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Horizons Experience

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Michael Linden:

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[[File:Horizons_LOGO_Final.png|center]]
<center>[[Linden_Lab_Official:Horizons| back to the main ''Horizons'' page]]</center>

==The Horizons Experience==
 

This is a five-part series of quests, that take you through some of the most treacherous terrain in Second Life. Recover lost or stolen artifacts, battle an army of killer robots, and outwit the security defenses of an almost impregnable command center, all while dodging natural perils and fiendish traps.

Anyone may enjoy the Horizons Experience. You do not need to live in one of the Horizons residential regions. The Experience has an Adult rating, however, so you do need to have an Adult maturity rating.

If you choose to, you may explore the quest regions without competing for a reward, as an Explorer. Explorers still need to watch out for the deadly perils, but they may wander -- and even fly! -- in many parts of the experience.

If you do dare to try the quests as a Player, though, you need to wear a game HUD and race against the clock to overcome incredible odds, rescue Tyrah from Dr. Talpa’s evil clutches, and receive fabulous rewards!

<blockquote>'''Tip:''' You can tell Players from Explorers by looking for the tiny dot that is hovering over their heads. A Player has an orange dot; an Explorer has a blue dot.</blockquote>

[[File:Dyna_Dot.png|center]]

==Background Story==
 

In PaleoQuest, a valiant group of Second Life Residents assisted Magellan Linden in stopping Dr. Talpa from destroying the grid with his time portal experiments. Since then, all has been quiet, but we all know how idle claws are the devil’s workshop. Magellan started hearing disturbing reports that Dr. Talpa was able to obtain technology from the future through one of his portals before it was closed. More specifically, robotic technology...

Magellan asked Tyrah to infiltrate the mad scientist mole’s lair and discover just what evil technological abominations he was constructing. However, this being a LDPW experience backstory, it was not long before she was captured. She is now being held prisoner in his command center.

How was Tyrah captured? What fiendish, unknown peril did she fall prey to? What dastardly fate does Dr. Talpa have in mind for her now? We know very little. Most people who have tried to find the answers have never returned to tell us. Lack of knowledge has never kept Magellan from leaping into the abyss of fate, however, along with any brave adventurers he can enlist (for a price).

In true form, Magellan is asking once more for residents to come to his aid in rescuing Tyrah from Dr. Talpa’s clutches. But this time we must hurry! Before we lost contact with Tyrah she said Dr. Talpa was looking for a subject on which to test cybernetic technology! We suspect if we don’t rescue her soon, Tyrah will have her mind erased and be transformed into a cyborg minion of the sociopathic mole madman!

To save her you must journey through 5 areas. Each one will be a challenge, and you will be racing against the clock! Can you save Tyrah in time? Will Dr Talpa finally succeed in ruling the grid? Will Magellan pay his bar tab? It’s all up to you!!!*

<blockquote>*''(Except for that part about the bar tab. We all know that will never happen.)''</blockquote>

When you land at Homebase, the Game HUD will attach and a pop up menu will appear. If you want to play the game select the Player option. Or, if you do not want to play, select the Explorer option and feel free to explore the experience at your leisure (and only a little life-threatening risk).

==Recommended Game Settings==
 

For the best possible experience we recommend that you use the following preference settings:

* Turn on the region Windlight settings. To do this go to ''World > Sun > Use Region Settings''.
* We recommend a minimum draw distance of 256 meters. To do this go to ''Me > Preferences > Graphics'', and set your draw distance to 256 meters or higher.
* Turn on Show Me in mouselook. Go to ''Me > Preferences > Move & View'' and tick the box that says “Show me in Mouselook”.

[[File:Unforgettable.png|center]]

Each of the experience regions has a continuous audio stream. If you are having trouble hearing it:

* Be sure that you have streaming music enabled in ''Preferences > Sound & Media''.
* Click the musical note in the upper right corner of your viewer screen to start the stream.
* Wait for the stream to download to your viewer. (This may take as much as a minute.)
* Check the volume slider in your Master Sound Control panel.

==HUD Legend==
 

[[File:horizons_hud_legend.png|center]]

==Homebase==
 

[[http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Horizons%20A1/134/220/69 Horizons Homebase]] is your starting point. Here you will find Tutorial and Background videos that describe the quests and tell you about the story behind the challenge you are about to take on. Here also are portals that can take you to the start of each quest and the Prize Room where you go to claim your reward when you have reached the end and freed Tyrah.

===Portal Room===
 

[[File:Quest_Portals.png|center]]

Here you can use a portal to take you to the next quest that you are ready for. Only Players may use the portals (Explorers have to walk or fly), and you may only use a portal to reach a quest if you have finished the ones before it.

