How to take a screenshot

By Mephiles
created 11/23/07

My God. Even the greatest designers here do not know how to take a screenshot properly. I will show you how to enhance the quality of your screenshots and get rid of the interface.

In the editor

To take a screenshot in the editor, go to “file” and select “screenshot”. Then a window will appear. Change the settings on this window so it looks like this:

Press “Shoot”. You’re done. The file is found in:

My Documents\My Games\Age of Mythology\Screenshots\


In game

Note: You will need the new editor fir this. The new editor works for both Age of Mythology and it’s expansion pack.

To take a screenshot in game, go to the “M” button at the bottom right of the screen as seen below:

Then click on all the boxes so that they look like this:

Now press the button with the arrow pointing upwards. Then press the “S” button. You’re done. The file is found in:

My Documents\My Games\Age of Mythology\Screenshots\

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