The Scandalize group in Second Life is free to join from Sept. 15th to 17th.
Why is this important news?Because, if you join the group now, for free, you get dozens and dozens of free group gifts! Scandalize is one of the most generous stores on the grid when it comes to gifts to their group members. Usually, you have to pay L$100 to join their group, but for the next three days, it is FREE to join!The group gifts wall is located on the wall behind the main reception desk (please note that this is an old picture; they have redesigned their store):So hurry down! There’s also a hunt going on, find ten cherries hidden around the store for more free gifts!
A Linden Home is your introduction to home ownership as a Premium member of Second Life. Many Residents live in their Linden Home for years. Others use it as a private space to decorate and entertain in for a shorter time while they explore long term options, becoming familiar with all that Second Life has to offer.Linden Homes were first introduced in 2010 and have been available in four large themed communities. The second generation of Linden Homes - the New Linden Homes - are becoming available, starting in the Spring of 2019. They occupy a large continent named Bellisseria with 384 Regions of land and navigable waterways, a network of roads, and community areas. Your new home may be in mountains or along the shore or in a rolling landscape of low hills and river valleys.Unlike the first generation of Linden Homes, which offered themed areas on separate Regions, the New Linden Homes blend themes across the entire continent.
Depending on the theme you choose to live in, your home’s parcel may be either 1024 or 512 sq m. Your house might overlook houseboats along the ocean or might be inland in a traditional suburban neighborhood. Wherever you live, you will be within range of recreational and shopping areas and will be able to travel around the continent by car or boat if you wish. Areas of the continent shown in gray are reserved for future development.This guide describes your options and opportunities in the New Linden Homes.A brief overviewYour premium membership fee entitles you to an automatic waiver of the monthly land fees for up to 1024 sq m of land anywhere on the mainland. You are free to use that waiver to pay the land fees for parcels that you own or you may use them for a Linden Home.
What’s the difference?If you decide to live on your own parcel:. You need to buy the parcel first. You may choose any parcel that is available, either for sale by Linden Lab or by another Resident. Your land fee waiver covers the monthly fees, but not the initial purchase price of the land. You may put anything you wish on the land, provided that its Land Impact falls within the land capacity for the parcel.
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If you decide to put a home on the parcel, you may build one yourself or may buy a prefab model from a builder. The home’s Land Impact counts as part of the parcel’s total capacity. You may use the land for any purpose, and you may deed the land to a group or may sell the land when you no longer want it.If you decide to have a New Linden Home:.
There is no initial purchase price for the home. It remains the property of Linden Lab, but you have exclusive use of it as long as you wish. Your land fees are paid automatically each month at no extra cost to you. Choose your theme and request a prefab home:.
Traditional. Houseboat.
Others to be introduced in a future release. You will be assigned a parcel in a neighborhood in the theme you have chosen. You may not request a specific parcel. However, up to five times per day you may abandon the one you were assigned and request a new one.
Homes in some themes are on 512 sq m parcels, but most are on 1024 sq m parcels. If your Linden Home is on a 512 sq m parcel, rather than a 1024 sq m one, you may apply the remaining half of your monthly Premium land fee waiver on land that you own elsewhere on the mainland. You may not have two Linden Homes, however. Within each theme, there are at least four different home models. You select a model by using the House Controller at the edge of your parcel. You may make a different selection any time you wish.
Note: You don't have to use your premium account’s 1024 sq m land tier for a Linden Home. You can use it instead towards other mainland purchases or you can contribute it to group tier allocations. Also, if you abandon your Linden Home, you can use your 1024 sq m tier to pay for land fees on other mainland parcels.Checking if you have enough land tier availableIf you don't have any land already in Second Life, then you will always have enough land tier, because each premium account comes with 1024 sq m of land tier. There are two ways to check if you have enough available tier:. Inworld: From the Viewer menus, choose World My land holdings. Your available land tier is listed in Available for land purchases. Website: If you already own land, then you can also check if you have enough land tier on the Second Life website:.
Go to “”. On the left side of the page, click on “Account Summary”. Find the section called “Land Holdings”. Available square meters for purchase at your current tier is listed under “Available for purchase”.Signing upThe Linden Home registration process offers options for theme, home type, and home name.
Once you submit your registration, you are immediately assigned the next available parcel within your selected theme. HouseboatsWith a houseboat home, you can enjoy life in coves and inlets around the perimeter of the continent or the large nearby island, or along rivers or around the large bay in the center of the continent. You cannot travel on a houseboat, but each houseboat parcel has room for you to moor your own sailboat or other watercraft. All water areas around the New Linden Homes continent are navigable and public.The houseboat models have large rooms with a high ceiling and skylighting, plus a deck area outside for you to relax or entertain on. Choose a home from one of the available models by clicking one of the numbered buttons. Your new home will appear near the center of the parcel, replacing whichever home was there before.
You cannot rotate the home or move it to another spot on the parcel. Linden Homes are always rezzed with the front door facing the House Controller.You may replace the model on your parcel at any time. Homes within a theme all fit in the same parcel area, so they will not interfere with vegetation, fencing, or other objects that Linden Lab has placed on land next to your parcel.
However, because each model has a different floor plan, you will usually need to move furniture or other items that you have placed in a previous home so that it is arranged well in your new home.If you select the notecard option, you will receive an instructional notecard. It will explain the features of your house in greater detail than they are covered in this guide.If you select the Content Creation Pack option, you will receive a folder of items that you may use to landscape your parcel and decorate your home. These are discussed more fully in another section of this guide.House control panelsAs you enter a Linden Home, you will find a Control Panel just inside the front door.
