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Article #23514Re: Taking screenshots
From: Robert Bohnenberger DMD
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 00:00
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 00:00
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Lee W. Benjamin wrote: > > Robert Bohnenberger DMD <rtb...@erols.com> wrote in message > news:38D3F1C9.417A@erols.com... > > Koen Van Baelen wrote: > > > > > > Hi everybody, > > > > > > is there any way to take screenshots during a mission in X-Com > > > Apocalypse? I am building an Unreal map based on X-Com. > > > > I think there's a standard way to do that in windows...but I can't > > remember what it is.. > > Dr. Bob, > > I'll assume you weren't kidding (for once!). Nope, truly clueless, as per usual. If you are playing > original XCOM in a DOS window under windows 95 or 98 (Or NT or 2000 if XCOM > will run there). During the mission you press the "Print Screen" key. This > snaps the screen. Then you Alt-Tab to get back to Windows, bring up paint > (Start --> Programs --> Accessories --> Paint). In Paint you use Edit --> > Paste to bring the picture in, press OK when told the picture is bigger than > the current one. You can then save it out in whatever formats your version > of Paint allows using Save As. Then you can Alt-Tab back to your game. > > Due to the many strange ways that the Windoze configuration can be > screwed up: Your mileage may vary. <grin> > > -- > Take Care, > Lee B. > -- Proud owner of a Volkswagen Y2K Bug. Thanks, BTW is it true the new bugs have a lot of electrical problems?
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From: Robert Bohnenberger DMD <rtb...@erols.com> Subject: Re: Taking screenshots Date: 2000/03/19 Message-ID: <38D54DC7.2255@erols.com> X-Deja-AN: 599682256 References: <38D3E3A6.F1650FAD@pandora.be> <38D3F1C9.417A@erols.com> <8b1f55$41v$1@news.cyberhighway.net> X-Complaints-To: ab...@rcn.com X-Trace: 83PaldlwV9UpyIfmzP5ihjnyQyXUkbmtpvBB4jVHBOs= Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: rtb...@erols.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 Mar 2000 21:57:18 GMT Newsgroups: alt.games.x-com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit