Is there any way to increase the allowable prim use on Mainland?

[Izaria Claremont]

Hello!

 

I recently upgraded to premium membership, and am wondering whether there is any way to increase the allowable prim count on my plot in Mainland.

If so, is anyone aware of whom I would contact for details, and how much it would cost monthly to do so?

 

Thanks!

 

Izzy

[beethros Karas]

Welcome to secondlife and to secondlife answers!

The only way to get more prims for your parcel is to buy another parcel in the same sim. (No need to be bordered)

Then you join these 2 parcels and it works.

That means you will incrase your monthly tier fee to LL of course.

Cheers, wish you a lot of fun in your Secondlife!

beethros Karas

[Rolig Loon]

Not at all.  The prim allowance on any parcel (strictly, its Land Impact allowance) is a function of its size.  For every 4.376 sq m of land, you get to rez one prim.  If you want to rez more than you are allowed, you have to get more land.  It's a good incentive to learn how to economize.  Look for the highest quality you can buy, as always, but shoot for the lowest land impact.  Don't buy a 20 prim sofa when you can get a great mesh one for only 1 or 2 L.I.   If you don't really need your lovely helicopter all the time, keep it in inventory until you DO need it.

[Lindal Kidd]

The others are right.  Prim carrying capacity depends on the size of the parcel, within a given region.  And the prims of a free Linden Home can't be increased at all, because you can't buy more land on those regions.

However, there are a couple of situations that can at least feel as if you're increasing your prims without buying a bigger piece of land, and neither of them requires a Premium membership.

- You can rent land from another resident.  Many landlords are willing to increase the prim  allowance of a rental property, in return for a higher rental payment.  In effect, you are "renting prims" rather than renting square meters.

- You can look for land with a prim bonus.  Some estate owners keep part of a region vacant, and allocate prims from it to other parcels on the region, in effect creating land that comes with more prims per square meter than the "standard."