Vacillator Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 I've searched with no success, so... When I try to take a screenshot via Print Screen (Win 10) all I get is the game loading screen. How do I capture the wonder of what is actually on my screen? Do I need to use something like FRAPS? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 You will need some kind of screen capture, or video software. Hopefully the forumites who know about these things and have their own favourites will be along to help you shortly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacillator Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 5 minutes ago, Warts 'n' all said: You will need some kind of screen capture, or video software. Hopefully the forumites who know about these things and have their own favourites will be along to help you shortly. Thanks, thought so but it's been many years since I used anything like Fraps - PrintScreen always worked in recent times. Anyway, will wait for more advice from the said forumites. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey_Fox Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 (edited) I find that if you print screen and alt-tab to paint it will work eventually. Usually I have to make a couple of attempts. Edited August 8, 2020 by Grey_Fox 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IICptMillerII Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 I use the GeForce overlay to take pictures, and it works perfectly. It also works for recording. All you have to do is set GeForce to allow desktop capture and you're good to go. If you do not have an Nvidia card it won't work though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacillator Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 Hi @Grey Fox, thanks (and welcome? ). Will give it a try. 30 minutes ago, IICptMillerII said: I use the GeForce overlay to take pictures, and it works perfectly. It also works for recording. All you have to do is set GeForce to allow desktop capture and you're good to go. If you do not have an Nvidia card it won't work though. I do have Nvidia so can do, thanks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howler Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 In Win10, I've been using 'Snip & Sketch'. I believe you need to enable in win settings and have it replace the default print screen behavior. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domfluff Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 You can use the snipping tool (Win+Shift+S), but it won't work perfectly - I'm not clear on the technical details, but a snipped screenshot will be of a lower quality render (it's clearly taking part of the output in some way, but not the fully processed part). It's the quickest and easiest though. Mostly I use Fraps. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red2112 Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 I have the same issue with screen capture in CM, so your not the only one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 1 hour ago, domfluff said: You can use the snipping tool (Win+Shift+S), but it won't work perfectly - I'm not clear on the technical details, but a snipped screenshot will be of a lower quality render (it's clearly taking part of the output in some way, but not the fully processed part). It's the quickest and easiest though. Mostly I use Fraps. I find that FRAPS causes loss of quality as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 I recall the last time the screenshot topic came up someone had commented 'Works fine for me!' and I was like 'REALLY?' Its always been FRAPS for me. If you choose image format BMP or PNG instead of JPEG you shouldn't lose any quality. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesser Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 I use Bandicam. It's free and it works perfect. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger73 Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 56 minutes ago, Jesser said: I use Bandicam. It's free and it works perfect. Same for me. Fraps stopped working on my PC a long while back and I discovered Bandicam which I installed and find more robust than Fraps anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BornGinger Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 (edited) No one has mentioned XnView which is a good image editor for this. Choose Tools->Capture and then choose to Capture Screenshot. The short cut keys are Ctrl + F11. Edited August 10, 2020 by BornGinger 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Joch Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 (edited) If you have a AMD card (RX Vega 56 here), you can use the AMD driver software, Hotkey is: ctrl+shift+I. big advantage for me is that it is on all the time so you can take shots in game at any time. Edited August 10, 2020 by Sgt Joch 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BornGinger Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, BornGinger said: No one has mentioned XnView I wrote the wrong name. I meant to write IrfanView. And you go to Options -> Capture Screenshot. But who knows, XnView could maybe work too? Edited August 10, 2020 by BornGinger 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtHatred Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 (edited) It's the 21st century. AMD and Nvidia ship with tools to do this, AMD Relive and Nvidia Shadowplay. Don't use any garbage 3rd party tools. FRAPS and Bandicam are hilariously obsolete. Edited August 11, 2020 by SgtHatred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacillator Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 Thanks everyone. Have been away in deepest darkest Devon for a week on a campsite with no electric (). As I have an Nvidia card I tried the Nvidia game overlay (not Shadowplay but came with the card nevertheless). Here's an attempt in RT with Winter Mod on (but not on the panzers however): Caption of course would have been "Hauptsturmfuhrer, I don't like this yellow snow." Anyway it's a start, might need to see if I can tweak settings or use movie mode, whatever that is . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BornGinger Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 On 8/18/2020 at 7:51 PM, Vacilllator said: Caption of course would have been "Hauptsturmfuhrer, I don't like this yellow snow." It seems the whole company had to go for a piss and used the only toilet which were leaking. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Grrrr. I'm frustrated with nVidia's screen capture tool. I like how it works but it is so unreliable I'm officially going to look at BandiCam and InfranView. For the last few weeks it seems that every time I try to capture a screen it just doesn't work. I have found that any time there is a driver update or a Ge Force Experience update they just arbitrarily turn off my ability to screen capture until I install the update. No, just no, that's not how this should work. So, I'm firing the nVidia 's in game overlay and looking for something better. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 I also use nVidia, but supplement it with BandiCam due to frustration. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artkin Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 the secret to using print scrn is alt tabbing 3 times, then taking a print scrn. Its weird. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatEtr Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 7 hours ago, IanL said: Grrrr. I'm frustrated with nVidia's screen capture tool. I like how it works but it is so unreliable I'm officially going to look at BandiCam and InfranView. For the last few weeks it seems that every time I try to capture a screen it just doesn't work. I have found that any time there is a driver update or a Ge Force Experience update they just arbitrarily turn off my ability to screen capture until I install the update. No, just no, that's not how this should work. So, I'm firing the nVidia 's in game overlay and looking for something better. Im on Win10 and use PrtScn and then alt-tab and paste into windows Paint. For some reason the 1st attempt rarely works, but just do it again and it always works on the 2nd attempt. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckdyke Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Windows+G gives you the Game Bar and you use Windows+Alt+Printscr for your screenshots. Shows the location of your captures. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 14 hours ago, MeatEtr said: Im on Win10 and use PrtScn and then alt-tab and paste into windows Paint. For some reason the 1st attempt rarely works, but just do it again and it always works on the 2nd attempt. Thanks - I am pretty spoiled with files automatically getting created though The good news is BandiCam seems to work - now we will see if it is reliable. It does seem that I can start it even after the game is running and it works. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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