[CONTEST] Screenshot of the Week!

[Tomonor]

Screenshot of the Week
Next SotW:
Week #28
Week's theme: We are discontinuing the themed SotW rule. From now on, feel free to submit any kind of X4-related screenshot for this contest.

Attention, residents of the X-Universe!
Get ready to showcase your in-game photography skills and creativity because we're thrilled to announce the launch of our weekly Screenshot of the Week contest!
Starting this week, and every week thereafter, you'll have the chance to participate in our exciting competition where your stunning screenshots could take center stage.

How to Participate

• Simply take captivating screenshots in-game.
• Post your entries on our designated platforms.

Contest Timeline

• The contest kicks off right after the previous winner has been announced and runs weekly.
• Entries close every Friday at 12:00 PM CET.

Winner Announcement

• We'll unveil the winning screenshot(s) every Friday by 2:00 PM CET.
• Keep an eye out for our announcement on the Main Page, the Official Forum, Discord's media channel, and Twitter.

Prizes & Recognition
The winning screenshot(s) will be featured prominently:

• On our Main Page.
• On our official Discord's media channel.
• On our Twitter/X account.
• On our Youtube communty channel.
• On our Facebook page.
• On our TikTok.
• On our Instagram.
• On our Mastodon.
• On our Bluesky.
• Plus, the winning picture will receive special editing, crediting you as the talented author behind the masterpiece.

Important Rules

• By sending a screenshot, you consent to that screenshot being used for in-game or marketing purposes by Egosoft.
• We will only pick 1 entry per participant per week, so make it count!
• Remember to add #SOTW to your entry in Discord to participate!
• Make sure your screenshots remain uploaded until friday 12:00 CEST, when we download and evaluate the entries!
• Please refrain from using ship mods / other visual mods in your entries!

How to take a screenshot

• If you are playing the game(s) via Steam, you can simply press [F12] to have your screenshot taken. Steam will give you the option to upload your pictures right away.
• Another simpler way is to use a special program that can save images directly to your chosen folder. For those with Nvidia GPUs, there's a program called Nvidia GeForce Experience that does this automatically. Once it is enabled, you can take screenshots just by pressing [ALT+F1] by default.
• Just in case you wish to do it the classical way, which copies the captured image into the operating system's clipboard, you need to press the [Alt+PrtScr] button combination on your keyboard. After that, you will need an image editor program (such as MS Paint) to insert to and save your image.

How to showcase your screenshots

• We gather the weekly SotW entries on the Official Forum and on our Official Discord.
• If you'd like to share your entry on the forum, you'll need to upload the image to an external image hosting service first. We recommend using Steam, because it only captures your screenshot, but also uploads it to their online space right away.
• In case Steam is not an option for you, we recommend using imgur.com because it's a user-friendly alternative and doesn't need you to create a profile. Just drag and drop your image onto the website, and it'll upload for you. Then, all you have to do is reply to this thread with the link to your image included in the post. Easy peasy!
• If you wish to participate on our official Discord, you first have to navigate to the #media channel and then simply drag and drop the image into the text field - but don’t forget to comment #SOTW along with your entry so that we can easily filter it out!

Tips and Tricks

• If you want your entry to stand out, you should disable the Cockpit [CTRL+H] and HUD [SHIFT+H] before taking the picture. Unless of course, you intentionally want these to be part of the picture by means of creativity.
• You can use the external camera view [press the F2 key once or twice], the target camera view [F3 key] or the stationary camera [F4 key] where you can pose your ship yourself.
• Here's another way to take more professional-looking pictures: Equip your ship with a trusty Paranid Mass Driver weapon. This weapon acts like a zoom lens for your in-game camera, helping you focus better on your subjects. It narrows the field of view and brings the background closer, essentially separating your subject from the background a lot better. It's like having a "portrait mode" for your space photography!
• We generally do not disallow the usage of image editing / image enhancing softwares, such as Adobe Photoshop, NVIDIA Ansel, and Reshade. Just be cautious with special effects as it's easy to go overboard. Overusing effects can lower the picture's quality and even disqualify your entry - so, use them wisely!

Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to showcase your skills and have your work recognized by the community!
Best of luck to all contestants, and may the most awe-inspiring screenshot win!

Hall of Fame:

[NilusBavarius]

Greetings,

May I ask if there are any rules about the used version of the game where the shot is taken (has to be up to date 6.x branch with new lighting)?

Cheers,
Nilus

[Terre]

I'll kick things of with a blast from the past.

Going Postal

[Tomonor]

Greetings,

May I ask if there are any rules about the used version of the game where the shot is taken (has to be up to date 6.x branch with new lighting)?

Cheers,
Nilus

No such rule

[Baddieus]

I'm in ...

Here's the full 4K jpg: https://flic.kr/p/2pzimKf



=Baddieus=

[Zloth2]

Do custom logos count as 'ship mods'?


(click the image for the full resolution)

[adeine]

I'm not sure if they're up to snuff since I don't have any screenshots with maxed out settings/Ansel or anything, but I do have some from regular gameplay that I think are nice.


(click for full resolution)

Here is a close up I took of one of my scrapping operations which I felt really captures that industrial space city vibe.

[CulunTse]

Count my Plushie in too!
They finally got to meet Queen Polypheides this week. They were highly honoured and rendedered speechless!

(not technically a screenshot, and abhorrent phone quality in a darkened room, but I still think it fits the idea)

(click for imgur full resolution)

[chew-ie]

..unshackled Borons

[Prisoner849]

https://ibb.co/JHrd8L0

Beast's jaw

[Baddieus]

One of my Boron stations in Rolk's Demise: https://flic.kr/p/2pxvkph



I hope 2 submissions is ok this week ...

=Baddieus=

[Sirius61]

The longest Journey
(original image 1920x1200, ingame 2880x1800, Reshade)

[chew-ie]

I hope 2 submissions is ok this week ...

=Baddieus=

Actually .. no, see OP:

Important Rules

• We will only pick 1 entry per participant per week, so make it count!

[Tomonor]

I hope 2 submissions is ok this week ...

=Baddieus=

Actually .. no, see OP:

Important Rules

• We will only pick 1 entry per participant per week, so make it count!

Heys, sorry about the difficult circumstance my wording has gotten us. 'We allow multiple entries per participant, but we will only pick 1 winning picture' - is what I meant.

However, considering the insane amount of entries we have received on Discord in particular, I will have to think about limiting the submissions to '1 entry per person per week' as you said.

[Baddieus]

I will have to think about limiting the submissions to '1 entry per person per week' as you said

I'm good with that, just found what I thought was a better this time ... will keep it to 1 a week after this one.

Thanks,

=Baddieus=

[Ormac]

Well I did three (I think) this week over at discord. I'll be improving my submission process in the future.

[Tomonor]

Hello Everyone,
The first winner of the renewed Screenshot of the Week has been chosen:

Phipsz from Discord, who contributed the following picture



Next SotW:
Week #09
Week's theme: "FIGHT!"
Special rule: ONLY VANILLA X4 CONTENT

[nemo1887]

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/vnhzvafs ... mxh6h&dl=0

[Alan Phipps]

@ nemo1887, the screenshot theme now is FIGHT.

[gorgofdoom]

It's a bit old but here's a favorite:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/ ... 2298578357