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#1 RockSlide

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Posted October 28 2012 - 04:55 PM

Does anyone else have the problem where your game freezes when you try to take a screenshot with Fraps?

Edited by RockSlide, October 28 2012 - 04:56 PM.

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Posted October 28 2012 - 05:02 PM

Haven't had problems taking screenshots but my game has frozen a couple times while engaging and disengaging video recording. Crashed from it at least once.
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Posted October 28 2012 - 05:02 PM

Try a newer version of Fraps, and/or running in borderless windowed mode. I'm not having any issues with ut

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Posted October 28 2012 - 05:03 PM

Nope. I've taken hundreds.

The "freeze" may be due to the size of the screenshot, though, or possibly of having to compress them during the shot if you've got an older CPU. Raw BMP is always the quickest option, but then you'll have to convert them afterward to JPG or PNG.
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Posted October 28 2012 - 05:58 PM

This happened to me, but I also have a horribly old computer so that's to blame for the extended lag.

But here's what was interesting. I was using Fraps (unregistered, so the only option is save to BMP) with F10 as the default screenshot key.

I'd hit F10, and the entire game would lock up for 30-40 seconds. If I do this in multiplayer games, I get timed out and kicked back to the lobby without any exp or HP.

But then I went into My DocumentsMy GamesHawkenHawkenGameScreenshotsWin32Console, and I found HUGE high-res screenshots. 5040x3150 - that's triple my native resolution of 1680x1050. And screenshots taken from inside the cockpit looked like this. (lol)

But, when I used behindview (before the update disabled all the console commands except stat fps) and took screenshots (with Fraps), this happened.

And I think I've figured out why. If F10 is the keybinding for screenshots in Hawken, then I think I've got it.

This is an entry in HawkenSystemSettings.ini:

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[Screenshot]
BasedOn=SystemSettingsBucket5


SystemSettingsBucket5 is defined elsewhere in the .ini file and basically lays down the settings for Ultra graphics defaults. There's also SystemSettingsScreenshot defined and based off of SystemSettings (the first section), but I'm not sure which is being used as the settings. However, basically, the reason my game froze for about 45 seconds and the screenshots are insanely beautiful is because Hawken was being forced to max out the settings for the screenshot AND Fraps was taking a screenshot.

...oh. HawkenInput.ini lists F9 as bound to 'shot' and F10 bound to 'TiledShot 3 256'. That probably has something to do with it.

Edited by Elix, October 28 2012 - 05:59 PM.

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Posted October 28 2012 - 06:06 PM

I just went in-game and tested it. F9 produces no lag at all (the game outputs BMPs, so conversion afterwards is necessary). F10 lagged me so hard the server timed me out, and it also tiled the HUD 45 times across the screen.

So, use F9. From the changes I made to HawkenSystemSettings.ini, it uses the [Screenshot] section. I changed the setting to use SystemSettingsBucket1 (low).
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Posted October 28 2012 - 06:56 PM

View PostElix, on October 28 2012 - 05:58 PM, said:

...oh. HawkenInput.ini lists F9 as bound to 'shot' and F10 bound to 'TiledShot 3 256'. That probably has something to do with it.
That's exactly why.

tiledshot is basically an Unreal Engine command for taking high-rez screenshots. It screws with HUD elements for it though (which is why generally shots with them will be disabled).

To be specific, the syntax is tiledshot <x> <y> where x is the multiplier of the current screen resolution (in this case, 3x) and y is the amount of "overlap" to ensure that the shots seamlessly stitch together - in this case, 128 pixels. It repeats taking the "slices" until the desired picture is fully taken, and then it obviously returns control to the player.

So yes. Don't Press F10. I would say "just delete the bind" but it's not going to matter when the beta ends in about 36 hours, eh? Unless they extend it due to all the connection issues folks are having...

Edited by DarkPulse, October 28 2012 - 06:58 PM.

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Posted October 28 2012 - 07:17 PM

Makes sense. But I figure this'll probably continue into the next beta test.

So, handy tip, everyone. F9 = screenshot, F10 = rediculous poster shot that'll lag you.
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Posted October 28 2012 - 08:47 PM

Thanks for the awesome responses everyone. I will play around tomorrow with my key bindings to see what happens. I noticed that I was able to take screenshots although the freezing occured, i didn't notice what res they were.

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Posted October 28 2012 - 08:54 PM

View PostRockSlide, on October 28 2012 - 08:47 PM, said:

Thanks for the awesome responses everyone. I will play around tomorrow with my key bindings to see what happens. I noticed that I was able to take screenshots although the freezing occured, i didn't notice what res they were.

Thanks again,
Check My DocumentsMy GamesHawkenHawkenGameScreenshotsWin32Console - the images'll be kind of huge (because they're bitmaps) or STUPID huge (because you hit F10 for the tiled shot, and it'll be 3x your game resolution).
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