how to use Portal Stories mel with RTX

[Digitalgaming1]

this is a long one! (this is super demanding like even more then base portal 2 "with rtx"
and i dont even know why cuz even on small maps its bad bad
digital additions 1.2 fixed this a bit)

first you have too drag and drop portal_stories from wherever you installed portal_stories Mel into the portal 2 folder as linked below

second you need to change the game info open gameinfo.txt from the folder and change game Portal Stories: Mel line too Portal 2
like the image here

now open the run-p2-rtx.bat with notepad and add -game portal_stories
it should look like this

and the last thing go into the portal2 folder and then into bin copy the server, matchmaking and client.dll

and paste it in portal_stories then into bin and replace it now you are done!

How do i Uninstall?

To uninstall you just need to do everything in reverse like just delete the portal_stories folder and remove the -game portal_stories
or if you want to play it occasionally just remove the -game portal_stories line :)

Other info
if theirs a texture that is invisible open the settings via alt+X then go to game setup and select uncategorized hover over the invisible texture and set it too decal in the settings

in the overgrown section of the game you will have to adjust the sky brightness in Game setup parameter tuning: sky tuning
(for some reason mel puts it's sky on top of the area so its just blob of a random sky texture)

Q: Can i do this with portal reloaded and thinking with time machine
A: technically yes just do the same steps just with the the other mods main folder however i haven't done anything to support them yet so things might be broken

Q: Help! i tried with portal revolution but the mainmenu is bugged and loading a map crashes the game!
A: Dont worry i will have a modified version for portal revolution just do the Uninstall steps and it should be fixed!

Q:How long did you spend setting up the lights?
A: Not long at all i did is just placed somtimes slightly tweaked lights :) (fixed in 1.3)

[Digitalgaming1]

you will also need digital additions 1.3 as it has some of the emmisive textures and propper lights for it too work

[Digitalgaming1]

oh yea and also you need too do the steps mentioned here for the player model
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