Where are photo mode screenshots stored?

[InspektorMagik]

Can anyone tell me were the screenshots I take in photo mode are stored?

[BigGrayGolem]

Bumping this as I am now seeing it under the latest version. Any photos taken in Photo mode from X menu don't save. I only have the old screenshots taken with F12.

Anyone have a workaround?

[Guh~hey~hey~♫]

Yes.

Activate steam overlay. Doesnt work without it.

[Anga Hakuna]

There is a bug (... been there a while) in Photo Mode screenshots taken by mouse. You may hear a "click" but nothing happens. It's intermittenmt and really aggravating. Report it using Hello Games' Bug Report[hellogames.zendesk.com] page. The more who report the bug, the more likely it gets fixed sooner.

Pressing the Steam F12 hotkey always works. Just make sure the Photo Mode menu bar is hidden before pressing F12 or it will be in the screenshot/photo too.

I have tried waiting between shots in case it was related to overhead, but the bug seems unrelated to overhead or current processing. Of course, I also have a lower level video card (GTX 960 with only 4GB RAM).

[GravityWave]

Bump. I've never and still can't find ANY photo's anywhere. I'm having to use the NV snapshot. Please document where and how to change snapshot locations. The Vulkan beta also has this problem. False Advertising. And I really like the camera FX now too!

[Anga Hakuna]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Gmr Leon:

Photo Mode screenshots, taken with its own photo hotkey, are stored under C:\Users\[username]\My Pictures\ in either a folder called screenshots or No Mans Sky, I believe.

Others are correct that if taken with Steam's screenshot hotkey they should appear somewhere in the directories they referenced. Hope this helps.

Hmmm. That has never happened on my Windows 10 PC.

All screenshots, whether F12 or mouse click in Photo mode, always end up together in:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\nnnnnnnnn\760\remote\275850\screenshots
where "n" is a numeral.

It's possible to change the Steam screenshots folder, though, so anyone "missing" photos should check their Steam settings. Worse, sometimes there's a "click" of a photo being taken but no photo is actually taken -- no thumbnail pops up in the lower right of the screen. This is a continuing issue, though seems less frequent now.

[GravityWave]

I actually did find it today. I don't use the Steam viewer much and had to go looking. They are deeply hidden away on my system. Not obvious at all to the casual observer. For instance:
F:\Steam\userdata\32846196\760\remote\275850\screenshots

No reference to NMS. None of them are tied to games. Great. More magic.

Note that it isn't in my Doc's, Pics, Vids (which aren't on the C: drv anyway), or the game folder on the M: drive. Curse B.Gates and Drv Letters.

[Squeeks]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย MalagAste:

I don't get it .... I have everything checked to do screenshots... I know where it used to go... and it doesn't go there... I have it checked to upload when I close the game but all it does is make a funny noise when I take a shot in the game and nothing ever happens the screenshots do not go to the folder anymore... not sure what's wrong.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\NUMBERS\760\remote\275850\screenshots\thumbnails

[MOJayhawk]

As of 10/27/2020, screenshots are still awol. I've checked all the above suggestions and I do not have any files named "Screenshots," "nnnnnnnnnn," or any other of the suggestions above. Clearly the internal game screenshot system is broken or turned off. I'll be switching to another method.

[GravityWave]

You have to enable and use the Steam Viewer. It will reveal the Steam's file location, with minor utils. I don't like NVidia's much, but could be me.

[demiurgent]

So, for the record, there's actually a thing happening that's causing the problem and it's not actually Hello Games's fault.

When NMS attempts to save a picture in the folder, Windows Security sees it as an attempt to alter a folder without permission. Check your notifications and you'll probably see something like "Folder Control Prevented An Unauthorized Access, Click To See Settings." When you click, you get a list of different programs that attempted to make changes on your machine.

There's a dropdown called "Actions" at the bottom of each reported attempt. Look for a notification about 'NMS.exe,' click Actions, and tell it to allow the program to make the changes.

Now, there's one weirdness. Folder Access Control reports that it blocked access to "%userprofile%/Pictures", which is where non-Steam NMS stores pictures. When you allow the action and go back into the game, you can snap a picture as normal. However, if you go to your "%userprofile%/Pictures" folder, you will find a new "No Man's Sky" folder... which is empty. The obvious thought is that it still didn't work.

But it did. If you go to the Steam screenshots folder ("\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\nnnnnnnn\760\remote\nnnnn\screenshots")... the new Photo Mode screenshot appears.

Apparently what's happening is NMS automatically checks to see if the "No Man's Sky" folder exists in the "%userprofile%/Pictures" folder before attempting to save the picture. If it doesn't see it, it attempts to create it, but Windows Security blocks the attempt. This causes the photo save to abort, and unfortunately we don't get notice that it's happening. Once NMS has access, it creates the folder on the next attempt, but then follows the *Steam* version's path, putting it in the Steam screenshots folder.

In other words, the file save action is redirected to Steam's screenshots folder, but the original folder check action NMS uses on other Windows installs still takes place, and failing that folder check/create action aborts the file save action, even though it's not saving in that folder.

This doesn't affect everyone, because not everyone has the same Folder Control Access settings on their machines, but because it's nearly silent it's hard to see it's happening.

TL;DR -- the problem is NMS checks for a destination folder in "%userprofile%/Pictures" and tries to create it but Windows Security (depending on settings) blocks the folder creation, aborting the file save action. When NMS is able to create its folder (and verify it's still there later), then it saves the screenshot in the *STEAM* screenshots directory at \Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\nnnnnnnn\760\remote\nnnnn\screenshots".

[MadHaTr]

So this issue is still around somewhat?

I used photomode to take a screenshot with the gate runes so I could share or go back at some point and the screen shot is in this folder
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\74714241\760\remote\275850\screenshots
and did show up in the screenshot manager

BUT it was just no GUI shot with no runes or anything. Anyone know how to fix or change this?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3001591218

[The Knowledge Seeker]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย MadHaTr:

So this issue is still around somewhat?

I used photomode to take a screenshot with the gate runes so I could share or go back at some point and the screen shot is in this folder
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\74714241\760\remote\275850\screenshots
and did show up in the screenshot manager

BUT it was just no GUI shot with no runes or anything. Anyone know how to fix or change this?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3001591218

I believe it is F12 while you are in photo mode.

[Captain.Jartyk]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย MadHaTr:

I used photomode to take a screenshot with the gate runes so I could share or go back at some point
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BUT it was just no GUI shot with no runes or anything. Anyone know how to fix or change this?

It is only with F12 that the row of glyphs can be included in the image.

But you also need to enable the glyphs to be displayed (if they are not already visible), with left shift you can change the gui mode (glyphs on/off).

[MadHaTr]

Okay thanks. I the glyphs were displayed and I snapped a picture with photo mode. I'll use F12 from now on while in photo mode. Lost more than a few places.