Screenshot Tool - v1.3

Chaos | 2011-09-20 17:37

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Cube 2 (Sauerbraten) | Release | ZLIB License

Blurb Take screenshots to a whole new level

Detailed description

This script will allow you to take cleaner, more organized screenshots. The included GUI enables you to to select what you want to hide in each image (hudgun, stats, hud) while the script will rename your screenshot based on the current mode and map. It will ultimately be renamed as [mode]_[map]_[if it's a 1v1, names of the two players]_[num] (num is included incase you take two screenshots with the same mode, map etc.; it's a convenient alternative to (getmillis)). The GUI will also show you an in-game image of your latest screenshot.

The GUI is bound to key M by default (can easily be changed). After opening the GUI, be sure to bind the key of your choice for taking screenshots via the guikeyfield (or, simply use /screen). Also note that all screenshots will be saved into a folder called "screenshots".

This is by no means finished yet, the following will likely be implemented:
- [done] Screen Viewer including all screenshots, not just latest
- [done] Support of other extensions besides .png
- Other stuff, if I think of any

Feedback is always welcome.

Changes/Updates:
(9/20/2011) v0.8 - Initial release.
(9/24/2011) v0.9 - Added support for other extensions and made a few things more efficient.
(9/27/2011) v1.0 - Finished the full screenshot viewer, made a few things more efficient.
(10/7/2011) v1.1 - Small fixes, more to come.
(10/12/2011) v1.2 - You can now change the location at which the screenshots are saved from the GUI (the default is in a folder called "screenshots"). Also, you can select an option to show the GUI after every screenshot. The actual GUI images were made a little bigger as well.
(10/13/2011) v1.3 - The 'space in name' problem has been solved.

Config file screens.cfg (3.66 KB)

Rating

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Comments

SomeDude | 2011-09-21 21:09

This is my new favorite screenshot script. XD
I like how you can view the last screenshot taken in-game.

A few ideas:
-Add a menu option that will bring the GUI up after each screenshot. (Like an in-game digital camera)
-Use "loopfiles" to find all the screenshots in the "screenshots" folder so the user can compare new and old shots in-game.
-Perhaps add a "screenshots" folder to your package-- Since the script fails without it. (Debatable packaging standards XP)
-Perhaps look into the possibility of having a menu option for taking map preview screenshots specifically. (idk that this would actually work nicely.)

Chaos | 2011-09-21 21:26

Ooh cool ideas :) I'll be sure to play around with them!

SomeDude | 2011-09-22 02:32

Umm... what happened to this post?
Suddenly the description and the script itself disappeared. o.0

Chaos | 2011-09-22 17:05

Chaos | 2011-09-24 19:04

Posted a little update; made the GUI neater and added the ability to change the screen extension (png/bmp/tga) + a few other little things.

Chaos | 2011-09-27 22:11

Updated. Please report any issues you may encounter. =)

srbs | 2011-09-30 04:44

hudgun (= (& $ss_opts 1)) hidestats (> (& $ss_opts 2)) hidehud (> (& $ss_opts 4))

can be:

hudgun (! (& $ss_opts 1)) //not(!) is convention, and more readable hidestats (& $ss_opts 2) hidehud (& $ss_opts 4)

Remember: any value NOT 0 is true; ONLY 0 is false

srbs

Chaos | 2011-09-30 19:59

Ah ok :) The reason I had hidestats (> (...)) and hidehud (> (...)) is because those commands will result in the message "valid range for hidehud/hidestats is 0...1" if they are issued with a non-boolean argument, I believe. I can easily change the '=' to a '!' though.

srbs | 2011-10-01 01:20

Hmm, forgot about that. Maybe you should leave it. xD

Chasester_aka_you | 2011-09-30 11:34

if u want to make it super uber cool u could add a shudder effect when a screen shot is taken (a flash soft white around the ages... something like the blood effect when u get shot, but white). Of course u would have to modify the scr code.

chasester

Suicizer | 2011-09-30 12:16

Or just use photoshop, gimp, etc...

RaZgRiZ | 2011-09-30 22:54

I thought the extreme lag when the game captures a single frame was indication enough.

