BlueMoth Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Having a major screenshot problem. Bandicam stopped working with me for some reason so I decided to use Skyrim's own screenshot instead. However all my screenshots are horribly twisted, black and white and they're located in the main Skyrim folder (not in a subfolder). Also I can't take a screenshot when my hud is hidden with the console command tm. Take a look: http://i39.tinypic.com/16h3qs1.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rennn Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Well, they're supposed to show up in your main Skyrim folder. Other than that, I don't know what's causing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidus44 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 I have never been able to take a screen shot with Steam (F12 key), all I get is black squares - no idea why and Steam was so helpful in figuring it out (I should get more RAM was their advice). Tried the Skyrim screenshot and get exactly the same results as you show - skewed black and white. No idea why - spent a long time trying to figure it out and nothing I've tried has fixed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rennn Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 How much RAM do you each have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMoth Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 Oh, I thought they were supposed to go to a separate folder. I have 4Gb. I have no problems running the game, very smooth and good fps, but screenshots are pretty f***ed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rennn Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 (edited) Hmmm. Well, 4GB is definitely enough. I thought you might be running Skyrim on a notebook with 1GB or something. I have no idea. You could try the screenshot function of Fraps, I suppose. Edited to clarify:There's a free trial of Fraps with the screenshot function, though only 30 seconds of video. Edited March 10, 2012 by Rennn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubjectProphet Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Use Fraps because it doesn't need RAM or anything. And I've never had a problem like that. My steam pics come out like that too, and they said "get moar ram!!!!" like the helpful people they are. Just another reason why I hate Steam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zevaleth Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Do you play on a laptop? I do and have the same issue and was told in a previous thread that the in-game screenshots don't work well with some laptops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMoth Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share Posted March 10, 2012 Yes, I have a HP laptop, could be that, because I have no problems when playing, no lag or anything I guess I'll have to try fraps then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anya29 Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Have you recently updated the graphics drivers for your laptop? If not do so and see if that helps. Googling black and white screenshots comes up with similar things. One solution mentioned is to change the resolution (lower) and run skyrim launcher again so that it does it's "new video settings" check. Then try again. Then repeat with your normal resolution and make the launcher check new video settings again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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