Two questions: Screenshots and "Skipping"

[Kaito]

I've got two questions for you:
1) How do I take a high res screenshot? I tried using the Prt Scrn button, but that was very low quality. Is there a way I can take it with higher quality?

2) On almost every orbit around the earth, at some point Orbiter freezes, then comes back, jumped to a different spot. Its annoying when i'm doing time warp to catch up to ISS, and suddenly it freezes, and i miss my mark. Any idea what could be causing this? And usually it happens with the DGIV

 

[RisingFury]

1. What resolution do you run your Orbiter at? If you run at 800 x 600 then the screenshot will be that as well.

Also, if you use Microsoft Paint to do your JPEG compression... well, it's Microsoft.

2. It might be your computer in general to blame, not Orbiter.
What's your system? Do you have anything else running like anti-virus systems that might be scanning?
Do you listen to music in Orbiter? It takes a bit to load the next song sometimes.

 

[garyw]

2) On almost every orbit around the earth, at some point Orbiter freezes, then comes back, jumped to a different spot. Its annoying when i'm doing time warp to catch up to ISS, and suddenly it freezes, and i miss my mark. Any idea what could be causing this? And usually it happens with the DGIV

That's caused by the base you are orbiting over loading. I have the same problem when orbiting over certain places. I only ever get this at faster than 100x though.....

 

[Donamy]

AFAIK, you can set the rendering altitude for bases, so they won't affect you in orbit.

 

[garyw]

AFAIK, you can set the rendering altitude for bases, so they won't affect you in orbit.

Really?! How? I've never come across that and it would be most handy.

 

[Kaito]

Okay, new question:
I was browsing around OrbiterSound, and i found ATC Radio Chatter....so does that mean theres a way I can "communicate" with ground bases? And how?

 

[willy88]

Okay, new question:
I was browsing around OrbiterSound, and i found ATC Radio Chatter....so does that mean theres a way I can "communicate" with ground bases? And how?

No. All it does is make random ATC noises.

 

[TSPenguin]

No. All it does is make random ATC noises.

Actualy it just plays back predefined files, so they are always in order. You can get several ATC recordings on OH and elsewhere.

 

[Notebook]

I've got two questions for you:
1) How do I take a high res screenshot? I tried using the Prt Scrn button, but that was very low quality. Is there a way I can take it with higher quality?

2) On almost every orbit around the earth, at some point Orbiter freezes, then comes back, jumped to a different spot. Its annoying when i'm doing time warp to catch up to ISS, and suddenly it freezes, and i miss my mark. Any idea what could be causing this? And usually it happens with the DGIV

Re:1 This a good tilty for grabbing screenshots:-

http://www.orbithangar.com/advsearc...uthor=default&category=default&subcat=default

N.

 

[willy88]

Actualy it just plays back predefined files, so they are always in order. You can get several ATC recordings on OH and elsewhere.

That's what I meant.

 

[TSPenguin]

I just thought it was important to point out the ATCs are not "random".
So that people who like to do so could reenact missions live to the radio chatter.