stlshayne
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I recommend visiting what is out of the continent so far, and really paying attention to the landscaping and whatnot. What they have done and are doing is very impressive, and not at all cut-and-paste. Each region is unique and tailored and very detailed. Be patient, and be on the lookout for when things drop. Things will get faster the more used they get to this project, but it's still important none of it be rushed.
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I would like to see some more community areas that allow temp rezzing (perhaps, a time limit after the rezzer leaves the area? would cut down on spamming significantly, and as long as we keep the rule that "must be in theme" it would keep these areas from becoming sandboxes). I think it could be very beneficial to have a place that is not a home where community members can congregate and mingle, but still allow rezzing, be it for community events, or taking a photo, or things in those families. I think room could be made going forward, for these types of areas too, since there seems to be pretty wild differences between the number of lots of each region (can go as low as 3 if its coastal, and the max seems to be 26 parcels per region). Not fool-proof, of course, but I do think it would be neat if, for example, community members could all congregate at a small park and throw a cookout or whatnot.
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My favorite part was when, out of nowhere, it links to to make your own thread, for whatever reason.
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7 hours ago, Pixels Sideways said:
Be like Oprah: You get a home and you get a hoe and YOU GET A HOME!!!
This, however, is a very interesting idea, though I am afraid you just made a typo.
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Just now, Daniel Voyager said:Could be a new shopping area
Based on everything we know, I'd be very surprised if we saw any sort of retail on the continent. I'd be open for some fictional mock-ups of stores, though. Who knows what will happen ultimately. It certainly wouldn't feel very urban if there weren't any 'stores' or nightlife or more community areas.
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3 minutes ago, animats said:
I think that's what made it work. Look at the old Linden Homes continents on the map. About one green dot per 50 sims. Few people use those places much. Now look at the map of the new continent. There's always something going on. I see a boat or a plane or a land vehicle every few minutes. There are usually five or ten people nearby.
💯. If the houses were given out through some sort of "lottery" system, there's no guarentee they'd be half as active as they are now. With them being active, though, the Moles get to see how the continent actually gets used, so they can plan ahead (such as finding out just how popular houseboats would be) as they make it. I'm sure they're noting what style houses people favor and whatnot, as well as taking suggestions of what people want to see in the continent. Those sorts of things would be very hard to do if they just waited and released it all at once.
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This limited roll out has helped in how the future homes and regions will be developed. They are able to listen to community feedback, and also fine-tune the bugs they had, instead of roll it out to everyone a year from now, and have the bugs happening to 10x the number of people (and taking 10x as long to get to everyone as a result).
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Some of us in the Bellisseria Citizens group were speculating that this area might end up being a sort of urban/downtown area. The double streets might be some sort of a mian street, and if you notice, the lots seem to be quite close together with what might be alleyways in between them.
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11 minutes ago, RaeLeeH said:
The sky is really striking in this! Do you remember if you used a specific WL setting?
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1 hour ago, LittleMe Jewell said:
I don't have any issues with the people that have and use sky boxes rather than their houses. They pay for the Premium membership and thus they are entitled to a Linden House - and these new ones allow sky boxes. I simply hope that they go ahead and use a bit of their LI to landscape it a bit so it doesn't look obviously empty (or maybe do like one person did and put in a lot of tall grass with a broken down lawnmower).
Question for those of you that would like to restrict it in some way: Would it bother you as much if there were already more houses than was needed, nobody waiting for one? Is it mostly rubbing you wrong because you are still waiting for one and thus someone is (in your eyes) wasting what you could put to good use?
I'm of a couple minds about this actually. I don't take major issue with it, but I am a bit bummed that their living situation just ends up making the continent feel more empty. For me, and I imagine many others, the exciting part of this is the communal feel, and it's a bit of a bummer when it feels like your neighboring houses are just never going to be sold (because spoiler: they already were sold, and are just empty and with no one ever in them). People can do whatever they want, of course; it's their right. You could even make the case that if they were forced to live on the land, they might not make good use of it and the spirit/theme of the continent, and it is also possible that they are just waiting for houses to be released that will suit their needs (be it a beach house, or something more urban, or something more open layout). But I would also be all for there being a more hidden "I just want a skybox and I'll be happy" section for premium users, so everyone gets what they want.
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2 hours ago, Eowyn Southmoor said:
As a test earlier today, i flew up to just over 2000m altitude in my region then increased my draw distance... and i was surprised by how many skyboxes and sky platforms were up there. I am glad we can't see them from the ground, but I guess it shows that even with a nice home, some people still like living in boxes
Aren't we all just living in boxes, maaaan? exhales smoke
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You know, this thread may have been opened for this reason or that, but I'm honestly curious how many users the first rollout did seat. How many homes + houseboats were in it? It's good trivia if nothing else.
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That little cafe is adorable. If I had money and an alt, I'd totally open up a pub... Moles, do you hear me? Don't force us to drink at home!
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1 hour ago, Sylvia Tamalyn said:
This entry, by Jeremy Linden in the Knowledge Base, seems to say the opposite: that checking these means those on the outside of your parcel cannot hear you. You can still hear them, I believe. https://community.secondlife.com/knowledgebase/english/parcel-media-r41/
- Sound: Restrict gesture and object sounds to this parcel - Enabling this means an avatar needs to be on this parcel to hear gesture and object sounds originating from within it. This is useful if you have environmental ambience like birdsong and don't want to disturb the neighbors, or if you have an Adult-rated establishment and prefer that passerby don't hear sexually explicit noises. As cautioned above, maturity ratings take precedence.
