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List Of Continents

2026-04-16T01:01:38Z

Gloss Doll: /* Vanished continents */

The Second Life main grid is composed of isolated sims (islands), groups of sims and continents.
A continent is a group of more then 30 sims (see [[Continent]] for more details). What doesn't match this definition is a [[Subcontinent]], a [[Microcontinent]], a [[Sim Group]] or a [[Sim Cluster]]. Other structures might be refered as [[Unassociated Sims]] or [[Isolated Sim]]. Different autors have found a different number of continents. It is also important to remember that every day about 20 new sims are created, moved or changed their names (see [http://www.gridsurvey.com] for more info). So, the shapes and even the numbers of continents might change in time.
An older map can be found at this link: [http://virtualchristine.com/newbie-sl-world-map/]

== Mainland continents ==

[[File:Continents Map.png|200px|thumb|right|Map of all continents]]

In alphabetic order, the Linden owned continents:

1. [[Corsica]]

2. [[Gaeta 1]]

3. [[Gaeta 5]]

4. [[Heterocera]]

5. [[Jeogeot]]

6. [[Nautilus]]

7. Premium East (see [[Premium Continents]])

8. Premium South 1

9. Premium south 2

10. Premium south 3

11. [[Sansara]]

12. [[Satori]]

13. [[Sharp Continent]]

14. [[Zindra]]

Notes:
#Nautilus and Satori are linked together and form a megacontinent (like Euroasia in real world).
#Blake Sea has more private-owned sims then mainland sims, so it was moved to private continents.
#There are private-owned sims in Eastern Sansara (Islands) and Nautilus (Seychelles).
#Many mainland continents are linked with a [[Transcontinental Channels]], like Sansara-Heterocera, Nautilus-Blake Sea, the two Corsica-Nautilus passages and Corsica-Gaeta 5.

These continents can be clasified in 3 distinct groups: ''1st generation'' (the oldest, with the most interesting Geographic features: Sansara, Heterocera and Sharp Continent), ''2nd generation'' (the group in East: Nautilus, Satori, Corsica and the 2 Gaetas) and ''3rd generation'' (Zindra and the Premium Continents). Jeogeot is something between generations 1 and 2.

== Private continents ==

In alphabetic order, these continents were identified in November 2013:

1. [[Blake Sea]]

2. [[Caledon - Winterfel]]

3. [[Eden]]

4. [[Estate Continent]]

5. [[Europe Continent]]

6. [[Fairchang]]

7. [[IGBC Continent]]

8. [[Mar Lesbiana]]

9. [[Seductive Microcontinent|Seductive]]

10. [[Shopping Continent]]

11. [[Uhre Continent]]

12. [[Wild West]]

Notes:
#Private continents sometimes have multiple names, depending on who made their maps.
#The private continents can be divided in two main groups: [[Tropical Beach Paradise]] (Blake Sea, Eden, Estate - only parts of it, Fairchang, Irish-Bonaire, IGBC, Mar Lesbiana) and '''not tropical''' (part of Estate Continent, Shopping Continent, Wild West, Uhre continent).
#Only Estate Continent, Shopping Continent and Wild West have a large piece of dryland, all the others are formed of sea and islands.

=== Vanished continents ===

'''No Access Continent''' existed until July 2013. It had the shape of a square with a void middle and had a large visible road. It had between 30 and 37 sims. Since access was restricted, no images from its surface and no surveys could be made.

[[Irish - Bonaire]] was a continent that existed until August 4th 2014. It broke into small pieces, being renamed ''Nonaire Sim Cluster'' and received designation name A231.

On April 15, 2026, Linden Lab [https://community.secondlife.com/news/featured-news/a-new-chapter-for-mainland-gaeta-1-transition-zindra-expansion-r11269/ announced] their intention to begin migrating land-owners from the regions that make up the Gaeta 1 continent, with the eventual goal of taking Gaeta 1 offline permanently by the end of 2026.

== Comparation to Earth ==

The position of Second Life mainland continents is a bit similar to that of the continents on Earth, but in mirror. The old world (Europe, Asia and Africa) form a group and the new world (the two Americas) form another block. [[Sansara]] and [[Heterocera]] form together a group and they are linked together with a tiny channel. They are in fact the old world of Second Life. [[Jeogeot]] is in South and was the third continent. It might be considered like Africa. The new world might be considered the [[Gaeta 1]], [[Nautilus]], [[Corsica]], [[Blake Sea]] and [[Satori]], only that they are in East, not in West. Satori looks a bit like South America and the South islands of Nautilus might look like Central America with its islands.

