Screenshot Utility?

Dark Avatar should definitely have one.

from GalCiv2 Forums
Taking screeshots in Galciv 2 is currently a massive pain the neck, so why not introduce a utility that makes the game take screens and dump them into a screeshots folder in the home directory? It would definitely make player AARs better.
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
There are already many free utilities available that do that, such as FRAPs. Just do a quick google, download, and you're set.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Off topic but hey Kryo, do you work like, 7 days a week or what my man? Or do you have the privy of being able to work from home?(walking away from terminal shaking fists and pulling hair)
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Or do you have the privy of being able to work from home?


Yep
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Screenshot utility = "Print Screen" button
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Print screen button=Pain in the backside

My thanks to Kryo for recommending FRAPS, works a treat!!
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
What pain? Play in windowed mode with the resolution set to match your monitor, print screen, paste into Microsoft Paintbrush, save as JPG, resume gameplay.

I created half a dozen screenies in a few minutes.
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I don't like playing in Windowed mode, I don't know why, plus FRAPS is a lot easier, no pasting required. Just snap and it dumps it into the FRAPS directory.
Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Try Xfire... www.xfire.com; but most noticeably I bet the released Dark Avitar would be added.

We've allready got GC1,AP,GC2 on there. And when in-game/running xfire at the same time xfire automatically adds screenshots into say jpg files and puts them in a folder; then you take care of em/have an option to add them to your profile at the end of your game

Reply #9 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Sorry to revive such an old thread, but IrfanView supports screen dumping too. Set a hotkey combo to Capture (Ctrl+F11 is default), choose a save directory and the image format. It doesn't do video, but it's freeware, doesn't watermark your images, and works perfectly.

http://www.irfanview.com/
Reply #10 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Hoversnap. Small footprint in background, unobtrusive, hit printscreen and forget it till your ready to view your pic, which is put into folder you choose in the almost to simple to be true config interface. I've tried a lot of others including FRAPS and keep coming back to Hoversnap.
Reply #11 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Since FRAPS isn't freeware, I thought I'd add X-Shot to the list as well. Free and supports different formats.