Not a bug, nor is it really relevant to this Forum section, but considering the level of players that post and read here I hoped someone else may have, or have solved, the below …
A few weeks ago, my screenshots in Conan Exiles were saved (locally) in their native format, jpeg at 1920x1080.
Sometime on the recent past, that changed to png at 1536x864.
I want that to revert to the native filetype and resolution to use on our associated Wiki.
I cannot find anywhere to control that in Steam settings.
Can anyone direct me to the Steam location that specifies that?
Thanks, in advance.
Regards
jim
PS: Yes, a Steam support ticket has been submitted, even though I had to use the Cloud section to get to a submittal form. I do not Cloud and suspect it will transfer hands a few times before they get back to me.
Are you using the Steam Overlay to generate your screen shots?
After reading this message, I endeavored to test out how this behavior was working on my own PC.
I was able to obtain a full-sized non-compressed image using the Steam Overlay.
To reproduce:
Verify within your Steam Overlay, that there is a hot-key established for capturing a screen shot.
In my case, I selected F12, which I don’t believe is colliding with any other program.
There is an Option checked “Save an uncompressed copy”
I verified or changed the folder under the “Screenshot Folder” button, right next to the hot-key.
Selecting a folder may have been essential in getting this working for me, as before this Steam would just offer to upload images to their cloud service.
Additionally, I believe I was able to capture a screen shot using Windows (key) + PrtScr.
The Windows Game Bar feature, claims to be bound to Windows + Alt + PrtScr.
One of these two facilities, captured a full sized game window.
All captures were in PNG format, which is compressed, but lossless, and is acceptable to most every website.
Thanks for the testing, Bedwin. I’ve done the following, well prior to the change.
F12 is my goto and has been for close to a year.
A month ago, I installed a new SSD, 970 EVO 1T and moved my games, the devkit and my screenshot folder there, with link through Steam. The change did not happen then, I was still getting native resolution and filetype.
I use the screenshot utility to provide quality visuals to the Wiki and while png is an acceptable format, the 36% reduction in resolution is ‘marginally’ noticeable.
By going through your detailed (thank you !) post, I came across the fact that the worst of the problem was not in the screenshot or Steam, but in the online conversion to an animated gif to be used for a particular Wiki page. So, you have solved my initial concern.
I am still looking forward to a Steam response and will share it here, but will probably not be satisfied with the answer you got. Even though these are publicly displayed, I do not want to use the Steam cloud service and would expect the same behaviour in filetype and resolution. I use one computer, exclusively.
Many thanks for the time you put into the post above !