Help with screenshots for M2TW...

**King Gambrinus** · July 17, 2011, 04:03 AM

OK so I have two problems (if you can fix one my problem will be solved) :

-In game, if I do a Prt Scr (as instructed) and then go back to my desktop and open paint, it seems to copy my desktop intead of the image itself that I wanted in paint. Why is this? It used to work on my Vista, but since I've switched to Windows 7 it doesn't seem to work.

- If I go Computer/C:/Program Files (x86)/ Sega/Medieval II: Total War/ tgas where the screenshots seem to be saved. The problem is they're TGA files that can't seem to be saved as JPG/PNG, which means I can't upload them.

Thanks for your help...

**_Elysium_** · July 17, 2011, 04:32 AM

You can use IrfanView to change the TGA files to JPEGs, I think, and FRAPS is better than the ingame screenprint facility.

**King Gambrinus** · July 17, 2011, 07:50 AM

Thank you, I'll try it out.

EDIT : It worked! Thanks!

**eXistenZ** · July 17, 2011, 07:54 AM

You could register medievall II in steam, tht allows you to take screenshots very easily with F12, i've done it

**King Gambrinus** · July 17, 2011, 08:07 AM

I heard it's really annoying for mods though...

**eXistenZ** · July 17, 2011, 09:19 AM

Originally Posted by risker

I heard it's really annoying for mods though...

well i guess it depends on the type of mod. i have retrofit mod installed for medievall ii gold. when i click the link in steam, you get the menu where you have to select what you want the start (you know, with the poll, and news) and then you can choose between medievall ii, brittania, americas , teutonic and crusades, and retrofit. So for me it hasnt changed anythng that i added in steam, only that i can take easy screenshots

**AJStoner** · July 17, 2011, 01:23 PM

There is a really good screenshot program called Fraps which you can download free here: http://www.fraps.com/

**eXistenZ** · July 18, 2011, 05:44 AM

Originally Posted by AJStoner

There is a really good screenshot program called Fraps which you can download free here: http://www.fraps.com/

yeah its good, but only the paying version. in the free demo version screenshots are taken in bmp format, giving you 3MB a screen. if you wanna upload them you first have to convert them to jpg to get a decent size.

Also, you always have to remind to start fraps.