Exavor Diesel

May 29, 2022

That computer should be more than capable of running SL. Often when I hear/read people complaining about lag, it soon comes to light they're running SL on a non-gaming spec computer with sub-optimal settings. This is not the case here.

Others have pretty much got it covered here on what to check but it's important to narrow down what kind of lag you have, e.g. server side (unlikely), network or hardware. The suggestions above will help you identify this but in Firestorm there's also a basic lag meter you can access by clicking at the top-right.

It may also be worth trying a different viewer such as Alchemy as a test to see if it performs better. Personally I found it to perform much better as it makes better use of the GPU but sadly it's somewhat lacking on the feature front, so I went back to Firestorm instead. May be worth a try though.

Also and unrelated to the above suggestion - How good is your internet connection? SL isn't too taxing on modern internet connections these days and providing you have at least 5Mbps on the downstream, you should be fine assuming it's consistent & reliable. That said, if you have a dodgy WiFI connection susceptible to interference and/or drop-outs then this too will cause problems with SL given that everything is streamed to your client/viewer. To rule this out, you can try connecting to your router via ethernet if you haven't already done so. (though again, really need to narrow it down to determine if we're dealing with network related lag)

May 27, 2022

Rental price reduced. Now just L$1000 per week!

May 24, 2022

Thought I'd start a new thread although there's similar speculative threads on what people think they might see in Premium Plus. This one is little different - what would you like to see in Premium Plus?

Personally, I'd like to see:

New exclusive adult continent linked to Zindra, similar to Horizons. - Perhaps 2048 sqm per parcel with double prims. Available to purchase to anyone with Premium Plus. Beach/island theme with access to sailing areas. Give it a Blake Sea look & feel and it will sell like hot cakes
2048 sqm inclusive tier allowance
Increased number of groups
Weekly stipend of L$500
Linden Lab hosted radio/stream
Ability to list parcels for rent on the map/search
Access to a Linden Lab hosted rental/payment system with integration with land management tools (Similar to Casperlet but with better integration with parcel/land management)

These are just a few I'd like to see. Some I know will never happen as they may have legal implications or require a lot of dev work, but it's nice to dream. Would be interested to hear other people's ideas.

May 23, 2022

No longer for sale.

May 23, 2022

⭐️ RARE Horizons - Adult - 1024m - 1404 Prims - SUNRISE + SAILING! ⭐

Looking for an adult parcel with extra prims? I have a fantastic 1024sqm QUADRUPLE prim parcel (1404 prims) available for rent in Horizons, ideal for home or commercial use. Can also accommodate several skyboxes + sailing access. It benefits from a sunrise view and is protected on three sides, with access to the adjacent Linden road & sea.

Type: 3x Protected Horizons (Adult) / QUADRUPLE Prim Bonus / Sunrise view + roadside access
Maturity: Adult
Size: 1024sqm
Prims: 702
Skyboxes: Permitted
Commercial/Residential use: Permitted
Breedables: Permitted
Rental: L$1200 (per week)

SLurl: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Horizons Pluto/248/233/23

Please contact me in-world if you have any questions or require assistance.

Thanks

May 22, 2022

On 5/16/2022 at 6:12 PM, Lord Derryth said:

Misinformation, as I have run numerous tests on all viewers. Alchemy was the preferred viewer for less lag. Upon gathering information, it's been said; Alchemy utilizes the GPU more over CPU. This is why the viewer offers more FPS and eliminates some of the lag. Firestorm was by far the worst viewer when it came to lag despite the average FPS. The Second Life viewer is literally nonexistent since textures take forever to load and lacks features that are QoL like Animation Overrider which is essential in eliminating extra huds that kill FPS and causes more lag.

We were told that moving up to the cloud would make things easier, faster and more reliable. Unfortunately, that has become false, and we are seeing far worse lag than we did before. There needs to be an explanation as to why there will be days of perfection as if my sim server is in my home running on my network and then most of the time the server feels it's on planet Pluto. One of my friends that worked as real estate agent said, "We received a memo stating prices may drop once we go to the cloud." What happened, why didn't the prices drop? Is it because of inflation and they are abusing the customer/user by keeping the prices high while paying less for servers?