===Prize Room===
 

[[File:Prize_Stations.png|center]]

Here you can collect your reward for successfully completing all the quests in consecutive order. Payout stations on the right offer a Linden Dollar reward. Those on the left offer one of the many common, rare, and ultra-rare prizes designed exclusively for Players of this experience. You may select either a Linden Dollar reward or a fabulous prize, but not both.

===Tunnel===
 

[[File:Horizons_Entrance.png|center]]

Enter the tunnel to begin your adventure!

[[File:Horizons_Entrance_2.png|center]]

==Quest Elements==
 

The following components define the start, finish, and intermediate steps of the quests.

===Quest Info Kiosk===
 

[[File:Quest_Info_Kiosk.png|center]]

At the start of each quest there is a Quest Info Kiosk that hands out a notecard and plays a message with the quest instructions.

===HUD Kiosk===
 

Click on a HUD Kiosk to get a new HUD if you have lost your previous HUD, or if you have arrived at the quest as an Explorer and have decided to play through it as a Player. Remember, though, that you have to play the quests in order, so the kiosk will not give you a HUD unless you have completed the previous quests.

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===Start Gate===
 

To begin a quest, walk through its start gate. The timer on your HUD starts immediately. In some quests, the gate will attach a special mini HUD or a weapon. If you walk back through the start gate, your timer will stop and you will lose any progress that you have made during the quest so far. If you were given a weapon or an extra mini HUD during the quest, they will disappear too. You will need to re-enter and start the quest again.

[[File:Quest_Start_Gate.png|center]]

===Quest HUD Timer===
 

* Each quest is on a timer.
* You have to complete each quest within that time.
* If you die, the timer on the HUD is still running and you lose time on the quest timer.
* If the time runs out before you complete the quest, you have to start that quest again.
* If you leave the region or walk back through its start gate, the clock will reset to zero.

===Access Terminal===
 

At the end of each quest you have to activate an access terminal to be able to proceed to the next quest. The access terminal verifies that you have finished the quest within the time limit and it updates your HUD.

[[File:Access_Terminal.png|center]]

===Resurrection Circle===
 

If you are killed by a peril or gunned down by a killer robot, or if you are torn limb from limb by Dr. Talpa’s pet swamp monster, Fluffy, this is where you will end up. You will not lose anything that you have collected, but you will lose valuable time.

[[File:Resurrection_Circle.png|center]]

==Tips and Tricks==
 

*Only tap jump once to avoid flying.
*Use '''Ctrl + R''' to run.
*Don’t detach your HUD. If you do, any mini HUD or weapon you have will disappear, and you will not be able to complete the quest.

==Rules==
 

* No flying, if you are a Player. If you fly you will be returned to the point where you started flying, but you will lose time on your quest timer.
* Explorers may fly, but may not fly vehicles below an altitude of 50m. If you fly a vehicle below that altitude or if you land anywhere, you will be unseated and your aircraft will be returned.
* No teleporting to any location in the quest regions. If you teleport as a Player, you will be sent to the region’s Resurrection Circle. If you teleport as an Explorer, you will be sent to the Homebase region.
* No sitting, except in the Homebase region.
* No speeding. Do not go faster than the standard run speed.
* No cheat or griefing objects allowed.

We hope that you enjoy this experience. The most important rule is to have fun!

[[Category:Horizons]]

Horizons Parcel Ownership

2016-11-15T18:49:46Z

Michael Linden:

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[[File:Horizons_LOGO_Final.png|center]]
<center>[[Linden_Lab_Official:Horizons| back to the main ''Horizons'' page]]</center>

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Residential parcels in Horizons are arranged in an attractive network of canals and roadways, so that parcels can be reached over Protected Land (owned by Governor Linden) by roads or water. Many are surrounded by or next to community park land.

==Landmark Parks==
 

At the center of each residential Region there is a park area that serves as a landmark for residents. The park has a statue or a clock tower or other feature that makes the Region distinctive and can be a focus for social activity.

[[File:Landmark_Clock_001.png|center]]

==Residential Parcels==
 

All Horizons regions are rated [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Maturity-ratings/ta-p/700119#Section_.1.4 Adult], so you must be over 18 years old and you must [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Accessing-Adult-land-and-content/ta-p/805975#Section_.4 set your own rating to Adult] in order to have access and to purchase land.

