This is still a brilliant puzzle: the solution is clever, but simple to do, requires no fast moves and only takes about a minute to execute. However working out what the solution may take a bit longer.

Wow that was quite the adventure. Feels pretty good to solve it!
So many cool tricks I've never used before, quite proud to have figured it out all by my self relatively quickly. This is how I did it:

U need to be at the start point when u get the funnel cube to push the button. To be able to do this I blocked the cube below the light bridge at the funnel. I had a few seconds to shoot the portal at the desired location (behind the red laser thing). When the cube presses the button, shoot a portal on the now available wall below the exit. SHooot it below the lamp and make sure it's the same portal as the one the cube came out of at the laser portal. This way u capture a new cube. Now shoot a portal at the lightbridge and bring ur cube over to the place below the exit. place the cube on the button. Then shoot a lightbridge at the funnel room and walk over. Make sure to stand inside behind the disabled force field and shoot a lighbridge on the lightbridge source place such that u make a lightbrigde right under the cube. This lifts the cube up! Now us the funnel and funnel ur way up, then shoot the lightbridge just on the wall and walk to the exit!

Very cool map. Thumbs up.

Clever use of mechanics. Crossed the bridge and saw what I needed to do with funnel and bridge, but still thought that was very clever. Thumbs up.

Very nice

@LB I found your video very helpful thanks. I found a better way to delay the cube. Combine the light bridge with the funnel and press the cube up against the reverse end of the light bridge. It won't go anywhere until you're on the entrance side and ready to shoot the funnel to the button on the wall disabling the fizzler opposite. Having said that, I haven't watched RectorRocks' playthrough!

Brilliant puzzle, all elements are good, but two parts are sublime! These two elements took me quite a while to crack, but it was worth it for that: ’you sneaky clever ****’ moment. After completing it, I looked at “LB's playthrough” : I did it in almost the same, but by a method that gives you slightly more time – screenshots uploaded to my profile that you (RR) should be able to see. Thank you, thumbs up and favourited

Love it! here's my playthrough for anyone who is interested: https://youtu.be/AaQiTN1q7xI

Nice use of the bridge-blocking mechanic, as well as the cube-raising one. Nicely done!

I also put the cube on the edge of the button and was not convinced it was the right solution, but it worked just fine. Nice, fun puzzle.

really nice puzzle took a little bit of thought

Nice one! Easy when we see the solution method.

This was a excellent chamber. Very nice puzzle that was fun to solve.

Amazing one Rector!! Really nice mechanics used here! I found the intended solution faster than I thought, and also, I didn't think it was truly the intended one, so I got surprised after checking the solution video!! Impressive puzzle man! Thumbs up and favourited! Cheers! :)

@dr777099 Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

@aFather Thank you aFather! I appreciate your support across my recent maps :)

@stormsend Haha yeah. Not quite intended but it kinda still is the same idea :P Thanks!

@p0rtalmaster Thanks p0rtalmaster! Glad to you know you didn't catch it :) (and yes I wanted to bring it back since its been a while :P)

@quaternary Haha yeah your solution is the same as | \_/ ()'s, which I had already fixed :) Thanks for the video, I actually watched it before you commented here :P

@Polux Thank you Polux! :D

Diabolical!

Another great puzzle, thanks! Spent way too long again and had to watch the video, but enjoyed completing it myself just the same - a perserverence thing.

I thought I'd found an alternate but after reading the comments I see I'm not the only one. My solution. Great map. Enjoyable puzzle. I had fun. Thanks.

Nice one Took a tad bit of reflex to pull off, but it's still a mighty fine puzzle. I also managed not to catch the dreaded Cryptosporidium you talk of (and wow it's been a while since you named one of your test chambers after a disease of sorts).

Here's my solution, just realized I forgot to post it D: -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOp3viO4fRo

Might be a bit out-of-date because I see you did an update. Basically I push the cube off the button with the edge of the funnel, so that the cube enters the funnel even though it's not in line with it. Then I solve the second half like the MAD's solution.

Coooool test

Really nice one :)

@DeathWish808
I know about *.dem but I hate the dedicated file storage websites, like DropBox. I use a personal FTP server to remove the hassles of downloading a single file. I also know about YouTube/Fraps but the computer I use isn't powerful enough to record at a reasonable framerate and play the game at the same time. I am kind of limited to what I can do. I found screenshots easier to convey the alternate solution. Only RectorRocks will fully understand what I did as the comment was directed to him.

I found an alternate solution (may have better excution properties):
http://www.steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails?id=517997296
http://www.steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails?id=517997410
http://www.steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails?id=517997592

The solution I came up with I was taught in one of Jotta's maps:
http://www.steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails?id=106843471
http://www.steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails?id=163045846
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/595884953620436076/BBA01AF85350799CF495E2A3D0A290117F6EB227/

It does give me an idea for a remixed puzzle idea. Can I do that or are you going to rework your map? I'll add you as contributor.

