3 portals cannot connect to one another.

Portal name ----------to---------------------- Portal Name

Example:

Trophy Haus from my base connects to Trophy Haus by my spawn point, if I add a third with the same name it will not connect and has no idea where to go.

Originally posted by PakaNoHida:

Example:

Trophy Haus from my base connects to Trophy Haus by my spawn point, if I add a third with the same name it will not connect and has no idea where to go.

but you can just keep one portal at your base and just renaming it to where u want to go like if you have 5 portals around the word just make sure you remember the names write them down

Ugh. Did not know this. Now, I gotta run alllll the way back to a previous portal so I can use this one. Well, thanks for the heads up.

I just name them after each letter in the alphabet. Make a big circle of portals at your main base and then you can go out and drop portals whenever and wherever you want down the line.

Originally posted by ShaftAlmighty:

I just name them after each letter in the alphabet. Make a big circle of portals at your main base and then you can go out and drop portals whenever and wherever you want down the line.

I love this! Gonna go do it (when I play again). Thanks for the tip!

What actually helped me the most was using the map tags to put the exact text of the portal label.

Portal "portanamehere".

I could open the map, refresh my memory on what a portal was name, change the one in my base, and bam off to the races. Also helped remind me exactly where those portals were in the world.

also, have one extra portal in your base with no name at all (blank). That way any new portal you drop instantly connects to it without having to put a label in. I use this trick to pop back to my mainbase when my inventory is full. My storage chests are right next to the portal, I sort stuff to the chests, and go back through the portal (& dismantle it).

if you're superparanoid, have another extra portal permanently named "mainbase" or something, for those times when you screw up and change a label my accident.

Edit: looks like william beat me by a few minutes.

Originally posted by Xtinction:

but you can just keep one portal at your base and just renaming it to where u want to go like if you have 5 portals around the word just make sure you remember the names write them down

My personal preference is to always keep 1 un-connected at home, called "home" or "base", and never re-name it.
I'll go out exploring, drop a portal and name it "home", jump back to the base and create and name a new portal "6" or "7" or whatever comes next, use the home-home portal jump to the wilderness, then rename that one "6" or w/e. For me it cuts down on the occasional naming screw-ups, and means I've always got a route home.

Awesome ideas, guys! Thanks!