Taking screenshots is making the game freeze?

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Taking screenshots is making the game freeze?

Hey guys.

This has been a problem for me ever since i got my new laptop. I asked a few friends and they said its because of Vista. However i am just wondering if there is anyway to avoid this from happening?

Sometimes i will take a screenshot in the heat of battle and have to wait a good 30-60 seconds before it actually captures and the game returns to normal. This can be very dangerous if there is a concentration laps and the game returns all of a sudden and i cop a deeds screen.

Does this happen to anyone else?

Is there a way to fix it?

thanks!
 
Re: Taking screenshots is making the game freeze?

The problem seems to increase for me as the number of jpg images builds up so every so often I transfer them all but the last one to a new file on the c drive to prevent it.
 
Re: Taking screenshots is making the game freeze?

Tarantella said:
The problem seems to increase for me as the number of jpg images builds up so every so often I transfer them all but the last one to a new file on the c drive to prevent it.
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Thats not the problem for me. The freeze will still happen even with 0 jpg images in the folder.

I think its a Vista problem but not sure and i have no idea how i can prevent this from happening! Its stopping me from taking epic screenshots!



 
Re: Taking screenshots is making the game freeze?

I have something like that on my vista lappy.

Does it only happen on the first screenshot of a gaming session?

Because of vista's permissions system, D2 doesn't have permission to save screenies in the D2 folder, so it puts them in an appdata folder somewhere in your user directory (I can give more info on where if you need it). So, the first time you take a screenie, it has to try to get permission, wait for windows to deny permission, then find the folder, then save.

Fix: change the permissions on the D2 folder so you can write without getting asked for permission.
 
Re: Taking screenshots is making the game freeze?

Oh i see.....well it actually happens on every screeny i take!

How do i change the permissions on the D2 folder?

Thanks for the info/help!
 
Re: Taking screenshots is making the game freeze?

Find the D2 folder in the C: directory, and right click it, click Properties. Click the tab labeled "security". Under "group or user names" click your user, then click "edit". I haven't done this in a while, so you're on your own then.

edit: you get a list of check boxes. I think "allow"ing all (or just allowing "write") would be enough. Don't change anything away from "allow".
 
Re: Taking screenshots is making the game freeze?

SnickerSnack said:
Find the D2 folder in the C: directory, and right click it, click Properties. Click the tab labeled "security". Under "group or user names" click your user, then click "edit". I haven't done this in a while, so you're on your own then.

edit: you get a list of check boxes. I think "allow"ing all (or just allowing "write") would be enough. Don't change anything away from "allow".
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Hmmmm. I did what you said however as i checked the list "write" was already ticked and couldn't be edited?

I allowed Full Controll because that was the only thing i could edit, and still taking a screenshot freezed the game for about 30 seconds.



 
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I don't think it's a Vista problem precisely. For me, it was much worse on my old XP laptop (1 - 10 seconds frozen, depending on the # of screenshots in the folder already), but this Vista P.O.S. is at least better at not freezing for screenshots (0.05 - 0.5 seconds frozen, # of screenshots doesn't seem to matter).

My guess is some of the .dll calls or drivers or whatever methods D2/Windows uses to make the screenshot are a little "off". If you can track down the actual technical process that is used you might be able to get some improvement by updating or rolling back those DLL's/drivers/whatever - which, of course, may have much more severe side-effects.

Sorry I can't provide you more details, advice, info or help.


Edit: As a stab-in-the-dark attempt at a remedy, you could always try re-mapping your screenshot key to something different. I can see no reason why this would make any difference, but it's Windows, so you never know. :p
 
Re: Taking screenshots is making the game freeze?

Hmmmm, now i have no idea.

Thanks for the info poops althought i don't think that can help me because i have little to no idea about what to do in regards to the technical process.

I have tried changing the screenshot key several times. Each still make the game freeze for 30 or so seconds.

This is really annoying :(.
 
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Oh, I had another similar problem whenever I had the screenshot folder open. For some reason, I had some type of lag (not your kind, but maybe it's related) if I max/minned the game while I have the screenshot folder open.

Heh, surefire, fixit: install ubuntu linux, and run d2 in that. :p:D
 
Re: Taking screenshots is making the game freeze?

I just tried downloading a screenshot program, called Grabby. Still the game will freeze when i take a screenshot.

Nothing is open, all jpgs deleted in the D2 directory.

I have no idea wtf is wrong :rant:!
 
Re: Taking screenshots is making the game freeze?

I have problems with it, too. The pause is often much less than what you're experiencing, but it has been as bad as twenty seconds once before.

No solutions to give, sadly. But at least you know you're not the only one.

The only suggestion I can give is to simply stop making accomplishments that deserve screenies. That's how I get around the problem: not doing anything noteworthy. :D
 
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Just disable user account control. Seriously, it makes vista SO much more pleasant to use.

I think that may be the problem, if you haven't done so already.
 
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Click Me

Method 4 is by far the easiest. I don't know why ANYONE would root about in their registry to disable UAC instead of going into their control panel :crazyeyes:
 
Re: Taking screenshots is making the game freeze?

Isn't UAC the cornerstone of vista security? Won't disabling it open you to numerous viruses?

When my d2 install gets denied writes to itself, isn't that UAC doing it's job? (I know, definitely not the best system, but isn't disabling it a really bad idea?)
 
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Not at all. The cornerstone of vista security is a decent antivirus program, and not being an idiot. I've disabled vista firewall and UAC and never had a virus - kaspersky, which I use, catches everything that might pose a threat, which, because I'm careful, is hardly anything.

UAC is simply that annoying little program that keeps asking you whether you're sure whenever you want to do anything. In theory it will help should you ever get a virus on your system, but if you're careful that should never happen.

Just to expand on that: UAC is the last line of defence against a certain type of attack program that, once on your computer, can do whatever it wants because nearly everything is enabled with full privileges. UAC is essentially simulated low privilege mode. However, this type of attack program is easy to avoid with a decent antivirus, and is on the decline, mainly thanks to UAC - UAC is good in that it exists, but bad in that you actually have to have the damn thing on your machine. It is VERY poorly designed, and the security benefit it offers is dwarfed by its incredible ability to cause all sorts of incompatabilities. It's one of the main reasons Vista has such a poor reputation (perhaps deserved - vista works beautifully once you disable half the crap it comes with, but you DO have to disable them)
 
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Re: Taking screenshots is making the game freeze?

Ok this is wierd!

I did method#4 on that webiste and when i arrived at the last stage, i noticed my UAC was actually already unticked! I decided to try ticking it and restarted the comp.

I went into D2 and took a screenshot and well, i guess it worked! The freeze time was reduced to around 3 seconds.

I then came here to write this comment and decided to go back to make sure it wasn't a fluke and well, the freeze time went back to 30 seconds.

Seems like its fine when i first start my comp, then after while it goes back to freezing for ages.

WTF gives?
 
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