All Horizons parcels are the same size, 32 meters x 32 meters (1024 square meters), although some may look larger because they are set back from nearby roads, waterways, or other resident parcels. Before deciding to buy or rent your own parcel, be sure to examine property lines ( ''World > Show > Property Lines'' ) to see its boundaries.

[[File:HR_Parcel.png|center]]

Linden Lab does not usually set land for direct sale on the Mainland. However, there are two special cases in which you can obtain Horizons parcels from Linden Lab:

* '''Auctions''': Linden Lab regularly auctions Mainland parcels via [http://usd.auctions.secondlife.com/ Second Life Land Auctions]. Land owned on the Mainland is subject to a [https://secondlife.com/my/account/landfees.php|land use fee], which is a monthly charge in addition to premium membership.

* '''Abandoned Land''': In some special cases, Linden Lab sells abandoned Mainland parcels to individual Residents. For more information, see [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Abandoned-land/ta-p/846143 Abandoned land].

Land owned by Governor Linden, named "Protected Land", will not generally be terraformed or sold to Residents.

Remember that you can also buy land from your fellow Residents. See [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Selling-and-renting-land-to-others/ta-p/700135 Selling and Renting Land to Others].

==Requirements==
 

Please review the [http://www.lindenlab.com/tos#tos4 Terms of Service (Sect 4.8)] to familiarize yourself with your rights and responsibilities for acquiring, transferring or accessing Virtual Land.

To purchase a [http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Second_Life_Glossary#mainland Mainland] parcel in Second Life, you must have a Premium account with current payment information on file, and your account must be in good standing. You may also be required to have a clean disciplinary record.

As a Premium account holder, you have 512 square meters of tier use. The 1024 square meter parcels in Horizons will require additional monthly land tier. For more information, see [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Buying-land/ta-p/700043#Section_.3 Land tier]. A Premium account also provides many other benefits. For more information, see [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Premium-membership/ta-p/1054477/ Premium membership].

Any Basic or Premium account holder also has the option to rent land from other residents. Rentals are private agreements negotiated between the landowner and the renter. Rates and any land use restrictions are set by the landowner, subject only to limitations in the [http://www.lindenlab.com/tos#tos4 Terms of Service].

Note that except in rezzing zones in the Community and Info Hub regions, you may only rez objects on your own land or on land that is owned by a group that has given you permission to rez.

==Building on a Horizons Parcel==
 

Congratulations! You have bought land in one of the Horizons regions. Now let’s see what you can do with it.

Your Horizons parcel is a 32 m x 32 m square, with a land area of 1024 sq m. Anywhere else in Mainland regions, a parcel that size would have a ''Land Impact'' allowance of 351. In Horizons, however, your parcel has a ''Land Impact'' allowance of 702. You can do a lot of building and decorating with an allowance that size. Review [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Managing-your-parcel/ta-p/700113 articles in the Knowledge Base] to learn how to manage your parcel.

What may I build on my land?

# You may build your own house or other building on the parcel, or
# You may use a Horizons Home.

If you build your own home, you have freedom to choose the style and size of the building, as long as it fits on the parcel and is within your ''Land Impact'' allowance.

If you choose to use a Horizons Home:

* Your Horizons Home is free of charge and will not count against the ''Land Impact'' allowance for your parcel.
* You may choose among 6 standard styles.
* You may place any one of them in a preset location on the parcel, and you may change the style as often as you like.
* You may choose from a menu of colors and style options for the house, and you may change them as often as you’d like.

You may change your mind about whether to use a Horizons Home or build your own at any time, as often as you’d like.

So, how do I choose?

===The Mailbox===
 
[[File:Mailbox.png|right]]

Your parcel has a mailbox that is the heart of the control system for the parcel. You cannot move the mailbox or modify it in any way. It is Linden Lab property, and it sits on Protected Land just outside your parcel. It will respond only to you, the owner of the your parcel. (If the land is owned by a group, [[Horizons_Parcel_Ownership#How_do_I_let_my_partner_or_friends_have_access_to_my_Horizons_home|see here]].)

When you touch the mailbox, you will see a dialog menu with three options:

 
[[File:Mailbox_Main_Menu.png|center]]

* '''INFORMATION''' opens a link to the Horizons wiki, where you will find information about land management, the Horizons quest game, and other topics of interest to residents in the Horizons Regions.

* '''RESOURCES''' delivers a folder of textures and other resources that you may use for decorating your property.

* '''BUILDING''' opens a submenu that lets you choose among 6 standard building styles. A seventh button lets you remove any standard house that is already on your land.

* When you select a house, it will appear within seconds, replacing any standard house that was there before. Your furniture and other possessions will not be affected, although you will probably need to move them to new positions. The new building will have the same color and texture choices that were applied to the previous one.

