Re: screen shots

Ok. Just tried pbf2tga & it had a runtime error. Also tried ekpbfview and it couldn't convert the screen shots. Converted the cover.pbf or whatever it was that's also in there. Any other proggies for this??? Steve-S

Wheeeeee. 2 of em even. Wonder what the first one is? :-) Thanks alot dude. Steve-S On Fri, 26 May 2000 23:02:11 +0100, robswindells <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Sounds like you HAVE taken a screen shot. Check your GPL directory for a >GPLss00.pbf file. You can convert this to a TGA using pbf2tga.exe also in >your GPL folder... > >Good Luck, > >Steve Sarlls wrote: > >> What key takes screen shots? I thought it was prnt-scrn but all that >> did was exit the screen b4 I could get a shot or even read it. It was >> my first win against slow ai in a GP2 car at Monza and I couldn't even >> read the newspaper story about it. :-) Can't find my manual or I'd >> just rtfm. >> >> Thanks for any help. >> Steve-S

Steve Sarlls <[email hidden]> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: [email hidden]... Hi! > What key takes screen shots? I thought it was prnt-scrn but all that > did was exit the screen b4 I could get a shot or even read it. It was > my first win against slow ai in a GP2 car at Monza and I couldn't even > read the newspaper story about it. :-) Can't find my manual or I'd > just rtfm. Look into your GPL-folder. If you're lucky, you'll find a file called "gplss01.pbf". This is the screenshot. Use the program "pbf2tga.exe" which is delivered with GPL (it's also in that folder) to convert the screenshot from pbf- to tga-graphics-format (simply drag the screenshot file over the *.exe-file and let it go). Et voilà: There you have you're paper and as much time as you want to read it ;). Regards Crash -- http://www.crashmania.de http://www.joachimblum.de (under construction) "Alle Menschen werden als Original geboren, doch die meisten sterben als Kopie." "Being hit by a meteorite is an accident - everything else is a driver's fault."

Sounds like you HAVE taken a screen shot. Check your GPL directory for a GPLss00.pbf file. You can convert this to a TGA using pbf2tga.exe also in your GPL folder... Good Luck, Steve Sarlls wrote:

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> What key takes screen shots? I thought it was prnt-scrn but all that > did was exit the screen b4 I could get a shot or even read it. It was > my first win against slow ai in a GP2 car at Monza and I couldn't even > read the newspaper story about it. :-) Can't find my manual or I'd > just rtfm. > > Thanks for any help. > Steve-S

Wheeeeee. 2 of em even. Wonder what the first one is? :-) Thanks alot dude. Steve-S On Fri, 26 May 2000 23:02:11 +0100, robswindells

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>Sounds like you HAVE taken a screen shot. Check your GPL directory for a >GPLss00.pbf file. You can convert this to a TGA using pbf2tga.exe also in >your GPL folder... >Good Luck, >> What key takes screen shots? I thought it was prnt-scrn but all that >> did was exit the screen b4 I could get a shot or even read it. It was >> my first win against slow ai in a GP2 car at Monza and I couldn't even >> read the newspaper story about it. :-) Can't find my manual or I'd >> just rtfm. >> Thanks for any help. >> Steve-S

What key takes screen shots? I thought it was prnt-scrn but all that did was exit the screen b4 I could get a shot or even read it. It was my first win against slow ai in a GP2 car at Monza and I couldn't even read the newspaper story about it. :-) Can't find my manual or I'd just rtfm. Thanks for any help. Steve-S

Ok. Thier 0 Kbytes. How do I take a screen shot with the OpenGL patch installed???? Steve-S On Sat, 27 May 2000 04:05:06 GMT, [email hidden] (Don Scurlock) wrote:

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>pbf creation unfortunately doesn't work with the OpenGL patch if your >using it. Print Screen does work for the newspaper or single screen >shots. It captures it to your Clipboard, you then have to exit the >game, and paste it into Wordpad, Paint, etc, and save it. > >[email hidden] (Steve Sarlls) wrote in ><[email hidden]>: > >>Ok. Just tried pbf2tga & it had a runtime error. Also tried >>ekpbfview and it couldn't convert the screen shots. Converted the >>cover.pbf or whatever it was that's also in there. Any other proggies >>for this??? >> >>Steve-S >> >>

pbf creation unfortunately doesn't work with the OpenGL patch if your using it. Print Screen does work for the newspaper or single screen shots. It captures it to your Clipboard, you then have to exit the game, and paste it into Wordpad, Paint, etc, and save it. [email hidden] (Steve Sarlls) wrote in <[email hidden]>:

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>Ok. Just tried pbf2tga & it had a runtime error. Also tried >ekpbfview and it couldn't convert the screen shots. Converted the >cover.pbf or whatever it was that's also in there. Any other proggies >for this??? > >Steve-S > >

-- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C.

You could use a third-party utility like hyper-snap DX, which can run in the background while you play GPL, then use a hotkey to get the screenshots. http://www.hyperionics.com -- -Ace- Steve Sarlls <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Ok. Thier 0 Kbytes. How do I take a screen shot with the OpenGL > patch installed???? > > Steve-S >

from the Readme: CAPTURING SCREENSHOTS There are two methods of taking screenshots during the game. First you can press ALT-PrintScreen to capture the current screen in the clipboard, allowing you to exit GPL and paste it into the paint program of your choice. Secondly, and useful if you want to take a number of different shots at once, pressing just the PrintScreen button saves sequentially numbered PBF files (gplss##.pbf) to your GPL directory. After exiting GPL you can then use the included pbf2tga.exe program to convert them to a usable TGA format. Are you using a TNT Steve ? Then your .pbf files will be blanks, ignore them. When you hit PrintScreen(or Alt-PrintScreen, not sure, try both) it saves it to your clipboard, one at a time only. If your not familiar with the functions of the clipboard, read up on it in Windows help. [email hidden] (Steve Sarlls) wrote in <[email hidden]>:

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> Ok. Thier 0 Kbytes. How do I take a screen shot with the OpenGL >patch installed???? > > Steve-S > >On Sat, 27 May 2000 04:05:06 GMT, [email hidden] (Don >Scurlock) wrote: > >>pbf creation unfortunately doesn't work with the OpenGL patch if your >>using it. Print Screen does work for the newspaper or single screen >>shots. It captures it to your Clipboard, you then have to exit the >>game, and paste it into Wordpad, Paint, etc, and save it. >> >>[email hidden] (Steve Sarlls) wrote in >><[email hidden]>: >> >>>Ok. Just tried pbf2tga & it had a runtime error. Also tried >>>ekpbfview and it couldn't convert the screen shots. Converted the >>>cover.pbf or whatever it was that's also in there. Any other proggies >>>for this??? >>> >>>Steve-S >>> >>> >

-- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C.

Steve Sarlls <[email hidden]> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: [email hidden]... > Wheeeeee. 2 of em even. Wonder what the first one is? :-) As you can see from the posting time, it was me with 21 minutes ahead ;)). But I saw that our two answers dindn't really help you :(. I suggest (as some others did) that you use a third party snapshot program. You might get such thing as freeware for download on some freeware-archive like Tucows. Regards Crash -- http://www.crashmania.de http://www.joachimblum.de (under construction) "Alle Menschen werden als Original geboren, doch die meisten sterben als Kopie." "Being hit by a meteorite is an accident - everything else is a driver's fault."