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No reshade or any sort of filter is used, only ingame console commands and model replacements(gamebanana mods).
 
autoexec.cfg location: Portal 2/portal2/cfg
 
Idk how to works actually but it would be better if you add +exec autoexec
 

 
 
 

Autoexec commands

autoexec.cfg:
 
sv_cheats 1
 
+remote_view
 
mat_software_aa_blur_one_pixel_lines 0.6
 
mat_fastspecular 0
 
r_shadowmaxrendered 256
 
r_shadows_on_renderables_enable 1
 
r_portal_use_dlights 1
 
viewmodel_offset_y 1.5
 
portal_viewmodel_use_dlight 1
 
portal_transmit_light 1
 
r_maxdlights 256
 
r_avglight 3
 
mat_hdr_level 2
 
mat_bloomscale 2
 
mat_motion_blur_strength 2
 
r_portal_stencil_depth 3
 
jpeg_quality 100
 
mat_postprocess_x 8
 
mat_postprocess_y 8
 
sv_cheats 0
 
 
Some of the commands require sv_cheats to be set to 1(I dont know why though)
 
 
 

Gamebanana mods

If for some reason you like the E3 look of some models in the game then here’s a list of pretty nice mods on gamebanana:
 
Portal: Still Alive light bridges: https://gamebanana.com/mods/242149 – [gamebanana.com] 
 
E3 beta catwalks: https://gamebanana.com/mods/242125 – [gamebanana.com] 
 
E3 beta laser: https://gamebanana.com/mods/242142 – [gamebanana.com] 
 
E3 beta cubes: https://gamebanana.com/mods/242292 – [gamebanana.com] 
 
E3 beta metal surfaces: https://gamebanana.com/mods/311220 – [gamebanana.com] 
 
E3 beta portal gun: https://gamebanana.com/mods/242214 – [gamebanana.com]  (I’m not sure if my pack uses exactly this one but most of them look pretty much the same)
 
E3 beta portal gun particles: https://gamebanana.com/mods/332990 – [gamebanana.com] 
 
E3 beta excursion funnels: https://gamebanana.com/mods/242129 – [gamebanana.com] 
 
HD elevators: https://gamebanana.com/mods/242131 – [gamebanana.com] 
 
HD Rusted catwalks: https://gamebanana.com/mods/242126 – [gamebanana.com] 
 
E3 beta doors: https://gamebanana.com/mods/242145 – [gamebanana.com]  (still not sure if my pack uses exactly this one but most of them look pretty much the same)
 
E3 beta hazard liquid: https://gamebanana.com/mods/8049 – [gamebanana.com]  (idk how it will work in your case. I had 3 people tested it and in every case it breaks the sound somehow)
 
 
Blue buttons mod: https://gamebanana.com/mods/242148 – [gamebanana.com]  (Idk why I use it but it looks better than regular red for me)
 
USE WITH CAUTION!
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 

Mods Installation

Lazy way and some basic instructions
 
Simplest way is to put every mod’s content into different forders
 
First you have to navigate to steamapps/Portal 2 folder
 
You’ll see two folders there: portal_dlc1 and portal2_dlc2
 
Create a folder with name portal2_dlc3 and put your mod files in it(make sure you put files of ONLY ONE mod in this folder)
 
If you did everything right you’ll have pack01_dir.vpk and maps folder inside portal_dlc3
 
Do the same for other mods but put every next mod in a new folder with a greater number in name
 
Example:
 
portal2_dlc3
 
portal2_dlc4
 
portal2_dlc5
 
etc
 
Make sure you dont touch portal2_dlc1 and portal2_dlc2 folders!
 
 
The harder way
 
If you don’t want to make a mess in your game folder you’ll need to spend some of your time to pack all the contents of those mods into one pak01_dir.vpk
 
 
For this method you’ll need <b>GFCscape</b> to open VPK files and extract their contents
 
You can get it here: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/GCFScape – [valvesoftware.com]  (Scroll down to external links)
 
Once you have all the mods downloaded create a folder named pak01_dir anywhere you want
 
After that just open pak01_dir.vpk of every mod you want and drag n drop it’s contents in your newly made folder
 
At the end you should have something like this folders in your pak01_dir folder:
 
materials models particles
 
Once you are done filling your folder with mod contents navigate to Portal 2 directory again and open the bin folder.
 
There you’ll find a a vpk.exe All you need to do is drag your pak01_dir onto the vpk.exe
 
Wait a few secs/mins for it to create a pak01_dir.vpk. Once the cmd closes you can freely move your pak01_dir.vpk to portal2_dlc3
 
Done!
 
 
If you don’t want to spend your time donwloading all of this stuff or packing those mods together you can download my mod pack with all the mods listed in here:
 
ht tps://www. – []  media fire.c om/file / 1ucxhamtbmm9ruf/pak01_di r.vpk/file – []  (remove spacebars)
 
Total size of this mod pack is about 700mb
 
 

 
 
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