snap shot

[Evil Game Manic]

I was wondering how the heck does someone take a snapshot of their game or other 3d application using the irrlicht engine while its running?
I have seen people show a snapshot of their game in forums, and so it would be easier for others to help if i gave a visual when i have a question.
So if anyone could HELP , PLEASE DO

[TheRLG]

What you've probably seen is the Print Screen button pressed... which can be useful, but we still need to implement a screenshot system.

[xterminhate]

May help...

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void irrScreenshot( irr::video::IVideoDriver * driver, bool const & windowed, std::string const & filename )
{
    LPDIRECT3DSURFACE9 Surface = 0;
    if (windowed)
    {
        driver->getExposedVideoData().D3D9.D3DDev9->GetBackBuffer(0, 0, D3DBACKBUFFER_TYPE_MONO, &Surface);
        D3DXSaveSurfaceToFile(filename.c_str(), D3DXIFF_BMP, Surface, NULL, NULL);
    }
    else
    {
        int Width  = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSCREEN);
        int Height = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYSCREEN);
        driver->getExposedVideoData().D3D9.D3DDev9->CreateOffscreenPlainSurface(Width, Height, D3DFMT_A8R8G8B8, D3DPOOL_SYSTEMMEM, &Surface, NULL);
        driver->getExposedVideoData().D3D9.D3DDev9->GetFrontBufferData(NULL, Surface);
        D3DXSaveSurfaceToFile(filename.c_str(), D3DXIFF_BMP, Surface, NULL, NULL);
    }
    Surface->Release();
}

[Cleves]

May help...

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void irrScreenshot( irr::video::IVideoDriver * driver, bool const & windowed, std::string const & filename )
{
    LPDIRECT3DSURFACE9 Surface = 0;
    if (windowed)
    {
        driver->getExposedVideoData().D3D9.D3DDev9->GetBackBuffer(0, 0, D3DBACKBUFFER_TYPE_MONO, &Surface);
        D3DXSaveSurfaceToFile(filename.c_str(), D3DXIFF_BMP, Surface, NULL, NULL);
    }
    else
    {
        int Width  = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSCREEN);
        int Height = GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYSCREEN);
        driver->getExposedVideoData().D3D9.D3DDev9->CreateOffscreenPlainSurface(Width, Height, D3DFMT_A8R8G8B8, D3DPOOL_SYSTEMMEM, &Surface, NULL);
        driver->getExposedVideoData().D3D9.D3DDev9->GetFrontBufferData(NULL, Surface);
        D3DXSaveSurfaceToFile(filename.c_str(), D3DXIFF_BMP, Surface, NULL, NULL);
    }
    Surface->Release();
}

ohh, that's nice. Thanks.

[TheRLG]

Anyone have this for OpenGL as well?

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I did not test it, but I think it also works in OGL mode.