Here you will find information about how to take a screenshot in many of the games that the Galactic Empire supports. If you have further information about taking screenshots in one of these games, or can supply information for a game lacking information, please send an email to the Commandant.
If your game does not have any information listed here or if you are unable to take a screenshot by following the instructions included here, you may need to manually take screenshots or make use of a screen-capture program, such as Screenshot Utility or ScreenPrint.
In order to take screenshots manually, you should press the Print Scrn button, located next to the F12 button on most keyboards. Then close or minimize your game and open an image-editing program, such as MS Paint. Chose the "Paste" option or hit the Cnrl and v keys to paste the screenshot into the program. Save the image in .jpg or .gif format.
TIE Fighter - XvT/BoP - XWA - JK/MotS - JO - JA - BG - FC - BF - RC - EaW
TIE Fighter - No information available.
X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter and Balance of Power - Pressing Ctrl and Print Scrn together while
in the game will take a screenshot and put the image in your game directory. The default directory for XvT is:
C:\Program Files\LucasArts\XwingTie\.
X-Wing Alliance - No information available.
Jedi Knight and Mysteries of the Sith - F12 is the default key for taking a screenshot in Jedi Knight. The message "screenshot taken" should appear at the top of the screen when this key is pressed while playing the game. The screenshot should save in the main folder for the game on your harddrive. The file names of the screenshots will appear as "jshot000", "jshot001", etc., and will be saved in bitmap ".bmp" format.
If you encounter problems with the built-in screen capture program, then you may need to ensure that you close other applications before playing Jedi Knight. To do this, right-click on any icons on the Windows Task Bar or next to the clock and select to Exit, Close, Disable, or Unload these applications before launching the game.
You may also want to try using another Windows screen capture utility that is running in the background when you play the game to see if it will work for you.
Jedi Outcast - A screenshot can be taken through the Console Command Prompt. To bring up the Console Command Prompt in the game, press Shift and ~.
Once you bring up the Console Command Prompt, you will have to bind a keyboard command to the screenshot
function. To bind a key to the screenshot function you will need to type the following command:
bind k (or whatever key you want to bind) screenshot.
Press Enter.
Once you are in the game, Press k. This will create a screenshot which will be saved into the GAMEDATA folder whenever you press that particular key.
Jedi Academy - A screenshot can be taken through the Console Command Prompt. To bring up the Console Command Prompt in the game, press Shift and ~.
Once you bring up the Console Command Prompt, you will have to bind a keyboard command to the screenshot
function. To bind a key to the screenshot function you will need to type the following command:
bind k (or whatever key you want to bind) screenshot.
Press Enter.
Exit out of the console and press k. A screenshot will then be saved as a .jpg file into the Screenshot folder inside the Jedi Academy Gamedata < Base folder on your harddrive whenever you press that key.
Note: This feature only works in single player game mode. If you wish to capture screenshots in multiplayer mode, try a screen capture utility to see if this allows you to take screen shots. Make sure that the screenshot utility you try using supports OpenGL screen captures.
Battlegrounds - To take a screenshot in the game, just press the PrintScrn button on your keyboard. The first time that you take a screenshot, a Screenshot folder is created in the Game folder, which is located in the folder where you installed the game. The size of the file varies according to the Screen Size chosen in the Options Menu. When the Screen Size is set to 800X600, the file size is 440kb, at 1024X768, the size is 770kb, and at 1280X1024, the size is 1.2MB.
Force Commander - No information available.
Battlefront - To take a screenshot in Star Wars Battlefront, press the p key during the game. The screenshots are located in the Screenshots folder witnin the Gamadata folder of the Battlefront directory. The default location is:
C:\Program Files\LucasArts\Star Wars Battlefront\Gamedata\Screenshots.
Republic Commando - Press the Print Scrn key on your keyboard, then open up a paint program (such as MSPaint) to copy the screenshot from the clipboard to the paint program. Save the file to the location you specify.
Empire at War - Press the F12 key (this is listed under the Interface controls on the back of the manual). Screen shots can be found at:
Documents and Settings\UserName\Application Data\Petroglyph\Empire at War\Screenshots