This tutorial was written by APY, last modified 2006-08-15 16:30:05.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion allows you to take screenshots. However, you need to change a configuration file in order for the function to work.
Start Notepad. Click 'File', 'Open' and browse to the Oblivion user settings folder (default: My DocumentsMy GamesOblivion). Select 'Files of type: all files' to show all files in the folder. Then double-click 'oblivion.ini' to open the file.
Press CTRL + F to bring up the 'Find' dialog window. Search for the text 'ballowscreenshot' (without the apostrophes). It will come up with the line
bAllowScreenShot=0
Change this to read the following:
bAllowScreenShot=1
Save the file and exit Notepad.
While playing the game, you can now press the Print Screen button on your keyboard to make a screenshot. It will save the file to C
razz rogram FilesBethesda SoftworksOblivion and display a notification.
If you want to upload the screenshot somewhere, it might be wise to change the filetype to something that's smaller (so it won't take too much time to upload). Oblivion saves the files in the BMP format by default. Using Paint you can save it as a JPG file:
Start Paint. Click 'File', 'Open' and browse to the Oblivion installation folder (default: C
razz rogram FilesBethesda SoftworksOblivion). Double-click the file you want to convert to JPG (e.g. ScreenShot1.bmp). It will open.
Click 'File', 'Save as' to open the 'Save as' dialog window. Select 'Save as type: JPEG'. Then click 'Save' to save the file as smaller JPG. It is now ready to upload or e-mail.
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