Personal and Public Portals

Personal Portals and Public Portals are teleportation devices in your game, each with distinct functionalities. This article explores their mechanics, usage, and strategies for maximizing their potential for exploration, teamwork, and base management.

With Personal Portals, players can target specific destinations directly, eliminating the need to construct a separate home portal for each remote location, and can completely replace the original teleporters.

Personal and Public Portals serve as critical tools for navigating the game world efficiently:

• Personal Portals: Constructed by players using standard portal materials, these are linked to the builder’s Steam ID and provide a personalized teleportation network. Players no longer need to construct a separate home portal for every remote portal, as each Personal Portal can independently target a specific destination.
• Public Portals: Admin-exclusive constructs that offer shared teleportation capabilities accessible to all players.

Each type of portal has unique features tailored for specific purposes, enhancing navigation and resource management.

Personal Portals are player-built teleportation devices offering flexibility and control within a private network.

• Materials: Built using the same materials as a vanilla portal.
• Naming: Names are assigned by the builder and linked account-wide via Steam ID. To rename, hold Left Shift while interacting with the portal.
• Target Storage: The destination is stored physically on the portal itself.
• One-way connection: The destination portal is unaffected by any targetting portals and holds it's own target, multiple portals can target the same portal.

• Connections:
  • Can link to any other Personal Portal owned by the same Steam ID.
  • Can connect to any Public Portals.
• Access:
  • Other players can use your Personal Portals to reach set destinations. If they can get to your portal, they can use it.
  • In warded areas, players with Ward permissions can modify portal names and destinations.

• Ward Access grants the guest with access to your entire portal network from any of your portals in the Ward. Be careful who you allow.
• Entering another player’s Personal Portal without destination knowledge may lead to:
  • Remote locations with no return portal.
  • Warded areas where you could be trapped. (Requests to a Thane to release you WILL be noted!)
  • Highly hazardous locations with no easy escape.
• Best Practice: Only use another player’s portal if you are certain of its destination.
• Portals not in a Ward can only be changed by the Portal owner
• Good manners would dictate asking before you use a random person's portal

Public Portals, managed by admins, provide shared teleportation options for the entire player base.

• Builder: Exclusively created by admins.
• Naming: Assigned by admins and unchangeable by players.

• Targeting Options:
  • Can link to any other Public Portal.
  • Can connect to a Personal Portal tied to players Steam ID.
• Dynamic Targeting:
  • Targets are set locally by the player using the portal, not stored on the portal itself.
  • This allows players to dynamically choose destinations while using Public Portals.
• Automatic Targeting:
  • After teleporting to a Public Portal, the portal automatically sets its target to the previously used portal, enabling quick returns.
• Note:
  • Public Portals can only be used by players that have built at least one Personal Portal.

Efficient use of Personal and Public Portals can significantly enhance teamwork and exploration:

• Each team member should construct and maintain one Personal Portal.
• Assign one player as the “portal master” to manage additional Personal Portals at bases and outposts.

• Using the Portal Master’s Network:
  • Team members can connect to remote locations through the portal master’s Personal Portals.
• Remote Portal Setup:
  • Set remote portals to target the home base.
  • Warded remote portals can be modified by teammates with permissions.
• Exploration Setup:
  • Place temporary Personal Portals when exploring new areas.
  • The portal master can later rebuild and integrate these into the main network using their Steam ID.

By mastering the mechanics of Personal and Public Portals, players can create an efficient teleportation network. Teams can further enhance their connectivity by designating a portal master to oversee the system, ensuring seamless exploration and resource management.