04-01-2006, 05:28 PM
Find the line "bAllowScreenShot=0" in your .ini files and change it to "bAllowScreenShot=1", save and close. Next time you play you can press the Print Screen key on your keyboard to take a screenie. The .ini files you need to modify are here:
C:\Documents and Settings\[user name]\My Documents\My Games\Oblivion\Oblivion.ini
C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Oblvion\Oblivion.ini
(thanks to Blocky for the tip!)
Edit: drasca had this to say (reference)
Quote:First off, an overview of screenshot basics:
A) Leave anti-aliasing off for the default screenshot ability to work.
B) Screenshots are created in your install directory.
C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion
About the ini files: Uou need to change your individual userprofile .ini file, not the Oblivion_default.ini in the above install directory
If you're not seeing "Screenshot created" when you hit printscreen in-game, no screenshot is made--probably because you changed the default rather than the user.
Additionally, as noted earlier, Antialiasing prevents screenshots (though some people turn off both bloom and AA). HDR does not prevent.
Here's the default directory for user ini profiles. Make sure you're editing this one, not the install directory ini.
C:\Documents and Settings\Userneedshelp*\My Documents\My Games\Oblivion\Oblivion.ini
*Insert your individual username here.
Secondly, you might find these console commands useful:
Toggle menus:
Hit ` or ~ to bring up the console, and type:
TM
and hit enter. That'll toggle the visual interface, so it doesn't get in the way of your screenshots. Repeat to bring the inteface back.
Also, toggle free camera:
TFC
Fly around for screenshots.
TAI
TCAI
These toggle AI processing and toggle combat processesing. Turns AI ability to make decisions off/on for easy snapshotting for the photo enthusiast.
Someone noted vanity mode before. That's certainly useful, and readily used once the keymap for that command is learned or reassigned through the Oblivion options menu. However Toggle flying camera (TFC) is much more powerful and will allow you to take pictures from anywhere and from any angle.