EDMC-Screenshot
A plugin for EDMC that detects screenshot events are converts them to PNG format
- The plugin takes the existing screenshot file and generate a new name based on the selected mask
- The converted file can be saved to a different directory or drive from the orginal file.
- The original file can optionally be deleted after conversion
- The plugin can trigger screenshots on a timer
- Displays the image and a preset crop
- Click on the crop so save the crop
Installation
Download the latest release, open the archive (zip) and extract the folder to your EDMC plugin folder.
To install a downloaded plugin:
- On the Plugins settings tab press the “Open” button. This reveals the plugins folder where this app looks for plugins.
- Open the .zip archive that you downloaded and move the folder contained inside into the plugins folder.
You will need to re-start EDMC for it to notice the plugin.
Configuration
Go to file/settings and put in:
- the directory where the screenshots are stored in game
- the directory where you want the converted screenshots to go
- Choose whether to delete the original file
- Group files by system directory
- Hide the user interface
- Choose a file mask
- Instruct the timer to use High Res Screenshots (not recommended)
- Enable Debugging (not recommended) C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp\EDMarketConnector.log
To Do
- Add defensive code in case the directories do not exist or are otherwise invalid
- Add option to have a high and low res version when the game saves hi resolution
- Add an options to save thumbnails
- Option to add planetery coordinates to the file name
- Configure additional crops
Elite Dangerous Screenshot event format
{
"timestamp": "2017-08-26T03:12:19Z",
"event": "Screenshot",
"Filename": "\\ED_Pictures\\Screenshot_0255.bmp",
"Width": 1920,
"Height": 1080,
"System": "Ceos",
"Body": "New Dawn Station"
}