Larian Studios Forums Divinity II The Dragon Knight Saga / Flames of Vengeance (English) Technical problems Divinity 2 Screen Shots are all black on Windows 7

I run Windows 7 Pro and my 'print screen' function normally works just fine. But when I try to 'print screen' in Divinity 2 all I get are dark black squares. Anybody else having this problem ??? And if so, have you found a solution to it ?????

If you browse to the '..\Divinity II - Developers Cut\bin' install folder in Windows Explorer, right click on the Divinity2.exe file and select Properties, then switch to the Compatibility tab and check off 'Disable desktop composition', you will be able to use the Print Screen button to take screenshots. Do the same for Divinity2-debug.exe (also, if you open the Developer Mode cheat window (F11) and hit the 'debug keys' button in the bottom right column to toggle them on, the H or ctrl-H hotkeys will toggle the UI on and off, which may be handy for taking screenshots).

Running the game in a window could also help, but I havn't tried that with Divinity 2 (there is a configuration file edit to run the game in a window, or you can use the Windows Borderless Gaming app).

There are also screenshot programs designed for use with games, but I haven't tied any to get around this black screen problem with newer games / DirectX (fraps is primarily used for capturing video, but can also be used for screenshots).

Many thanks...

Many games do this.
Hence I resorted to using FRAPS instead. Doesn't require you to manually paste them anymore too, so you can just keep on playing...