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Linden Lab Official:Linden Home Help Guide

2009-12-16T09:25:02Z

Ekim Linden:

Linden Home is designed with four themed communities built by the Linden Department of Public Works (LDPW). Each community includes multiple home selections designed to fit the community theme.

==Themes==

===Meadowbrook===

Suburban theme with winding roads around hills in a natural surrounding.

[[Image:MeadowbrookHomes2.png]]

'''Grayson''' - Two-story home with open patio. Wood fireplace and track lighting included.

'''Loftroom''' - Single-story home with tons of space. Two pools for double the fun.

'''Mountainview1''' - Two-story home with wall-length windows. Wood fireplace and track lighting included.

'''Mountainview2''' - Two-story home with wall-length windows. Wood fireplace and track lighting included.

'''Overlook''' - Two-story home with open patio. Small pool inside. Wood fireplace and track lighting included.

'''Plumtree''' - Two-story home with open balcony. Wood fireplace included.

'''Quad''' - Single-story home with clean and modern design. Central atrium shared by three neighbors.

'''Skylight''' - Two-story home with expansive front patio. Wide skylight, wood fireplace and track lighting.

'''Upper Skylight''' - Two-story home with expansive front patio. Wide skylight, wood fireplace and track lighting.

===Tahoe===

Forest theme with winding roads around hills in rustic surroundings.

[[Image:TahoeHomes.png]]

'''Aspen''' - A-frame design with high ceilings. Brick fireplace with extended chimney.

'''Birch''' - A-frame design with high ceilings. Wood fireplace with smoking chimney.

'''Cedar''' - A-frame design with high ceilings. Brick fireplace with extended chimney. Rustic wood roofing.

'''Cypress''' - A-frame design and high ceilings. Wood fireplace with smoking chimney.

'''Maple''' - A-frame design and high ceilings. Brick fireplace with extended chimney.

'''Willow''' - A-frame design and high ceilings. Wood fireplace with smoking chimney.

===Elderglen===

Fantasy theme with winding roads around hills and giant trees.

[[Image:ElderglenHomes.png]]

'''Abbot's Haven''' - Ancient cobbleston construction with crawling ivy. Overgrown mushroom and stone fireplace.

'''Shire's Hearth''' - Cobblestone and wood construction. White stained glass windows. Walk-on grass roof.

'''Elven Treehome''' - Hollowed tree trunk design. Unique rooftop patio with trees.

'''Wizard's Retreat''' - Ancient cobblestone construction with crawling ivy. Glowing crystals and large crystal trees.

===Shareta Osumai===

Traditional Japanese theme with homes nestled in picturesque areas with mossy rocks and colorful trees.

[[Image:SharetaOsumaiHomes.png]]

'''House of Mizu''' - Traditional Japanese architecture. Raised flooring with tatami mats.

'''House of Hi''' - Traditional Japanese architecture. Exterior balcony. Raised flooring with tatami mats.

'''House of Kaze''' - Traditional Japanese architecture. Sapcious, single room interior. Raised flooring with tatami mats.

'''House of Tsuchi''' - Traditional Japanese architecture. Dual doors made of rice paper and wood.

==Linden Home Features==

Welcome to your new Linden Home. Linden Homes contain one or more of the following features, depending on the home you selected:

*Touch entry - Left click the front door to enter and exit your home.
*Working fireplace - Click the fireplace to toggle a fire on and off.

Each Linden Home includes 117 prims on 512 <sup>2</sup> parcel.

===Upcoming Features===

[[Image:LH_Control_Panel.png]]

Each Linden Home contains a Home Control Panel. This feature is under development and is not active during the Linden Home Beta. When complete, it will allow for some selection of textures on parts of the homes.

==Restrictions==

Linden Homes have restrictions as outlined in the Linden Home Covenant. The Covenant is available for your review inworld. Go to '''World''' > '''Region Estate''' > '''Covenant'''.

User:Ekim Linden

2009-09-29T04:21:02Z

Ekim Linden:

I am a Program Manager for the Linden Department of Public Works.

Can be found [http://twitter.com/ekimlinden on twitter].

