taking and saving multiple screenshots into a folder in game play

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1

I am trying to take screenshots in game play and save them all into a folder.
this is my v basic code so far:

private float allowedScreenshots;

void Update () {
for (int i = 0; i < allowedScreenshots; i++)
{
if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(1))
ScreenCapture.CaptureScreenshot(“Screenshot” + i + “.png”);
}
}
when i play the game it is saving the last screenshot and saving it as Screenshot9.png. I understand it is only saving the last thing and I need to be keeping them as the loop goes but I don’t know c# very well and I am stuck! Also the counter is going up even when I don’t click I think??

I am a complete novice, help is much appreciated!

2

The code that you have will take allowedScreenshots number of screenshots of the same frame and always name them as “Screenshot#.png”, where # is a number less than allowedScreenshots. This happens because you are taking screenshots in the same frame, because you call it in Update().

The correct approach is to store in the class the number of the last screenshot taken, and not use a loop at all::

public class ScreenShotter : MonoBehaviour {

    [SerializeField] private int maxAllowedScreenshots = 1; // set it a value in the Editor

    private int nextScreenshotIndex = 0;

    private void Update () {
        if (Input.GetmouseButtonDown(1) && nextScreenshotIndex < maxAllowedScreenshots) {
            ScreenCapture.CaptureScreenshot("Screenshot" + nextScreenshotIndex + ".png");
            nextScreenshotIndex++;
        }
    }

}

Btw, a recommendation: don’t use float data type for numbers that should only be integer, it is sub-optimal and confusing. As there is no such thing as a partial index or screenshot, the screenshot number related variables should be int.