VR'st World Problem (fluff:P

Storytime:
so ... yesterday I was flying in a HazRes in a ring around a wonderfull blue gas giant. When I had gotten there the site was still in the shadow when the sun rose up the planet just turned golden, illuminating the thick rings with my red Synth Vulture shining in the morning rays (in the debug cam) ... It was breathtaking. I thought "I need a screenshot of that!", but then I realized that would be a SbS picture which doesn't really work as a desktop background. I switched back to 2D on my main monitor and moved the camera around to no avail ... suddenly it looked very game'y and to be honest quite boring.

A bit later I landed on an ice moon with the same blue giant in the sky and here again, a 2D screenshot didn't do any justice to what I had seen or experienced in 3D : the SRV looked a bit floaty, the giant seemed badly photoshopped and the landed vulture looked a bit messy.

Tl;dr: How do you guys cope with not being able to make screenshots which shows what you saw in VR? :p
 
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I've never really been one for getting screenshots, but there have been numerous occasions where I was in the same situation as you. I would flip back and forth between 2D and 3D, before I just gave up and decided to enjoy the moment for the moment.
 
Alt-F10 takes a hi-res screenshot without the SBS. The problem I had was that the DK2 screen would freeze for 2-3 seconds while it was working on the capture. During that time, moving your head would blur the screenshot. But I found a work-around!

Open up this in notepad:
\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous\Options\Graphics\DisplaySettings.xml

Look for: <HighResScreenCapScale>.

I think the default is 4 maybe? I changed mine to 2, which reduces the resolution of the captured image, and also dramatically reduces the amount you need to keep your head still for a sharp screenshot. The screenshot is still very good resolution.

Then, just map Alt-F10 to your HOTAS and screenshot away!
 
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