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Gameplay => General Discussion => Topic started by: Enreus on April 20, 2006, 09:05:10 pm

Title: screenshot making
Post by: Enreus on April 20, 2006, 09:05:10 pm

Hey friends! How can I make screenshots? Do i have to use a screenshoting program (ACDSee or other) or the game has a shortcut key to make screenshots?

help plz!

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Post by: Cyl on April 20, 2006, 09:11:47 pm

type \"/screenshot nogui\"

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Post by: Karyuu on April 20, 2006, 09:12:12 pm

Hiya! :)

You can take screenshots using the game client itself by typing the /screenshot command, or /screenshot nogui to remove all the windows and menus from your image. However, do keep in mind that the .jpg compression won\'t be the best, so if you\'re aiming for higher quality you should use the PrintScreen button on your keyboard and paste the shot into another image editing software such as Photoshop.

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Post by: ThomPhoenix on April 20, 2006, 09:13:18 pm

To clarify:
/screenshot  Makes a screenshot with all the windows
/screenshot nogui  Makes a screenshot without the windows.

edit:
Nah, Karyuu beat me to it, she\'s too fast  ;(

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Post by: zanzibar on April 21, 2006, 12:09:46 am

/screenshot nogui does not remove labels or selection circles, so be weary.

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Post by: DaveG on April 21, 2006, 02:24:33 am

The nogui option takes a shot from the camera only, ignoring onscreen stuff.  So, it gets just whatever your camera sees and nothing else.  If you want to make it even cleaner, you can go into the options and turn off labels for a bit.

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Post by: josephoenix on April 21, 2006, 02:35:40 am

So, how long before we get screenshots in lossless formats with cinematic quality models and HDR and randomly generated foliage and a plethora of beasts to fight and areas to explore... and... yeah! Though I\'d be pretty chuffed to have  just the first one :P

Though since I requested the nogui bit I guess I have to wait a while. :P

josePhoenix

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Post by: DaveG on April 21, 2006, 05:02:30 am

I\'ll take a look into making format an option.

Edited to add:
Insomnia is not my friend, but today it\'s yours...  I just added a \"lossless\" option to save to PNG instead of JPG.  It makes the files a good 10 times larger, but if you want them artifact free, there you go.  ;)  (You can stick either this option or the \"nogui\" option on, or both in any order.)  It\'ll be available next update.

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Post by: ThomPhoenix on April 21, 2006, 03:53:04 pm

I thought nogui did remove labels. When you take a screenshot from an item, the label above the item (say clacker meat) doesn\'t appear on the screenshot.

edit: I tested it and the labels do appear. Sorry!  ;(

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Post by: clint8565 on April 21, 2006, 05:27:52 pm

sweet! thanks DaveG :D

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Post by: Enreus on April 21, 2006, 10:58:35 pm

Thank you friends!

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Post by: josephoenix on April 22, 2006, 12:56:07 am

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Originally posted by DaveG
I\'ll take a look into making format an option.

Edited to add:
Insomnia is not my friend, but today it\'s yours...  I just added a \"lossless\" option to save to PNG instead of JPG.  It makes the files a good 10 times larger, but if you want them artifact free, there you go.  ;)  (You can stick either this option or the \"nogui\" option on, or both in any order.)  It\'ll be available next update.

Dave, you rock.

Like, this much.

(http://archives.cnn.com/2000/fyi/news/08/30/aborigine/ayers.rock.jpg)

josePhoenix

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Post by: Robinmagus on April 22, 2006, 06:07:33 am

You rock, DaveG, this much too:
(http://www.therockalltimes.co.uk/2002/05/27/rock.jpg)