9 posts · 2006-01-25 20:22:58 to 2006-01-30 03:47:41
#1240000823301/25/2006 20:22:58Taking screenshots take forever
This never happened before until recently on my laptop. First screenshot takes 20 seconds about, and then usually screenshots after that take all but a second, but now it's almost every shot takes 10-15 seconds each screenshot, and no idea why.
Any help?
#1240000823401/25/2006 21:05:15Re: Taking screenshots take forever
What is the Video Card, Processor, and RAM specs on that laptop? And also what brand? Might shed a bit of light...
I forgot, in addition to those above, what resolution are you running the game at, with how much detail setting (Low/Medium/High), and same for RAM usage?
Message Edited by PyRo_X1 on 01-25-200609:06 PM
#1240000823501/25/2006 22:10:15Re: Taking screenshots take forever
Yes settings and hardware have a definit effect, Ive had two diffrent vid cards and a screenshot for me takes less then a second.. I hit the button.. done.
#1240000823601/25/2006 22:23:02Re: Taking screenshots take forever
Check to see how many screen shots you have in your game folder, it has to look through to find out what number is next. I found archiving my screenshots outside of the game folder every week helped big time.
#1240000823801/26/2006 03:40:52Re: Taking screenshots take forever
Yeah, it's nothing at all to do with graphics card, RAM, etc. Maybe the processor but only in small part.
It seems that whenever you take a screenshot, it counts through to find out what the last number was in order to add the next one. The more screenshots you have, the longer it takes. Rustern had 1000 screenshots in beta and when he tried taking another one, his entire PC crashed.
Just archive them out once very so often and it'll be smooth as silk.
#1240000824101/26/2006 11:13:40Re: Taking screenshots take forever
Thanks for the help!
#1240000825501/26/2006 21:35:34Re: Taking screenshots take forever
I agree with the advice above. A couple more things to check also:
How much free space do you have on your harddrive?
.BMP screen shots take much longer to save than .JPG ones due to the increased file size (about 5 to 6 times larger, depending on your screen resolution)
#1240000832401/29/2006 16:09:50Re: Taking screenshots take forever
Archiving the screenshots and starting with nothing in the MxO folder worked.
#1240000833601/30/2006 03:47:41Re: Taking screenshots take forever
When you take a screenshot in-game, the game has to search your MxO directory for your previous shots, so it knows what number youa re on, and what number to save the new one as. As your screenshots grow in number, it takes longer to search through each one to find the last sequential numer. This is wha casuses that delay. You may want to ocassionally move the screenshots to another folder, especially ifyou take a lot of them.
