Sceenshot no problem taking, after 8 overwrites HLP!

[Aeryn333]

:wallbash: Blimey..It seems, it used to take infinite screenshots, now for some reason, I get to 8 and it starts to overwrite, right now I have just two 7 and 8, took another one did not start at 1 again, it rewrote 8 whats happening anyone..

Is there another setting in ini file that limits number of screenshots, help, I had some bloody nice ones I wanted to share..Bloodyell why is in not starting over at 1,always 8, then it overwrites itself..HELP anyone please!!!! :huh:

[jaysus]

only a guess but is your harddrive full maybe?

[Aeryn333]

I don't know what it is..But I have a 9 month old gaming computer with two 500 gig SATA HD

My D drive is just for gaming that's where Oblivian is and its got 415 gigs free..

So that can't be it..My C drive has 399 gigs free.

Don't know why..But just DL that Utility Fapes is that its name here , problem solved unlimited and named screen shots in JPG format if I want, ready to share, so problem solved..

Well not solved just found the best work around..

But appreciate the reply.. ;)

 

Ta mate

[Sarya]

Game crashes often?

[Aeryn333]

Umm..more so then the usual Expected Oblivion crashes...Ummm I guess with all the mods I got and as long as I been playing this some game CTD are expected, but aye it has been, abit more lately then usual.. especially if I try to save a reload another saved game, or go to the main menu, and from there try to load a saved game..Why ?????

 

PS..also come to think about it, everytime I close Oblivian I get an error message..I'll retrieve and post it here..In a few..Its a kernel32.dll error..everytime I shut the game down..

[Sarya]

I'm not sure, but it happens that after your game is finished with a crash instead of your normal quit, all screens you made after starting it and before the crush are overwritten by screens you'll make after that crush.

 

Two things help - typing "saveini" (no "-s) in console before the crush/quitting or after screening or, when your game already crashed, renaming screens and saving them somewhere else.

[Aeryn333]

I'm not sure, but it happens that after your game is finished with a crash instead of your normal quit, all screens you made after starting it and before the crush are overwritten by screens you'll make after that crush.

 

Two things help - typing "saveini" (no "-s) in console before the crush/quitting or after screening or, when your game already crashed, renaming screens and saving them somewhere else.

 

 

Thanks for Quick reply, but I think I'll just use Fraps utility, in the new file uploads, and It actually dates and names all the screenshots, you just set a key to push like F12 saves it to its own folder.., and in jpg format, if you wish.. you also can video a scene in game with it also..So I just use that...That console code thing, you just decribed is Bloody confusing, with my dyslexia, and I'll forget the bloody thing anyways....I just use Fraps, so far it works great...date ,time stamped and named much better but Ta Sarya for the tip..and for the reply... :smile:

 

Cheers mate..

[Aerin Morth]

Same thing happens to me, but it only overwrites the screenshots I had taken the last time I played. It's very odd, but it doesn't really bother me.

 

Good luck fixing it, though! =)

[RGMage2]

This is very simple. When you CTD or you crash on exit, your Oblivion.ini file will not be updated. Lets say your screenshot count is at #281 when you start your game, you take 10 new pics and then you exit your game. If your game shuts down normally, your screen shot index count in the Oblivion.ini file will be updated to #291 but, if you CTD or you crash on exit, then your ini file will not be updated and it will continue to read #281. When you re-load your game and take more screen shots you will overwrite all screens from #281 and higher.

 

As Sarya has already stated, the work-around for this is to open the console and type saveini before you close the game, (or after you take your screen shot if you are likely to CTD).

 

Alternatively, you can set the index count manually by editing the ini file. You do this by taking note of the number of your last pic, and adjusting the number in the ini file so that it is in synch. If your last pic was #290, then you set the screen shot count to #291 so that your next screen shot will be recorded as #291.

 

Hope this helps somebody :cool:

[Aeryn333]

OK RGmage bear with me..Now Surya said .. typing "Savini" (no "-s) in console. That's what confused me. Sorry Surya I a bit board shy, between my dyslexia, and English not first language either I mean, I speak Irish English, which oh so different in many many ways.. but Irish Gaelic before first..So between that and my dyslexia, I have had people misunderstand me, and get mad with me, so long time, I gave up on boards all together, lurk have problem once in a while come ask..but so many times but gun shy.....See my words not always put right so people think dyslexic= stupid, liitle they know very high IQ .... But brain works different, thats all, add that to languague barrier at times..and has led to far many people angry first not ask what I mean..so I leery about boards..

So I do thank you, sorry I not understand you, and to board shy, ask..explain again.....Ok see sorry dyslexic ramble to explain, people hate that also.

 

So back to you RGMage...

So your saying without the "" "" marks or the last part (no "-s) thats what confused me..

All I need to type in console is simply saveini.. then enter , thats all.. do I do it after every screen shot?..OK much clearer thank you..Thats easy..

 

I Dl Fraps might as well use , but maybe I'll try this also, for I think at some point you have to pay and register Fraps...

 

Ok about the manual ini setting do you know which line , its name to edit..I have edited ini before with recommended edits here, so I am not new at it, but do you know name of the lines so I can find right ones..

 

Well I am somebody.. ;) And it did bloody well help the clearer explain..so does that count.. :biggrin:

 

I am a bit shy as I said about message boards, but I getting involved in this site, so maybe I see all you more..

 

But bloodyell you have any idea why it crashes on exit when I close it down every time now..thats a real *censored*..but it also explains now that my ini file is not being saved..

 

It may explain also a few other problems I am having let me share see if yiou know a work around for those also..

 

Also happen I adjusted my setting in game, say texture size for example , it says you must reboot to take effect..I close.. it crashes on close.. and have to reset my setting all over again, each time.. things like brightenesss..that I can play without reboot, but resolution and texture size..this is where the problem lay..

 

Does not help the Oblivian says it does not recognise my video card..Its a NVidia 7950GT, 512 VRAM..not the latest but still quite high end with this Intel duel core processer also...

 

I try to change say textures to large for my rig was built as a gaming rig..it can handle it, so it says you must close Oblivian and reopen for these effect to take.., so I close it crashes, and its not saving when I reopen and that's why its never saves the settiign is that it.?? HMMM..(lightbulb goes on)

 

Is there a way to change that in my ini file..texture size to large, and brightness level..same with resolution size , if I type saveini after I change setting without rebooting will it still save them?????

 

Or is there a way to change redsolution size , brightenes and texture size directly in ini do you know and where...???

Bloodyell you opened a can of worms here, but allot of things making sense now, my ini file is never being saved if Oblivian crashed every time I exit it..

 

If you know of any, answer or fix let me know.

 

Ta mate.. :thanks: