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[Mr D One]

Hi PGI

All of my screenshot photos of MWO have disappeared after this patch.

Woe is me.

Woe, Woe, Woe.

Please help.

[Ironwithin]

They have been moved to another folder and any new screenshots will be saved there.

C:\Users\(YourWindowsUsername)\Saved Games\MechWarrior Online\ScreenShots

[Mr D One]

Ironwithin, on 21 January 2015 - 06:07 AM, said:

They have been moved to another folder and any new screenshots will be saved there.

C:\Users\(YourWindowsUsername)\Saved Games\MechWarrior Online\ScreenShots

Thank you Ironwithin.

Thank you.

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5 stars

[SgtSkullShatter]

I have the same problem yet cannot find them ANYWHERE wtfffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

Oh haha nevermind I am retarted I found them. Yes thank you Iron! I shall dance for you at your next B-day! You want me in a thong or speedo? xD Haha j/k but really thanks.

[Krist Smith]

Just going to point out the easy way to get to that folder, which is reliable even if you choose to move it - open the Start Menu (assuming you have one), click on your username, and the Saved Games directory should be there in the window that just popped open. As I mentioned in another thread, you can change the location of the Saved Games dir (right-click the shortcut, open location tab, and move it to your preferred location), but this shourtcut will always be here and lead to the right location.

[Tuku]

Krist Smith, on 21 January 2015 - 12:19 PM, said:

Just going to point out the easy way to get to that folder, which is reliable even if you choose to move it - open the Start Menu (assuming you have one), click on your username, and the Saved Games directory should be there in the window that just popped open. As I mentioned in another thread, you can change the location of the Saved Games dir (right-click the shortcut, open location tab, and move it to your preferred location), but this shourtcut will always be here and lead to the right location.

Krist Smith, on 21 January 2015 - 12:19 PM, said:

Just going to point out the easy way to get to that folder, which is reliable even if you choose to move it - open the Start Menu (assuming you have one), click on your username, and the Saved Games directory should be there in the window that just popped open. As I mentioned in another thread, you can change the location of the Saved Games dir (right-click the shortcut, open location tab, and move it to your preferred location), but this shourtcut will always be here and lead to the right location.

Cool thing thanks for the tip!

[Grendel408]

reading patch notes is helpful too

[TexAce]

Ironwithin, on 21 January 2015 - 06:07 AM, said:

They have been moved to another folder and any new screenshots will be saved there.

C:\Users\(YourWindowsUsername)\Saved Games\MechWarrior Online\ScreenShots

Thanks I nearly got a heart attack.

[Bigbacon]

Krist Smith, on 21 January 2015 - 12:19 PM, said:

Just going to point out the easy way to get to that folder, which is reliable even if you choose to move it - open the Start Menu (assuming you have one), click on your username, and the Saved Games directory should be there in the window that just popped open. As I mentioned in another thread, you can change the location of the Saved Games dir (right-click the shortcut, open location tab, and move it to your preferred location), but this shourtcut will always be here and lead to the right location.

Any chance you guys can make the folder location something you can change for the screenshot? maybe using the user.cfg?

[Arcania]

Krist Smith, on 21 January 2015 - 12:19 PM, said:

Just going to point out the easy way to get to that folder, which is reliable even if you choose to move it - open the Start Menu (assuming you have one), click on your username, and the Saved Games directory should be there in the window that just popped open. As I mentioned in another thread, you can change the location of the Saved Games dir (right-click the shortcut, open location tab, and move it to your preferred location), but this shourtcut will always be here and lead to the right location.

i have looked there in that folder but it does not have my older screenshots have i lost them completely?

[Basskicker]

Arcania, on 01 February 2015 - 09:04 PM, said:

i have looked there in that folder but it does not have my older screenshots have i lost them completely?

It should have the old ones in there also. My old ones are in there along with the new ones I've taken since the patch. Are you sure you are looking in the correct folder?

[Arcania]

Nope they're not in the folder just the new screenshots. Any idea on where I might be able to find them or have I lost them completely?

[Ironwithin]

Arcania, on 02 February 2015 - 02:30 AM, said:

Nope they're not in the folder just the new screenshots. Any idea on where I might be able to find them or have I lost them completely?

There was a bug in the patcher that screwed up the relocation of those files if the folders had non-english characters in them.

If they are not in the old folder and didn't make it into the new folder they might be gone.
Have you tried searching through your drives for the word "ScreenShot" ? MWO names them all ScreenShotxxxx.jpg with xxxx being the number of the file (ScreenShot0001 or ScreenShot0013 etc.).

Edited by Ironwithin, 02 February 2015 - 06:18 AM.

[Darth Hotz]

I just looked for the screenshot folder the very first time and saw interesting things...

Being a left handed dude i use a little extra keyboard (Ideazon Fang) and reconfigured it so the print button is opening the map...but not only as i realize now.

Everytime i looked on the map i made a screenshot and i was always wondering where all the space on my ssd was gone.

I had more than 8000 pictures in the folder!!

[Platinum Spider]

That happened to me when they decided to make F12 a second screenshot button without telling, I had my missile doors bound to that one.

[Arcania]

Ironwithin, on 02 February 2015 - 06:18 AM, said:

There was a bug in the patcher that screwed up the relocation of those files if the folders had non-english characters in them.

If they are not in the old folder and didn't make it into the new folder they might be gone.
Have you tried searching through your drives for the word "ScreenShot" ? MWO names them all ScreenShotxxxx.jpg with xxxx being the number of the file (ScreenShot0001 or ScreenShot0013 etc.).

the old screenshot's were whatever the default naming for them. I had made a shortcut to the folder on my desktop so I could access it at anytime I wished. Could that have screwed something up with the patcher and those screenshots taken?

[Ironwithin]

Arcania, on 02 February 2015 - 06:10 PM, said:

the old screenshot's were whatever the default naming for them. I had made a shortcut to the folder on my desktop so I could access it at anytime I wished. Could that have screwed something up with the patcher and those screenshots taken?

I don't know.

If you never deleted any screenshots you can just search your harddrive for a file called ScreenShot0001.jpg . If that comes up empty your screenshots are gone. I guess you could try recovering them with a data-recovery tool but you'd have to find out how to do that yourself. Probably too much of a hassle for some measly screenshots.

[Kjudoon]

still missing the screenshot folder. Where was it moved now?

[Darth Hotz]

Ironwithin, on 21 January 2015 - 06:07 AM, said:

They have been moved to another folder and any new screenshots will be saved there.

C:\Users\(YourWindowsUsername)\Saved Games\MechWarrior Online\ScreenShots