how do i take screenshots? im such a noob :P

posted on January 16th, 2011, 7:12 pm

subject says it all....how do i take screenshots in FO.
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posted on January 16th, 2011, 7:26 pm

Ctrl+Alt+P for screenshots without the Interface.
Alt+P for screenshots with the Interface.

posted on January 16th, 2011, 7:29 pm

thx

posted on January 16th, 2011, 10:43 pm

those are the easiest ways for sure. just to expand on it, the file format is png and when you exit fleetops it will give you the option to go to the folder where they are stored which i believe is in a fleetops subfolder of the default "my pictures" location. these screenshots are of good quality. fraps makes screenies too, and with that you can choose the file format, save location and set a simpler hotkey to take screenies, the downside is that it will take the interface unless you turn off the interface. the quality (for my machine) appears to be almost identical to the fleetops built in screenies method.

posted on January 18th, 2011, 10:47 am

fleet operations saves screenshots in lossless png format, so quality can't get better than that

posted on January 18th, 2011, 2:05 pm

awesome! ill take some screenshots on the weekend...i might not post them though.

posted on January 18th, 2011, 5:27 pm

Doesn't the print screen button work too? I could have sworn I have taken pictures that way before.

posted on January 18th, 2011, 7:30 pm

Doesn't the print screen button work too? I could have sworn I have taken pictures that way before.

yup, thats the windows default screenshot maker. it only holds 1 screenie at a time though, it puts whatever the entire screen has on the clipboard. so you can paste into microsoft paint (or similar) and save. its not as useful as fraps and its nowhere near as useful as the default fleetops screenie maker.

posted on January 18th, 2011, 9:11 pm

fleet operations saves screenshots in lossless png format, so quality can't get better than that

Well..... there is TIFFs. 

posted on January 18th, 2011, 9:50 pm

PNG is a lossless format, you can't get more quality from a pixel-based source like a screenshot

you have more quality then saving the actual pixel data

posted on January 19th, 2011, 5:24 am

yup, thats the windows default screenshot maker. it only holds 1 screenie at a time though, it puts whatever the entire screen has on the clipboard. so you can paste into microsoft paint (or similar) and save. its not as useful as fraps and its nowhere near as useful as the default fleetops screenie maker.

I cant ever make printscreen work in 3d games i always thought it had something to do with the AA

posted on January 19th, 2011, 11:20 am

I cant ever make printscreen work in 3d games i always thought it had something to do with the AA

thats odd, it works perfectly for me every time.

its not helpful anyway since it only stores 1 image on the clipboard and you cant save that image from within fleetops. the fleetops built in maker is probably the best way to go for most people.

posted on January 19th, 2011, 4:09 pm

I cant ever make printscreen work in 3d games i always thought it had something to do with the AA

It never worked for me in XP, but in Win7, printscren works every time.

posted on January 19th, 2011, 4:32 pm

im on win7 too. must be an os thing

posted on January 21st, 2011, 12:27 am

If you forget, just remember to read some of the quick tips when a game is loading! 

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