[[File:Mailbox_Build_Menu.png|center]]

* If you click the ''REMOVE'' button, you will be able to place your own house on the parcel instead of a Horizons home. The ''REMOVE'' button will not affect anything else on your parcel.

* If you remove the Horizons home and have changed your mind, you may always click the mailbox to select a new Horizons home at any time.

<blockquote>'''Please note:''' You cannot change the way your Horizons house is placed on the parcel. Its orientation is preset by the mailbox. </blockquote>

==How can I modify my Horizons Home?==
 

You can't change the basic structure of a Horizons home by removing walls or cutting new doorways, but you can add to it. You may build extra interior walls, add features to the outside (a deck or a hot tub maybe), and of course add furniture, and wall or floor coverings.

In addition, your Horizons home has some built-in design options. [[File:Control_Panel.png|right]] There is a control panel just inside the front door and to your left as you enter. The control has four buttons with icons. From left to right, the buttons control:

* Locking/unlocking your door. You may lock/unlock the door with the button just outside the house as well. The door opens or closes when you left click on it.
* Turning the central lighting ON or OFF.
* Changing the color of your carpet or the walls or choosing between two style (trim) variations. Submenus offer a range of popular colors so you can select combinations to match your own taste.
* Opening/closing the window blinds. You may also open/close them by touching any window from the inside or outside of your house.

==How do I let my partner or friends have access to my Horizons home?==
 

If you want other people to be able to operate the controls for your home, you will need to create a group first. See [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Creating-managing-moderating-and-disbanding-groups/ta-p/700111 Creating, managing, moderating, and disbanding groups].

<blockquote>'''Tip:''' A group must always have at least 2 members. To guarantee that the group will remain even if other members leave, it is wise to create an alt and make your alt a co-owner of the group. If you do that, you and your alt will always have full control over the group.</blockquote> [[File:Control_Box_B.png|right|top]]

Review the abilities associated with different [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Creating-managing-moderating-and-disbanding-groups/ta-p/700111#Section_.5 roles in your group], and then invite your friends and partner to join. Be sure that they have roles with the abilities you want them to have.

Next, [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Group-owned-land/ta-p/700079#Section_.3 deed your parcel] to the new group.

<blockquote>'''Please be sure''' to open ''World > About Land > Options,'' and tick or untick permission boxes to make it so that only group members are allowed to create objects or bring objects onto your land. You may use other options in [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Managing-your-parcel/ta-p/700113#Section_.10 About Land] to block people outside the parcel from seeing or hearing what people in the parcel are doing, or to prevent public access.</blockquote>

When you have done that, you and other group members will have permission to use the parcel. However, because you are no longer the sole owner, the mailbox will not recognize you. It will not let you or anyone else use its controls or any of the options on the Horizons home control panel.

Therefore, your parcel needs to have a Horizons Group Owned Land Control Box (a “Control Box”) that will communicate with the mailbox and act like a remote control. You can receive a free Control box and instructions for using it by visiting the [[Living_In_Horizons#The_Land_Info_Area|Land Info]] area on the Horizons Info Hub in your area. You can also get them by touching the “ '''''i''''' ” symbol or the Horizons logo on any mailbox, whether you own the parcel there or not.

==How do I set up a Control Box?==
 

The Control Box belongs to you, not to Linden Lab. [[File:Control_Box_More_New.png|right|top]]You could rez it anywhere that you have permission, but it will only work on a Horizons parcel and only where your group owns the land.

# Rez the Control Box on your parcel, somewhere within 20 meters of your mailbox – the closer, the better. Be sure that it is really in your parcel. Use ''World > Show > Property Lines'' if you are not sure where the boundaries of your parcel are.
#* If you rez it on Protected (Linden-owned) Land, it will be auto-returned within minutes.
#* If you rez it on someone else's parcel, it will not communicate with your mailbox.
# Right click on the Control Box and select EDIT.
# On the line that says "Group", click the wrench icon and select the name of your group.
# Tick the box that says "Share".
# Click the button that says "Deed".
# The words "GROUP OWNED" should appear over the Control Box now. Touch your mailbox to complete the installation.

<blockquote>'''Please Note:''' You must have a role in your group that allows you to Deed Objects to the Group.
If you do not have that ability, the Control Box will need to be set up by the group Owner or someone with permission to deed objects.
Anyone in your group who has permission to rez and deed objects may install a Control Box, but you only need ONE on your parcel.</blockquote>

==How does the Control Box work?==
 

When you touch the mailbox for a group-owned parcel, it will tell you to use the Control Box instead. You must be a group member and you must be wearing your group tag. When you touch the Control Box, it will offer almost the same menu that the mailbox would offer if you were the sole owner of the parcel. See the description here.

