7531Leonidas Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 It takes 3+ seconds to make a screenshot after I press the F12 key. I have just updated my driver to the latest Radeon 24.3.1 in W10. I don't want to try a rollback just yet, anyone have an idea on what might be jamming it up? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorrp10 Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 I think F12 is for Steam screenshots. Did you try game's own screenshots (PrtScr) which drops .png files into SSE directory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronOfMpls Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 (edited) Did this just start with the driver update, or was it doing it before? EDIT: And do you have the screenshot "camera sound" enabled or disabled? (I know I had a problem for a while where that sound would lag, so I disabled it in my Steam settings > In Game > Screenshots section. No idea if it's still a problem for me, since I've left that sound off.) == If it's a longer-running problem from before, and didn't just start with the driver update... == (Spoilered in case it doesn't apply.) Spoiler Do you have a lot of Steam screenshots? Maybe move them into subfolders* if your computer is taking a long time to "read" a directory with thousands of files in it. Or if you've moved a lot of screenshots out of your game's main Steam screenshots folder, then maybe delete your screenshots.vdf file (at .../Steam/userdata/<a-long-number>/760/screenshots.vdf) and let Steam recreate it when you browse your games in the Steam client screenshot viewer. * I move mine into subfolders based on year and month number -- e.g., .../screenshots/2024/04/. Keeps them tider Edited April 2 by AaronOfMpls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7531Leonidas Posted April 2 Author Share Posted April 2 I am not yet certain it is the driver, since I probably last played Skyrim somewhere around Christmas. That's three plus months of MS updates, and this driver update on top of it... I routinely move screenshots into a different folder, and pack them w/that character's saves, and use the deletion tool in Steam to clean up the thumbnails. I am pretty sure that it gets the .vdf file at the same time, since my current .vdf file is only 107 kb. Will have to check next time that I do a move/delete routine. I had about 300 screenies to move, so I went ahead and did so, using the deletion tool in Steam afterwords. The .vdf file is now only 1kb. I also disabled the sound for the screenshot, but no change on the lag. I guess that I will try to roll back the driver in the next day or two, after all. Unless someone comes up with a better idea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7531Leonidas Posted April 2 Author Share Posted April 2 Used a restore point to roll back the driver, BUT, the driver did not restore. Installed and uninstalled driver, used cleanup utility, installed the driver I thought I had. No change, nor was there any change for the last two drivers for 2023. I have no idea what might have changed... I also reinstalled the WU from last week, still no change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorrp10 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 There are 3 methods to take screenshots in Skyrim. First is via Steam overlay - the F12 method. I think depending on your settings it also might upload your screenshots to the cloud. I never use this method, so not too familiar with it. Second is via 'PrintScreen' (PrcSc) button, which dumps a .png screenshot into your SSE directory. Third, if you use ENB. In SSE directory enblocal.ini file has INPUT section defining hotkeys. I set its screenshot to Scroll Lock key (145) The file also has ScreenshotFormat setting in its FILE secton. 0 for bmp, 1 for png, 2 for jpg. It puts screenshots into 'screenshots' folder in your SSE directory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7531Leonidas Posted April 3 Author Share Posted April 3 I have used the Steam Overlay method pretty much exclusively, do not upload to the cloud. I was taking 'bursts' of screenshots before I paused in playing, but now there is only single, lagged shots. I have no idea what might have brought this on, aside from the Adrenaline update. Ugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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