Where?! Ive look in the obvious places and no dice!
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It tells you when you take a screenshot! The default location is the "Open Rails" folder in your Pictures (My Pictures) folder.James Ross
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Then something is odd as I am not getting any confirmation that a screenshot was taken nor are they getting saved my pictures folder.
Found my own answer, the specific logitech keyboard I use apparently does things differently and requires the windows key to be held down while pressing PrintScreen to take a screenshot! OR is now behaving as you describe
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Is there anyway to change the activation key for taking a screenshot? I use Print Screen key for IrfanView and would like to use another key for OR screenshots.Later,
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I have HYPERSNAP for use in all programs, which lets me choose the graphics format to use and where to save it to.
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No, you can't change the key.James Ross
Open Rails Management Team
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Ed,
if you read my original post you would understand that I already use the print screen key for another screen grabber program and I want to eliminate making two different screen shots at the same time. (Simple is as simple does!)
James,
OK but perhaps the issue can be implemented in a later version of OR?Later,
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When using the Print Screen key in ORTS it saves an image of what the screen displays into the Windows Clipboard.
If in a window then Alt-Print Screen will just save what the windows displays.
After exiting ORTS or dropping the ORTS Menu screen to the Task Bar the stored in the NOTEBOOK image can then be Ctrl-V Pasted into an open images viewer / editor like IRFANVIEW.
Only the last saved into the Clipboard image can be used as consecutive Print Screens overwrite the previously stored in the Clipboard image.
Simple, isn't it !
A running full-screen ORTS scenario can not be minimized with Alt-Tab, it should be coded to allow.
Consecutive Print Screens will overwrite the previous image stored in the NOTEBOOK and only the currently stored image can be processed.
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Otto,
the latest version of OR has a screen grabber built into the code now. When you press the Print Screen key it takes a screen shot and stores it in: (With XP)
C:\Documents and Settings\(user name)\My Documents\My Pictures\Open Rails it is not just in the clip board as is usual with the print screen key.Later,
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Yes, I know, Spud.
It saves *.PNG files in addition to saving it into the Clipboard, which I can use as back-ups should I forget to have my HyperSnap running in the background as has happened before.
But why de-activate it ?
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I would like to deactivate the Open Rails method of taking a screenshot because I use IrfanView for screenshots, have been for years and will continue to do so in the future. I have the Print Screen key as the activating key for IrfanView screenshots and just want to not be taking two screenshots of the same thing and using up 5 times the HD space to store the .PNG which I will never use in the first place. As it is I now have to delete the uneeded OR .PNG screenshots. IMHO there needs to be an option to turn off screenshots in the OR program, either by remapping the key used or simply turning off OR's screenshot function.Later,
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Doing that is just a waste of ORTS coders time because one of thousands wants it when the ORTS PNG files can just be deleted if not required.
MSTS does the same saving Print Screen screenshots as PCX files.
Are you also that conscientious with your other computer housekeeping, like frequently deleting temporary Internet files and others in various TEMP folders and do you empty your Recycle bin now and then ?
I did a search on a friend's computer recently and found over 30000 of them !
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