The Control Box offers one additional option:

* '''DECOR''' -- Gives permission to manage building controls (door and window controls, plus changing colors and textures)

If you select the DECOR option, the Control Box will check to be sure that you are wearing a group tag. If so, you will be authorized to operate the door and to use all of the controls on the building's control panel. After that, the home will remember that you have permission, and you will no longer need to touch the control box in order to get it again.

<blockquote>'''Please note:''' When you use any building's controls for the first time, you will be advised to touch the Control Box to verify that you are a group member. If a new building has been rezzed since you’ve verified group membership, or if you’ve touched the Control Box without wearing your group tag, you will need to touch the Control Box again to refresh its memory.</blockquote>

==What if the Control Box does not work properly?==
 

Review all of the steps for [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Creating-managing-moderating-and-disbanding-groups/ta-p/700111#Section_.1 creating a group] and [[Horizons_Parcel_Ownership#How_do_I_set_up_a_Control_Box.3F|setting up a control box]].

Verify that the Control Box is on your own parcel by using ''World > Show > Property Lines'', and that it is within 20 meters of the mailbox.

Be sure that you have the group active (that is, you are wearing the group’s tag).

Check that you have not blocked the mailbox or the Control Box.

If all else fails, rez and deed a new copy of the Control Box.

==How do I remove someone’s permission to control a group-owned home?==
 

Anyone in your group may use the Control Box to get permission to replace the house or manage its decor. If you decide that a person should no longer have permission, you should take two steps:

#[https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Creating-managing-moderating-and-disbanding-groups/ta-p/700111#Section_.9 Eject] the person from the group. (Remember that you cannot eject anyone with the role of Owner, however. This is one reason why it is wise to use only your own alt as the group’s co-owner).
#Use the Control Box to replace your existing Horizons Home with an identical one. For example, if you are using a Mesa Sturdy style home, select the Mesa Sturdy option from the Control Box’s BUILDING menu to replace it with a new copy of Mesa Sturdy. Group members wearing tags will still be able to use the Control Box.

The person will not be able to use the Control Box anymore. If the person is no longer a group member, and if you have set the permissions properly in ''World > About Land > Options'', the person will also no longer be able to rez objects or bring them onto the parcel.

==What happens if I sell the land?==
 

The mailbox will recognize as soon as land ownership changes. If you were the sole owner, you will not be able to use the mailbox anymore. If the land was group-owned, the Control Box will turn red and display the words “INVALID MAILBOX”. Within two minutes, it will delete itself.

[[File:Invalid_Mailbox.png|center]]

[[Category:Horizons]]

Living In Horizons

2016-11-15T18:48:25Z

Michael Linden:

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[[File:Horizons_LOGO_Final.png|center]]

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==Community Regions==

 

[[File:Community_1.png|center]]

[[File:Community_2.png|center]]

The Horizons Community Regions are places for the Horizons community to meet, hold events, gather, and socialize. Each of them has a meeting hall, a lounge area, and a bar where you can dance, socialize and have a drink.

[[File:Unforgettable.png|center]]

The Community Regions have a continuous audio stream. If you are having trouble hearing it,

* be sure that you have streaming music enabled in ''Preferences > Sound & Media''.
* click the Play button in the upper right corner of your viewer screen to start the stream.
* wait for the stream to download to your viewer. (This may take as much as a minute.)
* check the volume slider in your Master Sound Control panel.

Relax with a friend, hold your next club meeting, schedule a community musical event...

[[File:Community_Plaza_1.png|center]]

[[File:Community_Plaza_2.png|center]]

or just come to admire the ducks.

[[File:Ducks.png|center]]

==Horizons Info Hubs==
 

[[File:HR_InfoHub.png|center]]

Visit any one of the four InfoHub Regions in Horizons to find out more about buying and managing land, and to learn about the Horizons quests. Under the two domes in the central part of the Info Hub, you’ll find two resource areas:

===The Land Info Area===
 

[[File:HR_InfoHub_Land.png|center]]

Visit the Land Info area to get a folder of information about buying land and about using a parcel’s mailbox controls to choose and then customize a Horizons home. Watch a video that describes the benefits of buying a Horizons parcel, or access the Horizons wiki for more detailed information.

