RPG Maker 1 Screenshot Tutorial
created by Lord Ixzion

P1. Quick Info
P2. What You Need
P3. How to take screenshots
P4. Cliché Ending Notes

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P1. Quick Info

    This tutorial was made by Lord Ixzion and can only be displayed
    on:

    http://www.rpgmmag.com 

    without permission. To get permission, email me at lord_ixzion@rpgmmag.com 
    with "RMag" in the subject line. Otherwise, I'll delete it as spam.

    This guide is no-frills, if you couldn't tell already.


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P2. What You Need
A.  1 P2 or higher computer with a CD-ROM drive or better with MS Paint
    or another graphic program

B.  1 copy of ePSXe, which can be found at http://www.epsxe.com

C.  1 "RPG Maker CD-ROM"


Breakdown:
A.  Look, you need a computer to do this. If you're looking at this and
    don't know what a computer is, then...wow.

B.  This is the trickiest part of the whole deal. You see, ePSXe is an
    emulator. Emulators are not illegal. However, ePSXe needs the BIOS
    of Sony's Playstation to work correctly. Now, if you are legally
    in possession of a Playstation, then you can dump the the BIOS using
    a Gameshark or Pro Action Replay. Or you can simply look for one on 
    the internet somewhere. The filenames are: scph1001, scph7502. Either
    should work for you.

    Also, if you need help with the setup of ePSXe, then read up on it
    on the official ePSXe site. Setting up the emulator for your shots
    takes time and tinkering, as every computer's setup is different.

C. I'm sure you have a copy of RPG Maker, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't
   care about this FAQ.

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P3. How to take screenshots

    Once you've set everything up with ePSXe, open up MS Paint (or other
    program) and just leave it open. 

    Open up your CD-ROM drive and put in RPG Maker (make sure ePSXe is
    pointing to the drive you put the game in!).

    Run ePSXe with RPG Maker. Play the game like you normally would. When
    you get to a point where you'd like to take a screenshot, press the
    PrintScr button. Get it? Print Screen? Anyway, minimize ePSXe (it's usually
    Escape, but it's different for different plugins) and go to MS Paint.

    Once in MS Paint, go to Edit >> Paste. The screenshot that you took
    will now show up! Crop the picture as you wish or just leave it alone.
    Either way, save the picture like you would a normal image. A small note,
    though, is that if you save the picture as a .jpg, it will lose a little
    color. I recommend saving it the first time as a .bmp or .png and then 
    resaving with a different name as a .jpg.

    Wash, rinse, repeat until you're done.

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P4. Cliché Ending Notes

    I'd like to thank myself for writing this tutorial. I'd like to thank you
    for reading it, I suppose.

    RPG Maker Magazine is so awesome, it'll make your face explode.

    How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

    And.......I'm done.

    Copyright 2005 Lord Ixzion/Davien Stith