Chasester_aka_you | 2011-10-01 02:17

the reason for the extreme lag is cuz its not threaded (i think thats what its called). More or less you would need to modify the code so that the functionality that creates a screen shot is broken into multi-steps which after each of these steps it see how much time has lasped, and if too much time has passed then it quits saving were its at and then on the next game loop cycle it continues where it left off.

If i remember correctly (from me playing around with the screenshot output) the majority of the time is spent trying to convert to a png and then write it to the file (if this was separated into 2 different steps done on sequencal game loop cycles then the problem might be solved. (Also if this does not work fast enough break the file creation and writing into 3 or 4 steps of its own).

chasester

Windecker | 2011-10-01 02:22

"sequencal game loop cycles"

Redundant

Redundant

Redundant

Chasester_aka_you | 2011-10-02 02:23

only slightly ;p

SomeDude | 2011-10-06 03:47

I'd still like to see something like: guibitfield "Show picture after capture"

Chaos | 2011-10-06 21:33

would showing the normal GUI after taking a screenshot suffice since that menu already shows the latest screen?

SomeDude | 2011-10-07 20:27

Certainly. ^^

Chaos | 2011-10-07 20:33

Ugh, quad giving me uploading problems again :(

Chaos | 2011-10-11 22:09

Okay finally got v1.1 uploaded =)

afroninja | 2011-10-12 00:46

I receive an error saying that screenshot can not be taken to my directory, is there a way to change where I save my screenshot?

Chasester_aka_you | 2011-10-12 15:20

@afro
well if it was written correctly (aka a variable instead of hard coding the dir path) then yes, but more or less every time you see screenshots or /screenshots (when its not being used as a var or a menu or tab definition) then change it to your favorite dir path. If you do not know what this means then you will have to wait for chaos to change dir path to a variable.

@Chaos
Chaos i would suggest adding a gui textbox to your menu defining the path for where to look for all the screenshots (this way people dont have to put it in a screenshot folder) ;p

chasester

PS: if you are having trouble changing the path dir to a variable i should be able to help you (it should only take a few mins to do this).

PSS: it would be cool to be able to have infinate dir folders (for organization purposes). Like a folder full of cool flips and a folder with sweet headshot (i dont no just ideas). Basically what you would need to do is a dept first search (go to the bottom then work your way back to the to). So you can see all the images in a folder (and its subfolders).

RaZgRiZ | 2011-10-12 16:29

It seems to me you crossed the line between "nice screenshot tool/viewer ingame" and "full-fledged image viewer and editor outside the game". If you really want all this stuff, you really should try the latter sometime.

Chaos | 2011-10-12 21:32

Ok I posted another update (v1.2), details above. Please report any issues!

Chasester_aka_you | 2011-10-13 00:13

Claps

some one actually listen to me ... for once ;p

chasester

afroninja | 2011-10-13 00:14

Two, I made added a variable myself, but Chaos' worked better.

Chasester_aka_you | 2011-10-13 03:42

ok i downloaded it and ...

first i found an error >:I if you have a file with spaces then it thinks that they are 2 separate files 0.0 i found the solution to how to solve this but i dont remember (something to do with checking the file extention on all elements passed back and if they dont match up with known types then combined with the last one and if they try if that does not work then skip node and remove it from the list).

Another thing to add is an exception in the case that the image can not be read (like its a bad png or tga etc).

alias showmapshot [
   guibar; guiimage (concatword "packages/base/" (
        if (> $numargs 0) [
            result $arg1
        ] [
            result (at $guirollovername 0)])".jpg") 
   $guirolloveraction 4 1 "data/cube.png"]

Note: i spaced it out to make it less scary.
Note: i stole this from menus.cfg. it is use when loading map shots in the maps menu

Another thing to add is a system for viewing more than one pic at once (I HAVE CODE FOR THIS), look up All maps. I can help you if you are having trouble understanding it (but its heavily commented so u should have no trouble.

Note: The code is currently set up to loopfiles in base (map files) and then put them in an array and rendor them in a menu with tabs. The first part can be scraped focus on the create menu function that would be the code you want to use.

