Help on Taking Screenshots

Well, just in case the people that get the game, and want to post screenshots of certain things, this should help out.

First, while in gameplay, when you see something you want to take a screenshot of, push the Print Screen button to the right of F12(not sure for Macs)(note, there will be no notification when you push the print screen button, it will appear as if nothing happens).

To get out of the game, the thing that should work is pushing alt + tab, and it should minimize the game during play(not sure if it pauses the game or not, so you may want to pause it).

Next(once out of the game), go into a picture editing program(like paint, photoshop, microsoft paintshop, etc.) and then go to edit paste. If the paste button is not able to be clicked, then it should work once you go to file, new, and it opens a new file, and then it should be able to be pasted.

Then, go to file save, and save the picture as whatever you want to call it, and then you can close the program if you want.

For online Hosting:

It seems people are having trouble. Now, I know of at least five hosts that allow you to put images on neoseeker:

Go ahead and to one of these sites(or wherever you have web hosting), and upload them to the website. The sites below are ones that are very good and that allow external linking.

Netfirms (25mb upload, 1 gig bandwidth, external linking)(requires Microsoft Frontpage upload along with FTP, more difficult than the others)


Posting an IMAGE.

Enter the following markup:

[*img]http://djrampella.tripod.ca/5-1.jpg[*/img]

Without the *'s, the above markup would result in:



Posting a Linked Image


Here's the markup needed:

[*img link=http://www.tinrib.com]http://djrampella.tripod.ca/5-1.jpg[*/img]

Without the *'s, we get:




NOTE: When posting the address of an Image, always include the http://, and the file extension (.jpg etc)


How to put a picture under your name(avatar)

Well, due to the amount of people asking how to have an avatar, I felt like I'll post the steps here.

First, click prefs on the top of the page.

Then, click scroll down and click Edit your profile pic (avatar) here, and then upload your pic from your computer, and make sure it is no bigger than 25kb in size, no larger than 65 by 65 pixels, and that it is either in jpeg or gif format.

Then make sure that in the prefs section, make sure under the customize settings section, you have yes selected for Include Profile Pic in Forum postings.

Then, your avatar should show up underneath your name.

Signature Help

Ok, to get a signature to show up underneath everyone of your posts, ...

First, click prefs at the top of the page(or link)

Next, scroll down to the customize settings section, and in the text box labeled Signature, put what you want in your signature there.

Then, to make sure that your signature is always clicked when you post a message, scroll down to the Posting Form Preferences section, and click yes next to Select Signature by Default.

Now you should have a signature.

If anyone still has problems with any of these, go ahead and send me a NeoPM.


Note: I do not have the game yet, so some of the in game things I posted about may not be correct, so if anything I posted is wrong, go ahead and tell me.

Help courtesy of Random and fanatic.

This message was edited by fanatic on May 26 2002.

quote fanatic

Imagestation (allows unlimited upload, unlimited bandwidth, and external linking, but not full size)

Ohyeah and one more thing,
Weighting system in sig.

- The Weighting system allows you to put a max. of 255 charicters, or points, in your post

- Each charicter counts as one point, a charicter is how many times you hit a button on the keyboard.

- Tags do not take up space, except for div. and color tags.

- Each breack in lines count as three points

- More than three line breaks count as fifty points

- image weight in system:
Base weight: 15 points
larger than 20: 25 points
larger than 50: 100 points
larger than 75: 175 points

wow i never knew that:(
and u can do it anywhere not just gta3
thanks fanatic;)

Although there is already the official markup help page, I feel that a markup post is needed. In all examples below, replace the () type of brackets with the [] type.

Making text BOLD
To make text appear bold, you will need to use this piece of markup:

(b)Bold text(/b)

The result of this piece markup would be: Bold text.

If you forget the correct markup tag to use when you want to make text bold or you just don't want to type it out, click the button which can be found just under the "message" section when starting a thread or posting a reply.

Italicizing text
To make text appear in italics, you will need to use this piece of markup:

(i)This text is italic(/i)

The result of this piece markup would be: This text is italic.

If you forget the correct markup tag to use when you want to italicize text, or you just don't want to type it out, click the button which can be found just under the "message" section when starting a thread or posting a reply.

Underlining text
To make text appear underlined, you will need to use this piece of markup:

(u)Underlined text(/u)

The result of this piece markup would be: Underlined text.

If you forget the correct markup tag to use when you want to underline text, or you just don't want to type it out, click the button which can be found just under the "message" section when starting a thread or posting a reply.

Quoting
There are two types of quotes, the first type is the standard way in which the text that you are quoting is between two lines. Use this piece of markup for the standard quoting method:

(q)This is where the actual quote goes.(/q)

This would result in:

quote

This is where the actual quote goes.

Instead of typing the basic quote tags out all of the time, you could always use the button under the "message" window when posting a reply to a thread or when you are creating your own.

The other type of quote would be an advanced quote which displayes the originator's name above their quote. To do this, you will need to use this piece of markup:

(q)(originator=Name of originator goes here)Their quote goes in this space(/q)

The result of this markup would be:

quote Name of originator goes here

Their quote goes in this space

An easier method of quoting someone in the forum would be to click the " QUOTE" button which is located in the bottom right hand corner of the person's post. When clicked, the "Reply to a thread" screen will come up as normal, but your reply will contain the other person's quote complete with all of the nessesary markup tags!

