Portal coordinates (Gate Address) in screenshots

[MarStrMind]

And now for another one of those noob questions: how do you people make it so that the Gate Address appears in the bottom left of your screenshots?

I play in VR, so maybe that has something to do with it,,, (and before you tell me to play the flatscreen version: NO I will not play this in legacy 2D, like, ever)

When I enter Photo Mode in VR, I can take screenshots all right (also with Steam overlay message in VR: "Screenshot taken!") - however the screens then have a square resolution with the bottom third or so just black. That's fine for wallpapers as I can crop them the way I want - but like the topic says - no Gate Address visible.

Also maybe important: apart from the initial tutorial base you build in the intro quests, I have no bases. I am currently at the point where I have to farm reputation for the Gek in order to progress with the Artemis story.

Cheers all

[Johnny in the Clouds]

I don't know about VR but the original way of cataloguing an address with a photo was to take a photo in game (or a screen grab) using the Steam F12 key, while interacting with a placed signal booster. This will capture the on screen information of the signal booster displaying the location coordinates.

Steam should default to F12 to take a screenshot of any game. Photo Mode however has the option to also display an overlay of the Glyph Coordinates (a series of picture icons) equivalent to the Galactic Address display of the Signal Booster. The tool tips of Photo Mode should explain how to toggle the overlay glyphs on or off.

With the Glyphs display enabled, use only Steam F12 to take the snap shot. If you use Photo Mode to snap the picture the Glyphs are not captured. This could be a bug or a deliberate default or just a PC thing, as opposed to any other platform with Photo Mode so that the image is clean and also if the image might be shared later on a public site you have the choice to keep the address private. Use F12 to capture glyphs while Photo Mode is displaying them.

If you are stuck without being able to capture the glyph overlay use the original method to snap shot the Signal Booster address instead. That is the Portal Address but in raw undisguised form. Standing beside a signal booster will display the planet address as a series of digits and letters often referred to as the Galactic Address. This is actually the planet portal address but not displayed as the visually more appealing Portal glyphs. There is a method to convert the signal booster Galactic Address to the picture glyphs. The hieroglyphs actually represent hexadecimal numbers that plot where all the planets are in the universe.

The websites here will very easily convert the longer (16 digit) signal booster Galactic Address coordinates to the shorter form portal address and also display the portal address in their equivalent hexadecimal numbers and letters (0-F). The same letters and numbers are represented by graphical icons known as (portal) glyphs. The Portal Address is twelve icons long and represents the sixteen digit Galactic Address.

You may see portal addresses alternatively published without being represented by visual glyphs, commonly referred to as a Portal Code in text form, using only their equivalent 12 letters and numbers. They can be a fun resource to browse planets others have discovered interesting things on.

• Galactic Coordinates Conversion to Portal Glyphs[nmsportals.github.io]
  
• Hello Games very own Galactic Atlas[galacticatlas.nomanssky.com]
  
• Pilgrim Star path plotter[pahefu.github.io]

There are Steam threads too explaining the conversion process in more detail (which is relatively simple with a little understanding of 3D space and how the game actually does the mathematics to build the universe)

[Nostromo]

Not using VR, but:

The way I do it is go into Photo Mode, which displays the glyphs in game (but not on the Photo Mode screenshot).

I then take a Steam screenshot [F12} of that photo mode view.

Example:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2825159336

(I edited in the red text afterwards).

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Edit: I had meant to mention, the glyphs in Photo Mode don't always show up immediately. You may need to wait a few moments, for the "menu bar" to auto-hide first. Then they'll show up in its place. Also, it may not auto-hide, if you keep the mouse or keyboard "busy" - just chill for a few moments until it does auto-hide.

[Wile E Coyote, Super Genius]

Not on VR but normal play sometimes it doesn't show the glyphs until I hit LMB but that takes a pic without glyph. Then I hit f12 and it will show up in pic.

The Gek rep quest I found out you can go to other Gek systems to do the mission rewards cuz you need the ones with Gek rep as the reward. You can also increase reputation by talking to them or giving them Gek relic.

[Zoran]

Originally posted by Nostromo:

Not using VR, but:

The way I do it is go into Photo Mode, which displays the glyphs in game (but not on the Photo Mode screenshot).

I then take a Steam screenshot [F12} of that photo mode view.

Example:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2825159336

(I edited in the red text afterwards).

Thanks