"Take screenshot" key not working

Benzin1973 · 07-23-16, 10:20 PM

Hello all,
Im trying to take some screenshots of my visit to new york. But when i press CTRL+F11 as usual, nothing happens. No notice appears, no file is saved, nothing.
Ibe tested it with my other career, same thing. I removed mods, same thing. Replaced the commands.cfg file for a new/clean one, nothing.

I even replaced the sh3.exe (wich is completely un-modded btw), and nothing.

Anyone have an idea of what might be wrong?

thanks in advance

Mittelwaechter · 07-23-16, 11:21 PM

Widescreen/d3d9?

Laptop Fn F11 Toggle?

Benzin1973 · 07-24-16, 04:01 AM

No widescreen, but i did apply the resolution fix, wich indeed messes with d3d.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=1092

Does this cause conflicts with taking screenshots?

oh man, steam's screenshot feature doesnt work with this game either, and pressing imprscrn causes the game to freeze. How im i supposed to capture the "nice" moments?

Fubar2Niner · 07-24-16, 06:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Benzin1973

No widescreen, but i did apply the resolution fix, wich indeed messes with d3d.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=1092

Does this cause conflicts with taking screenshots?

oh man, steam's screenshot feature doesnt work with this game either, and pressing imprscrn causes the game to freeze. How im i supposed to capture the "nice" moments?

Indeed it does mate, when I used to use the "Res Fix" it also had a bad habit of causing CTD when taking screenies. Now I use Ahnenerbe widescreen mod and the problem is solved. If you are using a 16:9 monitor I wholeheartedly recommend it

Hope this helps.

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

Mittelwaechter · 07-24-16, 09:00 AM

I'm not of much help here, I just remembered to have read about this problem in connection with widescreen modifications.

But Google is a pretty good search engine for Subsim.

And there are some free sreenshot tools available too, which may be able to work the problem.

Benzin1973 · 07-24-16, 06:32 PM

Thanks for your answers fellas!

@Fubar2Niner: that GUI looks awesome! but i just cant get it to work. Tried running the game as admin, changing the resolution on the d3d.cfg file... nothing. it just CTDs on start.

@Mittelwaechter: I disabled the d3d fix, and taking screenshots worked as expected. So its confirmed, it is the resolution fix that is causing the problem.

Seems i now have to choose, crappy pixelated graphics to take screenshots of, or not taking screenshots of the nice graphics.

Mittelwaechter · 07-24-16, 07:27 PM

One screenshot into the clipboard should be possible with PrintScreenKey anyway, but you would have to ALT+TAB out of the game and load the clipboard into a program like Paint (comes with Windows) PAINT.NET or Gimp (both free) - or Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro.
(Even one of the old Photoshop versions comes free now)

http://getgreenshot.org/ could do the job for you - with d3d active.

There are more free screenshot tools on the internet. You just have to try/make sure, they process ingame shots.

Benzin1973 · 07-24-16, 08:05 PM

I did try with PrintScreenKey, but the game freezes immediatelly and CTDs.

I will try fraps, or one of those apps that allow you to take ingame screenshots.
Steam does this actually, but for some reason this feature (and the whole steam sreeen overyay) dont work on SH3.

I guess i will run without the resfix untill i find a solution.

07-23-16, 10:20 PM	#1
Benzin1973 Engineer Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 217 Downloads: 151 Uploads: 0	"Take screenshot" key not working Hello all, Im trying to take some screenshots of my visit to new york. But when i press CTRL+F11 as usual, nothing happens. No notice appears, no file is saved, nothing. Ibe tested it with my other career, same thing. I removed mods, same thing. Replaced the commands.cfg file for a new/clean one, nothing. I even replaced the sh3.exe (wich is completely un-modded btw), and nothing. Anyone have an idea of what might be wrong? thanks in advance

07-23-16, 11:21 PM	#2
Mittelwaechter The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,304 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Widescreen/d3d9? Laptop Fn F11 Toggle? __________________ 10 happy wolves rear 90 blinded, ensnared sheep. 90 happy sheep banish the wolves. Arrest the 1% - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ6hg1oNeGE

07-24-16, 09:00 AM	#5
Mittelwaechter The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,304 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	I'm not of much help here, I just remembered to have read about this problem in connection with widescreen modifications. But Google is a pretty good search engine for Subsim. And there are some free sreenshot tools available too, which may be able to work the problem. __________________ 10 happy wolves rear 90 blinded, ensnared sheep. 90 happy sheep banish the wolves. Arrest the 1% - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ6hg1oNeGE

07-24-16, 07:27 PM	#7
Mittelwaechter The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,304 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	One screenshot into the clipboard should be possible with PrintScreenKey anyway, but you would have to ALT+TAB out of the game and load the clipboard into a program like Paint (comes with Windows) PAINT.NET or Gimp (both free) - or Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro. (Even one of the old Photoshop versions comes free now) http://getgreenshot.org/ could do the job for you - with d3d active. There are more free screenshot tools on the internet. You just have to try/make sure, they process ingame shots. __________________ 10 happy wolves rear 90 blinded, ensnared sheep. 90 happy sheep banish the wolves. Arrest the 1% - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ6hg1oNeGE

07-24-16, 04:01 AM	#3
Benzin1973 Engineer Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 217 Downloads: 151 Uploads: 0	No widescreen, but i did apply the resolution fix, wich indeed messes with d3d. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=1092 Does this cause conflicts with taking screenshots? oh man, steam's screenshot feature doesnt work with this game either, and pressing imprscrn causes the game to freeze. How im i supposed to capture the "nice" moments?

07-24-16, 06:32 PM	#6
Benzin1973 Engineer Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 217 Downloads: 151 Uploads: 0	Thanks for your answers fellas! @Fubar2Niner: that GUI looks awesome! but i just cant get it to work. Tried running the game as admin, changing the resolution on the d3d.cfg file... nothing. it just CTDs on start. @Mittelwaechter: I disabled the d3d fix, and taking screenshots worked as expected. So its confirmed, it is the resolution fix that is causing the problem. Seems i now have to choose, crappy pixelated graphics to take screenshots of, or not taking screenshots of the nice graphics.

07-24-16, 08:05 PM	#8
Benzin1973 Engineer Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 217 Downloads: 151 Uploads: 0	I did try with PrintScreenKey, but the game freezes immediatelly and CTDs. I will try fraps, or one of those apps that allow you to take ingame screenshots. Steam does this actually, but for some reason this feature (and the whole steam sreeen overyay) dont work on SH3. I guess i will run without the resfix untill i find a solution.