Cannot take screenshots?

[PaxArcana]

Every time I try, no matter what keybind I use, the result is always the same:

 

Crash to desktop.

 

When I restart the client, and try to log in: "This account is already logged in."

 

:'(

 

Were screenshots intentionally disabled by the dev team?

[_NOPE_]

Nope, I can take them just fine. System specs? Want to dump a DxDiag file here so that the devs can see what you're working with?

 

https://carmageddon.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/200642711-What-is-a-dxdiag-file-How-do-I-send-one-

[PaxArcana]

DXdiag report attached.  :)

DxDiag_20_6_19.txt

[PaxArcana]

It's not the most bleeding-edge machine, but it's reasonably good, still.  :)

[_NOPE_]

Machine name: HAMSTERTRON

 

LOL, NICE.

[PaxArcana]

:D Thank you.  :D

[Zep]

What format do you have it set to do the screen shot in? Where is your COH install? If the folder write protected?

[PaxArcana]

What format do you have it set to do the screen shot in?

Um, whatever the client defaults to?  I don't even know how or where to change that.  :)

 

Where is your COH install?

E:\Documents\Tequila\Homecoming

 

Which is where the Tequila installer put it.  (The orange bit is, I assume, a Homecoming-specific folder; it has .pigg files and a \data subfolder.)

 

There's a folder there, \Screenshots which is empty; I did not create it, Tequila did.

 

If the folder write protected?

Certainly not. :)

[RikOz]

Odd. I was having this exact issue after the original install. Then it went away after the last big patch/maintenance, so I assumed they must have fixed whatever was causing it. Have you downloaded/installed the latest patches? (Quit and relaunch Tequila, or open Options and click the Re-validate button.)

[PaxArcana]

I do have the latest patches, RikOZ.  And re-validating didn't trigger any replacement downloads.

[RikOz]

*sigh*

 

Now the problem is back for me.

 

I tried switching to TGA screenshots instead of JPEG, and now the client doesn't crash ... but it doesn't take a screenshot, either.

[_NOPE_]

Why don't you just try a PrintScreen replacement and be done with the whole mess. I reccommend Greenshot, it's amazing with all of its quick and easy to use options:

 

https://getgreenshot.org/

[RikOz]

I'll try that out.

[PaxArcana]

As will I.

[Rhinoxx]

I had this exact problem and it turned out to be an issue of read/write rights to the folder - in my case caused by moving the CoH installation from one harddisk to another and then reinstalling Tequila.

I ended up nuking the harddisk partition, reinstalling a fresh copy of CoH from torrent and now everything works again (less harsh methods would probably also work) 

 

 

[PaxArcana]

I never moved the installation, and nuking a half-terabyte partition from the middle of a 3TB drive with two OTHER partitions would be ... not something I'd be willing to do, without being very drunk first.  And since I don't consume alcohol at all ... 😄

 

EDIT:  I did, however, discover that the Screenshots folder had been created (by Tequila, not me) as "read-Only", so I'll give it a shot next time I log in.  Thanks for suggesting that much, at least! 🙂

Edited August 1, 2019 by PaxArcana