I can't take them. I'm playing in Borderless Windowed Mode and using the Print Screen key, and I get nothing. Is there someplace I can change the key binding for screenshots? Are there some cool SweetFX settings I can use so I can just use the plus key on my number pad to take screenshots?
Any help would be appreciated.
i´m using the MSI Afterburner to take screenshots, and it also works in borderless window mode. i know, no real solution for your problem, but at least an alternative.
the last time i used fraps it could only make .bmp-screenshots in the free version, while the afterburner allows to make screenshots as .jpg or .png.
Print screen and paste them into MS Paint 
You can use screen capture prorams too, like Shadowplay, Afterburner or similar.
can shadowplay make screenshots?
Thanks for all the responses.
I've tried Fraps in the past and they haven't turned out well. I can't get Shadowplay to run for some reason, and I haven't had a chance to try MSI Afterburner, but will this weekend.
Thanks for all the responses.
I've tried Fraps in the past and they haven't turned out well. I can't get Shadowplay to run for some reason, and I haven't had a chance to try MSI Afterburner, but will this weekend.
It could be that your antivirus and/or firewall blocking internet access to shadowplay. Geforce Experience needs internet access to function properly.
can shadowplay make screenshots?
Nopes Shadowplay lacks the ability to take screenshots. You could try steam overlay or AMD raptr they both can take screenshots. Raptr can record video as well but performance penalty is slightly higher than GFE/Shadowplay. And I can't recommend MSI afterburner coz I HATE MSI brand.
And I can't recommend MSI afterburner coz I HATE MSI brand.
well, thats hardly an argument against the afterburner, right?
With my previous laptop I could take the screenshots of ME with borderless window but I can't do it with my current gaming laptop even though it's superior at every turn. The solution I found is using the shadowplayer to record and then get the images from the video player. I know that BS player can do that.
I think Shadowplay doesn't work because of my video card. It's good, but not good enough. At least that's what I remember from trying to use it back in Inquisition.
I did end up setting up Inquisition with SweetFX and I use the plus key on my keypad for screenshots, so when I get back to ME3 I'm going to poke around and see if that's a possibility.
I think Shadowplay doesn't work because of my video card. It's good, but not good enough.
and which video card do you have?
and which video card do you have?
It is a GeForce mumble mumble mumble...
No, I actually don't remember, unfortunately. I'll check when I get home, which will sadly, be a good 10 hours from now.
well, thats hardly an argument against the afterburner, right?
Alright you ask for it
1) Performance penalty for recording video with afterburner is much higher compared to shadow play.
2) It's quality isn't good compared to shadow play as well.
3) It crashes sometimes when filesize becomes very large and video recording sometimes stops intermittently as well.
4) It doesn't have shadow mode. If you had an awesome moment you wanted to record but didn't have the after burner doing video recording at that time it's gone. With shadow play's shadow mode you can save upto last 20 minutes.
5) Last I checked it doesnt have twitch broadcasting integrated.
6) It doesn't record microphone audio combined with game audio.
And I hate MSI because MSI sucks. Absolutely worst and pathetic warranty and after sales support. Their authorized distributor kept a motherboard that was in warranty for nearly two months, returned it without actually fixing the problem and lied and told that it was replaced with a similar refurbished and repaired product. And said next day on the phone that they won't do anything more and wont honor the warranty. Usually that is when customer contacts a particular brand's official customer support channel mentioned on their website. But the boshtets were even worse and closed the ticket after ten days without even replying.
I think Shadowplay doesn't work because of my video card. It's good, but not good enough. At least that's what I remember from trying to use it back in Inquisition.
I did end up setting up Inquisition with SweetFX and I use the plus key on my keypad for screenshots, so when I get back to ME3 I'm going to poke around and see if that's a possibility.
According to this FAQ any Geforce GTX class 600 and higher GPU supports shadowplay recording.
