This is going to sound like a noob question, but how do you take an in-game screen shot without using any recording software like Fraps, etc? 

That depends do you want to take a screenshot of the default game or do you have a ENB installed , because you can just press PrtScn on your keyboard if you have an ENB in your game . The screenshots are saved in your game folder .

That depends do you want to take a screenshot of the default game or do you have a ENB installed , because you can just press PrtScn on your keyboard if you have an ENB in your game . The screenshots are saved in your game folder .

I'm using a default game with an enhanced timcycle.dat file.

dont play the game in fullscreen

I remember back when I used to use Windows XP, I could just press prt scr and paste the screenshot into Paint. But alas, those days are over. Ever since upgrading to Windows 7 eons ago, every time I do that, I just get a black screen. Unfortunately, the only way I know how to get fullscreen screenshots without an ENB is by using Fraps or some other external program like that.

Steam works fine too.

Steam works fine too.

Can you explain more?

Can you explain more?

 

If you have added the game on Steam/bought it off Steam, you can run it with Steam overlay and it has a built in feature for screenshots. The hotkey was called F12 I believe. You can then either leave them on your PC or upload them to Steam Cloud for others to see as well.

Edited August 25, 201411 yr by Olanov