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The Orange Box: Portal Hints
How can I get a storage cube onto this button?
1 of 9: First, find where the storage cubes are being dropped.
2 of 9: Checking the ceiling for cube tubes, you'll find one that's directly over a floor that's way below the main one.
3 of 9: You don't have a gravity gun to pull the cube in with, so how might you get it out of its low-down area?
4 of 9: Notice that an orange portal has formed near the large button.
5 of 9: What if you were to open a blue portal down in the room with the cube?
6 of 9: If you look down and aim at the cube, you can create a portal under it that'll cause it to "fall" out of the orange portal.
7 of 9: Or you can open a portal on another part of the cube room's floor, then go through the orange portal to get down there. (Or just drop down from the higher floor.)
8 of 9: Drop the cube through the floor portal, then follow it.
9 of 9: Either way, take the cube over to the big button and drop it.
