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Is it possible to install the Portal 2 authoring tools without Portal 2 installed. Otherwise, would it be fool steam into thinking I have?

The reason I'm asking is that I have Portal 2 installed for mac. However I can also run Steam through wine, to play the games only available for windows. Now I want to install the Portal authoring tools on the wine steam, but Steam wants me to download Portal 2. Could I point Steam to my mac version or do I need PC version for it to work?

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I'll not post this as an answer as I haven't done the legwork, but: It is my understanding that the authoring tools require access to game assets (models, etc.) in order to function and that the only way to get these assets is to install the game. – Ben Blank Oct 17 '11 at 18:30

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If you have enough HD space you can just copy your portal 2 game folder from your pc onto your mac, at least it will save you the time downloading it :)

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