Looking for screen capture program

Tatu · Fri 15/10/2004 16:21:11

I'm looking for a program which allow me to take screens of old game like Monkey Island 2. All the programs i've tried, take an all black picture. I run the game under XP.
Sorry if this poct don't belong to this topic, but i am a real begginner.

Radiant · Fri 15/10/2004 16:39:28

Under any windows version, the following method should work:
while runnin MI2, press the Print Screen key on your keyboard.
Task-switch to windows (e.g. press alt-tab, or the windows key, or quit MI2 or whatever).
Open up MS Paint (it's in the start menu, under accessories)
Click 'paste' (from the edit menu, or press control+v)

Other than that, try googling Screen Thief, it's the best.

Tatu · Fri 15/10/2004 17:35:33

I can't do it anyway.

Scummbuddy · Fri 15/10/2004 20:08:08

what do you mean "cant do it anyway" ? elaborate. everything Radiant says is the truth.

Toefur · Sat 16/10/2004 02:10:34

There's also a handy program called 'Snagit' or something like that.

Domino · Sat 16/10/2004 02:34:18

Pressing the Prt Scrn/SysRq button on your keyboard will work.Ã,Â I've used it many times.

I've also used it while playing games to save screenshots.

edit: i tried it with dos programs, and it doesn't work.

stuh505 · Sat 16/10/2004 06:21:16

Quoteedit: i tried it with dos programs, and it doesn't work.

then run the dos program in windowed mode (-w)

Nacho · Sat 16/10/2004 07:40:21

Download scumm revisited 2.0 from the URL linked at scummbuddy's signature.

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Sat 16/10/2004 10:03:08

Quote from: stuh505 on Sat 16/10/2004 06:21:16
Quoteedit: i tried it with dos programs, and it doesn't work.

then run the dos program in windowed mode (-w)

Under XP, running a DOS game in windowed mode can be very tricky. Mostly, the game will minimize, instead of getting windowed. I never got it to work.

Blade · Sat 16/10/2004 10:18:05

Hey, I didn't get many dos games to work under XP at all! No matter if it's windowed or not.

Nacho · Sat 16/10/2004 10:46:10

Quote from: lelev on Sat 16/10/2004 10:18:05
Hey, I didn't get many dos games to work under XP at all! No matter if it's windowed or not.

Google for abandonware running software... there is a lot of stuff that makes it work prefecly, IE scumm VM Q&E if we talk of Lucas' games.

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Sat 16/10/2004 12:09:54

Not to mention VDMSound or Dosbox, google for those.

Tatu · Sat 16/10/2004 15:44:14

Quote from: Scummbuddy on Fri 15/10/2004 20:08:08
what do you mean "cant do it anyway" ? elaborate. everything Radiant says is the truth.

Pressing print/screen key doesn't copy the screen to the clipboard. I run the game with Abandon Loader program.
Whith screen thief, it copy a blank page.

Please, stop talking about other things and help me.

BorisZ · Sat 16/10/2004 15:51:55

Quote from: Tatu on Sat 16/10/2004 15:44:14
Pressing print/screen key doesn't copy the screen to the clipboard. I run the game with Abandon Loader program.
Whith screen thief, it copy a blank page.

Please, stop talking about other things and help me.

Ever heard of google? No? Yahoo? Alta vista? Yes?

Nacho · Sat 16/10/2004 15:53:26

Quote from: Farlander on Sat 16/10/2004 07:40:21
Download scumm revisited 2.0 from the URL linked at scummbuddy's signature.

DOWNLOAD SCUMM REVISITED 2.0 FROM THE URL LINKED AT SCUMBUDDY'S SIGNATURE.

Scumbuddy is a member.

Signature is the little image he has below his posts.

Scumm revisited 2.0 is a program.

Google is a search engine which looks for programs.

Shut up.

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Sat 16/10/2004 17:14:53

Try using screenthief for dos and make sure you set compression to OFF. If you don't know what I'm talking about, STFU and RTF-Screen-Thief-M.

Blade · Sat 16/10/2004 17:26:35

I have Scumm VM but it only runs a few games and I couldn't save my progress. I didn't try much more... I saw dosbox and didn't know where to start with it. I also made a boot disk that did not want to start my computer though it was downloaded from the underdogs.

Sorry for this interruption to the topic.

Tatu · Sun 17/10/2004 15:51:55

Quote from: BorisZ on Sat 16/10/2004 15:51:55
Ever heard of google? No? Yahoo? Alta vista? Yes?

So.....? Read all the posts before posting.

No, redrum, i don't know what you're talking about. I don't know how to run Ascreenthief for dos, how to set the compression off and what the meaning of STFU is.

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Sun 17/10/2004 15:56:14

<sigh> Try to find a DOS version of screenthief - it'll be a real old copy, but there are some still available on the net. Run the executable file with /? (or maybe it's -?) and read about COMPRESSION and how to toggle it off.

And I'm being patient here. My previous post had all the information you needed, especially the RTFM part - Read The Frockin' Manual. The STFU was only a gratuitous stress reliever, so never mind it.

Tatu · Mon 18/10/2004 16:08:59

<sigh>? patient? sorry to bother you, Master.