Again, I appreciate the trolls not chiming in with comments about not getting a sim or leaving it for business. I use a sim for pleasure, and I enjoy building urban city. It's come to a point where $300 is not worth spending on a sim that is in constant lag and can barely hold more than 10 people with low script count. In the end, it always comes down to "wow, you have a lot of scripts running, that's your problem." Why can't it ever be, "Well, SL is old, the coding is old and nothing will ever work."?

I guess you did not endure mainland prior to the move to the cloud? Sim crossings were painful. They're still not seamless but gone are the days when you'd find yourself constantly flying uncontrollably across sims as soon as you cross a border. SL has come a long way since then, in part due to the move to the cloud.

The hardware is better but that doesn't mean everything else stands still. We now have higher resolution textures, more complex avatars, more detailed mesh designs and that's just to name a few - oftentimes these are not optimised to meet end-user hardware limitations.

Imo the weakest link is end-user hardware, more often than not. A lot of people still run SL on non-gaming spec computer hardware. Of course they're going to suffer with lag if they do not keep their settings low. I brought this up before only be told "SL is not a game!" -- try telling your computer that! I have a 2 year old mid-spec gaming laptop and I think it's fair to say SL gives it a good spanking. Even in the depths of winter, I can turn off my radiator because my laptop is sufficient to keep my room heated. The weakest link is probably not AWS infrastructure.

May 22, 2022

Definitely looks under 18 to me also. I'm not surprised many sim owners have a zero tolerance policy for avatars which may potentially look under 18, particularly if they have a moderate/adult theme. Surely this is a good thing?

Also, avatar height on SL is deceptive. This is because many residents have avatars far in excess of average heights in the real world. If you are 5'5" in SL (which is more or less average female height in many western countries), you will look below average/very short on SL and this will not help in terms of convincing people that your avatar is intended to look 18+.

May 22, 2022

⭐️ CHEAPEST Horizons - Adult - 1024m - 702 Prims - CORNER ⭐️️

Looking for an adult parcel with extra prims? I have a fantastic 1024sqm double prim parcel (702 prims) available for sale in Horizons, ideal for home or commercial use. Not only does it benefit from having a double prim bonus, it also has a sunset view and is protected on three sides, (actually it's 3.4x protected) with access to the adjacent Linden road & river. This is a reasonably priced parcel being one of the lowest priced 3.4x protected parcel in Horizons. List price for parcels like this is circa L$140k at present.

Type: 3.4x Protected Horizons (Adult) / Double Prim Bonus / Sunset view + river & roadside access
Maturity: Adult
Size: 1024sqm
Prims: 702
Price: L$113,000

SLurl: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Horizons Pluto/71/234/27

Please contact me in-world if you have any questions or require assistance.

Thanks

May 22, 2022

Now available at L$950 per week

May 21, 2022

This parcel is no longer available but I have a similar one linked below.

May 21, 2022

⭐️ Horizons - Adult - 1024m - 702 Prims - SUNSET - For Rent ⭐️

Looking for an adult parcel with extra prims? I have a fantastic 1024sqm double prim parcel (702 prims) available for rent in Horizons, ideal for home or commercial use. Not only does it benefit from having a double prim bonus, it also has a sunset view and is protected on three sides, with access to the adjacent Linden road & river. This is a reasonably priced parcel being one of the lowest priced available to rent currently in Horizons.

Type: 3x Protected Horizons (Adult) / Double Prim Bonus / Sunset view + river & roadside access
Maturity: Adult
Size: 1024sqm
Prims: 702
Skyboxes: Permitted
Commercial/Residential use: Permitted
Breedables: Permitted
Rental: Only L$450! (per week)

SLurl: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Horizons Pluto/71/234/27

Please contact me in-world if you have any questions or require assistance.

Thanks

May 21, 2022

Thanks though I didn't win this one on auction, had it a while. It sold today however.

May 20, 2022

⭐️ CHEAPEST Horizons - Adult - 1024m - 702 Prims -SUNSET ⭐️

I am selling a parcel in the exclusive area of Horizons. It is currently the lowest priced parcel in Horizons but doesn't compromise on quality, being a 3x protected roadside with sunset & partial sea view with protected Linden land on 3 sides.

