taking screenshot without steam

[king of nowhere]

many people advise to not depend on steam for ksp, and to instead copy the game folder somewhere else and use it from there.

i also wanted to test some small modding, and doing it on a copy was safe.

so, i went on and did the copy. but i tried taking a screenshot, and i can't. at least, the key does nothing. i checked in the input to make sure i have the right key, and i do. i checked in the screenshot folder, and there's nothing new there.

well, i assume that's because it's steam's screenshot folder. but besides confirming it's not taking screenshots, i can't do more.

so i have two problems: first, how to get the game to make screenshots again (there is a sound and notification when you make them, so i'm pretty sure they're not being taken). Second, where are those screenshots made.

I guess i could use the print key and copy the screen content on an image file, but it's clunky. i made thousands of screenshots, i'd rather have something more comfortable.

So, can someone explain me how to enable screenshots again from my copy game? thanks

[Cavscout74]

Should be F1 for the default screenshot key (and F2 to hide the UI).  There is no sound or notification for the in-game screenshots (vs the Steam screenshots).  The screenshots should be saved to the screenshot folder in the KSP directory of the copy you are playing. 

Edited May 19, 2021 by Cavscout74

[adsii1970]

If you are using Microsoft OneDrive, it also has its own screen shot utility that uses the <PrintScreen> button on your keyboard. That's what I use. But you still have to use <F2> to hide the game overlay if you do not want that stuff in your screenshot. It saves the captured images to your OneDrive/Pictures/Screenshots folder by default.