Also allowing for filter effect (bk&wt, blur, etc would be nice; right before the screen shot is taken the filter is applied then shot taken then restored to were it was).

If you want any help on this project just ask, and tell me something to do, id love to help with this.

chasester

@edit
i have a lil mod that automatically slide shows for you (when checked)

srbs | 2011-10-13 04:19

"more than one pic at once"
Meh, I don't see much need for that.

"allowing for filter effect"
No need for this either, also I didn't think it was possible to apply to just the image.

"slide shows"
That could be useful. :P

srbs

Chasester_aka_you | 2011-10-13 05:29

ya i agree that most of that is pointless but i was just throwing out ideas.

fixed bad imgs and other things i found rong with my upload :P

here

chasester

ps: the reason for the zip is cuz i added a "cannot load image" img that is displayed behind all the images and displays if an images fails to load, this will keep the menu from clasping. If the slide show is to short or long change the variable ss_next (default 100).

Suicizer | 2011-10-13 09:44

This scripts takes screenshot to a whole new level yes, but is it that incredible usefull? Not at all to me.
Just a bind like "bind M [hidehud 1; hudgun 0; screenshot]" would do the job either, exept the renaming part, but that's just a matter of getting outgame and rename the screenshot (woohoo, how hard can that be?).

I like the idea of an ingame screenshotviewer, but why taking the hard way when it can be done way simpler? Just go outgame again and click on the screenshot and voila, you can shuffle trough screenshots with a program like PhotoViewer.

I'm not a scripter, so I'll probably won't understand it why Chasester even wants to modify the sourcecode just to save up some seconds, which he lost again when he was modifying the code.

RaZgRiZ | 2011-10-13 10:13

IF chaos wants to fix potential problems with images containing spaces, the fix is simple. But we have a little something to talk about beforehand.

srbs | 2011-10-15 05:08

I've already discussed the spaces problem with him. And what to talk about beforehand?

Edit: Oh, it's already been uploaded. xD

Chasester_aka_you | 2011-10-13 13:53

@suicizer
I dont think that the majority of the code ive written or that is on quad is incredibly useful, just like i dont think that most of the maps that are released on quad are ever really played. But its the fun of saying that you worked on something and came out with a successful outcome is what is the exciting out come. The only scripts i think i ever use is the all maps and the taunt script and the crosshair script, are the only ones i ever really use but the fun is having a problem and solving it.

@razgriz
ya solving spaces is ez,basically you do what i did with the taunt script, go through the loop files array and look for spaces, look before the space for a *.png (or what ever file extension) if there is not one replace the " " with a "?" or "%" or "<" or ">" (any key that windows wont let you use in a file name) then when u load the file you replace the special char with a " " and the file reads clean.

@chaos
I think this script is extremely cool even if it is not that useful to some people.

chasester

RaZgRiZ | 2011-10-13 17:17

You're an idiot. No offense, but oh god, obvious solution is so obvious given the fact that quotes and brackets work in the same way for enclosing strings really.

srbs | 2011-10-15 05:18

@RaZgRiZ "the fact that quotes and brackets work in the same way for enclosing strings really"

Wrong again... quotes and brackets act the same only in the source code, not the actual parsing of the list.

Example:
list1 = "[hello there] my name is srbs"
list2 = "^"hello there^" my name is srbs"

echo (listlen $list1)
echo (listlen $list2)

output:
6
5

@chasester
No, that's too pointlessly slow.

srbs

RaZgRiZ | 2011-10-15 06:42

srbs, you misunderstood me. Your example of list1 is what i meant, only the other way: [bla "bla bla"]. Quotes cannot nest like brackets do, but for the most part, they're the same.

srbs | 2011-10-15 22:05

I took what you said, what chasester said, and how the subject of chasester's comment was implemented in the script and responded to the progression of replies. I did not take your comment out of context as you seem to think I should have. Also, they are only the same if you only use them as strings, otherwise they are different in too many ways.

Chaos | 2011-10-13 20:08

Updated - see above.

Chasester_aka_you | 2011-10-15 13:25

why didnt u add the slide show code ??

RaZgRiZ | 2011-10-15 15:08

Pointless feature is pointless.