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In the console: /bind <any key of your choice> screenshot

 

Then, press that key you chose. In your Jedi Academy/GameData/base (or if you're running a mod, in that folder)/screenshots/ folder will be the screenshots you took.

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Originally posted by txa1265

Yes - F12 *is* the QuickSave key in SP.

 

I don't know if there is a prebind for SP, or if you just have to bind it yourself.

 

The QuickSave key can be reassigned. OJP Basic/Enhanced however binds F12 for screenshots. Seeing how taking screenshots on a Mac involves shift+apple+3, I was more than happy to use a single F12 key. :D

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"/set cg_draw2d 0" removes the HUD (head-up display) and "SPECTATOR Choose Join from the Menu to enter the game" text if it is present. "/set cg_draw2d 1" restores it.

 

"/screenshot silent" takes a screenshot without the confirmation text "Wrote screenshots/shot0000.jpg" in the upper lefthand corner of the screen.

 

To do it all in one easy step:

 

/bind <key> "cg_draw2d 0;wait;screenshot silent;wait;cg_draw2d 1"

 

With one key bind that takes a silent screenshot with no HUD, and then restores your HUD, all in less than a second.

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Originally posted by Lei Hng Wei

The QuickSave key can be reassigned. OJP Basic/Enhanced however binds F12 for screenshots. Seeing how taking screenshots on a Mac involves shift+apple+3, I was more than happy to use a single F12 key. :D

I run Mac and PC versions of JA, and think using a heavily used function key like QuickSave for something else is just stupid. Why not assign it to the 'E' key, or Mouse 2? Because they would mess with what people expect. Mods should enhance the game, not mess with the control scheme, IMO. I guess I'll never use OJP then.

 

Mike

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I always use F5 for QuickSave, F7 for QuickLoad and F12 for screenshots.

 

Since you don't have saving/loading in MP there's no problem there either, I just F12 for screenshots in both.

 

Adding silent to it is probably a good idea if you take a lot of shots.

 

 

One problem I've noticed though lately is that the FIRST time I take a screenshot (after loading up JA) it takes a LOOOOONG time to finish (game basically locks while it takes the shot). I have to wait sometimes as long as a full minute!

 

The second screenshot takes instantly, and so on, but the first one is always loooooong. Is this normal?

 

I have a 2 Ghz processor and 256 mb pc133 ram and plenty of free disk space (but a GeForce2 GTS 32 mb video card).

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The same happens for me. I take warm-up screenshots every-so-often depending on if I'm "feeling lucky" (MP), or loading a saved "how many dead troopers in a slash" (SP) file.

 

Don't know how long between shots before it lapses, but I throw away 99% of the shots anyway so click away.

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