The control panel is your tool for customizing the appearance of your home and for controlling access. The layout of menu buttons for a Control Panel varies slightly from one theme to another, but all Linden Homes have the same basic set of functions described here. When you make most changes with the Control Panel, you will receive confirmation in chat.
You will see a notice within a few seconds to tell you that the new information has been recorded in the system.The Door button offers you a choice between allowing your doors to Stay Open when you click on them, or to AutoClose within ten seconds after they are opened.The Windows button on the main menu toggles the window covering (blinds) up or down. Using this button in the Control Panel toggles all windows in the house at once, so that they are all either up or down at the same time. If you (or a person you have granted access to) want to raise or lower a single window covering, you can do that by simply left-clicking on the window covering (Note: Some house models also offer the option to open and close individual windows. Where that option is available, it is not managed in the Control Panel. To open a window, you just left-click on it). The Access button, which is only visible to you as the parcel owner, will let you give additional people permission to use the Control Panel menus.
Using its Add Name menu option, you create a whitelist and add anyone you choose. The person does not need to belong to a special group. You may remove the person’s access permission at any time by clicking this same Access button and using the Remove Name option. If you have created a whitelist, you may check to see who is on it by using the View List option.The Access menus allow you to control who has permission to use some features in your home. There are three access levels:. ONLY ME is the highest level. If you click that menu button, nobody else may use the Control Panel, operate the window blinds, or open doors.
LIST is the middle level. If you have created a whitelist, selecting LIST gives people on the list permission to operate window and door functions, and most functions in the Control Panel (but not the Access functions). ANYONE is the lowest level.
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If you click that button, anybody may open doors or operate the blinds. Only you and people on the whitelist may use the Control Panel.Please note that the Access menu does not control permission to rez objects in your home, or change its music stream.
Manage those permissions by creating a group for your home, as discussed later in this guide. The security system is designed to be wall-mounted.
When activated, it scans your parcel as much as 400m above and below the control unit, provides a warning to unauthorized visitors, and then ejects them from the parcel. It does not detect people in neighboring parcels. You may adjust the system’s range and the amount of warning time (minimum 15 seconds), and may tell the system to ignore members of your group or specific people that you have added to its whitelist. The system will not function if it is placed at an altitude between 100m and 2000m above sea level, but can be used in your Linden Home or in a skybox above 2000m.
Instructions for setting up the system and operating it are provided on a notecard with the unit, and in shortened form, by clicking on the system’s help (?) button.Sharing your HomeAs noted earlier in this guide, you may use the home’s Control Panel to create a list of people who will have permission to operate the doors and to redecorate the home. In addition, you may want to give a partner or a friend permission to rez objects on your parcel or to control the music stream or other features. To do that, they will need to belong to a group that manages those options.Creating a group for the Linden HomeIn Second Life, we use groups to identify people who share a common interest. You may create one to include all people who are welcome in your home and who may be allowed to share some privileges that you have as the owner. Choose Communicate Groups or right-click on your avatar and choose My Groups.
Click the + button, then choose New Group. Enter the name of the group. The name must be at least four characters, and fewer than 36 characters long. Every group name must be unique in Second Life; you won't be allowed to create a group that has the same name as an existing group. Optionally, create a group insignia (image) by clicking on the image thumbnail and then choosing a texture from your inventory.
Optionally, write a brief description of the group. To make the group open (anyone can join without an invitation), select Anyone can join. If you don't select this, then only those invited will be able to join. If you want the group to have a cost to join, select Cost to join and choose a number of L$.
Select the group's. Click Create Group and confirm your choice when prompted.Refer to the Knowledge Base article on for more detailed information.Note: A group will be disbanded within 48 hours unless it has at least two members.
Therefore, invite someone else to join as soon as you have created the group. We do not suggest making anyone else a co-owner of the group, because you can never remove an owner. Instead, invite members to the Everyone role or to some other role with abilities other than those of an owner.To invite someone to the group. Right-click their avatar and choose Invite to Group.
The GROUPS window opens, displaying all the groups to which you have permission to invite people. Select the desired group. Click OK.The person immediately sees a group invitation.To set your Linden Home to the group.
Stand in your parcel. Select World About Land General. Click Set and select your group.
Do not select the Deed option. Select the Options tab, and then click on specific permissions that you want group members to have (some options, such as terraforming, are grayed out on a Linden Homes parcel). Also, decide whether to restrict people outside the parcel from seeing or hearing what goes on inside it.Refer to the Knowledge Base article on for more details.EtiquetteLiving in a community includes courtesy towards your neighbors. Here are some guidelines for etiquette in Linden Home Regions:.
Use local chat say, rather than shout. Adhere to the for the Linden Home Region you are in. Respect your neighbors' privacy. Review general Second Life suggestions and incorporate them into your Linden Home experience.Getting helpAs a premium account holder, you're eligible for live chat and case support from the. The Bellisseria Fairgrounds is open to all Premium Residents of Second Life to use for their events. Private events that require the Fairgrounds to be restricted to a certain list or group of people are not a good use for the space; however, if you are happy to welcome anyone to your events then the Bellisseria Fairgrounds is a great place to choose to plan your next party, get together, shindig or whatever!Any Premium member can reserve the Bellisseria Fairgrounds for their event, though preference will be given to members of Bellisseria Resident groups.
While any public event is welcome at the Fairgrounds, we encourage the planning of events that contribute to and support the Bellisseria community spirit.Use this form to reserve the Bellisseria Fairground to host an event.