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Arnithall
Seasoned Newcomer
2 days ago

Unable to take screenshots on Dual Monitor PC setup.

Title says it all. I'm utterly unable to take any screen shots with my dual monitor setup.

I've tried all versions of windowing as well as alt+PrtSc, Ctrl+PrtSc, Ctrl+alt+PrtScr or Win+PrtScr. I won't play the game till I have this function. Is the game putting my screenshots in some other place than Documents>BioWare>DragonAgeTheVeilguard>Screenshots?

Help! I'm not alone!

  • Might not help but I always use reshade plugin (in any game) especially for screenshots and FPS/time display. Works like a charm.

  • Arnithall's avatar
    Arnithall
    Seasoned Newcomer

    I "may" have to resort to Reshade tho I shouldn't have to. 

    • sweetpoison0011's avatar
      sweetpoison0011
      Seasoned Novice

      In time I've seen the advantages of reshade in terms of screenshots. Always drops the capture in same place as the game executable, choice of image form (bmp, jpg, png), double shot (before/after) in case you use additional scripts for post process, always works.

      • Arnithall's avatar
        Arnithall
        Seasoned Newcomer

        Well, although I can actually take screen shots, without being able to have the game take them, Photo Mode is practically moot.  I can't take vista shots without my avatar in them. Or companions. 

  • EA_Illium's avatar
    EA_Illium
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager

    Hey Arnithall Thanks for reaching out to the community!

    I wonder if this could be due to Windows 11 changes in Print Screen works. 

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    Microsoft's Windows 11 update KB5025310 changed the behavior of the Print Screen (PrtScn) button to open the Snipping Tool instead of capturing the entire screen
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    When you press print screen on Windows 11 you should be asked to highlight the area you want to capture with the Snip tool. That will grab your highlighted image,  but it doesn't save it instead it goes to your clipboard, you have to then save it somewhere like Paint, or a Word Doc, etc

    Can you let me know if when you hit prnsc if you see the snip tool icons appear somewhere and the screen gets darker?

    • draiaddraws's avatar
      draiaddraws
      Newcomer

      I'm on Windows 10 and I also cannot screenshot. The only "screenshots" that save are the photo mode. There's not even a hint that the game is registering a screenshot being taken and nothing goes into the SS bin.