Taking Screenshots

[LTS]

Just wondering.......How do I take screenshots of the levels I make? I want to put them on my site to give people a better idea of what they look like.

 

[Mystic]

The console command "screenshot" makes a screenshot. However, if you manually type it, it will take a screenshot of the console as well. Hence, bind screenshot to a key, and then press the key to make a screenshot. If you're in software, it will be in PCX format, if you're in hardware, it will be in TGA.

 

[hotdog003]

Ex:

~
BIND "Q" "SCREENSHOT"{enter}
~
q

 

[LTS]

Thanks, I'll give it a try as soon as I can.

If I bind a key, does it "unbind" when I shut the game down, or does it stay that way until I decide to change it?

 

[SS005]

When you bind it, it does "unbind" when you shut the game down, that's probably a bug, or maybe not :? .

 

[ST218]

If you make a file called autoexec.cfg and put it in the srb2 directory, and edit it so that a line says bind p screenshot (or whatever key you use), every time you start srb2, that file will run, binding the kay for you before you ever start the game.

 

[hotdog003]

Don't use P. That key is used.

 

[LTS]

I don't mind typing it in before starting, I only wanted to know so I don't mess anything up.

O_O This thing saves screenshots as .tga? What the heck kinda file is that? How do I even open it? Is there a way I can save screenshots as JPEG?

 

[hotdog003]

Nope. I'll do the dirty work for you, though.


http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/gmm/fwviewers.html
http://www.nonags.com/nonags/grview.html
http://freeware.intrastar.net/imageviewer.htm

I found these within 3 clicks in Google. Because of this, some of the pages have repeat entries. There are PLENTY more, though this should be enough.

 

[LTS]

Can I change the screenshots to JPEG with one of those programs?

 

[SS005]

You can rename the target into .JPEG, then open it, save the filename,
ex. : srb3000.JPEG.

 

[LTS]

You mean without even using another program to open the .tga file?

 

[Mystic]

SS is completely wrong. You need a program to open the TGA files. Try the GIMP. It's a free image editor, located here: http://www.gimp.org/

 

[hotdog003]

Gimp rocks!

 

[LTS]

Ok, I'll try Gimp. I hope that works better than everything else I've tried....