== Statistics ==

The following table shows size (in sims) and maximum height of each continent, in alphabetic order:
{|class= "wikitable"
| Continent
| Maximum [[Altitude]]
| Size in sims
|-
| Blake Sea
| 40 - 50
| 121
|-
| Caledon - Winterfel
| 50 - 60
| 60
|-
| Corsica
| 163
| 948
|-
| Eden
| 81
| 147
|-
| Estate Continent
| 94
| 147
|-
| Fairchang
| 20 - 40
| 35
|-
| Gaeta 1
| 100
| 141
|-
| Gaeta 5
| 168
| 385
|-
| Heterocera
| 389
| 431
|-
| IGBC Continent
| 40 - 60
| 37
|-
| Jeogeot
| 160
| 775
|-
| Mar Lesbiana
| 65
| 39
|-
| Nautilus
| 160 - 170
| 864
|-
| Premium East
| 156
| 355
|-
| Premium South 1
| 60
| 188
|-
| Premium South 2
| 156
| 308
|-
| Premium South 3
| 156
| 310
|-
| Sansara
| 315
| 981
|-
| Satori
| 128
| 709
|-|-
| Seductive
| 39
| 30
|-
| Sharp Continent
| 350
| 63
|-
| Shopping Continent
| 34
| 32
|-
| Uhre Continent
| over 130
| 39
|-
| Wild West
| 79
| 32
|-
| Zindra
| 100 - 120
| 348
|}

== Oceans ==

Many private sims are not linked in large groups to form a continent. The majority are isolated sims, while some of them form larger islands, with 2 to 29 sims. Even if they form important features on our map, the oceans containing these sims are not named in an official way. See [[Oceans]] for more info.

Groups of sims smaller then a continent are listed in [[List Of Microcontinents And Sim Clusters]].

Additional information can be found at [[Second Life Geography]] and [[Grid Map And Dimensions]]

Gaeta 1

2026-04-16T00:58:00Z

Gloss Doll: /* History */ accidentally a space

Gaeta 1 is an unfinished mainland continent.
[[File:Gaeta 1 in 2013.png|200px|thumb|right|Gaeta 1 in August 2013]]

Gaeta 1 is the continent with the largest surface of abandoned land and directly-owned Linden land. It is not connected to other continents and its South-East part is unfinished. This small continent has no airport and only two small beach roads (in fact two paths). In East, there are sims of Linden Land, land that have never been sold.

== History ==

The West and South parts of Gaeta 1 were built in a single day, June 4th, 2008. The North branch was built later. The South-East part is still unfinished.

On April 15, 2026, Linden Lab [https://community.secondlife.com/news/featured-news/a-new-chapter-for-mainland-gaeta-1-transition-zindra-expansion-r11269/ announced] their intention to begin migrating land-owners from the regions that make up the Gaeta 1 continent, with the eventual goal of taking Gaeta 1 offline permanently.

<blockquote>'''What is changing'''<br />Gaeta 1 will begin transitioning offline in phases starting in April, with completion expected by the end of 2026.</blockquote>

== Coordinates ==

The [[Coordinates]] are in sims, as shown by Gridsurvey [http://www.gridsurvey.com].First numbers are longitude (min and max), last numbers are latitude (min and max).

Coordinates:1140-1155/1126-1130

1140-1149/1126-1130 West Gaeta

1144-1149/1112-1125 South Gaeta

1150-1155/1126-1128 North Gaeta

[[Grid Sector]]:K11

== Statistics ==

Size in sims: 141 (19/16)

Size in km: 9.24 (4.86/4.10)

Sims compleatly flooded with water: 38

Coast sims (direct access to water): 54

Sims without water: 49

Sims with road access: 12

Sims without direct access: 39

Population density: very low

== Geography ==

Gaeta 1 is one of the smallest Linden-owned continent, smaller then some private continents like [[Eden]] or [[Estate Continent]].

=== Overall ===

Gaeta 1 is the most unpopulated continent. Even so, the amount of abandoned land is not big. The main reason for this is that a big surface of land was never sold and is still Linden land. Even if the road system is too small, the unsold parcels allow access almost to the entire continent.