Linking
There are two methods of linking in the forum. One type would be to just display the address that you wish to link to. To create a "clickable" link, you will have to use this piece of markup:

(link)http://www.neoseeker.com(/link)

It will look like this when posted: http://www.neoseeker.com

If you need to link to a thread, then obviously this method is not very practical as thread URLs are quite long so the best method would be to turn a word into a hyperlink. To do this, just use these markup tags: (I will link a word to the GTA3 Topic Listings Thread in this example)

(link name=GTA3 Forum Topic Listings)http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/index.php?fn=view_thread&t=77918(/link)

The link would look like this when posted: GTA3 Forum Topic Listings

As writing the markup for this everytime would be difficult if you didn't know the correct markup tags well, you can always click this button: which is the forth button along under the window that you write the text for a reply in. When you click this button, the advanced linking markup tags come up in the window where you are writing your reply and all you need to do is fill in the correct information for the link.

Changing the font color
To change the color of your font, then this piece of markup will be required: (this example will show how to turn text red)

(color=red)Red text will appear here(/color)

This will look like this in the forum: Red text will appear here

There are many other colors that can be used on the Neoseeker site apart from red. For a list of these colors, click this drop-down menu: . When you have selected a color that you wish to use, click on it from this list and the correct markup tags should appear in the "message" window for you.

Signature Help
As signatures have been discussed in previous posts in this thread, I will not go into detail however, I would just like to address the most common cause of the question: "Why isn't my signature showing up in a post?". If you have made a signature correctly and you cannot understand why it is not being appended to posts, then the probable cause is that the box just above the "Submit" button is not ticked. This box looks like this: and it must be ticked for your signature to appear on your posts.

Posting
When you have finished writing your post, all you have to do is click the button and your post/thread will be added to the thread/forum in seconds. Before you click the "submit" button though, you should firstly make sure that everything is spelt correctly in your post. To have Neoseeker do this automatically, click the button which is located to the far left of the "Submit" button. If a mistake is found, a suggestion of what the word is suppose to be will be presented to you and you will have the option of changing it after all, what good is a post in the forum that nobody can read?

So, you have checked your spelling and you think you are ready to post but there is one more thing that you should do before you click that "Submit" button, you should look at a preview of what your post is going to look like to make sure that markup has been used correctly. "How on Earth do I do this!?" I hear you cry! Simple. All you have to do is click the button which can be found on the "Submit" button's immediate right.

Errors
Have you just posted and noticed that you have made an spelling error or a markup error? Don't panic! Many people see that they have made a mistake and they just re-write the correct version in a new post. THIS IS NOT NECESSARY! In the bottom right hand corner of your post, you should see a " EDIT" button. All you have to do is click it and you will be able to edit your post and remove the errors.

Troublemakers
As some experienced Neoseeker members and myself will tell you, you will always find troublemakers in popular forums. Many troublemakers wait until forum moderators go offline so they are free to cause trouble in a forum without the risk of their posts being deleted instantly however, what they sometimes forget is that we as members have the power to take their posts out of public view so only moderators can see what is included in them. If you see an offensive post or a post which may be offensive to others, click on the " REPORT" button which can be found at the bottom of somebody's post. If you have above a certain number of posts, you will be able to take the post out of view completly so only a moderator can see what it contains. If you don't have enough posts to do this, you can still flag the offensive post for moderation without taking it out of the view of others.

NeoPM
The term "NeoPM" means "Neoseeker Private Message". It is used to communicate directly with another member of Neoseeker and is only available for members. Your {Inbox} can be accessed by clicking "my.neoforum" which is at the top of the page when you are logged in. After you click that, you should see a link to your inbox in the top right hand corner of the window. If you have recieved a new NeoPM, you will see this icon: on the left of the "my.neoforum" link. If you click this flashing piece of paper, it will take you directly to your inbox.

To send a NeoPM to another member, you can do it one of two ways. The first way is to find one of the members posts and look under their name. If you see this icon: then you can click it and it will take you directly to a blank NeoPM message window which will allow you to write and send your PM. If this icon does not appear under their name, then you will need to go into "my.neoforum" and click on the "Send a New Private Message" link in the top right hand corner of the window. You will then have to manually fill out the name of the member who you wish to PM.

Thank you for reading and I hope that my information has helped.

TNT Note: If you want to know something that is not covered in this post, then please do not hesitate to NeoPM me and I will add the information that you require to this post.

Don't even think about reporting this post again...¬_¬ -Dynamite

This message was edited by Dynamite on Dec 07 2002.

*CLAPS*
Nice work Dynamite, I'm sure that will be very helpful...
Maybe I can copy and paste all that and paste it in the GTA3 Forum and claim its mine:D
JP, good job;)

This message was edited by Bizzybone702 on May 25 2002.

Very nice piece of work indeed. Keep up the good work Dynamite!

All of this did help. Good job.

quote fanatic

[color=navy]push the Print Screen button to the left of F12

quote Random

quote fanatic

[color=navy]push the Print Screen button to the left of F12

I think fanatic types with his keyboard upside down.

quote Random

I think fanatic types with his keyboard upside down.

Here's something that should be helpful to all those experiencing troubles with their installs.

quote DigitalD

I just received a good tutorial from Liquid Corpse (a friend of mine) on how to install and get GTA3 PC working smoothly. It's a very thorough tutorial, and it'll help all you folks with problems such as the text in the menus doesn't show up properly etc.

Seagrave - Is GTA3 your Daddy.... Good luck optimizing your game, if you're having troubles.

I just scrolled up...

Dynamite you sad git.

quote Random

quote fanatic

push the Print Screen button to the left of F12

I think fanatic types with his keyboard upside down.

quote Random

I just scrolled up...

Dynamite you sad git.

quote Random

Dynamite you sad git.