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The Orange Box: Portal Hints
What's the trick way?
1 of 13: Open up portals that'll get you to the top of the button's pillar.
2 of 13: Carefully jump onto the pillar behind the button without falling off. This is very hard to do, and may take many tries.
3 of 13: While facing the nearby stick-out wall, crouch down and edge gently to the right.
4 of 13: What you're wanting to do is edge over to where you can see a tiny sliver of the extended wall segment that's way across the room so that you can fire an orange portal at it.
5 of 13: You may have to try several times, but it is possible to toss a portal onto that wall segment without falling off of the pillar.
6 of 13: Once you manage that, move back to where you're more firmly on the pillar.
7 of 13: Fire a blue portal at one of the orb bounce spots, then watch for an orb to enter the portal.
8 of 13: Stand by the button and be ready to press it the instant the orb appears on your right, coming past the nearby stick-out wall.
9 of 13: If you're fast enough, the orb will get into the receptor, and you'll have pulled this off without having to do any frantic last-second portaling.
10 of 13: That said, there's an even easier way.
11 of 13: After you get onto the button pillar, press the button and then jump through the door and into the receptor room.
12 of 13: The door will close, but the computer will open it up again after a few seconds.
13 of 13: The door is now permanently open, so you can hop out and set up your orb-redirecting portals at your leisure.
