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This is a pic using the in-game camera and no interface except the achat logo
Useful tip in game camera angles
Did you know, using your mouse as below, allows you to look around the public and private rooms and get some great screenshots:
A) Right click + Hold – Moves camera Up & Down, Left & Right
B) Central Wheel held down – Rotates Camera
C) Central Wheel scroll – Zooms in and out
D) Left click – This does not work your camera. This just works your cursor, for example seeing member profiles ; moving your chat box , leaving the roomDon’t worry if you get in a muddle, just click on one of these icons below and you can start again, it just needs a bit of practice
Eye icon – First person view ; Cam 1 shows side view ; Cam 2 shows the opposite side view.
The in-game Achat Camera and the mysterious hidden Screenshots folder
In the game you may have noticed a camera.
It will take pics of your game play and you can use the directional arrows and zoom in and out to find the pic you like.
The advantage of using this camera is it will get rid of all the tools you use to play. It will clear the interface for a better pic.
Lightshot and “prt sc” will not have this advantage and instead will have a more limited space for your pic.The issue with it is, it automatically saves to a mysterious folder you can never find again.
The problem is that AChat installs the saved images in an Achat screen AppData which is a hidden folder by default.Well here is a solution:
Those who don’t know how to find that elusive Achat screenshot folder – try this
Create a short cut to your achat screen shots folder –
1. Open up Achat Game & take a screen shot using your game camera (Camera icon, bottom right). This will open your Achat Screen shots folder.
2. On the folder browser bar at the top, above the pics, right click on screen shots and from the drop down menu click on “Copy address as text”
3. Then Right click on a spare space on your desk top – choose “New” ; then choose “Shortcut”
4. A pop up box appears to create your short cut.
5. Paste (ctrl+V) the “address” into the “location of item” box – it should look something like this
C:\Users\YOUR NAME\AppData\Local\AChat\Screenshots
6. Click next to finish the shortcut. Then Give the new short cut a name like “Achat Screenshots”
7. Click finish to complete the short cut and a new icon folder will appear on your desk top.
8. If you wish to, you can drag it into the same folder that hides your Achat Game.
9. If you wish to create a folder to store the Achat game and screen shot folder –
From step 3 above choose “New”, then choose “Folder” and a Folder will appear on your desk top.
Name it as you wish and drag your games & screen shots folder into it that you do not wish to be on open display on your desk top.Happy Achat Pics.
How to take a pic of your Screen or Avatar to post or PM or upload to your game profile.
1. Open an account with IMGUR. See above for the link. Its free and ideal for this purpose. – I’d advise to use your forum username and remember an easy password. You will need to provide an email too. Use you game email.
2. Make a new folder in your “Pictures” on your PC. To do this, find or search for your “ Pictures” Open it up and in a vacant space, right click to bring up a menu. Click on “New” “Folder” and name it “Achat Pics” or something you can easily remember. Then close that down.
3. Most PC’s have “windows paint” but you can also download for free “Bandicam” and / or “Gimp” which is more advanced.
4 For ease, we are using Paint here. Search for “paint” bottom left of your screen and it should find your PC Paint App. (App means Application) The icon is shown as a paint pallet and paint brush.
6. Click on that and it should open your Paint program.Let’s have a quick lesson.
7. Minimize Paint, but leave it running. Then open Achat. You don’t have to log in, just let it load or you can log in and room. Once AChat is loaded:8. Take a screenshot – if in a room, turn the camera till you find the right view you want, then press the “Print” button on your keyboard (or “stamp”, depend where you live!). Usually it’s placed near the “F12” button. It also can have “prt sc” on it.
(This is where it might be useful to download the free Light shot to take screen shots. See above for the link)
Take a screen shot of the AChat page and then left click and a square will appear for you to size up your pic and the image you want.8. Once happy with the result, click on save which is the square icon at the bottom of the pic, to the left of the X. A gateway will appear to your PC. Find your Achat Pics” Folder and save there.
9. Open up the folder where you have saved the pic and you should see it in the folder, Click on it to open up. Then right click on the image and choose “copy” from the drop down menu.
9. Bring your paint programme back up by clicking on the paint icon at the bottom of the page. Try pasting the pic into Paint by using CTRL + V keys to paste. The image should appear in “Paint”
10. At the top of the Paint page you should see Crop. It may be grey at this point which means it is inactive.
Left click and hold on the image in paint and drag your cursor to surround the image you want and where you wish to crop. The Crop icon will now be active to use,
Drag the window for the selection you want and click on Crop. If you mess up, there is an undo arrow at the top of the screen. This takes some practice, but don’t give up. Use the square or rectangle and start at the left top edge, drag it around. You will find your own best practice and as you get better, you can practice with the other crop shapes if you want.
11. Click on the cropped pic, it gets rid of the part of the pic you don’t want.
12. Then use SAVE AS in File on the top bar, to save it. But save it in JPEG (JPEG uses less kb’s than the default PNG). Save it. Just remember where you saved it to. I would probably save it to Achat Pics folder, you made earlier.13 – If you want to upload a profile pic to Achat Game – You have to have paid at least once to play, have a valid subscription and enough A$ in your account.
Login in the AChat main web page and in the right corner of the screen under “Upgrade & Buy A$” & “ Account Manager” you will find “Character picture upload”. Hit it and follow the instructions that appear. Be sure you have 99 A$, as it costs to upload personal pics. You don’t need to use IMGUR for this process. It just needs to be saved to your PC.Back to posting a pic in forum
14. Go to IMGUR & log in to your account. Click on “New post” in green on the left. A pop up box appears . Click on ” Choose photo or video” and it opens a gateway to your PC. Find your pic in the Achat folder and Follow the instructions for it to upload. Give your IMGUR Album a name and don’t forget to click on “Hidden” so its hidden from public view.
15. Once done, right click on the uploaded image to copy the URL (Unique Reference Link) for your pic. Choose the “Copy image address” from the drop down menu that appears.
16. Open up Forum and the topic or PM ( Message ) you wish to answer or send. Paste ( Control / Ctrl+V ) it in your Forum ” Message ” or ” Reply” box. The URL/http address will appear.
17. Then surround it with the insert image code. Replace ( with < and ) with >
(img src=” YOUR HTTP ADDRESS “/)
Write, whatever text you want in your post and click “Submit” once.
Refresh the topic by going back a page and then return to the page you posted in and your image should show as the last post.