Trouble with create snaps and Visual pinball 8 & 9

[B2K24]

Has anyone managed to get the create snap option working correctly for visual Pinball?

I always get the stop working windows message <APPCRASH> when trying this feature.

Is it possible to hide this window in windows so the screenshots come out correctly? Otherwise gaming in GameEX and such works normally fine. Also I disabled the vpauto.exe and it didn't help for the create snaps operation.

Is it possible to preform this create snap operation manually with a key press on keyboard?

I like how convenient the .png matches the file name of game running at the time. A way to do this manually with user control would be GREAT!!!!

Here is an example of my problem where 90% come out bad.

[Adultery]

Yeah it wasn't working for me probably for the same reason OpenBOR doesn't. I snagged most of my artwork from an online pinball table database... I can't remember the name offhand, but it was like maws is to mame but for pinmame.

[B2K24]

I don't wish to download other sources, I would rather have GameEX create the snaps. There has to be a way to manually take the snap shot with a key press on keyboard the same way the create snaps option does so automatically.

PLEASE TOM is this possible already? or can you add a manual capture snap feature controlled by user with a key press?

[Adultery]

I thought one of the options is to press ESC to take a snap instead of having it time the 30 secs or whatever?

[celly]

I don't wish to download other sources, I would rather have GameEX create the snaps. There has to be a way to manually take the snap shot with a key press on keyboard the same way the create snaps option does so automatically.

PLEASE TOM is this possible already? or can you add a manual capture snap feature controlled by user with a key press?

Have you tried FRAPS? You can configure any key as the hotkey to take a snap. Works for me like a champ.

[B2K24]

FRAPS is not compatible with visual pinball. If FRAPS is running when Visual Pinball is launched VP crashed and the stopped working window appears on screen.

[celly]

FRAPS is not compatible with visual pinball. If FRAPS is running when Visual Pinball is launched VP crashed and the stopped working window appears on screen.

Shoot, I didn't know that. Sorry to give you bad info. I use FRAPS and Camtasia, that's all I know man.

[B2K24]

So I found a software called snapshot magician made by Tempest. I will assume GameEX uses this method from within the frontend for the create snaps function. I notice in this software is option that can be changed from using FRAPS to Irfan View.

Is this change possible for GameEX create snaps function so it won't crash Visual Pinball? If so how might I execute it?