taking a screenshot

[KEVIN_OFP]

 I am so  happy to see OFPEC back up looking even better and sexier ! Time to make some contributions to this wonderful site.   My question.  How do you take screen shot while you are playing the game. Is that 'Print Screen' key or something else.  And please tell me which directory the file is saved.  Thank you.   And yes I am still a Lama bomba.

KEVIN_OFP

[bedges]

pressing the 'print screen' key will copy the screen into the clipboard. when you alt+tab out of the game and open your graphics software, simply clicking 'paste' or ctrl+v will give you the image.

[456820]

Also dxdll can be used i would recomend this becuase you dont need to alt+tab out each time to save your image as dxdll saves it for you.

Bedges missed out that you can only do one at a time, if you press Print Screen multiple times they arent saved, unless this is different on an XP os as im using 2000.

[The-Architect]

No it's not different.

There are screenshot utilities out there you can get rather than downloading DXDLL. I mean if you want DXDLL then go get it, it's good. However don't just get it for the screenshot feature when you can get a tiny program to do that anyway.

[KEVIN_OFP]

  Germans are attacking, Americans need to get the info fast so they can stop Germans.  OK, what I am trying to say is that my current game is on PAUSE until i get the answer to this question.   I did post it few days ago and tried the suggestion but didnt work.   I need to take screen shots.   What i did is hit the Print Screen Key on my keyboard, supposedly the image is saved on clipboard.  But then when i opened the PaintBrush program and did CNTL_V to paste the image, I didn't see anything.   Please tell me what I am doing wrong, Germans are getting close !!!!!

[bedges]

if you start a thread to ask a question, and none of the answers work, repost in the same thread instead of making a new one. it keeps things simpler for everyone. also, use a proper title. insisting that we prioritise your question is disrespectful to everyone else whose questions are just as important.

the print screen technique works for most people but not for all. if pressing the PrtScr key, alt-tabbing to the desktop and then pasting the clipboard to a graphics application doesn't work, you will have to use a screenshot utility, such as this or this... there are many out there.

alternatively, as has already been suggested, download DXDLL which will give you a screenshot feature as well as many other effects.

[GavinP]

Forget pasting into paint. Open a word or excel document, and paste into there. That always works for me.

Regards,

Gavin

[Homefry]

Use one of the utilities bedges posted... or you can use this.

[Destroyer]

You can download Fraps on www.ofp.info... You can even make movies with it.