@wgs - Based on your screenshots, it looks basically the same as intended with a minor difference. It would be great if you could start providing videos or at least .dems because screenies don't always tell the whole story.

Yep, that is it!

Thanks guys!

@The MAD Fool Ah I see what you mean! After putting the cube on the button at the exit site, you bridge over to the funnel area, then peek out over to the entrance area and portal the surface that is in line with the button near the exit site. That way it lifts the cube up and enables the funnel. You then float up to the 3 unit high white wall and portal the surface to drop the cube back down to the button and disable the fizzler? That is a great alternative solution! Thanks! Though I'm not sure if I should change the puzzle in this or create a B version of it (maybe add an extra part, instead of just ending it there)

@DeathWish808 Thanks for your video! Haha that moment when you peeked out and shot through the fizzler while barely standing on the button I was like because I thought it was going to be an unintended solution but when I saw you couldn't do anything there my face became Thanks again!

Good one! I had the right idea after my initial dead end, but actually accidentally figured out the delay which should have been so obvious to me. Thanks for making me feel stupid. :-P

https://youtu.be/Cutb1undQOY

That was so freaking logical and awesome!!!

Nice puzzle! However, I believe if you get rid of 5 portal surfaces, the puzzle will be more intriguing. Those 5 portal surfaces that need to be removed are:

The portal surface near the button on the exit site,
The portal surface on the tractor beam side that is in line with said button,
(Both of these surfaces can be used raise the cube and reactivate the tractor beam.)

The 3 highest portal surfaces that that are in the tractor beam section that can be seen from the light bridge section.
(I know that these surfaces are part of your intended solution, but I think what will be left will be more interesting-- if you see what I mean.)

I don’t if you will agree, but I hope it is worth a consideration. (And I hope you see what is left for the solution.) Hope this helps!

Fun map

Ha good trick to get the cube delayed.... Took a while then easy...thanks for yet another great puzzle.

wha!!!! greate music in test chamber.thumbs up!!!

That was great! Really liked this idea. Though after I got to the exit area I was sure there was going to be a secondary puzzle in getting up to the exit - but no there wasn't. I assumed wrongly. Anyway loved this, thanks

@| \_/ (): Your solution is not intended (for intended, look at video/Almisuifre's comment), but it kinda works hahaha. I think it's a quick fix. Anyway, after you reach the button that stops the funnel it's intended. Stopping the funnel was not to make it challenging, but rather to prevent unintended solutions. Though it seems like it made the puzzle even easier.

@Almisuifre Thanks! Will play it and maybe comment some of mine you'd like to try too! :D

Nice :)
It's Courte Echelle . (and also used in an simpler way : Abutment )
Feel free to advise me some of yours sometimes !

This is one of the puzzles with so many sollutions that whatever you do you think you're doing something unintended. I, for example placed the cube on the first fizzler button, used the bridge to get to the funel and funnel-ed(?) myself to the bridge. then I placed the portal with the funnel on the right of the cube, so that it got transported to the funnel. When it got in the funnel I placed my portal behind the laserfield and the cube got to the wall button.
From then on it was easy to get the cube on the button that turns off the funel. I didn't feel like stopping the funnel makes the puzzle more challenging, because I only got back to the bridge, placed a one portal high up on the wall next to the funnel and the other one opposite the bridge emitter and went through it.[/solved] I placed a portal opposite the exit and - Solved!

At least that's what made the most sence to me.

Yes Almisuifre! That is 100% intended!
Which map of yours is it? I would like to try it :)

Is it intended ? I blocked the cube in the funnel with the bridge, climb the funnel, and portal its surface to join the bridge area. Then portal the laser-protected panel with the funnel and the cube inside to push the button A move I used in one of my maps ;)

@temporarymanwastaken Thanks! I think I fixed your exploits.

@powiux7 I'm guessing you did it like temporarymanwastaken? Because his solution didn't use the funnel

@jgaultney Thank you for the video! I fixed your exploit

An unintended solution that does not use the funnel or off-set portals with the lightbridge.
https://youtu.be/XZ9wkfog_f8

Method 1, set-up. This takes some persistence because the portal does not want to go there.
Method 1.
Method 2.
In both cases the cube has to be moved to the room with the funnel beforehand so it can be retrieved after walking through the fizzler.

No funnel solution, huh? I'll look into that.

I just solved , alternative way without using excursion funnel .

oh D:

@temporarymanwastaken Did you portal the most left wall at the bridge area and funnel around the grate? I think I forgot to fix that exploit. But if it's not, can you show me how you did it?

I didn't use the wall button.

@ℜenato ℒopes ⌬ This is not Midnight XD Midnight Part 3 is coming soon though. The next map I'll release is probably it.

\o/ midnight