Screenshots

**DrGonzo** · August 31, 2008, 03:19 AM

i apologize if this has been answered before but i couldnt find it.

Is there any way to take a screeshot without exiting the game?

**Wheelchair** · August 31, 2008, 03:41 AM

www.Fraps.com

Download it and customize it the way you want. You can also record 30 seconds of video however if you buy the full version you can record as long as you want.

**duda** · August 31, 2008, 03:43 AM

Prt Scr button. It's above the insert and delete buttons on your keyboard, in between F12 and scroll lock.

**Wheelchair** · August 31, 2008, 03:59 AM

Originally Posted by duda

Prt Scr button. It's above the insert and delete buttons on your keyboard, in between F12 and scroll lock.

He asked without exiting the game

Using Prnt Scr button only allows you to take 1 screenshot before it is over written, making you alt tab out and paste it into paint.

**DrGonzo** · August 31, 2008, 04:00 AM

thanx Wheelchair!!! I ll try it!!

**Gobmech** · August 31, 2008, 09:03 AM

Originally Posted by Wheelchair

He asked without exiting the game

Using Prnt Scr button only allows you to take 1 screenshot before it is over written, making you alt tab out and paste it into paint.

No. The pictures are saved to a folder within the Medieval 2 directory. I don't quite remember what it's called, but something along the lines of "screenshots".

**Tsarevna** · August 31, 2008, 01:01 PM

Originally Posted by Gobmech

No. The pictures are saved to a folder within the Medieval 2 directory. I don't quite remember what it's called, but something along the lines of "screenshots".

Correct, it's saved in a file called TGAS. It's in the TGA format, so you have to have a program, such as Irfanview (free) that can open it.

C:\...\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\tgas

I don't have Kingdoms installed right now, but it may be that each mod or expansion has it's own tgas file inside it's mod folder.

You can download Irfanview here: http://www.irfanview.com/

(TGA's are high quality and large files. The excellent thing about Irfanview is that it has a batch converter program built right in! You can set the entire folder's worth of images to automatically convert to BMPs, which are still high quality but viewable by windows picture viewer, or to JPEGs.)

**DrGonzo** · August 31, 2008, 01:59 PM

Thanks a lot guys for the advice!!! I am using Fraps which seems to work just fine. Thanks a lot though!!

**Sorkenlol** · August 31, 2008, 11:39 AM

There's a program called Grabby that let's you take an infinite number of screenshots whenever you want, it instantly saves them as jpg or bmp files whatever you choose in a folder of your choice.