===The Horizons Experience Area===
 

[[File:HR_InfoHub_Exp.png|center]]

Visit the Horizons Experience area to watch videos that introduce the quests at the heart of the Horizons subcontinent. Learn what’s behind the evil Dr. Talpa’s exploits in this part of the world, and find out how you can help [[http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/User:Magellan_Linden Magellan Linden]] (the intrepid explorer) outsmart Dr. Talpa -- and earn some L$ or fabulous prizes. Enter a portal to launch your adventure.

=== Building Demo Areas ===
 

[[Image:HR InfoHub Demo 1.png|center]]

You may also come to the Info Hub to practice using the mailbox controls for a Horizons residential parcel. There are two Demo areas: one for learning how to rez and customize a Horizons home if a parcel is owned by one person, and the other for parcels that are owned by a group. You can rez each of the house models and experiment with the control panels to sample the color and trim options. A kiosk in each demo area offers more detailed information to help you manage a home on your own parcel.

[[Image:HR InfoHub Demo 2.png|center]]

===Vehicle Rez Zones===
 

You may rez your aircraft or boat or dock it temporarily at either of the Vehicle Rez Zones on the north and south sides of the Info Hub as well as one on the east or west side of the Community regions. From there, you can navigate by water anywhere in the Horizons sea or its inland canal system.

[[File:Rez_Zone.png|center]]

[[Category:Horizons]]

Linden Lab Official:Horizons

2016-11-15T18:47:37Z

Michael Linden:

[[File:Horizons_LOGO_Final.png|center]]

Welcome to ''Horizons''. Horizons is a sci-fi retro-themed, adult continent on the Mainland, connected to [[http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Zindra Zindra]]. Here you can purchase a parcel and live amongst the Horizons community. Horizons also has community Regions, information hubs, and an interactive six Region [[https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Experiences-in-Second-Life/ta-p/2744686 Experience]] where you can win fabulous prizes and rewards!

<center>Quick Guide</center>

==[[Living_In_Horizons|Living In Horizons]]==

:[[Living_In_Horizons#Community_Regions|Community Regions]]
:[[Living_In_Horizons#Horizons_Info_Hubs|Horizons Info Hubs]]
:[[Horizons_Parcel_Ownership|Horizons Parcel Ownership]]
:[[Horizons_Parcel_Ownership#Building_on_a_Horizons_Parcel|Building on a Horizons Parcel]]
::[[Horizons_Parcel_Ownership#The_Mailbox|Your mailbox]]
::[[Horizons_Parcel_Ownership#How_do_I_let_my_partner_or_friends_have_access_to_my_Horizons_home.3F|Group ownership]]

==[[Horizons_Experience|The Horizons Experience]]==

:[[Horizons_Experience#Background_Story|Background -- the quests]]
:[[Horizons_Experience#Recommended_Game_Settings|Recommended settings]]
:[[Horizons_Experience#Homebase|Homebase]]
:[[Horizons_Experience#Quest_Elements|Quest Elements]]
:[[Horizons_Experience#Tips_and_Tricks|Rules, Tips and Tricks]]

[[Category:Horizons]]

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2016-11-15T18:18:08Z

Michael Linden:

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Michael Linden:

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Michael Linden:

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Michael Linden:

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Michael Linden:

Living In Horizons

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Michael Linden:

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Michael Linden:

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Michael Linden:

Horizons Experience

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Michael Linden:

Horizons Experience

2016-11-15T17:33:53Z

Michael Linden:

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[[File:Horizons_LOGO_Final.png|center]]
<center>[[Linden_Lab_Official:Horizons| back to the main ''Horizons'' page]]</center>

==The Horizons Experience==

This is a five-part series of quests, that take you through some of the most treacherous terrain in Second Life. Recover lost or stolen artifacts, battle an army of killer robots, and outwit the security defenses of an almost impregnable command center, all while dodging natural perils and fiendish traps.

Anyone may enjoy the Horizons Experience. You do not need to live in one of the Horizons residential regions. The Experience has an Adult rating, however, so you do need to have an Adult maturity rating.

If you choose to, you may explore the quest regions without competing for a reward, as an Explorer. Explorers still need to watch out for the deadly perils, but they may wander -- and even fly! -- in many parts of the experience.

If you do dare to try the quests as a Player, though, you need to wear a game HUD and race against the clock to overcome incredible odds, rescue Tyrah from Dr. Talpa’s evil clutches, and receive fabulous rewards!

