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Sgt-Bashem
12-01-2009, 00:44
OK.. really silly question here... thought my screen print button in game was not working.. cos I couldn't find the screen dumps.. can anyone tell me where they're saved to?? Checked my Pics etc and the BF2142 folder ...no joy :help:
i use xfire instead and all my picts saves to the xfire homepage :)
my documents/bf2142/screenshots or something like that
but pez is right x-fire is far better, you can choose the folder +publish pics to your profile with no fuss
AND you can take vids that you can post here really easily..
kegNeggs
12-01-2009, 02:10
:indeed:
however, xfire has the enormous setback that when u use it and u havent necessarily got a 180 superdooper desktop it gives you a mega load of lag - unplayable in my case!
additionally, the ingame print screen button causes the game to freeze for what, 5 seconds and this is especially dangerous when around timeless folks , tagged and bagged without a chance.
take ur pick, i stick to the preset desktop one
Sgt-Bashem
12-01-2009, 09:11
my documents/bf2142/screenshots or something like that
Thanks Bert... have looked there and everywhere else but no joy... hate xfire... thanks for the info though.
.My Documents\battlefield 2142\Screenshots
kegNeggs: i think that's because the game is dumping two kinds of images, one jpg and one full rez/quality png, and unless i'm mistaken now but there should be a feature which makes the game only dump the jpg which doesnt make the game freeze up at all.
and if that's too annoying to check up on and if you don't wish to create a xfire acc then you can always dump using fraps where you can set the output format (png, bmp, jpg, etc).
kegNeggs
12-01-2009, 11:02
kegNeggs: i think that's because the game is dumping two kinds of images, one jpg and one full rez/quality png, and unless i'm mistaken now but there should be a feature which makes the game only dump the jpg which doesnt make the game freeze up at all.
and where would you be able to kill the png one out? ingame or wherever whenever?
If you just press Print Screen, it saves a .jpg and a .png in your documents/bf2142/screenshots folder. For me this freezes pc for ca. 5 sec.
I use fraps, on my home pc i can leave it capturing movies with no prob so i can select the pic i wan't, but it's very time intensive method, so i take a pic and you can't even notice it.
Sgt-Bashem
12-01-2009, 12:27
it saves a .jpg and a .png in your documents/bf2142/screenshots folder.
Thats exactley where I'd have expected it to put the pics, but I don't have a screen shots folder... really weird. I'll look at Frapps and Snagit to see if they'll do.
f1rest@rter
12-01-2009, 12:43
but that´s a topic i´m also interested in solving: how do ya get rid of the damn 2nd pic?
anyone know?
Deathtaker27
12-01-2009, 14:24
use x Fire
beside that i have no idea :lol:
ChaoZ[IRE]
12-01-2009, 15:14
mine used to only take jpegs but does both since last pacth came out so prob something to do with that.
for me its in c/users/acc name/documents/battlefield2142/screenshots. but thats on vista64home, and i do get the 2 pic for one screeny.
Sgt-Bashem
12-01-2009, 20:15
for me its in c/users/acc name/documents/battlefield2142/screenshots. but thats on vista64home, and i do get the 2 pic for one screeny.
Can i borrow an electrician's screwdriver to fix it?? :w90:
Deathtaker27
12-01-2009, 20:27
mine is in the same pleace and im on 32bit vista
for me its in c/users/acc name/documents/battlefield2142/screenshots. but thats on vista64home, and i do get the 2 pic for one screeny.
Can i borrow an electrician's screwdriver to fix it?? :w90:
hows about a large hammer to reprogram with lol
Sgt-Bashem
13-01-2009, 00:18
hows about a large hammer to reprogram with lol
Well, changed the key from printscreen to delete and hey presto... it now works!!..
Thanks for all the help guys... much apprecaited.:good1:
Sgt-Bashem
13-01-2009, 09:17
hows about a large hammer to reprogram with lol
Thanks for the screwdriver stuck to my office door this morning!! A real help !!:lol::lol:
but that´s a topic i´m also interested in solving: how do ya get rid of the damn 2nd pic?
anyone know?
right click, delete, yes im sure... :)
APOLLOFRENZY
13-01-2009, 11:25
if you print screen in game drop game down to decktop go to start and find paint open it go to edit and paste it will then give a a picture you then save it as jpeg in my documents or where ever you want to put it ok
Thanks for the screwdriver stuck to my office door this morning!! A real help !!:lol::lol:
Glad to be of servis. The maint dept is here to serve NOT:lol:
and where would you be able to kill the png one out? ingame or wherever whenever?
sorry man but i haven't been able to find it, either it's a unlisted/secret bf system command or it simply doesn't exist.
So.. easiest and best way imo is to unbind the game screenshot key, use that in fraps instead and set save location to the bf2142 screenshot dir.
Also fraps is badass (even if it looks like indiware), for instance it lets you pick in what format the image should be saved in as well as being able to display game fps so you don't have to mess with any .con which may result in you getting kicked out from places, also it might become handy if you end up seeing somethings completely crazy and by a press of a button you're recording ^^
and if you're annoyed by the fraps.com spam.. er.. just look for a better version :56:
ChaoZ[IRE]
22-01-2009, 14:10
ive started to just set folder view to details / type and delete all the png files now, much easier and and lot less hassle, as bert said - right click and delete lol