punk buster screenshots

[{USI}_Zombie]

I modified pbss a little, min time is 200, max is 600, and I repositioned the screenshot to 85/35 so we can see the minimap, (I hope). If this doesn't work we can reposistion it again

[{USI}_Zombie]

after some experiments...it seems that if you can see the minimap, you can't see much else...so I'm gonna put it back

[{USI}_DirTyDeeDs]

hmm perhaps a wider resolution with capturing every other pixel (2) would make a large enough screenie to see some minimap?

krusher what resolution did you describe yesterday?
600x400?

[{USI}_Krusher]

640X480

[Onslaught78]

Its a balancing act man. It took me awhile to get my PBSS the way I wanted to. If you want, I can email you the config files I used to use.

Hope to catch ya on your server.

Later

[{USI}_DirTyDeeDs]

here are some examples to compare. Be aware. I removed the guid and hash # that accompany each pbss to protect the individuals.

examples 800x400 pixel 2 x50y50 (enlarged 160% for closer look)







examples 400x200 pixel 1 x50y50 (enlarged 160% for closer look)




I notice with the 800x400, much of the hud appears. too bad its such a terrible resolution.

I suggest trying 640X480 at pixel 2?1? at different coordinates


x60y25
x75y25
x60y40

if I understand these coordinates, they are illustrated as follows.

[{USI}_Zombie]

from the guide:

pb_sv_SsWidth 400 //[Requested pixel width of remote screenshots]
pb_sv_SsHeight 204 //[Requested pixel height of remote screenshots]
Width and height of the screenshot (This can't be much more as PB will reduce the ss size (400x204 and 320x240 are common)

punkbuster will reduce the size to 400x204

pb_sv_SsXpct 50 //[Percentage across screen for remote screenshots]
pb_sv_SsYpct 50 //[Percentage down screen for remote screenshots]
This is the area of the screen that a SS is taken. x=50 y=50 is dead center. x=99 y=1 would give the upper right corner (good for mini map).

Also setting either to 100 may not always work in some games and may result in a random position. There is a list of common positions later in this guide.

I really don't understand this part

pb_sv_SsSrate 1 //[Sample Rate for remote screenshots]
This is the number of pixels PB will get in the screenshot. A sample rate of 2 would grab ever 2nd pixel so it makes text hard to read. However you can get an 800x408 PBSS with the sample rate set at 2 as the result will be 400x204.

The maximum pixels in a screenshot that PB can take is approx 82,000 (width X height).

In newer PB client versions the maximum pixels has increased to approx 307,200 pixels which provides the abilty for a 640x480 or 748x408 PBSS at sample rate 1

Not sure if we have the "newer client" version, guess I can try 640x480 and see what happens. Notice on all the screens that are posted an attempted and resulting value.

[{USI}_Zombie]

I changed the resolution to 640x480 with sample rate of 1. I saw one of the screens this morning, and I thought I even posted one but in my undercaffienated state I guess I did it wrong. It looks pretty good but you still can't see the entire minimap.

[{USI}_DirTyDeeDs]

what coordinates did you use?

[{USI}_Zombie]

I used 50x50. Still needs some tweaking I guess

[{USI}_Zombie]

here is the screenshot I THOUGHT I posted this morning. This is 640x480 with player details edited out

[Onslaught78]

I set the size to 100 x 100 % and the sample rate to 2. Im in a rush to get to campus to lecture. I will post my configs and some screenshots from my configs after 1600 EDT. Later guys.