Screenshots?

[Tyr4el]

How do you take screenshots?

I want to take a screenshot and post it like everyone else without having to use PrintScrn. Is there a way to do that?

[nfcc08]

If you are running search on your start menu for "snipping tool" fairly straight forward to use. You can select the part of the window you want to capture. Not exactly sure what you are looking for. A full screen capture or just factorio or a part of the factorio screen, you have to be a bit more specfic.

[Tyr4el]

If you are running search on your start menu for "snipping tool" fairly straight forward to use. You can select the part of the window you want to capture. Not exactly sure what you are looking for. A full screen capture or just factorio or a part of the factorio screen, you have to be a bit more specfic.

Sorry, I'm used to there being a screen capture button thats bound to the keyboard that will take a screenshot and save it to a folder. Is there a hotkey like that?

[FishSandwich]

There's a console command that does it. I can't remember it right now though.

[Koub]

I think there is no builtin function to make a screenshot and save it somewhere in Factorio.
I f you play on Windows 7, there is a builtin capture tool that allows you to capture and save easily. I'm pretty sure there are similar tools on Linux, and I'm pretty sure there is a marvellous amazing tool on Mac, with awesome functionalities, like ... taking a screenshot and allowing you to save it in a totally awesomely amazing manner

[Natha]

i press the keys "Alt Gr" and "Print" - That makes a screenshot only of the content of the active window.

[FishSandwich]

There's a console command that does it. I can't remember it right now though.

I found it.

https://forums.factorio.com/wiki/inde ... screenshot

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game.takescreenshot{}

or 0.11 onwards:

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/c game.takescreenshot{}

[Tyr4el]

There's a console command that does it. I can't remember it right now though.

I found it.

https://forums.factorio.com/wiki/inde ... screenshot

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game.takescreenshot{}

or 0.11 onwards:

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/c game.takescreenshot{}

Hey that worked! Now to just change the file name. Do you know if you can do that?

[FishSandwich]

Hey that worked! Now to just change the file name. Do you know if you can do that?

It's all in the link, but here:

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/c game.takescreenshot{path = "changethis.png"}

[Tyr4el]

Hey that worked! Now to just change the file name. Do you know if you can do that?

It's all in the link, but here:

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/c game.takescreenshot{path = "changethis.png"}

Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't see it. Thanks so much!

[Biscuits]

Updated information:

https://wiki.factorio.com/index.php?tit ... screenshot

By the way, screenshots made with the in-game command somehow do not capture the cloud shadow layer. Maybe this is a minor bug?

[Mooncat]

I think this mod needs more love: https://mods.factorio.com/mods/Klonan/Screenshot_Tool

[Tnarg]

to take a large area you can use these options, I don't have the numbers I use with be so you have to play around with them your self. but here is the kind of things you can get:
https://imgur.com/a/OF3Q4

/c game.takescreenshot{zoom=1, resolution={1024,1024}, show_entity_info=true}

[Colossus]

I use a program called Greenshot, which I began using with work. I found it works rather well with Factorio.

http://getgreenshot.org/

You can set up keyboard shortcuts, capture regions, and the editor it comes with it pretty nice if you want to add text or circle something before saving/exporting.

You can even link it to Imgur and upload when you select a region making for easier sharing.

When I use it in Factorio it pauses the screen (not the game) allowing you to capture things without worrying about anything else coming into frame.

[Juggla]

uhm wow i am so sorry. I apparently was on the wrong tab when i hit reply ....

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