Evangeline Arcadia

If anyone can't get there yet here's a quick ride through of the preview area where you can see all the cabins:

There's a nice community cabin...I wonder if that will remain in the final release...

OMG yes! Started off not too badly but then it got to the point I couldn't move around properly, even in regions with less people.

So many people in this region..very laggy. I'm planning on taking a closer look when it's quieter:)

The preview is beautifully done! I think it's quite a novel idea. Not personally my cup of tea, just too small inside, but a fun idea for those who like them:)

My favourites: Hexadeci Mole Paranor Mole Opti Mole (is he the most efficient?) :) Smokey Mole (he sounds super cool and chilled out...)

Same here! Only just got it!:)

Lol, not what I envisioned (which would have been 90 rotated in the opposite direction, so front 'balcony is facing outward and steps on the opposite side walkway). It all seems very complicated:) Thanks very much for taking the time to explain it all!

Well the idea was to have the option, not necessarily to impose it, as I said in my original post if you take a look at it: So you wouldn't have to.

But in the examples I was talking about rotating 90 degrees (not 180 degrees as Karl is talking about) so that in each case the short end (front) of the houseboat is facing out on the water like the 16x64 plots....so there isn't a compromise in that situation

@Abnor Mole Thanks very much for your in depth reply!:) I did think that an 'Edit' situation was not possible. It's a shame thought that it's not possible just to just be able to rez it in place as LittleMe Jewel suggested (i.e two options per boat, default and 90 degree rotated. I was hoping that might be a workable solution). Ah well...can't have everything:)

Great idea! Since they can update the houseboats with new versions perhaps adding an additional version is a possibility...? (ahem...*coughs and nudges the post in @Patch Linden 's direction...*)

Admiring the landscaping again in the new areas...some really love touches, like this little stepping stone pathway which starts on one road side and winds round amongst the houses with places to sit along the way. Lovely job!! http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SSPE89/58/162/28 Will definitely be photographing 'properly' here when the region is finally released.

Spotted on my morning ride around, at one of the new underpasses...on the road to Nowhere...SL Metro bus 042...not sure where the driver has gone, probably parked it for a quick ciggy, (but I guess it's night time now in SL so we'll let him off) No bus stop though...a bit lax of the Bellisseria department of public transport if you ask me...😁 You can get on the bus though if you want to wait for the next driver :)...

Yes, sadly I'm not sure they can change the existing houseboats now:( I'm guessing there's no way they could change the permissions on them so that just rotation is available in Edit or via the controller for the home owner. I assume they can't make it that granular. I doubt also they'd do single requests - imagine if someone moves 3 or 4 times each time requesting the change... I would seriously consider paying a fee though to make it worth their time though. It's a way for them to make some more money buy offering small changes like this. They could do the same for the traditional houses too. Or put the option in the super duper premium offering:) Yes, hopefully if there are more houseboats coming (I assume there are in the rest of the continent yet to be made visible, juding from the SSP continent), I hope they'll consider this. Oh wait...then I'll have to risk losing my nice spot to move to get one in the next land grab!!....(heart sinks at the thought and ponders whether this thread was a good idea 😁).

Perhaps a stickied post on how how best to get a home would be helpful for those who don't frequent the forums so haven't been following all the info in the many many...many...many posts here. It could include stuff about Auto refresh, possible time lines (soon-ish... lol), why homes are not showing up on the land page, and other stuff people are asking about. All in one place with a good title. Just a thought:) (sure some will disagree). Then if someone does ask a question answered in that we can just reply with the link.

Perhaps some kind soul (who has multiple homes etc.) will decorate their home as a fire station/ doctor's surgery or the like (in the same way some have made cafe's).

Looks so nice!!:)

Evening Star: Again, I think it would be nicer to have it rotated 90 degrees so it's facing outward. However in this case that would mean the door as currently designed faces the water, but you can see on the left side of the boat there is access in the railings so if this was rotated and up against the walkway on the right (looking at the pic) you can still walk onto the boat! (would work if it was up against the walkway on the left too, as there is access in the railing on the other side also). So it would work for all the styles.

Barnacle example: (I'm on a mission!!! 😁) In the first pic below you can see the lovely long windows on both levels, (front door is on the left in same direction as windows as you are looking at it) which face the houseboat next door!. If this was rotated 90 degrees anti-clockwise and up against the walkway on the right side looking at the pic, you can still use the door:

Totally agree, my one big gripe about the 32x32 plots. I started another thread about this so as not to derail this one: Hoping LL will consider it...:)

Houseboat roation is briefly discussed in this thread but I don't want to derail the the original subject, so starting this one here. The houseboats are lovely, but the one gripe I really have with them is orientation of the 32x32 plots. I really feel that all the houseboats on these plots would be better if they were turned 90 degrees so that these short sides with the windows face outward to the water, rather than the long walls (i.e. just like the 16x32 ones are). In all of them the floor to ceiling lovely windows (i.e. great view) are at the end short side of the boat, thus they face neighbours if you have boats on either side (even if you have only on one side you end up with your windows facing them). The Evening Star is not too bad because it has a couple of long windows on either wall so that gives somewhat of a good view from the inside. Looking at the configurations of the walkway docks that surround the boats it should work (except for the Evening Star as the doors are on the side which would be facing out - but I'd be prepared to fly in instead!).(does work for Evening Star, see posts below). Yes you'd have a little less water space in the front but more at the side, so I don't think it's a loss there. I sized my Wallower with a prim and rotated it to see the spacing - see the pic below. You can see the prim surrounded with an orange boarder. The white borders are the water space around the houseboat with the new configuration, so you see it's still really good. In the above example the front door would now be on the walkway behind, the long windows now face out to the sea, and there are also a couple of long ones facing the plot water on the boats left side. So pretty nice all round. I would have like to do examples for the other boats but don't want to mess up my home:) But I think you can see it would work. The worst one is the Windlass. The short front end with the windows looks onto your neighbours - example below. This style would be soo much nicer rotated 90 anti-clockwise. If it was moved up against the right side walkway (bottom pic) then the stairs would still work. I would love LL to give us the option of being able to rotate the boat as part of the houseboat controller options. I did submit a suggestion for this via Jira which came back as 'unactionable', but I'm not giving up hope that maybe something can be done!!

I'm up in the corner, not far from Buddhist center. Pretty quiet here too. But I don't mind that too much, I like to go exploring and see other places.

Wow, that's lucky to get one so quickly. Maybe more are being abandoned with the anticipated new batch release.

Yeah that's kinda my ideal location too. I have seen some dream ones but my spot is really quite good so I'm not risking abandoning now. I've got a 32x32 so happy with that, and would want to get another one if I did change, with no boats on one side overlooking a fair stretch of open water, and sand banks behind. I might in the future hunt around a bit and see if any become vacant, but that would be a long way off when the land grab period is over and the novelty of new homes has worn off. I reckon then there may be more options (just like now with the first gen homes...). But who knows what's coming in terms of themes, maybe there'll be other ones I love better (but I'm doubtful )