Daniel Voyager

Here is the Ranch Railway network as of 24th April 2024. The north part of the Ranch sub continent railway is still under construction and more railway stations/railway line are expected to be built soon. The new railway stations listed below have rez points nearby and double tracks etc Click for the SLURLs to teleport to the railway stations across the Ranch sub continent (Far North) Wild Winds http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Wild%20Winds/36/180/24 Kersplash http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Kersplash/43/165/23 Seaweed http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Seaweed/60/95/23 Fish Sticks http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Fish%20Sticks/26/53/23 Lost Again http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lost%20Again/20/79/22 Goodge Reef http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Goodge%20Reef/62/25/22 * Marimba - connection to railway bridge and rez zone here - http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Marimba/43/120/26 Full Fathom Five http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Full%20Fathom%20Five/18/113/22 (Far South leads to underground railway tunnel) Briar Hill - (Loop around) http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Briar Hill/125/50/22 I'll update with new SLURLS soon.

I think Patch Linden mentioned back in March 2023 that there are 15, 114 first generation Linden homes occupied out of 41, 730. There was mention last year about the hubs being refreshed. Today the Bellisseria continent has over 8, 340 regions. It would be good to know how many second generation Linden homes are currently occupied ?. If the lab did decide to shut them down like in late 2025 or 2026 there needs to plenty of advance notice. The lab would have to come up with a really worthwhile moving package (any ideas?). Yes there would be some level of disruption that will become unavoidable. Bellisseria continent has passed the 5th year milestone now with thousands of regions and new homes. It's still set to grow further in the weeks, months and years ahead I'm sure. I think the lab have almost reached the right balance on available new Linden Homes Vs the old Linden Homes. Having enough supply is important to meet the demand of a possible shut down of the old Linden Home continents. It would be nice to hear a update from the lab on which direction it's heading.

Wednesday views from Calimari New Mediterranean Linden homes coming soon in SSPCheval Blanc. Topsail

🥳 Happy 5th Anniversary, Bellisseria 🥳

Historical maps of the Bellisseria continent back in 2018. Trip down memory lane. The first 80 SSP regions arrived on the grid on 19th/20th August 2018. Back then it was super secret project and many speculated this new land mass was something to do with Linden Realms or Horizons etc. In September 2018 the SSP continent grew from 80 regions to 384 regions. New roads, housing blocks, houseboat slips, lakes and more were put in from October 2018+. During September 2018 to December 2018 terraforming work took place. The new Linden homes first foundations were put in. Loads of houseboat slips were built around the outside during late 2018/early 2019. At the end of March 2019 the top half of the SSP continent was copied over and place between the Sansara continent and Jeogeot continent. 27th March 2019 The Bellisseria continent officially opens on 15th April 2019. Yay! Houseboat release on 15th May 2019. The Bellisseria continent is supermassive today. Here is the map of it as of Saturday 13th April 2024. It's been amazing to keep track of the Bellisseria continent over the past five years and it's going to be interesting to see how the Bellisseria continent develops over the next five years or so.

The Bellisseria continent has 2, 662 regions as of now according to Claire M von Second Life. Awesome work. I wonder how big the Bellisseria continent in Second Life will be this time next year.

If any Linden or Mole has a rough estimated timeframe of the future of the old Linden Homes continents. It would be nice to know what's going to happen to it all. Thanks.

It could turn into a bridge over the water or maybe another underground tunnel. I'm sure we will know more soon.

In the far west side of the Redbranch Hollow region and the Ten Acre Wood region there is a road, fence and telephone cables going into the blue water void. It's coming soon! It's amazing how big the Ranch sub continent has got now. I would imagine there will be more new regions in the weeks ahead. Hopefully it won't be long until the connection happens.

