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SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
edited December 2014 in The Academy
Hi, sorry I know its a noob question but I really want some pics of the beutifull sto planetary and battle scenes.
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    hit the "print screen" button. then you will find them in the screenshot folder in your STO folder.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Thx but where's the print screen button? Also will my osd automaticly dissapear or do I have to manually remove it. If so how do I do that
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    the UI will automatically disappear.


    and as for where the print screen button is located... its on your keyboard somewhere, or should be, unless you got a mini keyboard or something that has like most the buttons off of it.

    on a standard sized keyboard its commonly found to the right of the "F12" button.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    sometimes it just says "PRTSC SYSRQ" atleast it does on my laptop.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Ok thanks guys. I can't wait to take a pic of me killing some spheres probes and cubes :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Actually all you have to do in the chat window in the game is /screenshot and you are given a choice. I usually choose the jpg version.

    Then to access image in your computer, it would be public/games/startrekonline/screenshots.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Every time you press the print screen key (whatever it's called or wherever it's located on your system), an unmucked image is saved to a folder on your computer.

    I'm running Windows XP, and drive C is my primary drive, so the directory I'm going to give you is exactly where the images can be found on my system; you will need to modify the path based on the drive/partition configuration on your computer, and however your operating system names it's default program folder, or if you specified a custom directory during the installation of the game.

    For me, my screenshots all go to: C:\Program Files\Cryptic Studios\Star Trek Online\Live\screenshots

    I really hope this feature is kept throughout all of the patches. If any changes to it are made, it should be that the players are given an option to select a directory to save the screenshots to. I would love to just be able to press "print screen" and have the image without the HUD or other in-game labels, text, and so on be saved to my pictures folder so I could get to it quicker and easier, but it's no big deal. I am thrilled that I can press a button and have an image without all of the TRIBBLE that litters the screen saved to a folder that I now know how to find. :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Anyone know where screen shots are save under Windows 7 ?

    I have them in Vista but we cant find them on my brothers machine running Win7
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    McItoshi wrote: »
    Anyone know where screen shots are save under Windows 7 ?

    I have them in Vista but we cant find them on my brothers machine running Win7

    C:\users\public\games\cryptic studios\star trek online\live\screenshots

    at least thats where it is on my W7 pc.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Valve1138 wrote: »
    C:\users\public\games\cryptic studios\star trek online\live\screenshots

    at least thats where it is on my W7 pc.

    Same here - I made a short cut to it on desktop though.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Wow! I never even knew that was on my computer. Thanks y'all.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Once you find it, make a shortcut to you your desktop, makes it a lot easier. to get to.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    I am so slow at typing, by the time I am done 20 people have said the same thing
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    SolarX wrote:
    I am so slow at typing, by the time I am done 20 people have said the same thing

    LOL - usually the same here!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    For those of us running STO through steam, the filepath becomes considerably more complicated:

    c:\Program_Files_(x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\star_trek_online\Star_Trek_Online\Live\screenshots

    Took me a few minutes, but I found them.

    EDIT: If you can't tell, this is a 64-bit Windows 7 client.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Valve1138 wrote: »
    C:\users\public\games\cryptic studios\star trek online\live\screenshots

    at least thats where it is on my W7 pc.

    Thanks a lot. Had trouble finding this info anywhere else.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited September 2010
    Valve1138 wrote: »
    C:\users\public\games\cryptic studios\star trek online\live\screenshots

    at least thats where it is on my W7 pc.

    :eek:THANK YOU!!! OMG THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    OK, Ive read many posts on getting screen shots but, I still have nothing in the screenshot folder. I am running Vista if that's the problem. So my PS button says "Prt Scrn" on top of a line & says "Sys Rq" below the line. I have tried just hitting the button on it's own & while holding "Shift ". I still can't seem to get any shots in the screenshot folder. Unless they are being saved somewhere else. Oh, & I didn't change any folder locations during install.

    Please help!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    I have windows 7.... but what I did was in game type in /screenshot
    You will see several options pop up... I chose the jpeg option... if you arent sure try them all
    I could npt find my screeshots for nothing until I clicked on the small window icon in the lower left corner of my screen and then in the search I typed in jpeg...
    After that a window of it findings will pop up... I then had to click on see more results...
    A huge list of pictures came up among them were all my screenshots.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    I will give that a try. Thanks
  • deikeddeiked Member Posts: 7 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Mabey I'm just "special", but I cant find it on my Windows 7. -_-
  • slyism3003slyism3003 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    For a screenshot w/o the HUD I hold down CTRL then press PRNT SCRN. Hope it helps.
  • simonec1simonec1 Member Posts: 64 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    nice necro :D
  • dracounguisdracounguis Member Posts: 5,358 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    simonec1 wrote: »
    nice necro :D

    Seriously. Especially since someone just asked this in a new thread on 5/13! :D
    Sometimes I think I play STO just to have something to complain about on the forums.
  • jrdmd890jrdmd890 Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    Archived Post wrote: »
    For those of us running STO through steam, the filepath becomes considerably more complicated:

    c:\Program_Files_(x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\star_trek_online\Star_Trek_Online\Live\screenshots

    Took me a few minutes, but I found them.

    EDIT: If you can't tell, this is a 64-bit Windows 7 client.

    every time i take a screenshot i can't seem to find it i am using it through steam and using windows 8.1 if that helps
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    Windows sometimes creates a special folder for user save data under: C:\Users\mhm\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)

    Try looking there.
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