Type: 3x Protected Horizons (Adult) / Double Prim Bonus / Sunset view
Maturity: Adult
Size: 1024sqm
Prims: 702
Price: L$99,999

SLurl: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Horizons Obern/58/48/38

This is currently being offered below market rate and is on sale at this price for 24 hours only. Not accepting offers.

Please contact me in-world if you have any questions or require assistance.

Thanks

May 16, 2022

Hey, thanks for your message. I will drop you a IM in world.

May 16, 2022

19 hours ago, Coffee Pancake said:

The bulk of really good plots are still in the hands of the people who bought them at launch.

Horizons was a gift to land barons, which is why it failed to take off despite having almost everything that made Belli a roaring success. Even now, if a Horizons parcel gets actually abandoned, you can't put a claim in for it as a neighbor, it MUST go to auction where some investment group will suck it up for a premium.

Hmm not so sure. Looking at the map right now there's in the region of ~150 avatars in Horizons, not including the info hubs. Compare that with Bay City which is virtually empty right now. (sadly) For me there is a real sense of community & life in Horizons, unfortunately the same cannot be said for many areas in SL as you no doubt already know.

As for abandoned parcels in Horizons, albeit a rarity - you can put in a claim but LL will likely receive interest from other individuals too and on that basis they will put them on auction. - I don't blame them. If they can take L$70k+ out of the economy, that's L$70k+ that won't be making its way to a Tilia account any time soon. So rightly or wrongly, it benefits LL to send them to auction. If that helps to keep SL afloat, then why not?

18 hours ago, Quistess Alpha said:

The way I'd think about it is how long it'd take the landlord to make a return on their investment. Assuming tier is negligible (it isn't but it makes the math easier) Renting at 700/week will make back an initial investment of 150,000 (somewhat low at the moment) in a bit more than 4 years. Given the challenge of actually finding someone to rent the parcel from you, and the long time window, it doesn't really seem like it makes that much business sense to buy the parcel just to rent it.

I'm one of those "landlords" though not particularly a fan of that term. I rent out my parcels in Horizons at competitive rates and I don't expect rental returns to cover the cost of purchasing the parcel as you quite rightly made evident with your calculations. It does cover tier which indeed isn't negligible and will always be a factor for any land dealer. If a parcel sits empty, it still costs the land dealer tier and that is a problem land dealers cannot simply ignore.

Location is everything. A parcel in a good location at a reasonable price will rent out. That said, if the parcel sits vacant for any length of time, I sell it and buy something else and if I'm lucky prices will have risen over time. It doesn't always work out that way and may also take time but so far it has enabled me to build a portfolio of nice parcels while being able to rent them out at competitive rates for the benefit of other residents.

For me it's just for fun. My rl job pays my rl bills and that's it. Some land dealers take it far more seriously and do make a rl living out of it but I'd hazard a guess they are few and far between and probably a lot smarter than I. The real winners are LL and good for them. - There would be no SL without them.

May 15, 2022

36 minutes ago, Claireschen Hesten said:

I was just checking out prices there's some lots under L$100/sqm quite a few lots at L$500k and one person is asking L$1000000 or $4149 for a plot 😱

Some of those will be rentals. Landlords often put them up "for sale" at such prices so that they appear on the map, then in the parcel name they will often put the rental price and more often than not it will be reasonable in comparison.

Of course this would not be necessary if it were possible to make it so that parcels available for rent appear clearly on the map, in the same manner as parcels listed for sale.

Here is an example. Some may say L$700 p/w is still too high for a 1024sqm parcel with 702 prims but when you consider the landlord likely paid a premium to purchase that grid edge parcel, (albeit probably not L$488k) I'd argue that it's reasonable.

May 15, 2022

This parcel is now available for sale or rent.

May 14, 2022

May 14, 2022

⭐️ Horizons - Adult - 2048m - 1404 Prims - RARE - For Rent ⭐

Looking for an adult parcel with extra prims? I have a fantastic 2048sqm (2x 1024sqm) double prim parcel (1404 prims) available for rent in Horizons, ideal for home, commercial or club use. Not only does it benefit from having a double prim bonus, it is also situated in a secluded & elevated location and benefits from being protected on all 4 boundaries. This means neighbours cannot build or directly obstruct the parcel on any of the parcel borders. Parcels like this are rarely available.