I hope the lab don't use the upcoming SL21B birthday with the adult theme after the recent happenings. All this should not go forward. There needs to be big changes at the top of LL management and all those that have been apart of this big mess. The statement came far too late and the lab needs to publish the full results soon. "Something Spicy" "Second Life turns 21 in 2024…and, to celebrate, we are turning attention to the spicier side of Second Life with some bold and innovative new adult-friendly initiatives. Something wickedly wonderful is coming soon…" "We’ll be taking the sheets off this mystery initiative and sharing more bedroom secrets soon…so stay tuned!" Source - Post was 20th December 2023

At SL20B there was a brief mention of the old Linden Homes in terms of the hubs. Patch Linden mentioned that possibly they may get updated and the lab/moles will give them a freshen up a bit and things in that area. It’s not known when work will start on the refresh of the hubs. I think the old Linden Homes will be around for some time yet like at least another two years or so for historical purposes. The lab has yet to make a final decision on the future of old Linden homes. I’m sure the lab will announce something when the plans are finally completed. There has not been any new updates since July 2023 I think.

It's amazing that there were so many individual regions back then. The bellisseria sub continents have definitely filled up that space now. The south still seems like there could be new land mass development at some point.

Thanks Nika. I do look at these Linden Homes threads on a regular basis. Good developments have been happening which is nice to see. I remember when Bellisseria was just forming after August 2018 and back then it was called SSP. Trying to guess what was going to happen was exciting. I still can't believe it's been almost five years since the grand opening to the public.

The Bellisseria continent in Second Life as of 12th March 2024. Don't forget it's Bellisseria 5th anniversary on 15th April 2024

Lab Gab about Second Life mobile development been delayed or something because its not been uploaded on the Second Life YouTube channel ?

I have contacted the lab for more details. Waiting for response on what happened.

On Thursday 15th February Linden Lab announced an update on Second Life Mobile Private Alpha. For Premium Plus members only. The latest Private Alpha release now adds support for streaming audio. The latest release comes with a bunch of improvements and bug fixes. What would you like to see added to the Second Life mobile app ? Read more here..

The lab just announced that a new Linden Homes store will be launching soon. "Coming very soon, the new Linden Home Store will make selecting your new home much easier. With this upgrade, we're putting the power of choice and control right at your fingertips". "The new Linden Home Store looks and works great on your mobile device’s browser. Whether you're on your computer, tablet, or smartphone, you can now view and select from all Linden Homes". "By popular demand, you can browse all the Linden Homes even if you already own one, you are not logged in, you do not yet have a Premium subscription, or the Linden Home model you want is not currently available". Check the preview here. What does everyone think of the new look ?

Here is what I have for the released themes since 2019. Ranch – Released 26th June 2023 Sakura – Announced at Bellisseria Third Birthday Celebrations (15th April 2022) – Released 16th May 2022 Modern (Newbrooke) – Announced/Revealed at SL Christmas Expo (6th December 2022) – Released 3rd March 2022 Fantasy – Announced at SL18B – Reveal on 17th June 2021 – Released 12th August 2021 Chalet Homes – Announced at SL Christmas Expo (December 2020) – Reveal on 4th December – Released 30th March 2021 Stilt Homes – Announced at SL17B (June 2020) – Reveal on 24th June – Start of release (test regions+) – 21st December Log Homes – Announced at the SL Home & Garden Expo (February 2020) – Released on 1st April 2020 Victorian Homes – Announced early December 2019 – Released on 16th December 2019 Trailers/Campers – Announced at SL16B (June 2019) – Released on 16th September 2019 Traditional & Houseboats – Announced at SL Home & Garden Expo (15th March 2019) – Released on 15th April 2019

Check out the fuel pump at the new airstrip in SSPShell Yeah region.

Premium Plus members who use SpeedLight now get these benefits:- unlimited online time at SpeedLight- advanced 3D World view- prioritised support (tickets and live chat) More details here

As of 23rd September 2022 lindenlab.com/privacy What do you think of the privacy policy ?

The houseboats extension north of the newbrooke sub continent as of Sunday 25th September 2022.

Looks like Second Life growth has slowed down with roughly a loss of 200 private estates since end of July 2022. The stats are from the Second Life Grid Survey which is a good resource and well known. It's worth mentioning that the Second Life daily user concurrency dropped slightly since May 2022. I hope growth comes again soon from somewhere.

The houseboats extension north of the newbrooke sub continent is coming along nicely. It's great to see more new development taking place still. Snapshot taken on Sunday 11th September 2022. * 292 pages and still going for this SSP thread.