Ockniel Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 how can I take screenshots in-game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topshot Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 If you know how to bring up the cheat console, good. Type "screenshot" or "levelshot", and that should do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_PerfectAgent_ Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 Dark Forces didn't have a console. I guess you can try F12 for a screenshot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topshot Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 Originally posted by _PerfectAgent_ Dark Forces didn't have a console. Damn. Memory's been a bit foggy. I could only remember the 1 for DF2. Time to take another trip down memory lane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormHammer Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 As I recall, it was extremely difficult to take in-game screenshots in DF. You could try running the game in a window, and use a screen capture program within Windows. I'm not sure PrntScrn would work, but you could probably find a free screen grab utility on the net by doing a google search. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katarn07 Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 Originally posted by StormHammer As I recall, it was extremely difficult to take in-game screenshots in DF. You could try running the game in a window, and use a screen capture program within Windows. I'm not sure PrntScrn would work, but you could probably find a free screen grab utility on the net by doing a google search. You have to do this. It's an extremely difficult thing to do because Print Screen doesn't work while running it and my old PC always shut down my screen grab utility when I fired up DOS.... It's probably not worth the trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txa1265 Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Originally posted by Katarn07 PC ... probably not worth the trouble. Funny ... I don't have that problem when I play it on the Mac Couldn't resist Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan Posted April 29, 2004 Share Posted April 29, 2004 The Dos version of DF worked this way: Alt+printscreen in game (exit game, paste into paint program like photoshop and boom). So you could only take on screenshot at a time realistically unless you were somehow playing it in a window. So try alt+printscreen if just printscreen won't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiroki Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 Originally posted by txa1265 Funny ... I don't have that problem when I play it on the Mac Thats good, as it is about the only thing you CAN play on a Mac. Hehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txa1265 Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 Originally posted by Hiroki Thats good, as it is about the only thing you CAN play on a Mac. Hehe. Hey - I can use my Mac to play Doom, Wolf 3d, and loads of other 10 year old games ... plus it protects me from knowing about computer operations, which is appropriate for my position as an optical physicist ... Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterN64 Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 Don't get me started with Macs. I have bad memories that are as sore as your hand going down a gator's gullet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txa1265 Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 Originally posted by Master_Sentinel Don't get me started with Macs. I have bad memories that are as sore as your hand going down a gator's gullet... That's the problem ...so many younger people have these historical 'memories' of Macs from their school lab or whatever, and passes immediate, uninformed judgement on everything current based on that prejudice. Hey - it's a computer. I'm playing Sacred on my PC laptop now, may play NWN again later on my Mac. No biggie. They both run MS Office, both network well, both accomplish necessary tasks. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Dravis Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 Originally posted by txa1265 Hey - it's a computer. I'm playing Sacred on my PC laptop now, may play NWN again later on my Mac. No biggie. They both run MS Office, both network well, both accomplish necessary tasks. But it's a Mac. And we hate Macs. I say, if the OS can play the games you want, then tell Micro$oft to go away. The only reason I am not running linux on my comp right now is that exact issue...the linux Windows emulators don't work well enough yet. As soon as they do, however... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txa1265 Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 Originally posted by Samuel Dravis But it's a Mac. And we hate Macs. As is well in evidence throughout LucasForums No biggie ... some people like things that other people don't like. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_One Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 The screenshot issue seems to be more obvious in WinXP. When I was running Windows 98, I could take screenshots fine with PrtScn. But when I upgraded to XP, it simply wouldn't work - I tried external capture programs, command lines etc etc.. Nothing I tried worked. If you want to experience DF in the most authentic way, with all of its features, get hold of an old 486, or any other old PC - not exactly going to cost you much, and set it up exclusively for DF By the way, this one's for you txa1265, http://www.electric-chicken.co.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txa1265 Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 Originally posted by The_One If you want to experience DF in the most authentic way, with all of its features, get hold of an old 486, or any other old PC - not exactly going to cost you much, and set it up exclusively for DF Really - set it up on Win95 Dual Boot and you should be able to run all of your DOS games without issue. I still have an old PII machine in the basement that was the only way I could play Shadows of the Empire ... and had a laptop that worked for my sons Spiderman Sinister Six game. ... maybe that's why consoles are taking over so much of the market ... Originally posted by The_One By the way, this one's for you txa1265, http://www.electric-chicken.co.uk/ I've seen that before, but it is still always good for a smile Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katarn07 Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 Aha, now I see why Mike was getting so fired up about Macs at EB. I frankly don't care either way. I prefer Windows because that's what I know. I do have bad memories with my grade school's 'Mac Lab' but that's simply because the teachers knew less about them then we did.... Back on topic, I had Win 98 on my last PC and I still had trouble with just Print Screen and screen grabbers.... I have yet to install DF (or any of my games save for Baldur's Gate 1 & 2) on my new PC (OS is Win XP) so can't comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Oosha Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 DF had a built-in screenshot function meant for use in pure DOS mode. You start the game with "dark.exe -shots", and then press the Print Screen key ingame. They appear as PCX files in the same directory as dark.exe. At least, that's what I remember. I didn't test it just now. But you'd be better off having a Mac user take them anyway, with the higher resolution and longer viewing distance. As always, you should probably go to DF-21.net if you want more info. I don't know why they even have this forum, if nobody who knows DF goes here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo-7 Posted September 25, 2005 Share Posted September 25, 2005 i made screenys in my Dark Force 2 but i cant open them, any idea how i can open and watch at them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-Vector Posted September 25, 2005 Share Posted September 25, 2005 Jedi Knight outputs screenshots in Bitmap format; you should be able to open them in any viewer, including the one that comes with Windows. The shots are located in your JK base directory and are called JKSHOTxxx.BMP, where xxx is a number starting with 000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan Posted September 25, 2005 Share Posted September 25, 2005 Taking shots in JK1, MotS, JK2, and JA is no problem. But if you're talking about the original Dark Forces then try this... You can alt+printscreen and then paste into a paint program (such as Photoshop or Paintshop Pro) after alt+tabbing or control+escaping out of the game. Then paste a new image. You could also run a seperate screenshot taker program like HypersnapDX (?) or something like that. Fraps to take movies... there may be better options out there, good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo-7 Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 i didnt find any viewer :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo-7 Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 would it be possible...if i send one or more...of my screenys to you? Then u "open" (or what ever) them for me and sent it back. plzzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 Okay I guess. Email them to me at kurganx@comcast.net (zip a bunch of them up if you're serious, as I don't like getting spammed!) But realize that most modern graphics programs can open bitmap ("BMP") files easily enough and even convert them to a more common format like JPEG (JPG). Heck, even MS Paint can open BMP files... and that comes with every copy of Windows last time I checked... Dark Forces 1 shots were in PCX format if you took them under dos (and didn't just do a screen capture and paste into a paint program), and that should be viewable on most decent paint programs as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthzeta Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 umm. i may be wrong but i have a star wars fps game with a guy name kyle. its on the ps1 consol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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