Not able to take screenshots

SilverAgeFan · 12-06-2011 12:38 PM

Using Win 7. Used to be able to take screenshots in game until I did a full reinstall several months back.

I'm using a mac keyboard that has no print screen key, so I remap my screenshot key to an unused one. This is what I did prior to the deinstall/reinstall.

Now when I press my remapped key, I get a brief pause like the game is taking a shot but then when I go to the x86 -> City of Heroes -> screenshots folder there are no new screens.

Anyone with Win 7 and or CoX knowledge out there got ideas as to what might be happening?

I can take screenshots using the snipping tool, but that doesn't permit "heat of battle" sort of screens.

Thanks.

Zombie Man · 12-06-2011 01:17 PM

If you have Test or Beta installed, check those directories... there might be a registry value not pointing to the right area.

Also, you can try to search your hard drives for any *.jpg or *.tga files created in the past few days to see if they're landing in some other directory.

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SilverAgeFan · 12-06-2011 08:03 PM

Thanks Zombie Man. I did that .jpg search and found where they are getting put.

Looks like somewhere along the way, the new changed its default install path. I still have relic files from previous installs, including old screens, at x86 -> City of Heroes. But the new launcher installs to x86 -> NCSoft -> City of Heroes. The old address with old info, like saved costumes and screens, etc. was throwing me.

So I was simply missing seeing that new path.

Texas Justice · 12-07-2011 10:08 AM

This is one of the reasons I never use the default paths. I always install to C:\Games\CoH if I'm running on a single drive (usually the laptop) or to E:\Games\CoH if I'm running on a Desktop with multiple drives.

If I go to an SSD, I'll likely put the OS and CoH both on the SSD which will mean I'll use C:\Games\CoH for that one.

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