Help taking screenshots

[coolou7]

f12 is the default on my laptop, but it is also my wi-fi off/on switch. I tried changing the button but I can't get the game to take photos despite switching the key in the keymapping function. Any suggestions?

[shaneturner12]

Have you tried using the Fn key at the same time?

[shaneturner12]

Originally posted by grapplehoeker:

Originally posted by coolou7:

f12 is the default on my laptop, but it is also my wi-fi off/on switch. I tried changing the button but I can't get the game to take photos despite switching the key in the keymapping function. Any suggestions?

The game does not take photos.
You take screenshots with the Steam Overlay and that is set to F12 by default. To change it, go
to Steam settings (top left of this window), select In Game and change the screenshot hotkey to something else.

A correction - the game does take screenshots (locations are listed at https://steamcommunity.com/app/255710/discussions/0/1739964947821416219/)

I should know as I often have to make use of it if there's a problem with the Steam screenshot system.

[Cahos Rahne Veloza]

There's also the good old Print Screen button folks :)

[AquilaSol]

The game has its own Screenshot tool. You don't need to use Steam to take screenshots!
You can take a screenshot with F12, which can be rebound in the game settings under Options > Keybindings > Shared > Screenshots

Screenshots are stored in:
Windows: %localappdata%\Colossal Order\Cities_Skylines\Screenshots
Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Collosal Order/Cities_Skylines/Screenshots

Incidentally F12 is also the key for Steam Screenshots, but those are of a lower quality than the ones made by the ingame tool.

You can also use the basic oldschool Windows method of Windows key+Printscreen to save a screenshot of your entire screen automatically, you'll find those in C:\Users\[username]\Pictures\Screenshots

Originally posted by grapplehoeker:

The game does not take photos.

Yes it does.

F12 and Shift+F12 are the game's own screenshot tool. They happen to use the same keybinding as the Steam one, but it very much has its own tool. This also works on the Origin version, which says it all.