F2 Doesn't Do Screen Capture

Crestone · Post by **Crestone** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 3:41 am

At least not on my fairly recent Dell laptop. Running Vista. Looked in the folder indicated and don't find any image file. Is that the correct hotkey? Has anything changed with the most recent BA update? I would like to be able to grab a screen shot now and then.

Thanks for any help.

junk2drive · Post by **junk2drive** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 4:03 am

I have XP Home and F2 gives me a tga file that Paint or Paint.Net won't open.

I use the PrtScn to copy, open MS Paint and paste then save as jpeg.

For more than one shot I use UOSU, an old utility program.

Post by **IainMcNeil** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 11:56 am

On laptops you may have to hold the FN (Function) key to get the function buttons to work.

Crestone · Post by **Crestone** » Fri Nov 12, 2010 8:45 pm

Thanks to you both for the help.

Fn plus the F2 key does the trick.

Post by **pipfromslitherine** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 5:25 pm

I am pretty sure that GIMP should open TGAs. I'm suprised that .NET won't open them. They aren't that well used other than as assets in games, mainly because of a lack of compression I guess. But for games they are nigh-on indispensible.

Cheers

Pip

junk2drive · Post by **junk2drive** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 5:37 pm

UOSU Ultima Online Screenshot Utility

You start it and leave it open in the background. Tell it to save to the screens folder. Check jpeg. Set hotkey to prtscn. Set it to auto number. While you are in game, press the prtscn and it makes the jpeg and boink sound so that you know that it worked. You can keep pressing the prtscn as many times as you want.

PirateJock_Wargamer · Post by **PirateJock_Wargamer** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 8:07 pm

junk2drive wrote:I have XP Home and F2 gives me a tga file that Paint or Paint.Net won't open.

In Paint.net if by won't open you mean the file will open but it's just showing an empty layer transparent then try this invert alpha plug-in - it's what I'm using.

Cheers

Post by **pipfromslitherine** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 11:47 pm

Just added a new tweak to allow you to output in jpg or png. This also applies when you are doing constant (movie) dumps.

Cheers

Pip

PirateJock_Wargamer · Post by **PirateJock_Wargamer** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 8:51 am

Constant movie dumps ??? Which magical key combination is that?

Post by **pipfromslitherine** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 6:17 pm

CTRL+F2 does a constant stream of dumps which can be made into a movie. This can be very slow though - but I have also improved this in the upcoming patch (hopefully, it is very driver dependent).

Cheers

Pip

Sleet · Post by **Sleet** » Sun Nov 28, 2010 7:57 pm

pipfromslitherine wrote:CTRL+F2 does a constant stream of dumps which can be made into a movie. This can be very slow though - but I have also improved this in the upcoming patch (hopefully, it is very driver dependent).
Cheers
Pip

Cool stuff.
Thanks Pip!