Corrupted .BMP Screenshots on XP

KanoR

8800 GXT for the record, I know there is problems with these cards, dunno if it's card related.

I made a thread here where I was told this was a DirectX buffer problem and a restart would fix it.
After a restart and reinstall the same error persist, though only in screenshots - not ingame.

.JPGs save just fine, it's only .BMPs

**Phluff**

Not sure if it's related or not but... I get the same exact result if I try to take a .bmp screen shot while in windowed mode in XP. (every time) Not a big deal to me really... sometimes it's a good effect.

But knowing that, might help you with solving your Vista problem. Just thought I'd throw it out there. SMILEY

KanoR

Phluff wrote:

Not sure if it's related or not but... I get the same exact result if I try to take a .bmp screen shot while in windowed mode in XP. (every time) Not a big deal to me really... sometimes it's a good effect.
But knowing that, might help you with solving your Vista problem. Just thought I'd throw it out there. " />

That's the thing, it's looking like a windowed screenshot [showing the task bar at the bottom] but I run in full screen mode! Also, XP, not Vista SMILEY

**Phluff**

KanoR wrote:

Phluff wrote:
Not sure if it's related or not but... I get the same exact result if I try to take a .bmp screen shot while in windowed mode in XP. (every time) Not a big deal to me really... sometimes it's a good effect.
But knowing that, might help you with solving your Vista problem. Just thought I'd throw it out there. ">

That's the thing, it's looking like a windowed screenshot [showing the task bar at the bottom] but I run in full screen mode! Also, XP, not Vista " width="15" height="15" />

Ooops... dunno why I thought it was Vista... it's late. >.>

But yeah... strange. I usually run in windowed mode, not phull screen, so I just make sure and only take .jpg shots, not .bmp. Sorry, dunno if that helps your problem or not.

**Neoteny**

It's the same for me running XP. Same exact corruption, too. You should be able to take .bmp and .jpg screenshots in fullscreen mode, just try to prepare for those .bmp moments.

**LtCmdr_Tsusai**

hmm...wow
Confirmed, however, mine don't even want to open.

**CPT_Starschwar**

I can confirm that BMP screenshots do not work properly in windowed mode on XP.

**TSR-KenC**

Weird, to say the least. I'm going to give this a try myself.

**Jurymen** · 06/05/2008 12:20:16

http://forums.station.sony.com/mxo/...378#36300463799

I don't know if Rarebit is having the same issue (looks like it) but he posting a screen shot that looked like KanoR's.

EDIT:

I just gave it a try (I'm running XP with the game in full screen) and my .bmp shot came out normal... hmm

**CPT_Starschwar**

Jurymen wrote:

http://forums.station.sony.com/mxo/...378#36300463799

I don't know if Rarebit is having the same issue (looks like it) but he posting a screen shot that looked like KanoR's.

EDIT:

I just gave it a try (I'm running XP with the game in full screen) and my .bmp shot came out normal... hmm

Try it in windowed?

**Jurymen**

Interesting... just gave it a go in windowed mode and when I go to open the shot it gives me a draw failed error.... soooo ya hmm SMILEY

**LtCmdr_Tsusai** · 06/05/2008 15:42:54

Okie! I think I got it figured out!

Anything from 800x600 -> 1280x1024 (using standard resolutions) will work. Anything beyond will result in a drawn failed / corruption

Random "I need dinner but I'm too lazy so I'm really really hungry so my brain is thinking random stuff" oddball theory: Some of us have that Windows GDI+ protection update, and it prevents corrupted bmps from showing, where those without it, get it anyways.

**phi**

OMG I totally forgot about the windowed .bmp bug... that thing's been around since launch day.

Well done Tsusai on narrowing it to a size range issue. Chances are there the screenshot code has those few hardcoded resolutions in it... oops but it could be a buffer size issue

**TSR-KenC**

Hmm. It would be good to pinpoint the reason behind it.

Has anyone confirmed that this problem doesn't exist at all on Vista? If not, I can have someone here take a look at all resolutions through Vista on windowed mode.

**Natasha768**

The angled image looks similar to video when it does not have it's compressor information, perhaps when it saves out the .bmp in windowed mode it's missing that information.

It's not missing too much of it, the determine file-type program which does not take into account file name still thinks it's a .bmp , just a different rez for Windowed and Full Screen.

# file screenshot_32*
screenshot_326.bmp: PC bitmap data, Windows 3.x format, 1280 x 800 x24
screenshot_327.bmp: PC bitmap data, Windows 3.x format, 1230 x 750 x24
#

If you need to get at the data you can use an image manipulation program to open it. Unreadable video files can be opened in Virtualdub.