileplanet, can't stand that site. It's so slow downloading.
And... the download didn't even start, I mean, the qeue didn't even start - got error.
Filefront rocks anyhow ;) I love it when I see stuff have been uploaded there since it's so fast and easy.
October 9, 2008 2:21 AM,
Jeff! said :
BTW, my speed now == ~500 kb/s. Even with fileplanet.. -.-
I took the wrong mirror. I live in Europe and took the american (?) mirror :P.
Well anyways, *thank you for helpin' me out*. *I will do the same in the future. Only no seed because... I have it in 10 minutes and not from a torrent.*
:(
October 9, 2008 2:25 AM,
said :
I hope Valve will not destroy this prequel, because I think it would sucks
October 9, 2008 2:26 AM,
said :
I feel stupid for asking this but how do you survive test chamber 01?
The blue Portal just spits me out right in front of 4 turrets which happily rape me to death in less than a second. :(
October 9, 2008 2:28 AM,
Jeff! said :
@anonymous:
Quickly throw another portal against a wall, so you stand at the other side of the turrets which you then can throw over :).
October 9, 2008 2:29 AM,
said :
I couldn't resume it. I tried hitting the pause then resume, then cancel and restart, but every time, it either stayed where it was or never managed to start. And now this stupid torrent, nobody's seeding it.
October 9, 2008 2:30 AM,
said :
Hey, you don't need to register, and I'm not the one who put it up, I'm just the one who let you know. Just download the little file, and begin. I just hope the person who put it up comes back to seed it for all of us.
October 9, 2008 2:31 AM,
Jeff! said :
@Mikel S
Try flashget. Use the old one (from the site.) I'm now at 78% and I *had* the complications you have right now. Just open the link you get at fileplanet and paste (ctrl+V) it in flashget. 500 kb/sec!
Jeff
October 9, 2008 2:47 AM,
said :
@Jeff!:
Um, so, when I'm through the line, get the URL of the download link and paste it into the "URL" area of the "Add New Download" dialog box in FlashGet?
October 9, 2008 2:49 AM,
Darky said :
Screw FilePlanet, there is already a torrent download aviable :P
October 9, 2008 2:53 AM,
said :
Yes, but the main seeder isn't there. In order for a torrent to WORK, somebody has to actually HAVE the game and be logged into the Torrent. He's not in right now.
October 9, 2008 2:55 AM,
Darky said :
Man, I'm downloading it at the speed of 150kb/s.
Umm, what were you saying there? :P
October 9, 2008 2:55 AM,
Darky said :
Man, I'm downloading it at the speed of 150kb/s.
Umm, what were you saying there? :P
October 9, 2008 3:02 AM,
Darky said :
Oh shit, not anymore :P
October 9, 2008 3:02 AM,
said :
The torrent seems to be working again... strange, considering there's no seeds...
October 9, 2008 3:04 AM,
said :
Thats what I thought. It should stop somewhere around 5 or 6 percent.
October 9, 2008 3:07 AM,
said :
OH MY GOD! When I tried to start FlashGet, it froze, so I had to restart it, and it worked that time, but FilePlanet expired my link... This is so stupid... Anyway, I guess thats it. Not wasting another 30 minutes (that'd make 2 hours, now) waiting on line, when I could have been the fourth.
I'll just wait till tomorrow to enjoy it!
October 9, 2008 3:11 AM,
said :
The seeder's back on.
October 9, 2008 3:34 AM,
said :
Really important question: Has a Wikipedia page been made yet? Are there any plans if not? Please let me know, I would love to help. Also, Cheers!
October 9, 2008 3:58 AM,
Filip said :
This post has been removed by the author.
October 9, 2008 4:00 AM,
Filip said :
The first rule of Usenet is... you don't talk about Usenet.
*cough, cough* ahem *cough*
October 9, 2008 4:07 AM,
Kris said :
=POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT!!!=
Hmm...im wondering. in the first level, the one with the Orange portal gun, whats the correct "Way/ways" to complete that one? 'Cause i think i kinda cheated xP.
