WhiteWolf65 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 (edited) Good morning ladies and germs, This afternoon, or tomorrow, I am going to start tinkering with the map editor because I have always enjoyed making maps. This map editor seems, from what I have read, to be a rather powerful one. Actually, I have already tinkered with it but nothing worthy of showing off. I think I've come up with a pretty good solution for a certain aspect of the game that has been discussed recently, but I want to leave it as a surprise until I have an example of what I'm trying to accomplish. You never know, but this old fart just might surprise you. Of course, I have to find out what is the best way to take a screen-shot of my work before I can show you anything. I think what is preventing me from taking screen-shots is the software for my video card. I hope each of you have a great weekend. **Chris** Edited June 29, 2019 by WhiteWolf65 Forgot a word 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 FRAPS is easy to use for screenshots. Free download. Consider trying map overlays. Powerful tool when making maps of real life locations. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 If you use Nvidia cards then GeForce experience has built in screen shot taker that works very well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteWolf65 Posted June 29, 2019 Author Share Posted June 29, 2019 2 hours ago, IanL said: If you use Nvidia cards then GeForce experience has built in screen shot taker that works very well. Yes, I discovered this today. I have only had the new rig since January and never really explored any of the programs that came wit the card. I plan to do so and hopefully I will figure it out. I really want to show what I can do when it comes to making maps. Thanks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteWolf65 Posted June 29, 2019 Author Share Posted June 29, 2019 7 hours ago, rocketman said: FRAPS is easy to use for screenshots. Free download. Consider trying map overlays. Powerful tool when making maps of real life locations. Thanks. Since I found the GForce application (mentioned by Ian) I am going to explore that first before adding anything more to my tiny SSD drive. When I did map work for Matrix Games, I used a combination of Google Earth, 1:50000 scale maps and their map editor. I can't say what game I was working on because I signed a NDA with Matrix Games/Slitherline Games and I am in no mood to be sued. **Chris** 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glubokii Boy Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Looking forward to see what ideas you come up with. In the right hands the map editor is a powerful tool and can produce very realistic, good looking maps... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteWolf65 Posted June 30, 2019 Author Share Posted June 30, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, RepsolCBR said: Looking forward to see what ideas you come up with. In the right hands the map editor is a powerful tool and can produce very realistic, good looking maps... It will just take some tinkering but I am very familiar with the Overlay Method for making maps. **Chris** Edited June 30, 2019 by WhiteWolf65 Changed font and font size 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteWolf65 Posted June 30, 2019 Author Share Posted June 30, 2019 5 hours ago, IanL said: If you use Nvidia cards then GeForce experience has built in screen shot taker that works very well. Found the command. It is alt-F1, instead of ctrl-print screen. It worked but then I had to track down where the screen-shots were saved to. You would think it would be in the Pictures Folder, nope in the Videos Folder. And the GeForce program makes a separate sub-folder for each game. Of course, I am probably telling you something you already knew about. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 LOL that was my experience too. It took me forever to find the images after. Just a word of warning I find that the screen capture has a habit of just stopping from time to time and to fix it I have to install the update for GeForce experience. It feels like an apple product in that regard. And a couple of times after an update I had to re-enable screen capture again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteWolf65 Posted June 30, 2019 Author Share Posted June 30, 2019 11 minutes ago, IanL said: LOL that was my experience too. It took me forever to find the images after. Just a word of warning I find that the screen capture has a habit of just stopping from time to time and to fix it I have to install the update for GeForce experience. It feels like an apple product in that regard. And a couple of times after an update I had to re-enable screen capture again. Thanks for the heads-up. G'Nite Chris. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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