Strange Files In My Ns Folder

GneralasGneralas Join Date: 2004-01-20 Member: 25523Members
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I have noticed some strange files in my ns folder and have no idea what they are.

They are *.tga files and go from halflife00.tga up to halflife41.tga

What are they and are they ment to be there?
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  • RushakraRushakra Join Date: 2004-03-25 Member: 27523Members
    Probably screenshot files. In NS, pressing F5 takes a screenshot of whatever you're viewing and makes a .jpg (maybe a .tga) in your folder. It should have the map name, and then some numbers. TGAs are just image files. You could try viewing them with a program like <a href='http://www.irfanview.com/' target='_blank'>IrfanView</a> to see what they are.
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  • GneralasGneralas Join Date: 2004-01-20 Member: 25523Members
    Usually when i take a screenshot they arn't tga, is there a reason why they have changed and is there some way to change it back?
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  • SandstormSandstorm Join Date: 2003-09-25 Member: 21205Members
    The "screenshot" command makes TGA files. These are uncompressed 24-bit image captures. It produces a console message like this:

    <!--c1--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>CODE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='CODE'><!--ec1-->] screenshot
    Wrote HalfLife00.tga
    <!--c2--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--ec2-->

    They could have been produced remotely by a server executing the "screenshot" command on your client, or by accidentally hitting a key bound to "screenshot". If you don't care what's in them, they're safe to delete. If you normally get a BMP, you're using the "snapshot" command instead, which saves as "snapshot####.bmp"
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