How do you take screenshots?

[soibean]

I know it sounds stupid
but how do you take it, and where do they save to in the rome total war data file?

[Tricky Lady]

Hit the "PrintScreen" button (normally somewhere on the top right of your keyboard).
The game writes a TGA file of that screen to the \\Rome Total War\tgas folder (this folder is created only after pressing the "PrintScreen" button for the first time).

You'll need a photo file editor to see the TGA files (PaintShop Pro, Photoshop or IrfanView).

I hope this helps.

[Procrustes]

In MTW, the F2 key will do the same thing.

HTH,

[Aurelius]

Your average photo editor (I use Irfanview) will also change the format of the TGA's to .jpg so you can post your most embarrassing moments online.

There aren't any dumb questions, mate.

[soibean]

alright thanks everyone

[KukriKhan]

Link for irfanView:
http://www.irfanview.com/main_download_engl.htm
good, free, viewer.

[Craterus]

is microsoft photo editor good enough?

[KukriKhan]

Should work fine. A quote from M.Soft's site:
"...Tired of sending e-mails with lots of large photo attachments? Plus! Photo Story uses advanced Windows Media compression technology so that your photo stories are high-quality yet small enough to e-mail or post to the Web..."

[Beefy]

OMG thanks! i was pressing printscreen, going to desktop, copy into PS etc etc!

thanks very helpful i can now capture my campaign on camera

[Craterus]

thanks i will also be making screenshots of my empire lol
how do you get the screenshot from the TGA file to the photo editor?

[Lord Hornburg]

Copy and paste mate.

Hope I helped.

[Craterus]

ok thanks, you did help!