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vampyre
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Can I use Hypersnap DX to take screenshots of my work in Dark Basic? as I need to get some screenshots setup , I got most things ready just the friendly and enemy A.I to do bu t I need to do screenshots or is there a special Dark Basic tool I need to take screenshots in Dark Basic?
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Richard Davey
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Posted: 16th Sep 2004 03:07
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You can use the "PRINT SCREEN" button if you so wish. I used HypersnapDX to grab all of the screen shots for the Alienware compo results - so yeah, it works.

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Here's a crude method for screenies straight from your program:



Just press - on the numpad


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vampyre
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Thanks guys
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Emperor Baal
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Quote: "
if scancode() = 74
inc screenie
get image screenie, 0, 0, 1023, 767, 1
save image "screenie_" + str$(screenie - 50) + ".jpg", screenie

endif
"


it will work, but not when you run the program twice (file already exists)



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vampyre
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Well I tried the Print Screen button on my keyboard but that didn't work but F9 did work I am not sure if it is inbuilt in Dark Basic or if it is because I am using Windows Minellium but I have screenshots of my level so I will be putting them up very very soon.

Thanks for the help though guys
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dj BlackDragon
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Or you could use Alt Print Screen, which by the way works really well. Then all you have to do is post it into a program like paint.

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Alt Print Screen I may try that next time , thanks
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You are very welcome. And hows your game coming?

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It's coming OK but I need to start working on getting the player and player friendly a.i and enemy a.i into fighting vehicles like space and aircraft, tanks, War buggies and cars, hovercraft tanks and skirtless hovercraft tanks make the vehicles dumb so if the a.i or player gets in, the vehicle works and changes i.d to whoever is in the vehicle.

That and organising a way of making the enemy and friendly a.i attack , and evade each other.

I know how to do the sinlge a.i attack athe player, but mulitple a.i attack other a.i is going to be a bit tricky, I think I will need to use array's
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Posted: 18th Sep 2004 07:55 Edited at: 18th Sep 2004 07:57
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By the way here is a few screenshots

This was taken with Hypersnap DX


And this was taken with the f9 key in Dark Basic
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Lookin' good vampyre. Can't wait until a playable demo comes out just to see if everybodies help paid off. Any way looks really good. let me know when a demo comes out.

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Posted: 18th Sep 2004 09:04 Edited at: 18th Sep 2004 09:05
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Thanks DJ BlackDragon , OK but the demo might be a while I got to do the A.I now
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I'd recognize my Doga L3 anywhere

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@ vampyre: I can wait. As long as I have my own prject to do that is. And have fun with the A.I.

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Posted: 18th Sep 2004 18:16 Edited at: 22nd Sep 2004 06:21
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Thanks , not sure if I ill have fun programming it, will have fun if it turns out good though
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Mmm. Stars.

Note: Print Screen may not always work. to make it work for definite, download the DirectX SDK for free from microsoft's website, go into the newly-created DirectX panel in the Control Panel, and under DirectDraw (i think) tick 'Allow PrintScreen Key'


The difference between Print Screen & Alt+Print Screen
=========

Print Screen :: (Hopefully) Copies a picture of *THE WHOLE SCREEN* into the Clipboard, which can then be Pasted into a lot of applications.

Alt+Print Screen:: (Hopefully) Copies a picture of *THE CURRENT WINDOW* into the Clipboard, which can then be Pasted into a hell of a lot of apps.

I dunno why i did that, i just felt the urge

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Posted: 22nd Sep 2004 06:23 Edited at: 22nd Sep 2004 06:24
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I see will this work for Windows Minellium? anyway I took screenshots with the F9 command and it worked, can 't think why unless it is a Dark Basic hidden function
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blanky
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Weird. F9 doesn't work for me....

Yeah, the Print Screen stuff should work for all versions of Windows starting with Windows 95.

And if you get the DirectX SDK, make sure you get the version that corresponds with your currently installed version (i.e., if you have DirectX9 installed, get the DirectX 9 SDK)

Maybe, with the F9 thing, your keyboard is mapped wrongly. I dunno.

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F9 works for me, saves it into C:\Program Files\Darkbasic Software\DarkBasic

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Have to agree with Bear Crazy but I have no idea why F9 should work and on my machine, print screen somehow doesn't(could be the fact I am using bug ridden Windows ME) I would like to know why f9 works though
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F9 is built into DB as the standard "take a screen shot while this program is running" key.

It doesn't (or at least, it shouldn't) work when running as a stand-alone EXE though. For that I use HyperSnap DX. When in the editor it works just great.

Cheers,

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I see thanks Richard, cheers for that now I know I am right about the F9 another set of questions?
When does your 3D book on Dark Basic come oiut, will it cover Dark Basic Classic and will it focus on a 3D SP and focus on general 3d Programming?
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