what is "Region - Buy Down"?

[Alexios Donardson]

i opened the region floater and i noticed this on the region tab. what does 'buy down' mean?

EDIT: i'm using v4.0.2.312297 and the region i noticed it is Paris Land



[Rolig Loon]

You don't get down from Second Life. You get down from a duck. <insert rim shot here>

I'm guessing that it's a secret code of some kind.  If you poke around too much, they'll have to kill you.

[Innula Zenovka]

What viewer are you using?   I'm using the Official viewer and just see this:



and is there anything out of the ordinary about the region -- is it for sale or anything like that?

[Whirly Fizzle]

I've never seen that before & no idea what it means.

I see the same on that region though.

If I had to guess, I'd say it meant the region was grandfathered or was on some other special reduced tier rate.

[Whirly Fizzle]

From any region, if you dump caps to log (Develop -> Consoles -> Capabilities info to debug console) & poke in the session log for the ProductInfoRequest URL, you can pull a list of all those region flags.

C:\Users\Whirly> curl -sk https://sim8922.agni.lindenlab.com:12043/cap/38e04b90-f6b9-c33b-d71a-83740d30be62 | xmllint -format -<?xml version="1.0"?><llsd>  <array>    <map>      <key>description</key>      <string>Mainland / Full Region</string>      <key>name</key>      <string>mainland_full</string>      <key>sku</key>      <string>023</string>    </map>    <map>      <key>description</key>      <string>Estate / Full Region</string>      <key>name</key>      <string>estate_full</string>      <key>sku</key>      <string>024</string>    </map>    <map>      <key>description</key>      <string>Estate / Openspace</string>      <key>name</key>      <string>estate_openspace</string>      <key>sku</key>      <string>027</string>    </map>    <map>      <key>description</key>      <string>Grandfathered / Homestead</string>      <key>name</key>      <string>estate_homestead_pre20090701</string>      <key>sku</key>      <string>029</string>    </map>    <map>      <key>description</key>      <string>Estate / Full Region - Developed</string>      <key>name</key>      <string>developed_estate_full</string>      <key>sku</key>      <string>121</string>    </map>    <map>      <key>description</key>      <string>Estate / Homestead - Developed</string>      <key>name</key>      <string>developed_estate_homestead</string>      <key>sku</key>      <string>123</string>    </map>    <map>      <key>description</key>      <string>Estate / Openspace - Developed</string>      <key>name</key>      <string>developed_estate_openspace</string>      <key>sku</key>      <string>125</string>    </map>    <map>      <key>description</key>      <string>Mainland / Openspace</string>      <key>name</key>      <string>mainland_openspace</string>      <key>sku</key>      <string>127</string>    </map>    <map>      <key>description</key>      <string>Mainland / Homestead</string>      <key>name</key>      <string>mainland_homestead</string>      <key>sku</key>      <string>129</string>    </map>    <map>      <key>description</key>      <string>Linden Homes / Full Region</string>      <key>name</key>      <string>linden_homes</string>      <key>sku</key>      <string>131</string>    </map>    <map>      <key>description</key>      <string>Estate / Full Region - Skill Gaming</string>      <key>name</key>      <string>gaming_estate_full</string>      <key>sku</key>      <string>141</string>    </map>    <map>      <key>description</key>      <string>Grandfathered / Full Region</string>      <key>name</key>      <string>estate_full_grandfathered</string>      <key>sku</key>      <string>224</string>    </map>    <map>      <key>description</key>      <string>Estate / Homestead</string>      <key>name</key>      <string>estate_homestead</string>      <key>sku</key>      <string>229</string>    </map>    <map>      <key>description</key>      <string>Estate / Full Region - Buy Down</string>      <key>name</key>      <string>estate_full_buydown</string>      <key>sku</key>      <string>324</string>    </map>    <map>      <key>description</key>      <string>Estate / Homestead - Buy Down</string>      <key>name</key>      <string>estate_homestead_buydown</string>      <key>sku</key>      <string>329</string>    </map>  </array></llsd>

So hmm, doesn't appear to be anything to do with a Grandfathered region, that will display as "Grandfathered / Full Region".

 

[Whirly Fizzle]

"Romantica Island" also has the "Estate / Full Region - Buy Down".

That region has been there a long time & it's also owned by one of the large estates.

[Rolig Loon]

Mystery SOLVED!  >>> https://community.secondlife.com/t5/Featured-News/Want-Lower-Tier-Now-You-Can-Get-Grandfathered-Land-Rates/ba-p/3019148