<blockquote>'''Tip:''' You can tell Players from Explorers by looking for the tiny dot that is hovering over their heads. A Player has an orange dot; an Explorer has a blue dot.</blockquote>

[[File:Dyna_Dot.png|center]]

==Background Story==

In PaleoQuest, a valiant group of Second Life Residents assisted Magellan Linden in stopping Dr. Talpa from destroying the grid with his time portal experiments. Since then, all has been quiet, but we all know how idle claws are the devil’s workshop. Magellan started hearing disturbing reports that Dr. Talpa was able to obtain technology from the future through one of his portals before it was closed. More specifically, robotic technology...

Magellan asked Tyrah to infiltrate the mad scientist mole’s lair and discover just what evil technological abominations he was constructing. However, this being a LDPW experience backstory, it was not long before she was captured. She is now being held prisoner in his command center.

How was Tyrah captured? What fiendish, unknown peril did she fall prey to? What dastardly fate does Dr. Talpa have in mind for her now? We know very little. Most people who have tried to find the answers have never returned to tell us. Lack of knowledge has never kept Magellan from leaping into the abyss of fate, however, along with any brave adventurers he can enlist (for a price).

In true form, Magellan is asking once more for residents to come to his aid in rescuing Tyrah from Dr. Talpa’s clutches. But this time we must hurry! Before we lost contact with Tyrah she said Dr. Talpa was looking for a subject on which to test cybernetic technology! We suspect if we don’t rescue her soon, Tyrah will have her mind erased and be transformed into a cyborg minion of the sociopathic mole madman!

To save her you must journey through 5 areas. Each one will be a challenge, and you will be racing against the clock! Can you save Tyrah in time? Will Dr Talpa finally succeed in ruling the grid? Will Magellan pay his bar tab? It’s all up to you!!!*

<blockquote>*''(Except for that part about the bar tab. We all know that will never happen.)''</blockquote>

When you land at Homebase, the Game HUD will attach and a pop up menu will appear. If you want to play the game select the Player option. Or, if you do not want to play, select the Explorer option and feel free to explore the experience at your leisure (and only a little life-threatening risk).

==Recommended Game Settings==

For the best possible experience we recommend that you use the following preference settings:

* Turn on the region Windlight settings. To do this go to ''World > Sun > Use Region Settings''.
* We recommend a minimum draw distance of 256 meters. To do this go to ''Me > Preferences > Graphics'', and set your draw distance to 256 meters or higher.
* Turn on Show Me in mouselook. Go to ''Me > Preferences > Move & View'' and tick the box that says “Show me in Mouselook”.

[[File:Unforgettable.png|center]]

Each of the experience regions has a continuous audio stream. If you are having trouble hearing it:

* Be sure that you have streaming music enabled in ''Preferences > Sound & Media''.
* Click the musical note in the upper right corner of your viewer screen to start the stream.
* Wait for the stream to download to your viewer. (This may take as much as a minute.)
* Check the volume slider in your Master Sound Control panel.

==HUD Legend==

[[File:horizons_hud_legend.png|center]]

==Homebase==

[[http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Horizons%20A1/134/220/69 Horizons Homebase]] is your starting point. Here you will find Tutorial and Background videos that describe the quests and tell you about the story behind the challenge you are about to take on. Here also are portals that can take you to the start of each quest and the Prize Room where you go to claim your reward when you have reached the end and freed Tyrah.

===Portal Room===

[[File:Quest_Portals.png|center]]

Here you can use a portal to take you to the next quest that you are ready for. Only Players may use the portals (Explorers have to walk or fly), and you may only use a portal to reach a quest if you have finished the ones before it.

===Prize Room===

[[File:Prize_Stations.jpg|center]]

Here you can collect your reward for successfully completing all the quests in consecutive order. Payout stations on the right offer a Linden Dollar reward. Those on the left offer one of the many common, rare, and ultra-rare prizes designed exclusively for Players of this experience. You may select either a Linden Dollar reward or a fabulous prize, but not both.

===Tunnel===

[[File:Horizons_Entrance.png|center]]

Enter the tunnel to begin your adventure!

[[File:Horizons_Entrance_2.png|center]]

==Quest Elements==

The following components define the start, finish, and intermediate steps of the quests.

===Quest Info Kiosk===

[[File:Quest_Info_Kiosk.png|center]]

At the start of each quest there is a Quest Info Kiosk that hands out a notecard and plays a message with the quest instructions.

===HUD Kiosk===

Click on a HUD Kiosk to get a new HUD if you have lost your previous HUD, or if you have arrived at the quest as an Explorer and have decided to play through it as a Player. Remember, though, that you have to play the quests in order, so the kiosk will not give you a HUD unless you have completed the previous quests.

