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    How do you do in game screenshots ?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by stevotrueblue, May 21, 2012.

  1. stevotrueblue

    stevotrueblue Notebook Consultant

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    dont know whats up with thread or why it did it 3x,,this is what i was trying to post ,,,

    I will probably kick myself as it will likely be something obvious. But how exactly do you do a screenshot with the M15x? I wanted to snap a quick screenshot of a player on Footie Manager and it aint playing,, it has in the past so I know I should be able to.

    With my last laptop all I had to do was hit the Print screen but ,, then exit the game and open paint,, press paste and there it was.

    Now when i do this ,, all i get is a screenshot of my desktop :mad:

    I have tried alt+but,, cntl + but,, and FN+button ,,, nothing!!

    Can someone help out,, ??

    perhaps a mod can delete other 2,, think something up with me connecting to forum too, as it also seems to jump back up whilst im scrolling,,, checked another forum and fine there,, so not my end.
     
  2. DR650SE

    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    There are issues with the forum right now which the tech team is trying to work out, but in the future you can use the [​IMG] button to report it for deletion. I submitted the report for the other threads. Not really sure how to answer your question though, as I never take in game screen shots. I just know that ctl+alt+Printscreen will take screen shots in windows. Does that not work in games?
     
  3. stevotrueblue

    stevotrueblue Notebook Consultant

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    cheers for that,, and no it dosent seem to. Not sure what else to try. Like I said I have done it with this game before and have seen others still doing it on forums,, so must be a different way of doing it with the M15x ???
     
  4. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    Use Fraps to take screenshots. Some games prevent this action with the Print Screen button and that's why all you get is a desktop shot.
     
  5. stevotrueblue

    stevotrueblue Notebook Consultant

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    I know its not the game as my mate does it the same way I used to be able to before getting the M15x.

    I have found that it does do if i play the game in windows mode,, but have no idea why i still cant the normal way