portals are basically a bunch of planes added vertical (90 degree angle)depending on why your adding them to your map.they also decrease the lag a big map causes.the planes are added lengh ways from left to right on all four sides so that
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kind of layout of planes on your map,these planes have to be as close to the exact same distance apart,but it is better to have them exactly the same distance apart.
note: the gap should not be in between the planes the way it looks,that's the best i can do to display it with a keyboard.sorry i can't draw up a diagram my scanner has past it's sell by date.
edit: funny how the lines left to right have turned out in this post lol.
anyway here's a video that should explain a little more about portals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SqygQGcPgU&playnext=1&list=PL97A6E1AEB6A1D637&index=19Edited by ally on Feb 1, 2011 at 01:41 AM