I recently upgraded my gaming pc and monitor, but my favorite background screenshot is distorted on the new monitor and went to take a new one but for some reason when I hit Alt=Z the UI will not go away. I know that it is not my keyboard because I got the same result with 2 completely different keyboards. Is there some new setting in Windows 11 that I need to change? Any help would be appreciated! TYIA!!!
Go to Options and type Toggle user Interface in the search bar and see if the keybind is still alt+z
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That’s weird since it has been the default since day 1 and even pops up as a tip. Definitely suggest what Astre said. Search and see if its changed
Also, I have an nvidia graphics card with software that had Alt-Z for it as well. That could also be the case and you need to swap something on your side if anything else is popping up when you hit Alt-z
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Thank you Astre! I was able to key bind it to a dif alt+ key and that solved it!!!
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I unmapped my Caps-lock key and remapped my screenshots to that key.
Be sure to type this command to get the best quality screenshots (Aside from having Windows do them). The game’s default quality is 5.
/console screenshotQuality 10
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I am having this exact same issue too! The keybind was still set to Alt-Z but WoW simply isn’t recognizing my Alt key. I can still alt-tab like normal to change windows, too. So bizarre! I rebound it for now but am curious if anyone finds out how to fix it.
I was today years old when I learned this.
I have been playing this game for 17 years.
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I dont use wow itself for screenshots. I use steam and nvidia ansel. I take one of each because steam wont capture my nvidia filters and nvidia doesnt save with the same nomenclature as steam. So i open both in paint. Then i paste the ansel screenshot over the steam screenshot and save then upload to steam. After that my steam version has the nvidia filters uploaded.
I was using Reshade to take screenshots. It’s a shader injector, in case you never heard of Reshade, you can make the game look really good with it. I might actually reinstall it. No performance impact either since WoW is so old and optimized.
I use Reshade mainly for Fallout 4 and Skyrim to take screen shots. It’s basically mandatory if you want to screen archer.
I’m pretty sure the Oblivion Remaster uses something like Reshade to achieve the Unreal look. Unreal can’t run for jack squat in open world games, it struggles. Witcher 4 ain’t coming any time soon.
Nvidia filters do pretty much the same thing. If you have an nvidia card try ansel instead of installing an additional program.
Heres an example of the difference with and without the filters i use:
https://images.steamusercontent.com/ugc/2470878647716227308/A134329CB0BC65E55C08D2714C71AF6CD8ED2F68/
How many Nvidia filters are there? I doubt it is comparable to Reshade. What’s wrong with installing another program? It runs in the background anyway. They may not have an Nvidia card, they aren’t doing so hot these days.
I would say at least 20. I use maybe 8?
8 filters to achieve what you got in that picture? Interesting lol.
Color blind
Brightness/contrast
Color enhancement
Detail filter
special effect using a draw/artwork filter
Sharpen+ with texture option
This is from memory.
^ This.
If you’re on an Nvidia card, GeForce Experience will actually override the command in game. I had to swap my own to Alt+X.
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