AMD 14.11.1Beta driver an secondlife

[Quinn Lysette]

hey if ur using an AMD graphics card why does havin hardware skinning on makes the avatars have missing bodys parts not all of them just some and with hardware skinning off the body parts are visible and everything looks better why? btw what is hardware skinning

[Dresden Ceriano]

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Quinn Lysette wrote:

what is hardware skinning

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At its most simplistic, hardware skinning tells your GPU to perform your avatar mesh's deformation instead of your CPU.  I don't know why it needs to be disabled for AMD cards, except that, for some reason, they obviously aren't preforming the deformations correctly... why, I've no idea.  Someone much more knowledgable than I will probably show up who can provide a more detailed answer.

...Dres

[Theresa Tennyson]

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Quinn Lysette wrote:

hey if ur using an AMD graphics card why does havin hardware skinning on makes the avatars have missing bodys parts not all of them just some and with hardware skinning off the body parts are visible and everything looks better why? btw what is hardware skinning

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Because AMD writes their OpenGL drivers by taping a paper lunch bag around a cat's head and having it walk around on a keyboard for a while. That's pretty well established by now. AMD has somehow broken rendering of rigged meshes in OpenGL in their last two betas. Considering that the cards worked before the new drivers and Nvidia cards have no problems, the location of the fault is pretty clear.

[Coby Foden]

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Theresa Tennyson wrote:

 

Because AMD writes their OpenGL drivers by taping a paper lunch bag around a cat's head and having it walk around on a keyboard for a while.

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That was hilarious!        :matte-motes-big-grin:

[Whirly Fizzle]

This is a known bug on the 14.11.1 beta Catalyst driver.

See BUG-7653 - Catalyst 14.9.2 and 14.11.1 Beta drivers will not render rigged mesh unless hardware skinning is disabled

[Quinn Lysette]

ok what about AMD 14.11.2Beta i just found it

[Whirly Fizzle]

No idea!

I dont have an AMD system to test.

Do you want to be first guinea pig? :smileytongue:

[Quinn Lysette]

AMD 14.11.2Beta im trying it now and its fixed i can see avatars with hardware skinnin on !!

[Whirly Fizzle]

\o/

I added a comment on BUG-7653 giving your results 

[Quinn Lysette]

spoke to soon it seems it works then its broke those idiots at amd dont know anything im gona reinstall windows the ccc is broked again and these drives are messed

[Blissful Enchantment]

What about seeing Mesh bodies with brown splotches all over them?  Since I updated my AMD drivers, I did have to unclick Hardware Skinning to see any mesh at all but now I see Mesh bodies with the brown splotches & shading.  Any other advice on how to fix this part?  Thanks a bunch!