Land is divided in 4 major groups: protected land (usually water sims), Linden land (parcels that have never been sold), rental land (belongs to important rentals, many times it appears as [[Unused Land]]) and resident parcels (used or abandoned land). Recently (late autumn 2013), Linden land has become [[Abandoned Land]].

Gaeta 1 is a large plain. It is the most flat continent. The North part is a perfect plain. In North-West peninsula, the most populated part, there is a smooth hill. The plain in South is more elevated, but still a plain. There are no depressions. High borders and obstacles created by terraforming can be seen from place to place, on abandoned land parcels. Sometimes, small slopes can be created from terraforming.

Almost all oceanic [[Water]] is [[Protected Land]] and is navigable. Ocean shores have a large beach of yellow sand and also the ocean floor is yellow. Sometimes, groups of stones can be seen under water. Unlike other places, ocean floor has no slopes or holes.

=== Altitude ===
[[File:Gaeta 1 altitude.png|200px|thumb|right|Altitude map]]

[[Altitude]] map of Gaeta 1 reveals the real shape of the continent. All the North part is smooth, with low altitudes, lower then any other continent. Only in the North-West peninsula, there is a small hill. Its presence was revealed by unexpected altitude. In South, there is a gradual transition from the smooth shores to higher plains. There is a clear evidence for an oceanic plain, continued with a higher continental plain. This feature is also seen on [[Gaeta 5]]. Altitude map confirmed that there are no mountains, no massive altitude transitions and no holes or depressions.

The most elevated point is 100 meters high, in Lemontal sim.

== Transportation ==

Gaeta 1 has only two very short beach roads. However, automatic transportation exists thanks to a small pod vehicle that travels across some unsold parcels. The continent has many [[Water]] sims and some ports, but navigation is less developed because there is no connection to another continent. Air transportation is also limited to the fact that an airplane cannot leave the continent and there is no airport.

The low population density is also an advantage. Gaeta 1 is a good place for free horse riding or for a land rover to explore. This is very easy in East. The oceanic waters in North-West are some of the most quiet seas on the grid, a good place for lonely sailing.

=== Transportation efficiency ===

[[File:gaeta1water.png|200px|thumb|right|Gaeta 1 Waterways]]

More info at [[Gaeta I Network]] and [[Waterways]].

Total road network: 4.58
Paths: 2.17
Off-road: 2.41
Sea connection: yes
Unconnected road pieces: 3
Continent surface: 9.24
Land coverage: 0.261 km per square km
[[Second Life Road Network Directory#Road efficiency|Road efficiency index]]: 0.202

[[Waterways#Water Efficiency Index|Water efficiency index]]: 1.695

Overall efficiency index: 1.897

=== Accessibility ===

[[Land With Restricted Access]] is present in Gaeta 1. Our survey found an entity orb teleporter and a few ban lines. Since population density is very low, these obstacles are not a big threat for travelers and explorers.

== More information ==

[[Second Life Road Network Directory]] - for the road network

[[Gaeta I Network]]

[http://virtualchristine.com/newbie-sl-world-map/] - an older map

[[List Of Continents]]

[http://bakerblinker.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/greta-1/] - from the old days when Gaeta was in construction

[[Second Life Geography]]

Gaeta 1

2026-04-16T00:57:29Z

Gloss Doll: added information and link to Gaeta 1 decommissioning announcement

LlTakeControls

2026-02-07T20:36:27Z

Gloss Doll: Adding additional information regarding llTakeControls immunity to "No Outside Scripts" parcels, and how it relates to child objects in a linkset.

