Disabling the Radio in Portal

I bought Portal via Steam -- at some point they released an update that added a small radio to each level playing a muzak version of the Still Alive song. Googling indicates this is part of an easter egg.

Is there any way to disable the music this radio plays? It's super annoying (to me) and ruins the atmosphere.

I've found mention online of a way to replace the looping_radio_mix.wav files on a PC, but

I'm using Steam on a Mac
I wasn't able to find looping_radio_mix.wav anywhere on my hard drive

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Best Answer

I guess you have found this thread, they suggest a variety of methods for getting rid of the music, and one of them is replacing the looping_radio_mix.wav that you mentioned.

I wasn't able to find looping_radio_mix.wav anywhere on my hard drive

Could you describe how and where did you look for it, what else did you find (if any), or where does Steam keep its files on a Mac?

If all else fails, try voting and commenting on this Github issue, and hope you are raising the developers' attention to the problem.

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How do you turn off the radio in Portal?

As part of the March 2022 updates, Valve finally provided an option to disable the radios. then go to Options, select the Portals tab, then set "Post-game Radios" to Disabled.

Why are there radios everywhere in Portal?

It's for the achievement. After you beat the game, replaying adds them in so you can get the achievement. None of them are out of place if you're clever. i knew about the sound but not about the image.

How do you turn on the radio in Portal?

Once you get second portal gun there is a button that open's the door to go further. Radio is at the edge, so open portal near door and grab the radio.

What is a portal radio?

The Radio Portal Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz).

Decoding the strange radio messages found in the video game Portal

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Answer 2

As you have correctly deduced, removing/replacing looping_radio_mix.wav is probably the way to go. On my mac (Steam defaults) all the sound files for portal are in this folder:

~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Portal/portal/sound/

Hit ??G in Finder and paste the above path to get there. I don't have the file specified, but I don't know why. I can't open Portal right now and see if I have the music playing.

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