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Why can't I take a screenshot?

age03age03 Member Posts: 1,664 Arc User
edited February 2015 in Controls and User Interface
I keep using the /screenshot_ui or /screenshot_ui_jpg and print to screen and all i get in the ss without ui.I even used the keybind / <keybind> screenshot_ui_jpg.I picked the b ky as the bind like this / <b> screenshot_ui_jpg so that the b becomes the UI ss key.

What am I doing wrong here?
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  • psycoticvulcanpsycoticvulcan Member Posts: 4,160 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    /screenshot_ui_jpg (no print screen) should be working. If it's not, I don't really know what the problem would be.

    Try function+print screen.
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  • age03age03 Member Posts: 1,664 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    I tried what you said and no luck any one else have any ideas.
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  • fcsp1910fcsp1910 Member Posts: 48 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    What OS you're using? If it is Win7, put the game in windowed mode and use the 'snipping tool', which can be found in Accessories. Works perfectly for me...
  • alax2011alax2011 Member Posts: 105 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    age03 wrote: »
    I keep using the /screenshot_ui or /screenshot_ui_jpg and print to screen and all i get in the ss without ui.I even used the keybind / <keybind> screenshot_ui_jpg.I picked the b ky as the bind like this / <b> screenshot_ui_jpg so that the b becomes the UI ss key.

    What am I doing wrong here?

    are you on steme version of the game?
    cuz i think that version has hidden the ss folder for some reason (a fleet member had the same problem, donno if she found where it was, good luck hunting it down lol)

    Also you can try
    Print Screen

    Start

    All Programs

    Accessories

    Paint

    Edit

    Paste

    File

    Save As

    File Name: Name of your Choice

    Save type as: JPEG (*.JPG,*.JPEG,*.JPE,*.JFIF)

    Then you have your Screenshot :D
  • sonofkyusssonofkyuss Member Posts: 0
    edited February 2013
    Try Alt-Prt Scrn - it takes the UI with it in my Win 7
  • mordecaiwhitemordecaiwhite Member Posts: 6 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    Sorry for necro but I have a simple fix for this if you can still type /screenshot and it works ok...

    I had this problem too so I used keybinds to just rebind the /screenshot function to another key.
    I am using the Steam version of the game on Windows 7 and I can confirm that this works, even though my printscreen key no longer does.
    I chose the "c" key because it's not already bound by default in space and makes me think "camera" or "capture".

    The syntax is simple. Type the following into the chat window box:

    /bind c screenshot

    This will save a full-res .tga screenshot without the HUD into the Star Trek Online\Live\screenshots folder whenever the "c" key is pressed, just like the printscreen key used to.

    For .jpg images (smaller file size but lower quality compressed image) just type:

    /bind c screenshot_jpg

    Enjoy!
  • comic1996comic1996 Member Posts: 50 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    It could be arc that has a file for screen shots.
  • z3ndor99z3ndor99 Member Posts: 1,391 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    You didn't say please into a mouse.
  • lingglingg Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    age03 wrote: »
    I keep using the /screenshot_ui or /screenshot_ui_jpg and print to screen and all i get in the ss without ui.I even used the keybind / <keybind> screenshot_ui_jpg.I picked the b ky as the bind like this / <b> screenshot_ui_jpg so that the b becomes the UI ss key.

    What am I doing wrong here?

    Try Greenshot, it's a personal favorite and seems to do a great job isolating key screen areas.

    It's free and open source - get it here:
    http://getgreenshot.org/downloads/
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  • alcyoneserenealcyoneserene Member Posts: 2,414 Arc User
    edited February 2015
    The key-bind commands no longer work properly, at least not on my end. Not using Arc or anything but the game launcher.exe.

    I've tried several command lines to bind F10, F11, and F12, and they don't reliably do what they are assigned to, don't recognize the binding, disrupt random controls, or simply cease functioning after exiting the game.

    Not trying anything complicated, only to bind renderscale 2 and screenshot_jpg. For some reason renderscale 1 (default) has never worked after being in rs2 or rs3.
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