Lycurgus' Guide to taking Screenshots

**Lycurgus the Lawgiver** · July 31, 2009, 06:13 AM

Hello, welcome to my guide.

Step 1: Stop posting off-topic posts in threads, asking about how to take screenshots.

Step 2: Download Fraps

Step 3: Install and start the program before you want to play XGM.

Step 4: Press F10 whenever you want to make a screenshot.

Step 5: Uploading your screenshots is possible at: Imageshack or Photobucket

Your welcome!

**TM Is Back** · July 31, 2009, 06:15 AM

Step 5:

Use Photobucket to upload the screenshots

**CaesarVincens** · July 31, 2009, 11:30 AM

Step 4.5: Convert the BMPs to JPEGs.

And if you want to get Fraps straight from the source.

**silentsam74** · July 31, 2009, 11:46 AM

Originally Posted by Lycurgus the Lawgiver

Step 4: Press F10 whenever you want to make a screenshot.

That could be correct but it might not be. Fraps allows you the option of using any key on the key board for screen shots. Obviously, one would not want to choose a key that is used during game play.

That definitely needs to be noted. If not, there will be at least one person that will come back asking why the screen shots didn't take.

**CaesarVincens** · July 31, 2009, 12:15 PM

F10 is the default IIRC.

**silentsam74** · July 31, 2009, 12:33 PM

Originally Posted by CaesarVincens

F10 is the default IIRC.

Is it? Its been awhile since I downloaded it. For some reason I was thinking it was F12.

**Spartan198** · July 31, 2009, 03:01 PM

My method (all without having to DL and install another program on your comp

).

1. Press Shift + PrtscSyrq
2. Minimize or close RTW
3. Open MS Paint
4. Open the "Edit" window
5. Click "Paste"
6. Save as [Insert title here]

Then upload said file into Photobucket or other image hosting service and post using [IMG] tags.

**LucretiusTC** · August 04, 2009, 05:37 AM

Originally Posted by Spartan198

Then upload said file into Photobucket or other image hosting service and post using [IMG] tags.

Another good option for online media hosting is ImageShack: http://my.imageshack.us/registration/index.php

If you take those screenshots with Fraps and then you want to change the graphics format for something else, XnView is a very versatile free program to handle the pictures: http://www.xnview.com/en/xnview.html

Luc.

**Lycurgus the Lawgiver** · August 03, 2009, 11:24 AM

F10 is indeed the default for Fraps

.

@CV: My links give the full version of Fraps.
But I don't know if this has any advantages for making screenshots.

**CaesarVincens** · August 03, 2009, 02:55 PM

Well, technically, you need to buy the full version, so your link may be against the ToS (not intentionally, of course, but just an innocent mistake). My link will give a free "demo" version that has fewer features, but is from the official website.
The full version can take screenshots in four different formats including .jpeg, whereas the demo version can take only .bmp.

**Lycurgus the Lawgiver** · August 03, 2009, 03:39 PM

Originally Posted by CaesarVincens

Well, technically, you need to buy the full version, so your link may be against the ToS (not intentionally, of course, but just an innocent mistake). My link will give a free "demo" version that has fewer features, but is from the official website.
The full version can take screenshots in four different formats including .jpeg, whereas the demo version can take only .bmp.

I've read the ToS and indeed it seems I've committed a felony.
I'm sorry for the misunderstanding and I will not promote piracy in the future.

**Zarax** · August 03, 2009, 05:56 PM

Note: prnt scr and good old paint will allow you to save jpgs for free.

**Publius Quirinus** · August 03, 2009, 06:11 PM

Originally Posted by Zarax

Note: prnt scr and good old paint will allow you to save jpgs for free.

Though you will need to minimize, paste and save each time you take a screenie. With FRAPS it just saves the screenshot to a folder every time you press the button. Not a big deal for casual, campaign-progress type screenshots, but awfully inconvenient if you plan to take battle screenies.

**silentsam74** · August 03, 2009, 06:13 PM

Originally Posted by Zarax

Note: prnt scr and good old paint will allow you to save jpgs for free.

I've done that before. You can tell a very very small difference in quality. It isn't obvious unless you have two shots together. The thing I had a problem with is that when I take screen shots with this method it cuts off enough of the screen that you can't see spain and west africa on the mini-map. You wouldn't happen to know a setting or something that I can adjust to fix that do you?

**Zarax** · August 03, 2009, 06:11 PM

That's where the -ne option in RTW comes useful.

**Publius Quirinus** · August 03, 2009, 06:26 PM

Originally Posted by Zarax

That's where the -ne option in RTW comes useful.

What does that command line do?

**CaesarVincens** · August 03, 2009, 07:35 PM

Originally Posted by Lycurgus the Lawgiver

I've read the ToS and indeed it seems I've committed a felony.
I'm sorry for the misunderstanding and I will not promote piracy in the future.

Psst, you might want to take down the links then.

Originally Posted by Quirinal

Though you will need to minimize, paste and save each time you take a screenie. With FRAPS it just saves the screenshot to a folder every time you press the button. Not a big deal for casual, campaign-progress type screenshots, but awfully inconvenient if you plan to take battle screenies.

It is. I've done both methods, and fraps (or another screen capture program) is much more convenient.

Originally Posted by silentsam74

I've done that before. You can tell a very very small difference in quality. It isn't obvious unless you have two shots together. The thing I had a problem with is that when I take screen shots with this method it cuts off enough of the screen that you can't see spain and west africa on the mini-map. You wouldn't happen to know a setting or something that I can adjust to fix that do you?

I might have to do with your resolution, otherwise whenever I did that, paint auto-resized to the correct size for me.

Originally Posted by Quirinal

What does that command line do?

-ne runs RTW in windowed mode, quite useful when you want to test something out.

**boofhead** · August 04, 2009, 06:07 AM

There's another, smaller, easier screen shot program too. FFScreen. Only 26kb. Sits on your desktop. Hit PrntScrn and there you go - it numbers pics 1-1000 and places them on your desktop or wherever. If you want something just for screenies and nothing else, this is the ultimate in minimalism.

http://www.flightsimworld.com/downlo...file/1058.html