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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace Discussion => Topic started by: ZmaN on April 08, 2006, 11:13:13 am

Title: Taking Screenshots...
Post by: ZmaN on April 08, 2006, 11:13:13 am
Two things..

1: I KNOW theres a way to disable the hud so you can take them from your cockpit, but I cant find that control (IIRC, its Shift-O or shift-p or something..

2:  Is there a way to make FS Open take screenshots and AUTOMATICALLY save them in the folder I choose?
Title: Re: Taking Screenshots...
Post by: WMCoolmon on April 08, 2006, 11:25:26 am
1: See miscellaneous section of controls options screen.
2: No. Depending on the build version, screenshots are either stored in the main FS2 directory, the mod directory, or a 'screenshots' directory. In DX these are .bmp files, in OGL they are .tga files. I recommend Irfanview (use google) to convert screenshots to whatever format you like, esp. with its batch conversion feature (File menu).
Title: Re: Taking Screenshots...
Post by: Nuclear1 on April 08, 2006, 11:33:21 am
1: I KNOW theres a way to disable the hud so you can take them from your cockpit, but I cant find that control (IIRC, its Shift-O or shift-p or something..

Alt+Pause to pause the game without the pause box, and then Tab to get rid of the HUD.
Title: Re: Taking Screenshots...
Post by: ZmaN on April 08, 2006, 04:36:53 pm
thanks for the help..

How do I read those TGA files in the screenshots folder?
Title: Re: Taking Screenshots...
Post by: aldo_14 on April 08, 2006, 04:40:56 pm
thanks for the help..

How do I read those TGA files in the screenshots folder?

If you have any form of graphics editor beyond paint, it should handle them (IE/Firefox do not natively show tgas, AFAIK).  You can also try finding a viewer program.
Title: Re: Taking Screenshots...
Post by: Cobra on April 08, 2006, 05:02:18 pm
thanks for the help..

How do I read those TGA files in the screenshots folder?

*points to lower quote*

1: See miscellaneous section of controls options screen.
2: No. Depending on the build version, screenshots are either stored in the main FS2 directory, the mod directory, or a 'screenshots' directory. In DX these are .bmp files, in OGL they are .tga files. I recommend Irfanview (use google) to convert screenshots to whatever format you like, esp. with its batch conversion feature (File menu).

irfanview also doubles as an image viewer. :)
Title: Re: Taking Screenshots...
Post by: neoterran on April 08, 2006, 05:26:26 pm
paint.net is free and will open them.