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GPL screenshot key?

4368

GPL screenshot key?

by 4368 » Sat, 23 Feb 2002 03:12:15

I'm getting back into GPL after a year and a half away,
and cannot remember how to do screenshots. I think there
is a key to use during live action, and another during
playback of tapes?

Also is there a way to show framerate during playback?
Or is it only during live action? How about during live action
but viewing rather than in one's own car?

Andre Warring

GPL screenshot key?

by Andre Warring » Sat, 23 Feb 2002 03:54:27


>I'm getting back into GPL after a year and a half away,
>and cannot remember how to do screenshots. I think there
>is a key to use during live action, and another during
>playback of tapes?

>Also is there a way to show framerate during playback?
>Or is it only during live action? How about during live action
>but viewing rather than in one's own car?

If you run in D3d, press the print-screen key and paste into any paint
program.
If you run in 3dfx, also press print-screen, but now the screenshot
will be saved as a .pbf file to your gpl folder. use pbf2tga.exe in
your gpl folder to convert the file to .tga format.
(from memory, somebody correct me if I'm wrong please)

PS - 1.5 year away from GPL? You missed a LOT, with all the updates
and addon tracks you will hardly reckognize GPL again :)
Do take a look here: http://gplpp.com/ and here
http://magnust.d2g.com/

Andre

4368

GPL screenshot key?

by 4368 » Sat, 23 Feb 2002 05:37:06


> PS - 1.5 year away from GPL? You missed a LOT, with all the updates
> and addon tracks you will hardly reckognize GPL again :)

I have spent more of the last 48hrs downloading GPL related software
than I think I have spent sleeping, or working (shh...)

I am stunned at how much work has been done, and how much is
still ongoing. I have added at least a dozen new tracks
already and another dozen stashed away. I will be trying out all
the new care/season/track/ai managers over the next week.

One problem: GPLEA links lead to a site hosted on another group:
http://www.sportplanet.com/gpl/
At that intro page, I can find no link to "get inside".
By doing a Google search on things I was looking for I have been
able to go to specific pages, such as the Snowitude track page:
http://www.sportplanet.com/gpl/html/tracks/trackprojects/snowitude/snowi
ude.htm but cannot get to the "tracks" page or find any "doorway".
Am I missing something obvious? Using Netscape4.7 here.

Andre Warring

GPL screenshot key?

by Andre Warring » Sat, 23 Feb 2002 06:37:26


>One problem: GPLEA links lead to a site hosted on another group:
>http://www.sportplanet.com/gpl/
>At that intro page, I can find no link to "get inside".
>By doing a Google search on things I was looking for I have been
>able to go to specific pages, such as the Snowitude track page:
>http://www.sportplanet.com/gpl/html/tracks/trackprojects/snowitude/snowi
>ude.htm but cannot get to the "tracks" page or find any "doorway".
>Am I missing something obvious? Using Netscape4.7 here.

All the available tracks for GPL are on that second url I gave you..
or is Snowitude missing? Snowitude is the same as Solitude btw, but
with other gfx like falling snow, frozen water, christmas trees,
Titanics, etc etc

Andre

4368

GPL screenshot key?

by 4368 » Sat, 23 Feb 2002 15:09:10


> All the available tracks for GPL are on that second url I gave you..
> or is Snowitude missing?

You misunderstand my second issue. :)

Yes I found many tracks at the magnus site, although the snowitude
mod was not there and had to be found at the GPLEA site.

What I was querying about was how to get to the inside sections of
GPLEA, as I do not see a link to get inside. I had to do a Google
search to get the exact page on which Snowitude could be found.
But there are still other sections of GPLEA I would like to access,
such as their cars sections. Any insights on how to do that are
appreciated. I have scanned the front page and even opened it
up in html editing to try and find the "door" inside.

"Print Screen" for screenshots, huh? That simple? Are you sure
it's not something like "CTL ALT Printscreen SHF KP5 ENT"?
Otherwise how can this be a computer game? <g>

Andre Warrin

GPL screenshot key?

by Andre Warrin » Sat, 23 Feb 2002 18:10:20


>What I was querying about was how to get to the inside sections of
>GPLEA, as I do not see a link to get inside. I had to do a Google
>search to get the exact page on which Snowitude could be found.
>But there are still other sections of GPLEA I would like to access,
>such as their cars sections. Any insights on how to do that are
>appreciated. I have scanned the front page and even opened it
>up in html editing to try and find the "door" inside.

Ah, the GPLEA sites uses a java menu which doesn't work on some type
of browsers. I use IE6 and on my system sometimes the menu shows up,
sometimes it doesn't.If you can check out the screenshots of the new
Honda btw..
And this link is very usefull http://hotgrids.racesimcentral.com/

Nope, GPL is from an aera where you didn't have to be a rocket
scientist to setup your controller or get multiplayer working :)

Andre

Kevin Clar

GPL screenshot key?

by Kevin Clar » Sat, 23 Feb 2002 18:24:08



> > All the available tracks for GPL are on that second url I gave you..
> > or is Snowitude missing?

> You misunderstand my second issue. :)

> Yes I found many tracks at the magnus site, although the snowitude
> mod was not there and had to be found at the GPLEA site.

> What I was querying about was how to get to the inside sections of
> GPLEA, as I do not see a link to get inside. I had to do a Google
> search to get the exact page on which Snowitude could be found.
> But there are still other sections of GPLEA I would like to access,
> such as their cars sections. Any insights on how to do that are
> appreciated. I have scanned the front page and even opened it
> up in html editing to try and find the "door" inside.

> "Print Screen" for screenshots, huh? That simple? Are you sure
> it's not something like "CTL ALT Printscreen SHF KP5 ENT"?
> Otherwise how can this be a computer game? <g>

If you want to do multiple shots, get hypersnap from
http://www.hyperionics.com which grabs a jpg everytime you hit
printscreen into a designated folder. Doing the printscreen/paste thing
only lets you do them one at a time.

Kev


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