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Limits

2008-06-04T06:42:09Z

Ekim Linden: /* Land */

This page is an easy reference to common queries about '''Second Life limits''' — just as the physical world has certain rules & restrictions, Second Life does too. Some of these will almost definitely change over time, so if you spot something incorrect/outdated, please take a moment to update it.

== Building ==
* '''Max. prim dimensions (non-megaprim)''' - 10x10x10 m.
* '''Min. prim dimensions''' - 0.01x0.01x0.01 m.
* '''Max. # of prims in a linkset''' - 255.
* '''Max. link distance''' - See [[Linkability Rules]].
* '''Max. # of prims in a physical object''' - 32.
** If you try to link more, it'll either say "Can't enable physics for objects with more than 32 primitives" or "Object has too many primitives -- its dynamics have been disabled.".

== Avatar ==
* '''Max. # of attachment points''' - 30 for avatar, 8 for HUD.
** They can be viewed in Edit menu > Detach Object.
* '''Max. unassisted fly height''' - Stable hover almost 150 m above the ground (terrain mesh).
** While an improvement over the previous limit of 50 m, Torley thinks this limit is ridiculous because Second Life is 3D. You can easily acquire a flight attachment to fly up to seemingly infinite heights.
* '''Common shoe sizes''' - Most women's shoes are designed for a size 0 (zero) foot. Men's generally scale up to 14. You can check this by going to Edit menu > Appearance and clicking on the Shape > Legs tab.

== Chat (text) ==
* '''Whisper distance (done via scripting objects)''' - 5 m.
* '''Chat distance''' - 20 m.
* '''Shout distance''' - 100 m.
** Good rule of thumb: when you're at default zoom (View menu > Reset View), if you can see another other person's nametag, they can see your chat. If they're far enough away that you don't see a nametag, they won't "hear" you unless you shout.
* '''Max. length of a chat message''' - 1023 characters.
** The same holds true for an IM<->email replies.

== Groups ==
* '''Max. # of groups you can belong to''' - 25.
** Roles within groups are sort of like sub-groups. In many cases, you can use them instead of creating new groups.
* '''Min. # of members in a group''' - 2.
** A group with only 1 person for 48 hours will be disbanded (cancelled).

== Inventory ==
* '''Max. # of inventory items that can be sent in a folder''' - 42.
** Folders count as items too. This has more to do with packet size limits than cheeky Douglas Adams references. ;)

== Land ==
* '''Max. parcel size''' - 65,536 m2.
** Covering a whole region, or square on the World Map.
* '''Min. parcel size''' - 16 m2.
* '''Max. "NO ENTRY" ban line height''' - 768 m above the terrain mesh.
** This is if you're explicitly banned from a parcel. If the parcel is simply not public access or restricted to certain Residents/a group, then the access lines go up to 50 m above the terrain mesh.
* '''Max. prims in a region''' - 15,000 (3750 prims for an Open Space region)
* '''Terraforming limits''' - Almost all mainland can be raised/lowered by +/-4 m. Estate (private island) terraformability is settable to a max of +/-100 m by the estate owner or managers.
** A few, very old regions like Da Boom have a terraform range of +/-40 m.
* '''Max. water height''' - 100 m.
** Region water height is usually 20 m, and adjacent regions should have the same water height, or else they'll look discontinuous.
* '''Misc. estate limits''' - You can have a max. of 10 estate managers, 500 allowed Residents, 63 allowed groups, and 500 banned Residents.
** See World menu > Region/Estate > Estate tab.

== Performance ==
* '''Healthy Viewer FPS''' - Generally, FPS above 15 is good. The higher it gets, the smoother. You can check via Help menu > Lag Meter, or for more advanced usage, see View menu > Statistics Bar.
* '''Avatar Rendering Cost scores''' - [http://blog.secondlife.com/2008/05/01/who-me-yes-you-couldnt-be-then-who-introducing-avatar-rendering-cost/ Learn all about it!]

== Scripting ==
For specific scripting limits, lookup calls in the [[LSL Portal]].

User:Ekim Linden

2008-06-04T06:41:03Z

Ekim Linden: New page: I am a Linden DNOC Engineer.

I am a Linden DNOC Engineer.