How to take proper screenshots?

[krikav]

I asked this in the quick question sticky, but I didn't get a satisfactory answer.
I thought this would be a good place to ask, since many people here do screenshots.

How do I make proper screenshots?

When I print screen, the screenshots is placed in a folder in the civ-folder.
However, they have the GUI hidden.

How can I make the gui visible on the screenshots?

 

[obsolete]

Unfortunately, Failaxis has abandoned us so you'll have to use your own method.

After hitting print-screen, load up MS Paint and just paste into there, then save.

 

[krikav]

Unfortunately, Failaxis has abandoned us so you'll have to use your own method.

After hitting print-screen, load up MS Paint and just paste into there, then save.

Is this the process you are using?

Does it require you to play in windowed mode?

 

[lymond]

It is odd that some folks have this issue and not others. I wonder if it is pc or os specific.

Anyway, this should probably go in the tech forum, which may get you a solution.

 

[krikav]

It is odd that some folks have this issue and not others. I wonder if it is pc or os specific.

Anyway, this should probably go in the tech forum, which may get you a solution.

Good idea, I posted there now.

I am using windows 7.

 

[Manco Capac]

Unfortunately, Failaxis has abandoned us so you'll have to use your own method.

After hitting print-screen, load up MS Paint and just paste into there, then save.

I was convinced my folders were corrupted of some sort. Good to know it is a generalized problem.

 

[lymond]

it is a generalized problem.

I'm not so sure it is generalized - not that it doesn't happen to a few folks. Never heard of this problem until I think obs brought it up not too long ago. I've never had it and know of few who have.

krikav - I run Win7 too. Probably not OS related, but may be some other PC specific issue. I wonder if security has something to do with it. I always change security to full for all civ related folders, which basically bypasses UAC. However, some people install civ on the c: root which achieves the same thing. Maybe that is messing up the screenshots though.

 

[obsolete]

Unfortunately, Failaxis has TOO MANY generalized problems. I do what I can...

 

[Um the Muse]

I don't know about disappearing GUIs, but I have noticed a difference when I name a SS and then hit enter vs. clicking accept. I think it's alt-print scn to name your SS? Can't remember for sure.

 

[ecuwins]

Hmmm, I get a missing UI when I try to use that Giant Earth Mod. I think the issue has something to do with BUG, for me. Some of the other UI mods may be suspect as well. I may have to re-visit this issue again as I really want to play that dam Mod.

 

[krikav]

Unfortunately, Failaxis has abandoned us so you'll have to use your own method.

After hitting print-screen, load up MS Paint and just paste into there, then save.

Your process works perfecly fine for me, I get the GUI when I manually paste them into PAINt.
Thank you for your assistance.

 

[obsolete]

Yes, once in a while my newbie advice does something productive for someone... amazing.

 

[s.bernbaum]

If your system can take screen shots, use that instead of the game's method. I have a trackball that allows me to assign functions to various buttons and combos of them. I've assigned the screen shot to a combo and it captures all of the screen including the UI, even in full screen mode.

 

[lymond]

^^^what is the game's method

 

[s.bernbaum]

^^^what is the game's method

Having never used it, I don't know. However, I have seen frequent posts asking where the game saves its screenshots, so I just assumed that there was such a thing. I may very well be wrong. My system and trackball software let me decide where the screen shot saves go, again leading me to believe that there was a built in function in the game that I was not using. If there isn't, then I freely admit my error.

 

[lymond]

really, I was just curious. I've always use the print screen function on the keyboard. However, I see some folks with screenies in which they display info from context menus or hovering over units. I can't do that with print screen. I don't know...maybe they are using a 3rd party deal

 

[Rusten]

really, I was just curious. I've always use the print screen function on the keyboard. However, I see some folks with screenies in which they display info from context menus or hovering over units. I can't do that with print screen. I don't know...maybe they are using a 3rd party deal

Press print screen without using shift.
Shift+print screen allows naming of screenshots, but does not add whatever you're hovering over.

At least been the case for me on 2 different OS.

 

[Matty R]

I had the problem with the GUI missing from my screenshots, but lowering the graphics settings gave the GUI on screenshots. Could be system specific.

 

[elohssa]

Does it require you to play in windowed mode?

You can press alt+tab while in full screen.

 

[Kilroy Was Here]

The simplest method is to place your Civ in Steam (which you can do even if you didn't buy it on Steam) and use the in-game screenshot function it has. You'll have to rebind it for Civ, as it's F5 by default.