screenshot problem

Reiko · Post #1by **Reiko** » 02.01.2009, 05:04

Ok after two years and different versions of celestia why do I get screenshots like this 50% of the time?

I asked somebody about this a year or more ago and was told it's because I'm stupid. Well that answer isn't good enough anymore. What is the cause of this?

cartrite · Post #2by **cartrite** » 02.01.2009, 17:48

I think this sometimes happens when you set the Render => Select Display Mode to a resolution other than Windowed mode. I'm not sure though. I used to get black areas where the window would be but I can't get that to happen any more.
cartrite

Reiko · Post #3by **Reiko** » 02.01.2009, 18:48

cartrite wrote:I think this sometimes happens when you set the Render => Select Display Mode to a resolution other than Windowed mode. I'm not sure though. I used to get black areas where the window would be but I can't get that to happen any more.
cartrite

99% of the time I'm running in window mode. Regardless if it's in window mode or not this has a 50-50 chance of happening every time I take a screenshot.
I can't seem to find any kind of pattern to it.

John Van Vliet · Post #4by **John Van Vliet** » 02.01.2009, 19:18

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BobHegwood · Post #5by **BobHegwood** » 02.01.2009, 20:53

Just my two cents for what it's worth here...

I have never had *any* problems getting screen shots from Celestia
even when using Vista while running it in the 32-bit mode.

Could this be related to drivers again?
Thanks, Bob

John Van Vliet · Post #6by **John Van Vliet** » 02.01.2009, 21:19

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Reiko · Post #7by **Reiko** » 02.01.2009, 21:47

I hope it isn't the drivers. Anything past ati 7.1 locks up celestia for me.

John Van Vliet · Post #8by **John Van Vliet** » 02.01.2009, 23:06

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Reiko · Post #9by **Reiko** » 03.01.2009, 00:43

On my card it does. I use an old AGP x800xl. Anything past 7.1 locks up even when I use their agp hotfix drivers.

John Van Vliet · Post #10by **John Van Vliet** » 03.01.2009, 01:12

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Reiko · Post #11by **Reiko** » 03.01.2009, 02:52

john Van Vliet wrote:odd the ati site shows that the 8.12 will run on a Radeon X800
running through the driver selector
win xp / home/ Radeon / Radeon x800 series
shows the link above .

dose taking a SS from the OS, and not from with in celestia, cause problems
the < print screen > button

My card always locks up with celestia if I use a driver later than 7.1
I even tried an omega 7.10 driver. Looked great until I noticed everything locking up.

BobHegwood · Post #12by **BobHegwood** » 03.01.2009, 04:23

Ahem...

Like I said, "drivers again?" :wink:

John Van Vliet · Post #13by **John Van Vliet** » 03.01.2009, 05:29

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Reiko · Post #14by **Reiko** » 04.01.2009, 17:13

Oh yeah the print screen way of getting the screen shot works fine. So does using a third party software like fraps. It's only when using celestia's screenshot function that I have this problem.

Reiko · Post #15by **Reiko** » 04.01.2009, 17:16

BobHegwood wrote:Ahem...

Like I said, "drivers again?"

If it is then I'm stuck with it until I get around to upgrading my computer hardware.
I know the ATI website says the newest drivers should work with my computer but they don't. It always freezes up after a few minutes. I even tried the drivers from the sapphire site, they are the card manufacturer, still no luck though. Have to stay with the old drivers.

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