/c game.take_screenshot{show_gui=true} problem

[binbinhfr]

Hi,

it seems that the command

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/c game.take_screenshot{show_gui=true} 

does not capture any GUI.

I tried also the SSU mod that gave the same result.
(viewtopic.php?f=92&t=17297)

Could it be a problem with my graphic settings, or is it a general problem ?

[Klonan]

Thanks for the report

The 'show_gui' shows the alt mode gui, not the user gui

[binbinhfr]

ah ok, because in the doc:
http://lua-api.factorio.com/0.12.34/Lua ... screenshot

it seems that there is also a
show_entity_info :: boolean (optional): Include entity info (alt-mode)

which is different than
show_gui :: boolean (optional): Include game GUI in the screenshot

"game GUI" sounded like the whole GUI (quick bar, top bar, minimap, etc...)

Could you show me a screencopy with these kind of infos, because I do not really understand what it refers to.

[binbinhfr]

Is there a way to make a screencopy with the current user GUI (current windows, bars, etc...) ?
I mean, from factorio, because I can still press "printscreen" on my keyboard.

[Klonan]

How would the game know which players gui to screenshot?

[binbinhfr]

How would the game know which players gui to screenshot?

take_screenshot{player=…, position=…, resolution=…, zoom=…, path=…, show_gui=…, show_entity_info=…}

I saw a "player" field, and as there is also a "position" field, I was supposing that the "player" field was not used to get the player position, but to identify the player's gui, and that the "show_gui" would do what it sounds like ...

[Klonan]

How would the game know which players gui to screenshot?

take_screenshot{player=…, position=…, resolution=…, zoom=…, path=…, show_gui=…, show_entity_info=…}

I saw a "player" field, and as there is also a "position" field, I was supposing that the "player" field was not used to get the player position, but to identify the player's gui, and that the "show_gui" would do what it sounds like ...

well maybe, i will check it out tomorrow

[binbinhfr]

well maybe, i will check it out tomorrow

Hi Klonan, any news ?

[Klonan]

well maybe, i will check it out tomorrow

Hi Klonan, any news ?

The only thing i have found which the 'Show_Gui" shows is the entity gui, such as the out of fuel icon

[DaveMcW]

Steps to reproduce:

1. Install Factorio 0.11.22.
2. In console type: /c game.takescreenshot{showgui=true}
3. Look at the screenshot, it includes the entire user interface

4. Install Factorio 0.12.34.
5. In console type: /c game.take_screenshot{show_gui=true}
6. Look at the screenshot, it has no user interface.

I don't have access to any earlier 0.12 versions, so I can't pinpoint where it broke.

[binbinhfr]

Ok, I do not have access to these old versions, but what you say is making sense.
So I hope this will be recorded as something to correct.

[Rseding91]

Why do you want the take_screenshot to include the player's GUI?

At best it could be made to include the local player's GUI that is calling the function. Other player's GUIs aren't available.

[binbinhfr]

At best it could be made to include the local player's GUI that is calling the function. Other player's GUIs aren't available.

Yes that's exactly what I need. The local GUI of the player who is calling the function.

[DaveMcW]

If show_gui is no longer supported, it should be removed from the documentation.

[Rseding91]

At best it could be made to include the local player's GUI that is calling the function. Other player's GUIs aren't available.

Yes that's exactly what I need. The local GUI of the player who is calling the function.

BAH! you dodged the important part - why do you want it?

[binbinhfr]

Sssssecret... answer by PM.

[sparr]

At best it could be made to include the local player's GUI that is calling the function. Other player's GUIs aren't available.

Yes that's exactly what I need. The local GUI of the player who is calling the function.

BAH! you dodged the important part - why do you want it?

Because the contents of my hotbar or the minimap or some text previously printed to the console by a mod could be relevant to what I'm trying to illustrate with the screenshot.

[binbinhfr]

the author of SSU (screenshot utility) confirms that something was changed...
viewtopic.php?f=92&t=17297&p=164529#p164529

it could be really nice to revert to previous behaviour.

[matjojo]

the author of SSU (screenshot utility) confirms that something was changed...
viewtopic.php?f=92&t=17297&p=164529#p164529

it could be really nice to revert to previous behaviour.

To fix this problem I searched through all the changelogs and found no documentation on a change in this department, really weird. I have a feeling I already filed a bug report on this once, and that I did get a fix, but I can't find it.

[Zeblote]

Other player's GUIs aren't available.

What? They why is the modding api so limited?