Maitreya Lara V4.1 hands

[ynysmore 0]

The hands update fpr V4.1 Lara doesn't work properly on my SL viewer.  The hands reach across and beyond the screen whether I'm wearing them or some other avatar.   What can I do about it?

[Rolig Loon 22,565]

We're not truly set up to answer questions about specific products or merchants here in Answers, but when a problem like this comes up our first question is usually, "Have you updated your viewer recently?"  Unless you are using a current version of the SL viewer (or a TPV based on it), you probably don't have Bento support, so a lot of avatar components will look wonky.  Go to http://secondlife.com/support/downloads/ to download and install the current viewer.

[ynysmore 0]

Thanks but it makes no difference.

[Rolig Loon 22,565]

4 minutes ago, ynysmore said:

Thanks but it makes no difference.

Hmmm..  Can you post a picture of what you're seeing, then? I can't visualize what you mean by "The hands reach across and beyond the screen ". 

[ynysmore 0]

[ynysmore 0]

The brown shape across the screen is an example.  Someone top right of the screen is wearing the hands.

 

[Whirly Fizzle 4,930]

In the top menu bar of the viewer, go to Help -> About Second Life (viewer name if using a TPV), click the "Copy to clipboard" button & paste all your system information into a comment here.

[ynysmore 0]

wow!  All very technical for me.  I don't have Firestorm on this computer.  Anyway thanks for the help.  I'll try it tomorrow and let you know if it's successful.  Thanks for the help either way.

[Lindal Kidd 12,367]

I think the problem is that whatever viewer you are using does not support Bento.  Use the current official Linden Lab viewer, Firestorm, or another viewer that has Bento functionality.

[Rolig Loon 22,565]

48 minutes ago, ynysmore said:

The brown shape across the screen is an example.  Someone top right of the screen is wearing the hands.

Whoa!  I don't even see any hands, unless that's what the brown thing is.  I wonder, though, are you by any chance using a AMD/ATI graphics card?  If so, quoting the fine support staff at Firestorm:

• Ideally, you should update (or downgrade) to Catalyst Drivers Version 14.4 - or better yet, one of the latest 15.x drivers, if they are available for your graphics card. We've had reports these drivers fix the bug. Visit this page more on this.
• Otherwise, go to Preferences - Graphics - General subtab - disable Hardware Skinning. This may result in a loss of FPS. Turn on the Statistics Panel using Ctrl Shift 1, disable Hardware Skinning and monitor your FPS. As this bug affects some non-rigged mesh items, and not all, you may determine that disabling Hardware Skinning is not worth the loss of FPS.

[Rolig Loon 22,565]

You don't need Firestorm.  I only mentioned their support staff because they were the ones who posted those instructions.  Either upgrade your AMD/ATI drivers as suggested or go to Preferences >>. Graphics in whatever viewer you are using to disable Hardware Skinning..  Unless, of course, you don't have a AMD/ATI graphics card, in which case this advice is irrelevant.

Edited May 29, 2017 by Rolig Loon