Type: 4x Protected Horizons (Adult) / Double Prim Bonus / Elevated & secluded location with good sunset view
Maturity: Adult
Size: 2048sqm (2x 1024sqm)
Prims: 1404
Skyboxes: Permitted
Commercial/Residential use: Permitted
Breedables: Permitted
Rental: L$1000 (per week)

SLurl: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Horizons Halo/162/119/31

To rent this parcel, please pay the green meter and contact me to be added to the land rez group. Any questions, please let me know.

Thanks

Exavor Diesel

May 7, 2022

Reduced to sell.

May 5, 2022

⭐️ CHEAPEST Horizons - Adult - 1024m - 702 Prims - CORNER ⭐️

I am selling a parcel in the exclusive area of Horizons. It is currently the lowest priced parcel in Horizons but doesn't compromise on quality, being a 2x protected roadside corner and looks on to a protected Linden nature reserve to the south. It also benefits from nice neighbours surrounding the property.

Type: 2x Protected Horizons (Adult) / Double Prim Bonus / Roadside corner
Maturity: Adult
Size: 1024sqm
Prims: 702
Price: L$105,000

SLurl: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Horizons Neptune/181/247/23

This is currently being offered below market value and is on sale at this price for a short time only. Not accepting offers.

Please contact me in-world if you have any questions or require assistance.

Thanks

May 2, 2022

⭐️ Horizons - Adult - 1024m - 702 Prims - ROADSIDE CORNER - For Rent ⭐️

Looking for an adult parcel with extra prims? I have a fantastic 1024sqm double prim parcel (702 prims) available for rent in Horizons, ideal for home or commercial use. Not only does it benefit from having a double prim bonus, it is also situated on a roadside corner making it protected on two sides with easy road access. This is one of the lowest priced parcels to rent in Horizons, without compromising on quality.

Type: 2x Protected Horizons (Adult) / Double Prim Bonus / Roadside corner
Maturity: Adult
Size: 1024sqm
Prims: 702
Skyboxes: Permitted
Commercial/Residential use: Permitted
Breedables: Permitted
Rental: Only L$400 (per week)

SLurl: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Horizons Neptune/181/247/23

Please contact me in-world if you have any questions or require assistance.

Thanks

May 2, 2022

This parcel is no longer available but I do have a similar sized parcel available here but with double prims. (1024sqm + 702 prims)

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nautilus - Kothar/24/34/23

April 23, 2022

⭐️ Nautilus City - DOUBLE PRIM - SEA VIEW - 1024sqm⭐

Looking for a home or office space on the exclusive island of Nautilus City but don't want to pay a premium price?

I have a fantastic 1024m parcel with double prims benefiting from a view of Blake Sea beyond the adjacent protected Linden gardens. Now available for rent. This parcel is situated in an exclusive area of Nautilus City but not at a premium price and premium membership is not required. It benefits from being more than 3x protected and has a double prim bonus. This is an affordable parcel in Nautilus City to rent yet doesn't compromise at all on quality..

Type: 3x Protected Nautilus City Seaview Parcel with double prims
Size: 1024m
Prims: 702
Residential/Commercial: Yes
Breedables: Yes
Maturity rating: Moderate
Rental: ONLY L$450 p/w

Link: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nautilus - Kothar/24/34/23

n.b.: The parcel currently has a hedge around the perimeter. This can either be retained or returned if preferred.

Please contact me in-world if you have any questions or to be added to the land group.

Thanks

April 23, 2022

⭐️ Horizons - Adult - 1024m - 702 Prims - SUNSET - For Rent ⭐️

Looking for an adult parcel with extra prims? I have a fantastic 1024sqm double prim parcel (702 prims) available for rent in Horizons, ideal for home or commercial use. Not only does it benefit from having a double prim bonus, it also has a sunset view and is protected on three sides, with access to the adjacent Linden road. This is a reasonably priced parcel being one of the lowest priced available to rent currently in Horizons.

Type: 3x Protected Horizons (Adult) / Double Prim Bonus / Sunset view + roadside access
Maturity: Adult
Size: 1024sqm
Prims: 702
Skyboxes: Permitted
Commercial/Residential use: Permitted
Breedables: Permitted
Rental: Only L$400! (per week)

SLurl: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Horizons Obern/84/17/40

Please contact me in-world if you have any questions or require assistance.

Thanks

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