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The Orange Box: Portal Hints
How can I get the cubes onto the button platforms?
1 of 7: In a way very similar to how you got yourself onto the moving platform.
2 of 7: Fire a blue portal so that it forms on the ceiling directly above one of the button platforms.
3 of 7: Note that you can use the white tiles above the platforms to help you aim your portals.
4 of 7: Fire an orange portal into the floor, then drop a cube through it.
5 of 7: It should land on the button on the platform that you put the blue portal above.
6 of 7: Now move your blue portal over to where it's above the other button platform.
7 of 7: Drop the second cube through your orange portal to get it to fall onto the other button.