October 9, 2008 4:16 AM,
said :
ok I'm at test chamber 16 and OMG this game is both hard and exciting ^^
can't wait to see the rest of the game...but I gotta portal myself to bed now...too tired to play the "hard version of portal" without having enough sleep xD
cYa tomorrow guys ;)
October 9, 2008 4:17 AM,
Jeff! said :
Ahaha!
(Possible spoiler)
http://img352.imageshack.us/my.php?image=portalpreludelolcw5.jpg
October 9, 2008 4:25 AM,
said :
I can't get the download to work at all. After signing up and clicking through the message scolding me for not using IE, I end up with a "403" error. Guess I'll just have to wait for tomorrow, stupid false hope and all that.
October 9, 2008 4:54 AM,
JP said :
Chamber 2...wtf?...
October 9, 2008 4:58 AM,
said :
grr chamber 19 lol...gonna have to wait til tomorrow.
Great job on the game so far guys! I am really impressed! :)
-Faldir
October 9, 2008 5:06 AM,
said :
Looks like it's up on Filefront if you don't want to put up with FilePlanet. :p
http://files.filefront.com/portal+prelude+setup+100exe/;12013501;/fileinfo.html
October 9, 2008 5:09 AM,
Zeis said :
yay! finally! 32/76 in Line and 11 Minutes left! \o/
woohoooo
October 9, 2008 5:22 AM,
said :
Yes, filefront link is working, and very fast! 800kb/s or so! thanks Nereid!
October 9, 2008 5:23 AM,
Jon said :
http://gamerev.kiristar.com/wtf.PNG
This happened in chamber 4 I think? I also got stuck outside the map :|
October 9, 2008 5:24 AM,
said :
Finished the game 10 minutes ago, whoa, that was incredibly awesome. I hope you redo the english voices though ;)
October 9, 2008 5:35 AM,
said :
I hope to get together with a few other people I know and put together an unofficial English Voice Pack for this mod. Its incredible so far.
October 9, 2008 6:45 AM,
Ganon11 said :
I'd be willing to do some voice acting for a Voice Pack.
October 9, 2008 6:54 AM,
dady5000 said :
I'd also be willing to do some VO work. I'm american.
Also I'm stuck on chamber 3 I can't seem to get enough momentum to get across to the last ledge, I tried the crouching but it doesn't seem to help.
PS: Email: dady5000@gmail.com
October 9, 2008 7:31 AM,
said :
Ya, test chamber 03, i am stuck. cant jump far enough. I tried crouching.
October 9, 2008 7:45 AM,
said :
So far so good. Test chamber 3 stumped me too, but I eventually got crouching to work. It was tricky.
October 9, 2008 8:00 AM,
said :
Do you have a form for bugs? Couldn't start the game on Vista:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: hl2.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
...
Tell me if you want the full error text.
October 9, 2008 8:26 AM,
said :
Damn I have to wait for tommorow :(
October 9, 2008 8:28 AM,
delphiki said :
@Anders : did you check the md5sum after downloading the mod ?
October 9, 2008 8:30 AM,
brett said :
yes! i love it!
October 9, 2008 8:39 AM,
vulcanmantiscl said :
Haha its quite amusing that portal prelude is now already on several other mirror sites...of course its predictable. Dling from the torrent currently and can't wait to see if the month of religious checking was worth it(i'm sure it will be).
October 9, 2008 8:56 AM,
Bluestreak2 said :
I'm loving the game so far. And I'm surprised at the originality for a lot of these puzzles. Great work. My one question so far, am I supposed to be able to get past room 18 without completing it?
October 9, 2008 9:05 AM,
said :
FOR THOSE WITHOUT DEMONOID
HERE IS A MININOVA LINK
IT WILL WORK IF YOU DON'T HAVE A DEMONOID ACCOUNT AND WORKS OFF THE SAME TRACKER.
http://www.mininova.org/tor/1891271
October 9, 2008 9:15 AM,
Nicolas said :
@Bluestreak2:
Yes =)
October 9, 2008 9:26 AM,
Captain said :
97% :)
been waitin hours on 100kb/s. looking at the popularity I'm bettin she's worth it.
October 9, 2008 10:10 AM,
said :
I'm 1/42 with 1 min remaining...
I'm giddy XD
oh and now I get to download it :D
downloading...
lol thanks...
