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by Eduuu
Tue Nov 29, 2022 7:17 pm
Forum: Beginners Help
Topic: Render to and take screenshots from a buffer that isn't the main frame buffer
Replies: 1
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Render to and take screenshots from a buffer that isn't the main frame buffer

Hi all I was taking a look at the createScreenshot function and saw that it takes two optional arguments, the second of which being a render target. I am currently trying to get a headless copy of minetest running that will still allow you to take screenshots of what is going on "behind the sce...
by Eduuu
Tue Nov 29, 2022 7:09 pm
Forum: Advanced Help
Topic: How to save screenshots quickly?
Replies: 2
Views: 2245

Re: How to save screenshots quickly?

Thanks for the info. I think that we won't actually have to save every frame, so this kind of resolved itself - we will anyway be bottlenecked by how quickly all of this can be fed into a NN.
by Eduuu
Tue Nov 15, 2022 8:57 pm
Forum: Advanced Help
Topic: How to save screenshots quickly?
Replies: 2
Views: 2245

How to save screenshots quickly?

Hi there, I am working on a fork of minetest(which runs on irricht) and want to save screencaps of every frame. If I naively save a screenshot every frame then I end up getting roughly 8fps. My first thought was that writing to file was taking a long time. This appears to be true to some extent - th...