Black Screenshots

[Rui]

Not sure if this is the right forum or Warcraft Discussion is preferable, but here it goes.

I've been having a problem with taking screenshots.
I took some screenshots while in a game, and when I opened them they were totally black. How did this happen?
To open the .tga files I used IrfanView and then I tried with GIMP. Both came with the same result.

 

[Wolverabid]

There must be some problem with your local software, Rui. This kid can open .tga files with a variety of programs, including Adobe Photoshop, Gimp, IrfanView, MS Photo Editor and Paint Shop Pro.

How do other .tga's (aside from Warcraft III screen shots) display on your machine? Also, are your file associations configured properly? What OS are you running?

 

[Rui]

I'm running Windows XP. I don't think I understand what do you mean with file associations configured properly.

I tried with another .tga image and it showed up correctly.

 

[Shados]

Could be that wc3's graphics are being hardware-accelerated by your gfx card and bypassing your software rendering to insert the screen directly into the VGA signal, meaning you'd need to turn off hardware acceleration to be able to take screenshots. The same thing often happens with trying to take screenshots of running movies.

Try running in opengl mode (Right-Click on your wc3 shortcut -> Properties -> Shortcut tab -> Target field: add "-opengl" (without the quotation marks) to the end of the line.

Or:

Right-Click -> Properties -> Troubleshoot tab: lower your hardware acceleration to the setting third from the right (any lower and wc3 will not start).

Not sure if the first one will work, and the second probably wouldn't.

 

[Rui]

I'll try those. Thanks for the help.

 

[DesKaladA]

also upload one of the "black screenshots" i have some software that will let me check for errors in the saves

 

[Rui]

Crap, I deleted those. But I'll probably go on Warcraft III again today, so I'll save some screenies.

 

[DesKaladA]

ok

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[Rui]

Ok, I took a screenshot, it is attached as a .tga.

 

[wyrmlord]

The problem definitely lies in Wc3 taking screenshots properly, not in the software used to open the file.

 

[Ezikielth]

http://greenshot.sourceforge.net/
your welcome