Release Screen Shot Changer

Voz

Voz
Jorki Rasalas said:
It’s an excellent tool, so don’t denigrate yourself!
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Thank you!
Jorki Rasalas said:
Interesting that Norton objected to v1.5.3 but not 1.5.2, though I think the filename was identical.
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I'm looking at the process for signing the .exe which might help. Another new area for me so will need to see what it entails but I hope that will help.
Jorki Rasalas said:
edit: what’s the Mobius forum? Related to the Mobius PG? I did join that when I first started playing but teamed up with a guy on his own PG then was kicked off Mobius PG for non-use....
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The forum is here. I find it somewhat more enagaging than the often negative slant that threads end up taking on here. The Mobius private groups have been re-organised recently due to hitting the limits within the game with over 40k members. All details on the new names etc are on the Mobius forum
 

Jorki Rasalas

Jorki Rasalas
Voz said:
Thank you!

I'm looking at the process for signing the .exe which might help. Another new area for me so will need to see what it entails but I hope that will help.

The forum is here. I find it somewhat more enagaging than the often negative slant that threads end up taking on here. The Mobius private groups have been re-organised recently due to hitting the limits within the game with over 40k members. All details on the new names etc are on the Mobius forum
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Thanks. I’ve bookmarked it to explore (intentional pun!) when I have some time spare.
 

Voz

Voz
I've just released 1.5.4. No change re digital signing of the app but a bugfix for video renaming.
 

Jorki Rasalas

Jorki Rasalas
Not played for a few months, so installed v1.5.6 the other day. Just took some screenshots & getting an SSC error in that the Current System name is being changed to unknown (it was known before I tried taking the screenshot). It also says body is unknown but that is still displaying correctly on the SSC window. I have taken a few screenshots which weren't recognised so reset up the folder path, moving the file out onto the desktop then back into the folder it is being converted but with unknonw as the filename, though correctly adding on the date & time.
Error message is:

19/07/2018 18:23:58 - Sourcimage: F:\Users\Mike\Videos\Captures\Desktop\Elite Dangerous\Elite Dangerous Screenshot 2018.07.19 - 18.07.05.32.png size: 14.62 Mb
19/07/2018 18:23:58 - Journal file copy argument issue: Loop 1 Argument 'Start' must be greater than zero.
19/07/2018 18:23:59<System not found>
19/07/2018 18:23:59<Body not found>
19/07/2018 18:23:59 - Last output image: F:\Users\Mike\Pictures\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous\unknown\unknown Jul_19_2018_18_07.jpg size: 633.48 Kb
19/07/2018 18:23:59 - Source image deleted.

update: was using EDDiscovery at same time (always have) which may have led to a journal file access clash....
 
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Voz

Voz
Updated to 1.5.7 today after a long break. I’ll be taking more time on the app as a diversion from work and as part of getting back into the game.
 

Marvin the Martian

Marvin the Martian
Voz said:
Updated to 1.5.7 today after a long break. I’ll be taking more time on the app as a diversion from work and as part of getting back into the game.
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I would love to give that a go, but I use the EDHM mod and it removes the use of the screen shot button. I'm on Steam and even changing the F12 key to some other button in the Steam software doesn't work.

If you are aware of that issue and have a workaround, I'm all ears.

Presently, I leave Photoshop CS 5 running in the background with a 1920 x 1080 document open and I'll use the Print Screen button and then alt-tab out of the game and paste it into Photoshop and then save it that way.
 

Voz

Voz
Version 1.5.8. now there that fixes the video parameters and changes layout a bit.

I'm not familiar with the EDHM mod. I've not been very active in game for a couple of years (or more) so if other tools have come along to do similar, it's news to me. The SSChanger app should work regardless of what application is used to get the screenshots or videos, you just need to tell it which directory to look in for the files to arrive, file type, renaming parameters etc.
Here's the very quick log I just did, which shows I need to look at why it gives the message about about 'stopped watching for new files'. I can't recall what I did there :)

