diff --git a/neo/framework/Common.h b/neo/framework/Common.h
index 1f75164e..2eedf254 100644
--- a/neo/framework/Common.h
+++ b/neo/framework/Common.h
@@ -214,9 +214,11 @@ public:
 	// Called repeatedly as the foreground thread for rendering and game logic.
 	virtual void				Frame() = 0;
 	
+	// DG: added possibility to *not* release mouse in UpdateScreen(), it fucks up the view angle for screenshots
 	// Redraws the screen, handling games, guis, console, etc
 	// in a modal manner outside the normal frame loop
-	virtual void				UpdateScreen( bool captureToImage ) = 0;
+	virtual void				UpdateScreen( bool captureToImage, bool releaseMouse = true ) = 0;
+	// DG end
 	
 	virtual void				UpdateLevelLoadPacifier() = 0;
 	
diff --git a/neo/framework/Common_local.h b/neo/framework/Common_local.h
index cd34a0f3..590f3e9b 100644
--- a/neo/framework/Common_local.h
+++ b/neo/framework/Common_local.h
@@ -148,7 +148,9 @@ public:
 	virtual void				Quit();
 	virtual bool				IsInitialized() const;
 	virtual void				Frame();
-	virtual void				UpdateScreen( bool captureToImage );
+	// DG: added possibility to *not* release mouse in UpdateScreen(), it fucks up the view angle for screenshots
+	virtual void				UpdateScreen( bool captureToImage, bool releaseMouse = true );
+	// DG end
 	virtual void				UpdateLevelLoadPacifier();
 	virtual void				StartupVariable( const char* match );
 	virtual void				WriteConfigToFile( const char* filename );
diff --git a/neo/framework/common_frame.cpp b/neo/framework/common_frame.cpp
index 4d053fee..a1968f50 100644
--- a/neo/framework/common_frame.cpp
+++ b/neo/framework/common_frame.cpp
@@ -349,7 +349,8 @@ idCommonLocal::UpdateScreen
 This is an out-of-sequence screen update, not the normal game rendering
 ===============
 */
-void idCommonLocal::UpdateScreen( bool captureToImage )
+// DG: added possibility to *not* release mouse in UpdateScreen(), it fucks up the view angle for screenshots
+void idCommonLocal::UpdateScreen( bool captureToImage, bool releaseMouse )
 {
 	if( insideUpdateScreen )
 	{
@@ -361,7 +362,9 @@ void idCommonLocal::UpdateScreen( bool captureToImage )
 	gameThread.WaitForThread();
 	
 	// release the mouse capture back to the desktop
-	Sys_GrabMouseCursor( false );
+	if( releaseMouse )
+		Sys_GrabMouseCursor( false );
+	// DG end
 	
 	// build all the draw commands without running a new game tic
 	Draw();
diff --git a/neo/renderer/RenderSystem_init.cpp b/neo/renderer/RenderSystem_init.cpp
index b5de4e09..c10b83e1 100644
--- a/neo/renderer/RenderSystem_init.cpp
+++ b/neo/renderer/RenderSystem_init.cpp
@@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@ void R_ReadTiledPixels( int width, int height, byte* buffer, renderView_t* ref =
 			else
 			{
 				const bool captureToImage = false;
-				common->UpdateScreen( captureToImage );
+				common->UpdateScreen( captureToImage, false );
 			}
 			
 			int w = sysWidth;