Originally posted by gerzald:

What if you just like building and are happy to spend a 1000 hours on one play thru?
I cannot wait for the turn portals off setting!
OK, how about if they give us a faster boat?

There's already a few (non-mod) options for playing without portals.
Use the "noportals" command. This will allow you to build but not use portals.
Or just don't build portals.