As far as I know, this is true. I have this checked, and I still hear police sirens at times from (honestly) across the continent at times (I don't mind unless it goes on for over 30 minutes, after that it's like... you just must be a bad police officer, why have you not taken care of this crime?). Also gestures and whatnot. Not sure if those are happening in parcels or public land, but as far as I am aware, this setting is only restricting sounds from your own parcel.
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I am actually super happy with the location I landed. I managed to get in relatively early, and with water access but still in the middle of the continent, figured 'okay. this is it. if I reroll, I am not going to get this lucky again.' So I'm settled for now. That said, with more themes coming in the future, I am (very, very, very much) hoping we get some more urban styles/areas, and do expect to reroll over to that area if it happens.
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In the content pack, a match for the texture on the skirting would be lovely.
Also, perhaps we could get some lower Li versions of the styles of trees used on the continent. I'd ask for the trees themselves.. but some of them are a crazy 22+ Li, and I don't think many would use them in that current version. If there were some that at least fit in (doesn't have to be an exact match) I'm sure they would be greatly appreciated and widely used, and help preserve the look of the continent, instead of people trying (and maybe failing) to find close matches.-
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Just now, kiramanell said:
I actually just got a traditional one. Had to abandon it, as it was just an inferior shed (so unlike many of the other homes I saw there). So, I kept tryng, and 5 minutes later, a new tradional home opened up. Lo and behold, it was the same inferior one! (Guess the next owner decided to abandon it immediately too).
So, I guess this has become a pointless endeavor: the ones that open up now are just no good (which is why ppl leave them).
You can change the home type from the mailbox...
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3 minutes ago, Chic Aeon said:
Well many of us "think" there are trailers in the works. The current guess is 512 "lots" for the folks that just want to move over from old Linden Homes and have a 512 (maybe a business) that they want to keep. It is seemingly plotted out at SSP84 and before there were trees, there were "trailer like" rectangles on the map -- more numerous than would be on a 1024 plot sim. Later they added the flora and road and the buildings disappeared. Blush figured out that the "trailers" (now gone) would fit perfectly into the mix. You might know all that of course.
Re the commercial aspect, we have ideas on that to on the SSP thread. Honestly I don't care about actually being able to buy things (there may be a deal that LL -- and moles can't SELL things other than freebies and freebies would be good ----- BUT I do agree that some sort of commercial area even if just empty buildings is needed for emmersiveness. Right now ALL we have are homes. Many many homes. Very pretty --- but somehow that is ODD. All roleplay areas that I have been in have commercial areas (either real or just facades) to make things more authentic.
Likely The Lab has already thought about this and possibly the area over at SSP that we "think " might be commercial is one of the places that will become so.
Fun to watch.
PS. I haven't read this thread so my comments may have already been stated :D.
Some fake stores would be very cute. Imagine a little supermarket, or a bookstore or something.
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I'll take 5 photo threads over 20 "hey why can't I get a new Linden home?" threads.
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7 hours ago, Blush Bravin said:
Rez zones for air, sea and land vehicles. Urban looking areas with large loft type spaces for homes. Wooded mountain area with smallish cabins and little streams for fishing.
Yes, yes, yes! I want nothing more than an open-floorplan brick loft. Urban areas would be a great alternative to the current suburban theme.
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14 hours ago, Chic Aeon said:
I found the post mentioned by Patch.
Clicked on "Patch Linden" to get his feed list.
Found the date mentioned.
Here is the post. You can easily read ALL of Patch's posts that way.
In the thread called LINDEN HOMES.
EDIT: The exact quote would be "coming very soon" as you can see.
Thank you. I hope people make it this far in the thread so they can see that Patch did indeed say that they are coming "very soon."
I don't mean to be a stickler for words or anything, but with how the rollout has been, I've seen people really cherrypicking LL's language and whatnot. Like "soon," "in the near future," ect. A lot of not-exact phrases are thrown around by both parties, so I feel its pretty important to be specific, especially when the "when do i get my home?" crowd is usually understandably frustrated or anguished. -
I have seen others say that LL has plans in the future to greatly expand the area/continent. I would totally be down for a section to be planned ahead of time that is seasonal. Could not be done retroactively with the current homes though.
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2 minutes ago, Chic Aeon said:
Said by Patch here on the forums not long after that official post.
You know, the forums where smart folks hang out so that we can actually KNOW what is going on (or as much as possible anyway).
Sorry. Just getting tired of all the complainers.
The forums (while sometimes toxic) are some of the best places to get info in SL. BUT you have to actually WATCH them to learn what you need to know.
I'm not complaining. I already have my home. But if they want to claim that they will be ready "shortly" they should quote where Patch said they they will be ready "shortly." 🤷♂️
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On 4/18/2019 at 1:51 PM, WillowTenage said:
There will be more shortly, be sure to follow this thread and receive emails
You may be lucky, by refreshing the selection page for getting your linden home. For right now, it is just showing the older homes, but I refreshed it a few minutes ago and saw the newer house there, a boathouse may show up as well because people abandon them. Good luck
Nowhere in that post does it say "shortly" FWIW.
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How soon is soon.....
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So, likely Wednesday?