Screenshot Problem

[fredersond]

Every time i take a screenshot with the default F5
The screenshot turns out completely black. This happens with Cs source, HL2 and HL deathmatch

 

[Burning Fish]

You're running at 1600x1200 right? I've had that bug too. Solution is to use an external screen capture prog (IrfanView has the feature) untill Valve fixes it.

 

[4est]

You're running at 1600x1200 right? I've had that bug too. Solution is to use an external screen capture prog (IrfanView has the feature) untill Valve fixes it.

OMG I want to have your babies!!! Thank you. I just installed irfanview last week!

What I have found over the past SEVERAL DAYS and hours of testing is this:

In CS:S the highest setting I can shoot a 1600x1200 screenshot at is 2AA / 16AF. The screenshots start at 5.76 MB compressed to a 100% JPEG about 2MB in size.

If AA is set any higher, the initial screentshot size is still 5.76MB but the 100% JPEG is BLACK and only 30.63 KB. The max for the initial screenshot seems to be 5.76 MB and that is obtained at 2 AA. Even if I try a shot at 4AA / AF off, it still gives the black screenshot.

It seems that 4 or 8 AA is attempting to produce a file larger than 5.76 MB but the file is maxed at 5.76 MB. Then the game compresses this messed up file (or no file) to the 30.63 KB file. Oh, the system can run at 1600x12000 full AA/AF. It just can't reproduce a screenshot at that setting.

Question - Is the game capped at the original uncompressed screenshot size of 5.67 MB? Is there a way (or cvar settings) to get around this and take screenshots at 1600x1200 6AA/16AF?

System:
Asus N7S
AMD XP2500 OC'ed to 3200
9800 Pro 128 MB (tried ATI 4.12 and Omega Drivers)
1 GB OCZ dual DDR 400
XP
Latest BIOS
Latest nForce2 chipset drivers