{{LSL_Function
|inject-2={{Issues/SVC-3187}}{{Issues/SCR-97}}{{LSL_Function/permission|PERMISSION_TAKE_CONTROLS}}{{LSL_Function/boolean|}}{{LSL_Function/boolean|}}accept pass_on FIXME!!!
|func_id=111|func_sleep=0.0|func_energy=10.0
|sort=TakeControls|func=llTakeControls
|p1_type=integer|p1_name=controls|p1_desc=bitfield of CONTROL_* flags
|p2_type=integer|p2_subtype=boolean|p2_name=accept|p2_desc=boolean, determines whether [[control]] events are generated
|p3_type=integer|p3_subtype=boolean|p3_name=pass_on|p3_desc=boolean, determines whether controls perform their normal functions
|func_footnote=If {{LSLP|accept}} is [[FALSE]] and {{LSLP|pass_on}} is [[FALSE]], the behavior is not intuitive. In this case, the complement of the specified controls do not generate events and do not perform their normal functions. They are effectively disabled. Certain control bits (e.g. CONTROL_ROT_LEFT) are also disabled when specified, in this case.<br />
If {{LSLP|accept}} is [[FALSE]] and {{LSLP|pass_on}} is [[TRUE]], then the specified controls do not generate events but perform their normal functions.<br/>
If {{LSLP|accept}} is [[TRUE]] and {{LSLP|pass_on}} is [[FALSE]], then the specified controls generate events but do not perform their normal functions.<br />
If {{LSLP|accept}} is [[TRUE]] and {{LSLP|pass_on}} is [[TRUE]], then the specified controls generate events and perform their normal functions.
|func_desc=Allows for intercepting of keyboard and mouse clicks, specifically those specified by {{LSLP|controls}}, from the agent the script has permissions for.
|return_text
|spec
|caveats=
* There appears to be no penalty for using {{LSLP|accept}} = TRUE, {{LSLP|pass_on}} = TRUE when there is no [[control]] event in the script (such as is used in AO's to ensure they work on no-script land)
** There is a bug in some permissions that prevents left clicks from working in mouselook if they are set to {{LSLP|accept}} = FALSE, {{LSLP|pass_on}} = TRUE
* If you sit/are sitting on the object that has taken your controls using {{LSLP|accept}} = [[TRUE]] and {{LSLP|pass_on}} = [[TRUE]], then [[CONTROL_FWD]], [[CONTROL_BACK]], [[CONTROL_ROT_LEFT]], and [[CONTROL_ROT_RIGHT]] will never generate events; instead these controls will only perform their normal functions.
* if the undocumented controls 0x02000000 or 0x04000000 are taken with {{LSLP|pass_on}} = FALSE, then [[llGetAnimation]] will never be "Turning Left" or "Turning Right", respectively, and those animations set by [[llSetAnimationOverride]] will never play
** all control flags documented in [https://github.com/openmetaversefoundation/libopenmetaverse/blob/master/OpenMetaverse/AgentManagerMovement.cs#L42 libopenmetaverse] [https://github.com/secondlife/viewer/blob/c7053a6928fd5eafdc935453742e92951ae4e0c1/indra/llcommon/indra_constants.h#L255 secondlife viewer]
* If your viewer's 'Single click on land' setting is set to 'Move to clicked point', then CONTROL_LBUTTON might not be sent to the server when taken by llTakeControls().
|constants={{LSL_Constants/Controls}}
|examples=<source lang="lsl2">default
{
state_entry()
{
llRequestPermissions(llGetOwner(), PERMISSION_TAKE_CONTROLS);
}
run_time_permissions(integer perm)
{
if(PERMISSION_TAKE_CONTROLS & perm)
{
llTakeControls(
CONTROL_FWD |
CONTROL_BACK |
CONTROL_LEFT |
CONTROL_RIGHT |
CONTROL_ROT_LEFT |
CONTROL_ROT_RIGHT |
CONTROL_UP |
CONTROL_DOWN |
CONTROL_LBUTTON |
CONTROL_ML_LBUTTON ,
TRUE, TRUE);

}
}
control(key id, integer level, integer edge)
{
integer start = level & edge;
integer end = ~level & edge;
integer held = level & ~edge;
integer untouched = ~(level | edge);
llOwnerSay(llList2CSV([level, edge, start, end, held, untouched]));
}
}</source>
|helpers
|also_functions={{LSL DefineRow||[[llReleaseControls]]}}
|also_events={{LSL DefineRow||[[control]]}}
|also_articles
|also_tests
|notes=If a script has taken controls, it and other scripts in the same prim will not be stopped if the Agent enters a "No Outside Scripts" parcel. This is done to keep vehicle control alive and AOs functional. This is an intentional feature. This only applies to the object containing the script - child objects in a linkset (wheels, particle emitters, in vehicles, child objects in huds, etc) will not inherit this immunity. To preserve functionality in child objects, llTakeControls must be issued in each scripted child as well.
|cat1=Controls
|cat2
|cat3
|cat4
}}