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Posted January 04, 2011
I can't find a key binding for it, and the game is intercepting PrtSc, so I can't use external programs either . . . anyone have success with this? Or am I missing something obvious?
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Posted January 04, 2011
I've never taken screenshots with Outcast but you might try using the free version of FRAPS for screenshots. Just run it while the game is running and it should bind F10 or something for screen captures. You can also have it display FPS if you are curious. You can get FRAPS here:

http://www.fraps.com/

Be aware that the free version is limited and will only let you take shots in one format and one quality setting. Resolution will match whatever res you're running the game in.
Post edited January 04, 2011 by Waltorious
Posted January 05, 2011
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Waltorious: I've never taken screenshots with Outcast but you might try using the free version of FRAPS for screenshots. Just run it while the game is running and it should bind F10 or something for screen captures. You can also have it display FPS if you are curious. You can get FRAPS here:

http://www.fraps.com/

Be aware that the free version is limited and will only let you take shots in one format and one quality setting. Resolution will match whatever res you're running the game in.
I've been trying with ZScreen, and it appears that the game is blocking it (although PrtSc still captures to windows clipboard . . . hrm). I'll try with some other programs . . .

*test test test*

Odd. ZScreen is blocked no matter what I use as key bindings. Greenshot is blocked if I bind it to PrtSc alone, but anything else (including ctrl+PrtSc, for example) works. I don't remember seeing this behavior with anything else, interesting.
Post edited January 05, 2011 by Curunauth
Posted January 05, 2011
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Curunauth: I've been trying with ZScreen, and it appears that the game is blocking it (although PrtSc still captures to windows clipboard . . . hrm). I'll try with some other programs with variable binding.
I believe that FRAPS lets you change the key bound to screen captures. But if you've got PrtSc sending the captures to your clipboard, then you can probably just paste them into Paint or some other graphical editing program and then save them from there. The downside is having to switch out of the game in order to paste them, but if you can't get other methods to work it's worth a try.
Posted January 05, 2011
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Curunauth: I've been trying with ZScreen, and it appears that the game is blocking it (although PrtSc still captures to windows clipboard . . . hrm). I'll try with some other programs with variable binding.
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Waltorious: I believe that FRAPS lets you change the key bound to screen captures. But if you've got PrtSc sending the captures to your clipboard, then you can probably just paste them into Paint or some other graphical editing program and then save them from there. The downside is having to switch out of the game in order to paste them, but if you can't get other methods to work it's worth a try.
Oh hi, you're active in the thread! Copying my edited-in results from above (turns out that ZScreen does have variable binding, the defaults just happened to be fine so I hadn't checked . . .):

*test test test*

Odd. ZScreen is blocked no matter what I use as key bindings. Greenshot is blocked if I bind it to PrtSc alone, but anything else (including ctrl+PrtSc, for example) works. I don't remember seeing this behavior with anything else, interesting.

Yeah, I've been taking advantage of the fact that the game pauses easily and Alt+Tabs happily to save a few shots by pasting into Paint.net, but I'm gonna use Greenshot now 'cause one button is way more convenient!

FRAPS probably would work too, but I prefer free full programs (open source) to free limited programs :-).
Posted January 06, 2011
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Curunauth: FRAPS probably would work too, but I prefer free full programs (open source) to free limited programs :-).
I've never heard of Greenshot but if it's free AND fully featured, I should take a look.
Posted January 06, 2011
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Curunauth: FRAPS probably would work too, but I prefer free full programs (open source) to free limited programs :-).
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Waltorious: I've never heard of Greenshot but if it's free AND fully featured, I should take a look.
Well, unlike FRAPS, it can't do video capture, so it's not a total FRAPS replacement.

I actually prefer ZScreen, which has a lot more power and customizability (importantly, you can change the bindings, and I dislike that Greenshot binds PrtSc to area-capture rather than window or screen). ZScreen is also open source (so again, the full version is both free and trustworthy).

https://code.google.com/p/zscreen/
http://getgreenshot.org/

Nice to have both though; no system-resident clutter when they're not running, so I can just switch to Greenshot for Outcast and I guess anything else that mysteriously blocks ZScreen.

ZScreen also has ZUploader, which I don't use, but lets you automatically upload to a wide variety of services, auto-translate captured text, and other fun things. It has WAY more power than I use, but it does exactly what I want for simple captures.

BTW, could you reply with something mentioning your FRAPS suggestion as well as saying that Greenshot works where ZScreen fails, so I can mark it as a solution and have all the info in one post? Thanks.
Post edited January 06, 2011 by Curunauth
Posted January 06, 2011
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Curunauth: BTW, could you reply with something mentioning your FRAPS suggestion as well as saying that Greenshot works where ZScreen fails, so I can mark it as a solution and have all the info in one post? Thanks.
Sure:

My first thought was to suggest the free version of FRAPS, which allows screen captures and rebinding the key used to take them. The free version is a bit limited, however, and only allows one file format, but it can also display FPS during gameplay if you want which can be nice. And it can take videos, but the free version is limited to 30 seconds and there is a watermark on the videos (no watermark on screenshots though). I have NOT actually tried it with Outcast so I can't be sure it will work.

There are some other open source programs that will take screen captures as well, and unlike FRAPS these are free AND fully featured. ZScreen is one, but the OP reports that it does not work with Outcast, even if the screen capture key is changed to something else. Another open source option is Greenshot, which apparently DOES work with Outcast, as long as the screen capture binding is changed to something other than PrtSc. One should note that these programs do not capture video.

Finally, it seems that just using the PrtSc key without any additional programs will actually capture the screen to the Windows clipboard, and it can then be pasted into picture editing software and saved. This requires alt-tabbing out of the game every time though, so the programs mentioned above might be preferable.
Posted January 07, 2011
Thanks, Waltorious!

(Minor note: afaict, Greenshot's bindings are fixed; unfortunately PrtSc is "area capture" which when it works is irritating (since you have to stop and define the area), but when it's blocked like in Outcast, is just fine! Alt+PrtSc captures the window, Ctrl+PrtSc captures the whole screen, and Shift+PrtSc recaptures the last region you defined.)
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