Hands disappearing and then never coming back? (Quest 2)

[Ursling]

Does anyone face this issue where their hand will disappear and will just stay in place and never return to your body? I am using a Quest 2 connecting to PC with Steam Link and my friend is facing the same issue.

Unfortunately I have no idea how to replicate this issue, it just happens randomly. Still haven't found a reliable way to get the hand back unless I fully restart. Worst part is it is impossible to play since you cannot reload.

Anyone know a fix? :(

[PsychoticMNTman]

Hey did you find a solution? The same thing is happening to me but only the right controller. I am using a quest 3 with steam link. It is repeatable in my case, and only happens in an active game. It is stable and usable in the lobby for whatever reason.

[Ursling]

Originally posted by PsychoticMNTman:

Hey did you find a solution? The same thing is happening to me but only the right controller. I am using a quest 3 with steam link. It is repeatable in my case, and only happens in an active game. It is stable and usable in the lobby for whatever reason.

So I noticed that both in the menu of Steam VR and Oculus it could detect my controllers perfectly fine, but not the game. The only conclusion I could come to is maybe the game is somehow trying to track my hands instead of my controllers? So I went into Oculus settings and I found a setting called like "Double tap to enable hand mode" or something and since turning it off I've only had 1 issue with my hands disappearing, and that was 3 days ago.

I don't want to say this is THE fix as I have no proof if this has actually improved my issue or I've just gotten lucky as of recent, but you might as well give it a shot and let me know your experience with it.

[FriendCalledFive]

A friend of mine found that if the headset or controllers leave the guardian area it happens. If you stay in the guardian it is fine.

[radiosnowcone]

Did anyone figure this out completely? It's definitely happened when not leaving my boundry, and it's violently interesting and completely game breaking.

[Ursling]

Originally posted by FriendCalledFive:

A friend of mine found that if the headset or controllers leave the guardian area it happens. If you stay in the guardian it is fine.

I wouldn't say this is 100% accurate. Yes I agree I lose it when I leave the guardian, but it also disappears while in it. I *think* it's when your camera loses line of sight of your controllers.

Originally posted by radiosnowcone:

Did anyone figure this out completely? It's definitely happened when not leaving my boundry, and it's violently interesting and completely game breaking.

I would give the disabling hand tracking a try, it seemed that when I played last it happened significantly less but it wasn't an 100% reliable fix. But I have no idea if this is pure coincidence and I just got lucky with them not disappearing.

[MV]

Another possible cause is bad Bluetooth connection between controllers and PC.
I just got a PS VR2 with PC adapter and got freezing/disappearing hands/guns quite often. Even with a TP-Link UB500 Bluetooth adapter. Need to look for another more reliable Bluetooth adapter.

[Skintillion]

Same issue. PC, Quest 3, Steam Link. Right controller just seems to get stuck unless I press menu, then it moves to where it should be, and then when I close menu it's stuck there now.

Very frustrating. I'll try turning off hand tracking.

[Kobs]

Have you tried taking out the batteries in your controllers and putting them back?
It works with my G2 controllers

[Mal]

I am having this issue as well pc quest 3 steam link happened to my left hand and ive not found a fix for it but in my menu it tracks just fine tab back into the game and its not working at all