If Screen Capture crashes your system, here is your fix!

maillemaker · 02-09-12, 08:04 AM

After Frau Kaleun suggested the 4GB patch to get the Merchant Fleet Mod to work on my system, I had a hunch that perhaps the screen capture was causing crash to desktop because of a resource problem.

So I tried screen capture after installing the 4GB patch, and lo and behold, it now works!

So it looks like the inability to do screen captures may be related to a lack of system resources.

Steve

vanjast · 02-09-12, 02:01 PM

This might have something to do with your screen resolution and Virtual Memory settings (that disk space Win uses as memory).
I think if this is too small windoze runs out of memory.

I have 2 disks and set each maxed at 4GB so have a total of 8GB VM.

frau kaleun · 02-09-12, 02:14 PM

It's probably a fix for some, but never worked for me. The problem in my game seemed to be use of the Hi Res Fix, which is known to cause CTDs on screenshot for some people. It never caused problems for me when I was on Win XP but after upgrading to Win 7 I couldn't take screencaps with it enabled no matter what I tried (with or without the 4GB patch). I too had hopes that the extra RAM available to the game would be the solution but it wasn't for me.

Gave up the Hi Res fix and switched to Conus's Widescreen stuff instead and that's when I got screencaps back.

02-09-12, 08:04 AM	#1
maillemaker Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,639 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	If Screen Capture crashes your system, here is your fix! After Frau Kaleun suggested the 4GB patch to get the Merchant Fleet Mod to work on my system, I had a hunch that perhaps the screen capture was causing crash to desktop because of a resource problem. So I tried screen capture after installing the 4GB patch, and lo and behold, it now works! So it looks like the inability to do screen captures may be related to a lack of system resources. Steve

02-09-12, 02:01 PM	#2
vanjast Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Somewhere else now Posts: 1,733 Downloads: 825 Uploads: 4	This might have something to do with your screen resolution and Virtual Memory settings (that disk space Win uses as memory). I think if this is too small windoze runs out of memory. I have 2 disks and set each maxed at 4GB so have a total of 8GB VM.

02-09-12, 02:14 PM	#3
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	It's probably a fix for some, but never worked for me. The problem in my game seemed to be use of the Hi Res Fix, which is known to cause CTDs on screenshot for some people. It never caused problems for me when I was on Win XP but after upgrading to Win 7 I couldn't take screencaps with it enabled no matter what I tried (with or without the 4GB patch). I too had hopes that the extra RAM available to the game would be the solution but it wasn't for me. Gave up the Hi Res fix and switched to Conus's Widescreen stuff instead and that's when I got screencaps back.