Stupid question, how do I take screenshots in Half-Life?

[YDA S-Rank!]

F12 doesn't seem to work...

[TheBloodyViking]

F12 works for me :/

[machoo]

F5 saves an uncompressed .BMP screenshot in your Half-Life directory. It's built in the Half-Life engine so you don't need Steam.

[constancejill]

Isn't F5 also the default for quicksave ? One may want to save screenshots without necessarily having to save the game. Anyway, there are plenty of good software to take screenshots (in case your game doesn't handle the saving by itself), some of them even are freeware.

[machoo]

Originally posted by constancejill:

Isn't F5 also the default for quicksave?

F6 quicksaves.

[baddude1337]

Is the Steam overlay enabled in game? Check if it's a different button for Steam screenshots.

[Gears]

you cant screenshot while crouched

[A-06]

Originally posted by GEARSTHEIRISHROBOTλ:

you cant screenshot while crouched

You can if you re-bind the crouch key.

[GunSpecialist /=(=^=-]

hold shift and press f12

[CockroachDestroyer]

Originally posted by BossMan:

hold shift and press f12

All shift does is preventing game crashing when I press F12

[spatula]

are you crouching while pressing f12? it doesnt work when i do that

[Jazzy Joyce]

bind enter "snapshot; echo Took screenshot, see game folder"

[@abn]

Change to OpenGL if you want to take screenshots(aka Steam Overlay)

[Whiterun Guard]

maybe you should press "Fn" button with F12.