Portal: Prelude Forum

You need to install it to SourceMods in your steamapps folder, not the original Portal directory; Portal Prelude is not a map pack. Also, remember that you need to restart Steam by right-clicking on the Steam icon in your system tray and selecting "Exit" and then relaunching after you've installed Prelude.

Hope that helps.

Last edited by cbrain (23-12-2008 10:48:22)

It should be in steamapps/SourceMods.

After you've installed Prelude, exit Steam fully by right-clicking on the Steam icon in your system tray and selecting "Exit". Relaunch Steam and then launch Prelude by double-clicking "Portal: Prelude" in your Steam games list.

I hope that helps.

Last edited by cbrain (25-12-2008 12:57:16)

Portal or Portal: Prelude? They're not the same thing. Portal is a game created by Valve, and Portal: Prelude is a mod. This website is for Portal: Prelude. If you don't have Portal you can buy it from the Steam Store.

I hope that helps.

If you have a genuine, legal copy of Portal it should almost definitely be in the list. If your copy of Portal is pirated, I'm not going to offer anymore assistance. Also could you tell me the exact directory of where you installed Portal: Prelude?

Thanks.

So have you actually installed Portal yet? Portal Prelude needs Portal, if you can't start it, that's why!

At last,I did it.
I put Portal on steam(that code must be activated on steam)
As for Portal:Prelude I did something simple(though not very good).I copied the maps from"Prelude" and pasted them over the original portal maps.It's strange,but it seems that I can still play the old portal(With saves and everything) and on "bonus maps"it appears"Portal:prelude Mod Bonus Maps".They work very fine and are cooler than the original portal game.
Thanks for the help,I'llcontact you if I have another problem.

I just downloaded the game and I did everything needed, I installed it in steamapps/sourcemods and I right-clicked exit on steam and then opened it again, but what do I have to do now. I don't get it

I have the normal Portal in the game list, but I didn't buy it. I downloaded it, it's a steam version though, is that maybe the reason??

ey, dude. I'm sorry. I've seen a clip on youtube about Prelude and I thought that it's free, so I downloaded it. But now I see that you have to buy it, so i guess i'll just go pay for it.

ok, I have original portal, but it's pirated

Hey, i've got the same problem... i got portal on steam for free (some promo) and now, when i try to do the prelude, it says you must have a steam game installed?