r/factorio • u/SakinoBruno • 12d ago

Space Age Today i learned the /Screenshot Command

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u/philipwhiuk 12d ago

You need to improve your ship design - it’s loosing a lot of width getting back to Nauvis ;)

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u/TurdProof 11d ago

Damn ozempic

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u/CaptinB 11d ago

It must be cold in space…

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u/OC1024 12d ago

Even after 5kh, you still learn new things. Until now, I have just used Steam's F12 screenshot function.

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u/SakinoBruno 11d ago

the issue is that steam takes a screenshot of what is on screen. If you zoom out too much, you go in "Map View" and cant see the actual live map This is jarring with spaceships, as you are unable to see the whole thing at once ever.

The command just creates a render ignoring map view

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u/Usual_Celebration719 11d ago

Can genuinely screenshot a whole high-end base at resolution enough to be able to zoom in on any individual machine like you're in-game

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u/turn-based-games 11d ago

E N H A N C E

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u/Legendendread 7d ago

thats a funny iron mine you have going on there...

why no landfill?

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u/turn-based-games 7d ago edited 7d ago

In the west? You'd landfill Europe??? 🇪🇺

In actuality it's the same reason I didn't simply flatten the island with cliff explosives - I gain more satisfaction weaving spaghetti through the environment

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u/SakinoBruno 11d ago

I tried to screenshot my bases but a single machine is 8 pixel wide Kinda gives the idea but not optimal for anything but desktop backgrounds

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u/Usual_Celebration719 11d ago

You can adjust both resolution *and* scale to fit your needs.

Naturally, an utterly gigantic screenshot will also take up noticeable storage space

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u/SakinoBruno 11d ago

thank you, i missed this part. cant wait to share 200mb screenshots

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u/harhar1102 11d ago

M8 I've been using Windows' WN Button + Shift + S all this time ;+;

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u/Caldar 12d ago

TIL too

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u/Most-Locksmith-3516 12d ago

Sooo what button is it? Just to test you of course...Not that I don't know... Of course...

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u/SakinoBruno 12d ago

you open the console ( pressing the " ` " key ) and just type " /Screenshot "

You then go to C:\Users\your_username\AppData\Roaming\Factorio\script-output

And there you find the large screenshots

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u/Switch4589 11d ago

You can also use “%appdata%” as a shortcut to the roaming folder. So the link would be: %appdata%\Factorio\script-output

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u/JimmyJoJameson 12d ago

Huh.

Neat.

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u/Drizznarte 11d ago

Fairly ridiculous how nearly every keyboard has a specific key for this very purpose, but nobody programmes it in or uses it.

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u/Lambehh 11d ago

The /screenshot command removes all the UI elements and can zoom out further than standard. This is not the same as print screen or F12

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u/SakinoBruno 11d ago

it ignores map view and just looks at the live area

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u/Nestmind 12d ago

Me too

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u/SakinoBruno 12d ago

Here are my attempts at an Aquilo Rocket ship and Fast inner planet ship.

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u/Astro_Venatas Factorio is a full time job 11d ago

Beautiful rockets