Transmission Received: finding missed radios

Portal5 · 436 ratings19k views543 favorites5 min readBulgarianby rarestMeowUpdated Oct 4, 2021View on Steam ↗

about

that guide is for those people who have tried to get "Transmission Received" but ended up having 1-2 radios left. with the instructions below you can find which radios you have missed

method #1: downloadable *.html file

method #2: online *.html scribble
  • follow that link - https://jsfiddle.net/xrudpnzg/
  • follow the instructions on the bottom-right window to find which radio(s) you have missed
  • return back to that guide for details and screenshots of the missed radio(s)

technical details and how it works
  • game save your current achievements progress (including which radios from "Transmission Received" you have received a signal at) in the following file
    "...STEAM\steamapps\common\Portal\portal\gamestate.txt"
  • each achievement (and its progress) is saved as a separate "id"; "Transmission Received" is under "id" : "149"
  • the "data" value stores what radios you have successfully activated. that information stored as HEX (base-16) value and can be anything from "0x0000000000000000" (activated 0 radios) to "0x0000000003FFFFFF" (all 26 radios are activated)
  • each digit of "data" (0 to F) stores information about four radios in BIN (base-2) format. for example "F" ("1111") means that you have found 4 radios, while "9" ("1001") means that you have missed second and third radio in that segment
  • what I have done is to decipher which digit of "data" stores which radios, and wrote a script that can take any given "data", parse it, and report back which radio have been missed
  • for example, if you paste the following data "0x0000000003B8A293", then script shall return that you have missed the following radios:
    #03 (chamber 02), #04 (chamber 03), #07 (chamber 06), #08 (chamber 07), #10 (chamber 09), #12 (chamber 11), #13 (chamber 12), #14 (chamber 13), #16 (chamber 15A), #18 (chamber 16), #19 (chamber 17), #20 (chamber 18A), #21 (chamber 18B)
  • the map for "data" is (from left-to-right):
    1 digit: "#26 (escape 02)", "#24 (escape 00)" 2 digit: "#22 (chamber 18C)", "#21 (chamber 18B)", "#06 (chamber 05)", "#25 (escape 01)" 3 digit: "#23 (chamber 19)", "#20 (chamber 18A)", "#19 (chamber 17)", "#18 (chamber 16)" 4 digit: "#17 (chamber 15B)", "#16 (chamber 15A)", "#15 (chamber 14)", "#14 (chamber 13)" 5 digit: "#12 (chamber 11)", "#13 (chamber 12)", "#11 (chamber 10)", "#10 (chamber 09)" 6 digit: "#09 (chamber 08)", "#08 (chamber 07)", "#07 (chamber 06)", "#05 (chamber 04)" 7 digit: "#04 (chamber 03)", "#03 (chamber 02)", "#02 (chamber 01)", "#01 (chamber 00)"
  • after you have learned which radios you have missed, use the table below for extra help

table

radio #01 (chamber 00, map testchmb_a_00)
LOCATION OF THE RADIO
LOCATION OF THE SIGNAL

radio #02 (chamber 01, map testchmb_a_00)
LOCATION OF THE RADIO
LOCATION OF THE SIGNAL

radio #03 (chamber 02, map testchmb_a_01)
LOCATION OF THE RADIO
LOCATION OF THE SIGNAL

radio #04 (chamber 03, map testchmb_a_01)
LOCATION OF THE RADIO
LOCATION OF THE SIGNAL

radio #05 (chamber 04, map testchmb_a_02)
LOCATION OF THE RADIO
LOCATION OF THE SIGNAL

radio #06 (chamber 05, map testchmb_a_02)
LOCATION OF THE RADIO
LOCATION OF THE SIGNAL

radio #07 (chamber 06, map testchmb_a_03)
LOCATION OF THE RADIO
LOCATION OF THE SIGNAL
in that gap behind the ceiling

radio #08 (chamber 07, map testchmb_a_03)
LOCATION OF THE RADIO
LOCATION OF THE SIGNAL
behind the stairs

radio #09 (chamber 08, map testchmb_a_04)
LOCATION OF THE RADIO
LOCATION OF THE SIGNAL

radio #10 (chamber 09, map testchmb_a_05)
LOCATION OF THE RADIO
LOCATION OF THE SIGNAL

radio #11 (chamber 10, map testchmb_a_06)
LOCATION OF THE RADIO
LOCATION OF THE SIGNAL

radio #12 (chamber 11, map testchmb_a_07)
LOCATION OF THE RADIO
LOCATION OF THE SIGNAL

radio #13 (chamber 12, map testchmb_a_07)
LOCATION OF THE RADIO
LOCATION OF THE SIGNAL

radio #14 (chamber 13, map testchmb_a_08)
LOCATION OF THE RADIO
LOCATION OF THE SIGNAL

radio #15 (chamber 14, map testchmb_a_09)
LOCATION OF THE RADIO
LOCATION OF THE SIGNAL

radio #16 (chamber 15a, map testchmb_a_10)
LOCATION OF THE RADIO
LOCATION OF THE SIGNAL

radio #17 (chamber 15b, map testchmb_a_10)
LOCATION OF THE RADIO
LOCATION OF THE SIGNAL

radio #18 (chamber 16, map testchmb_a_11)
LOCATION OF THE RADIO
LOCATION OF THE SIGNAL

radio #19 (chamber 17, map testchmb_a_13)
LOCATION OF THE RADIO
LOCATION OF THE SIGNAL

radio #20 (chamber 18a, map testchmb_a_14)
LOCATION OF THE RADIO
LOCATION OF THE SIGNAL
need to hold it for a second

radio #21 (chamber 18b, map testchmb_a_14)
LOCATION OF THE RADIO
LOCATION OF THE SIGNAL
it is above the "box" where you to travel an energo-ball in

radio #22 (chamber 18c, map testchmb_a_14)
LOCATION OF THE RADIO
LOCATION OF THE SIGNAL
in that gap behind the ceiling

radio #23 (chamber 19, map testchmb_a_15)
LOCATION OF THE RADIO
LOCATION OF THE SIGNAL

radio #24 (escape 00, map escape_00)
LOCATION OF THE RADIO
LOCATION OF THE SIGNAL
at the start look for the stairs at the right, below them is the fence with a radio in vent

radio #25 (escape 01, map escape_01)
LOCATION OF THE RADIO
LOCATION OF THE SIGNAL

radio #26 (escape 02, map escape_02)
LOCATION OF THE RADIO
LOCATION OF THE SIGNAL

extras


if you want to thank me...
...then check my guide about fixing various game issues: launching, crashing, optimization, stuttering, gamepads, etc. the guide is huge, but the topic is broad to begin with
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1935376439

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