You can check the make and model of the GPU you have by various methods. Device drivers or Nvidia control panel that can be accessed by selecting it from the list after right clicking on empty space in desktop or download and run GPU-z from the link below
http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/
Alright you ask for it
1) Performance penalty for recording video with afterburner is much higher compared to shadow play.
2) It's quality isn't good compared to shadow play as well.
3) It crashes sometimes when filesize becomes very large and video recording sometimes stops intermittently as well.
4) It doesn't have shadow mode. If you had an awesome moment you wanted to record but didn't have the after burner doing video recording at that time it's gone. With shadow play's shadow mode you can save upto last 20 minutes.
5) Last I checked it doesnt have twitch broadcasting integrated.
6) It doesn't record microphone audio combined with game audio.
is any of this points important for taking screenshots? i´ve never said that it is a good software for video capturing.
According to this FAQ any Geforce GTX class 600 and higher GPU supports shadowplay recording.
yup, thats why i asked for her(?) graphic card.
and which video card do you have?
It's a GTX 765M.
I went back through the settings again and basically what happens is that when I record, the indicator light doesn't come on and nothing gets recorded.
It's a GTX 765M.
I went back through the settings again and basically what happens is that when I record, the indicator light doesn't come on and nothing gets recorded.
You don't have to just set up hotkeys/settings in shadowplay for video recording. You have to go in Geforce Experience then click on shadow play near top right corner and then a new small window will open up and it will have a kind of a button resembling a light switch. See linked screenshot for more details. You have to toggle it on and then it will begin the shadow mode if you have set it up and/or record vids when you press the assigned hotkey
http://i.imgur.com/2XZQxyI.jpg
It should look like this when you have toggled it on
http://i.imgur.com/4XcWZUu.jpg
You can also tweak your Coalesced with the Coalesced Editor to take screens using the game alone. (Back up your Coalesced.bin before you do anything with it. Also be aware that some changes might get you banned from multiplayer.) I'm not sure about the exact bindings needed as I use Fraps myself, but there are tutorials explaining how it works around. Let's see...
The binding should be:
( Name="F8", Command="Screenshot" )
You can replace F8 with the key you wish. Just make sure it's not already in use.
(Also, I don't recommend deleting lines. ANY lines. Not even the ones you have added. The editor somehow fails to process it and I've had a lot of trouble with it - the game would not even start, telling me it's not responding.)
When you open the Coalesced.bin in the Editor, navigate to bioinput.ini > sfxgame. Personally, I would add the binding to sfxgamemodebase, sfxgamemodecinematic, sfxgamemodeconversation, sfxgamemodedefault, sfxgamemodedreamsequence, sfxgamemodemovie. (You can use the same key in all of them.)
I do not know whether they're all necessary, but sometimes when you only make a change to, say, sfxgamemodebase, it might not work during cutscenes and such.
Personally, I've been using Fraps and saving images in BMP, then converting them to PNG, and it's been working perfectly for me. I understand if you have a different experience, though. I have a friend whose Fraps tends to act up, too.
Hope I'm not redundant, looking at all the answers.
EDIT: I'm not sure where the screenshots will go with ME3. I remember once doing these tweaks for ME2 and I thought it didn't work because my Documents\BioWare\Mass Effect 2\ScreenShots was empty, only to find out much later that there's another folder in Documents\BioWare\Mass Effect 2\BIOGame\Screenshots. So I recommend checking twice before dismissing the changes as failures and then finding 20 GB folder with pictures later like me. 
You can also tweak your Coalesced with the Coalesced Editor to take screens using the game alone. (Back up your Coalesced.bin before you do anything with it. Also be aware that some changes might get you banned from multiplayer.) I'm not sure about the exact bindings needed as I use Fraps myself, but there are tutorials explaining how it works around. Let's see...
The binding should be:
( Name="F8", Command="Screenshot" )You can replace F8 with the key you wish. Just make sure it's not already in use.
Ah, yes! This is what I did for ME2! I will get it working for ME3. 
Thank you!
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