Screenshots--How, Where

[Rik81 0]

Sorry, posted this the first time I don't know where.

How do I take a screenshot.  The "Print Screen" key doesn't seem to do anything.

Where would I find the screenshot if I took one?  I am running VISTA.

[Stef42 0]

You can find the screenshots in C:\Users\[YOUR NAME]\Pictures\Monte Cristo\Cities XL

These need to be taken with the in-game screenshot option (The small photocamera)

If you use Print-Screen: Just open Paint and use Ctrl + V (Paste)

[masochist 111]

Exactly what Stef42 said.  You can also use the [F11] key to snap a screenshot.  And you can use [sHIFT] + [F11] to snap an ultra-high resolution shot (for much, much greater detail).  These all end up in the same spot.  If you want to have the UI in the picture, though (to show population or money flow, for example), you'll have to use the PrntScrn method.

[Mathew_MC 0]

To show the UI on screenshots, you can use [ALTGR] + [F11] too

To sum up the different shortcuts:

[F11] : classic screenshot

[ALTGR] + [F11] : classic screenshot with UI

[sHIFT] + [F11] : mega-screenshot (high-res)

[sHIFT] + [ALTGR] + [F11] : mega-screenshot with UI

[CTRL] + [F11] : level shot (whole map from above)

Be careful with megascreens though as they need quite a lot of memory.

Level shots will also sometimes show some of the layers you might have displayed, such as wealth or fret/passenger.

[Rik81 0]

I've heard of the ALTGR but don't know what key(s) that is on my standard DELL, US keyboard?

[Ocram's Razr 963]

It is not on a standard US keyboard. In vista, you can choose what programming your keyboard uses. So even if it is a standard one, you can set it to Spanish (which as enye (n with ~ over it) and altGR) or even to Dvorak.

[Mathew_MC 0]

On US International keyboards, ALTGR stands just right of the space bar. On US Standard keyboards, this key seems to be a simple ALT key.

Could you let me know if the ALT key on the right works to take screenshots with UI on your Standard keyboard?

[Rik81 0]

The right ALT+F11 does not take a screenshot for me.

[EAGCE 2]

Originally posted by: Rik81

The right ALT+F11 does not take a screenshot for me.quote>

Didn't work for me either.

[Mathew_MC 0]

Thanks, I thought so. It's noted and changing this key has been filled in as a feature request.