Taking pictures in open play

Ziegfried · May 10, 2015

I've been having problems taking pictures, as in not being able to. Everything I've read says the F10 key takes the pic, then a folder is created. I've got it set to show hidden folders, however the only folder in the elite dangerous file is "options". I've also tried Fn-F10, and printscreen. I'm running out of ideas and the only threads I can find on this are from Aug 2014ish. I'm nearing Sag A* though, and will need the proof! Any other suggestions?

-Zieg

Jorlin · May 10, 2015

have a look at your windows picture folder.

Robert Maynard · May 10, 2015

The game will create a "Frontier Developments" folder in your pictures folder within your profile - the screenshots should all be there.

[edit] Ninja'd by the sabre-toothed bunneh!

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Lobstris · May 10, 2015

If you're using Win 8/8.1, pictures should be your pictures directory in a sub-folder called '\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous\'. Aside from that you're not using 3rd party software like 'EDFX' for graphics modification are you?
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*Edit* Lol! Multi-ninja'ed!

Ziegfried · May 10, 2015

Lobstris said:
If you're using Win 8/8.1, pictures should be your pictures directory in a sub-folder called '\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous\'. Aside from that you're not using 3rd party software like 'EDFX' for graphics modification are you?
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*Edit* Lol! Multi-ninja'ed!

No, not using any 3rd party software. I am using Win 8.1, and the sub folders '\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous\ are there, however no pics within. It seems like F10 isn't working at all. Makes me wish it notified you when you took a pic, just so I'd know if the problem lay elsewhere.

Robert Maynard · May 10, 2015

The screenshots are named "Screenshot_####.bmp" (where "####" is a number between "0000" and "9999") or "HighResScreenshot_####.bmp" - you could search your drive to see if they are misplaced for some reason.

Asp Explorer · May 10, 2015

Are you using a newish HP mediakeyboard?

By default they need FN pressed to make an Fx key work as a function, otherwise F10 is considered a reload IE screen.

I absolutely hate the horrible things.

Ziegfried · May 10, 2015

Robert Maynard said:
The screenshots are named "Screenshot_####.bmp" (where "####" is a number between "0000" and "9999") or "HighResScreenshot_####.bmp" - you could search your drive to see if they are misplaced for some reason.

That did not find any results. So I suppose that means the F10 button is not doing its job. Anyone run into that problem before?

Jorlin · May 10, 2015

Ziegfried said:
That did not find any results. So I suppose that means the F10 button is not doing its job. Anyone run into that problem before?

nope, no problems here.

Ziegfried · May 10, 2015

Asp Explorer said:
Are you using a newish HP mediakeyboard?

By default they need FN pressed to make an Fx key work as a function, otherwise F10 is considered a reload IE screen.

I absolutely hate the horrible things.

I am using a new HP Envy, so that could be, though I've tried pressing Fn before pressing F10, and still no results. Do I have to hold Fn while pressing F10?

Jorlin · May 10, 2015

Ziegfried said:
I am using a new HP Envy, so that could be, though I've tried pressing Fn before pressing F10, and still no results. Do I have to hold Fn while pressing F10?

yes.

although i don't know if ED supports this "function" of so called keyboards

Ziegfried · May 10, 2015

Jorlin said:
yes.

although i don't know if ED supports this "function" of so called keyboards

Doh. Holding Fn while pressing F10 worked. Now I feel dumb. Thanks all!

Asp Explorer · May 10, 2015

Ziegfried said:
Doh. Holding Fn while pressing F10 worked. Now I feel dumb. Thanks all!

Glad you got it working, although I would strongly advise dumping that keyboard - the USB noise they cause sucks up a whole heap of CPU, plus they are absolute rubbish.

Valethar · May 10, 2015

You can also try to rebind the screenshot key in the game options as well, if that Fn thing is driving you nuts.

Bladesteel · May 10, 2015

Ziegfried said:
Doh. Holding Fn while pressing F10 worked. Now I feel dumb. Thanks all!

Don't. It's the people that thought making keyboards like that was a godd idea that should.

Ziegfried · May 10, 2015

Asp Explorer said:
Glad you got it working, although I would strongly advise dumping that keyboard - the USB noise they cause sucks up a whole heap of CPU, plus they are absolute rubbish.

I would, however its a laptop so the logistics would be a nightmare

Asp Explorer · May 10, 2015

Ziegfried said:
I would, however its a laptop so the logistics would be a nightmare

never buy an HP laptop!!!

Robert Maynard · May 10, 2015

Ziegfried said:
I would, however its a laptop so the logistics would be a nightmare

I think that there is a BIOS setting to revert to "normal" function key output (requires the use of the Fn key to initiate the HP defined functions).

Jorlin · May 10, 2015

Asp Explorer said:
never buy an HP laptop!!!

well... it could have been an Acer...

HP is a brand everyone knows and had it's merits some decades ago.
Not everyone had contact with all the different brands over some years.

Asp Explorer · May 10, 2015

Jorlin said:
well... it could have been an Acer...

HP is a brand everyone knows and had it's merits some decades ago.
Not everyone had contact with all the different brands over some years.

Acer make good and bad laptops - I had a posh one that actually cooked itself. The cheap ones seem to last forever, or die in a week

At work, when HP laptops were issued as standard, we had failures and ROE every single week. Every single week. The Lenovo's issued to other people had a fan failure or ROE every few months or so. There is a huge difference.