EDMC-Screenshot

A plugin for EDMC that detects screenshot events are converts them to PNG format

• The plugin takes the existing screenshot file and generate a new name based on the selected mask
• The converted file can be saved to a different directory or drive from the orginal file.
• The original file can optionally be deleted after conversion
• The plugin can trigger screenshots on a timer
• Displays the image and a preset crop
• Click on the crop so save the crop

Installation

Download the latest release, open the archive (zip) and extract the folder to your EDMC plugin folder.

To install a downloaded plugin:

• On the Plugins settings tab press the “Open” button. This reveals the plugins folder where this app looks for plugins.
• Open the .zip archive that you downloaded and move the folder contained inside into the plugins folder.

You will need to re-start EDMC for it to notice the plugin.

Configuration

Go to file/settings and put in:

• the directory where the screenshots are stored in game
• the directory where you want the converted screenshots to go
• Choose whether to delete the original file
• Group files by system directory
• Hide the user interface
• Choose a file mask
• Instruct the timer to use High Res Screenshots (not recommended)
• Enable Debugging (not recommended) C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp\EDMarketConnector.log

To Do

• Add defensive code in case the directories do not exist or are otherwise invalid
• Add option to have a high and low res version when the game saves hi resolution
• Add an options to save thumbnails
• Option to add planetery coordinates to the file name
• Configure additional crops

Elite Dangerous Screenshot event format

{
  "timestamp": "2017-08-26T03:12:19Z",
  "event": "Screenshot",
  "Filename": "\\ED_Pictures\\Screenshot_0255.bmp",
  "Width": 1920,
  "Height": 1080,
  "System": "Ceos",
  "Body": "New Dawn Station"
}