30/10/2022 17:13:06 - Detected that Elite: Dangerous 64bit is running.
30/10/2022 17:13:06 - Ready to start
30/10/2022 17:13:09 - Stopped watching for new files
30/10/2022 17:13:15 - Watching for new images at C:\Users\johng\Pictures\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous
30/10/2022 17:13:15 - Watching for new videos at C:\Users\johng\Videos\Elite Dangerous
30/10/2022 17:13:15 - Logfile: C:\Users\johng\Saved Games\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous\Journal.2022-10-30T161802.01.log
30/10/2022 17:13:15 - System found: Chuelchs
30/10/2022 17:13:15 - Body found: Chuelchs AB
30/10/2022 17:13:26 - Valid image created: C:\Users\johng\Pictures\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous\Screenshot_0012.bmp
30/10/2022 17:13:26 - Waiting for image to be closed.
30/10/2022 17:13:27 - Sourcimage: C:\Users\johng\Pictures\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous\Screenshot_0012.bmp size: 5.93 Mb
30/10/2022 17:13:27 - System found: Chuelchs
30/10/2022 17:13:27 - Body found: Chuelchs AB
30/10/2022 17:13:27 - Last output image: C:\Users\johng\Pictures\Frontier Developments\Output\Chuelchs Oct_30_2022_17_13.png size: 1.29 Mb
30/10/2022 17:13:32 - Valid video created: C:\Users\johng\Videos\Elite Dangerous\Elite Dangerous 2022.10.30 - 17.13.31.08.DVR.mp4
30/10/2022 17:13:38 - File access issue: The process cannot access the file 'C:\Users\johng\Videos\Elite Dangerous\Elite Dangerous 2022.10.30 - 17.13.31.08.DVR.mp4' because it is being used by another process.
30/10/2022 17:13:38 - Waiting for video to be closed.
30/10/2022 17:13:39 - Waiting for video to be closed.
30/10/2022 17:13:40 - Source video: C:\Users\johng\Videos\Elite Dangerous\Elite Dangerous 2022.10.30 - 17.13.31.08.DVR.mp4 size: 366.96 Mb
30/10/2022 17:13:40 - System found: Chuelchs
30/10/2022 17:13:40 - Body found: Chuelchs AB
30/10/2022 17:13:40 - Last output video: de Carabas Chuelchs Oct_30_2022_17_13.mp4 size: 366.96 Mb
 

Voz

Voz
Marvin the Martian said:
I would love to give that a go, but I use the EDHM mod and it removes the use of the screen shot button. I'm on Steam and even changing the F12 key to some other button in the Steam software doesn't work.

If you are aware of that issue and have a workaround, I'm all ears.

Presently, I leave Photoshop CS 5 running in the background with a 1920 x 1080 document open and I'll use the Print Screen button and then alt-tab out of the game and paste it into Photoshop and then save it that way.
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I looked up EDHM and it looks amazing! That beats editing the files like in the old days. I’m going to give that a go and look into the key mappings. I see no reason it wouldn’t work with SSChanger.
 

Marvin the Martian

Marvin the Martian
Voz said:
I looked up EDHM and it looks amazing! That beats editing the files like in the old days. I’m going to give that a go and look into the key mappings. I see no reason it wouldn’t work with SSChanger.
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Well, since it's an overlay, it messes up the Steam overlay that typically runs with the game, so the F12 key doesn't work for screen shots anymore.

Man, if you can find a way around that, that would be awesome - especially hooked up with your app. As an explorer primarily, it would be great to just hit the button and have the system put on the screen shot and all rather than having to manually name them that out of Photoshop and alt-tabbing in and out to take screen shots.
 

Voz

Voz
Have you tried with the default F9 (and Alt+F9 for HD) for screenshots in game that saves to C:\Users\<userid>\Pictures\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous ?
 

Voz

Voz
Marvin the Martian said:
You can't use any F keys. They're all dominated by EDHM.
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Yeah, I don’t get that. I was running EDHM earlier and it was working for me. Must be doing something different or a difference in setup. F11 was working to lead new themes for EDHM and F9 was working to take screenshots. I’ll try to reproduce tomorrow. Maybe my Steam usage is different. Are you running any of the other helper type apps that are also keen to use F keys?
 

Voz

Voz
Voz said:
Yeah, I don’t get that. I was running EDHM earlier and it was working for me. Must be doing something different or a difference in setup. F11 was working to lead new themes for EDHM and F9 was working to take screenshots. I’ll try to reproduce tomorrow. Maybe my Steam usage is different. Are you running any of the other helper type apps that are also keen to use F keys?
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I meant F10 for screenshots not F9. I'm doing some digging now.
 

Voz

Voz
No joy recreating your issue @Marvin the Martian . With EDHM running I can use the F1-4 for adjusting shadows and white object display, use F11 for refreshing between themes and for me F10 works to grab the screenshot and save it to the default folder, where my app picks it up.
Interestingly, I can't get the Steam screenshot function on F12 sorted. It takes the shot and displays it in the client but just will not save it to the folder I've specified in the Steam settings :(
 

Marvin the Martian

Marvin the Martian
Voz said:
Interestingly, I can't get the Steam screenshot function on F12 sorted. It takes the shot and displays it in the client but just will not save it to the folder I've specified in the Steam settings
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Yep. And therein lies my dilemma.

Thanks so much for trying though. It must be because of the Steam overlay conflicting with the EDHM overlay.
 
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Voz

Voz
From a quick search and a quicker test, to get the copy of the screenshot saved in the location you want from Steam you need to tick the box in the settings about saving an 'uncompressed copy'. It then uses the location you specify in settings with a /steam on the end. I changed my SSC to point to that folder, hit F12 in game and it grabbed the screenshot and renamed it. Ish. For some reason it then had an issue accessing the log file so variables were not populated. Why that would be the case I have no idea, so something else to test later.
 
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