October 9, 2008 10:22 AM,
said :
Gays you are awesome,thx for the mod!!!
October 9, 2008 10:34 AM,
said :
chamber 10
damn difficult!!
I love it!!!!
Thank you for the effort. It's a great game. But some places are almost impossible :-P
I guess I should have played Portal again before the release. Because after 9 chambers I am dizzy :S
^.^ THANKS AGAIN!
October 9, 2008 10:49 AM,
takkischitt said :
CONGRATS...!
a well executed operation...! Commercial developers and games designers should take note...! heh...
October 9, 2008 11:12 AM,
said :
Next time you do exclusive pre-release, don't do it with a mirror where you have to wait half an hour when you are a normal (aka not premium=paying) member there.
October 9, 2008 11:51 AM,
said :
is this mod in English or in French?
October 9, 2008 12:06 PM,
Zrix said :
Here is a fast Torrent with several dedicated high bandwidth seeders; http://www.gameupdates.org/details.php?id=2883
October 9, 2008 12:23 PM,
said :
Man, Fileplanet love you for sure.
You allow them to make money with your mod while you dont want anything in back appart them to host your files...That's a dream for them!
Since you dont want any money, what's your interest for this exclusivity?
October 9, 2008 1:14 PM,
Jeff! said :
Frikkin' UNBELIEVALBE:
Downloads: 10,412!
Jeff
October 9, 2008 1:29 PM,
said :
LOL 302/303 XDXD
nice release man^^
October 9, 2008 2:40 PM,
said :
Tell everyone that you're not doing it for the money and won't accept donations. Then have an exclusive release on FilePlanet!! haha good one guys! If you didn't get paid for this then you are pretty stupid. I guess I will wait until FileFront or a decent torrent. Better luck next time.
October 9, 2008 2:40 PM,
Josh said :
I am also willing to help with an english voice pack. my email is gamerjosheudy at gmail dot comm contact me if interested, and I'll send in some samples
October 9, 2008 3:15 PM,
said :
They did the FilePlanet exclusive launch because they got promotion, not money. Look at fileplanet.com and all of the Planet network sites, it's everywhere, also shows up on various other IGN sites too. I don't think 11,000 downloads in 12 hours is something to complain about, Jesus...
October 9, 2008 4:45 PM,
V. said :
I defenetly would help you with a german voice pack (if planned).
finished the game ^^ i just love the end of it <3
October 9, 2008 6:22 PM,
said :
The End Was Genius
October 9, 2008 6:35 PM,
piklemeup said :
I don't understand why you guys are pissed about having to wait 3 hours for the game to download, or are refusing to use filefront. It's faster to use filefront and wait three hours, then to use whatever site you want and wait until tomorrow.
Anywho, there's a torrent now, it was too late for me, but man, that would have been awesome.
October 9, 2008 9:26 PM,
said :
dude! this game freakin rocks. im on stage 6 or 7 i think, the one where youve got the electrical field staircase and guns. man me n my buddy were playing this... both our frustrations on tough levels were clearly heard xD. good freakin job on the game guys, it really shows.
October 9, 2008 9:40 PM,
said :
Fileplanet is crap. I'd love to play this but not if I have to go anywhere near FP.
October 9, 2008 10:55 PM,
[EDT]Smoky said :
So its not working on [Non steam] Portal version???
Should i wait for the fix...or i dont have reason to live anymore XD
plz reply somebody!!
October 10, 2008 10:37 PM,
said :
@anonymous
"Next time you do exclusive pre-release, don't do it with a mirror where you have to wait half an hour when you are a normal (aka not premium=paying) member there."
take a minute to think about what 'exclusive' means. in this case, it only excludes the impatient people who don't have accounts.
@[EDT]Smoky
The only thing is, I think mods created for Portal on Steam would require an entire rewrite to work without Steam. However, what you can do is get a steam account, and then reinstall portal so that it pretty much just does the same thing as if you had bought it from the Steam store. That's what I did, I had the retail Orange Box and when I went to install it Steam came up.
October 21, 2008 10:57 PM,
said :
Why my comment was deleted?
October 22, 2008 12:18 AM,
Nicolas said :
@NV2:
I don't remember, but probably because it contained insults or warez.
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