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How do I take a screenshot?

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Started by SonShadowCat January 04, 2002 08:09 PM

9 comments, last by SonShadowCat 22 years, 3 months ago

January 06, 2002 11:37 AM

> glReadPixels ist sloooooow

And writing a TGA file is not slow ? It''s for a *screenshot*, writing the file will take up 99.9% of the time. Using a pixel buffer instead of glReadPixels will make your screenshot a microsecond faster...

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