[[File:HUD_Kiosk.png|center]]

===Start Gate===

To begin a quest, walk through its start gate. The timer on your HUD starts immediately. In some quests, the gate will attach a special mini HUD or a weapon. If you walk back through the start gate, your timer will stop and you will lose any progress that you have made during the quest so far. If you were given a weapon or an extra mini HUD during the quest, they will disappear too. You will need to re-enter and start the quest again.

[[File:Quest_Start_Gate.png|center]]

===Quest HUD Timer===

* Each quest is on a timer.
* You have to complete each quest within that time.
* If you die, the timer on the HUD is still running and you lose time on the quest timer.
* If the time runs out before you complete the quest, you have to start that quest again.
* If you leave the region or walk back through its start gate, the clock will reset to zero.

===Access Terminal===

At the end of each quest you have to activate an access terminal to be able to proceed to the next quest. The access terminal verifies that you have finished the quest within the time limit and it updates your HUD.

[[File:Access_Terminal.jpg|center]]

===Resurrection Circle===

If you are killed by a peril or gunned down by a killer robot, or if you are torn limb from limb by Dr. Talpa’s pet swamp monster, Fluffy, this is where you will end up. You will not lose anything that you have collected, but you will lose valuable time.

[[File:Resurrection_Circle.png|center]]

==Tips and Tricks==

*Only tap jump once to avoid flying.
*Use '''Ctrl + R''' to run.
*Don’t detach your HUD. If you do, any mini HUD or weapon you have will disappear, and you will not be able to complete the quest.

==Rules==

* No flying, if you are a Player. If you fly you will be returned to the point where you started flying, but you will lose time on your quest timer.
* Explorers may fly, but may not fly vehicles below an altitude of 50m. If you fly a vehicle below that altitude or if you land anywhere, you will be unseated and your aircraft will be returned.
* No teleporting to any location in the quest regions. If you teleport as a Player, you will be sent to the region’s Resurrection Circle. If you teleport as an Explorer, you will be sent to the Homebase region.
* No sitting, except in the Homebase region.
* No speeding. Do not go faster than the standard run speed.
* No cheat or griefing objects allowed.

We hope that you enjoy this experience. The most important rule is to have fun!

Horizons Parcel Ownership

2016-11-15T17:24:03Z

Michael Linden: /* The Mailbox */

Horizons Parcel Ownership

2016-11-15T17:21:32Z

Michael Linden: /* The Mailbox */

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[[File:Horizons_LOGO_Final.png|center]]
<center>[[Linden_Lab_Official:Horizons| back to the main ''Horizons'' page]]</center>

[[File:HR_Region.png|center]]

Residential parcels in Horizons are arranged in an attractive network of canals and roadways, so that parcels can be reached over Protected Land (owned by Governor Linden) by roads or water. Many are surrounded by or next to community park land.

==Landmark Parks==
 

At the center of each residential Region there is a park area that serves as a landmark for residents. The park has a statue or a clock tower or other feature that makes the Region distinctive and can be a focus for social activity.

[[File:Landmark_Clock_001.png|center]]

==Residential Parcels==
 

All Horizons regions are rated [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Maturity-ratings/ta-p/700119#Section_.1.4 Adult], so you must be over 18 years old and you must [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Accessing-Adult-land-and-content/ta-p/805975#Section_.4 set your own rating to Adult] in order to have access and to purchase land.

All Horizons parcels are the same size, 32 meters x 32 meters (1024 square meters), although some may look larger because they are set back from nearby roads, waterways, or other resident parcels. Before deciding to buy or rent your own parcel, be sure to examine property lines ( ''World > Show > Property Lines'' ) to see its boundaries.

[[File:HR_Parcel.png|center]]

Linden Lab does not usually set land for direct sale on the Mainland. However, there are two special cases in which you can obtain Horizons parcels from Linden Lab:

* '''Auctions''': Linden Lab regularly auctions Mainland parcels via [http://usd.auctions.secondlife.com/ Second Life Land Auctions]. Land owned on the Mainland is subject to a [https://secondlife.com/my/account/landfees.php|land use fee], which is a monthly charge in addition to premium membership.

* '''Abandoned Land''': In some special cases, Linden Lab sells abandoned Mainland parcels to individual Residents. For more information, see [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Abandoned-land/ta-p/846143 Abandoned land].

Land owned by Governor Linden, named "Protected Land", will not generally be terraformed or sold to Residents.

Remember that you can also buy land from your fellow Residents. See [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Selling-and-renting-land-to-others/ta-p/700135 Selling and Renting Land to Others].

==Requirements==
 

Please review the [http://www.lindenlab.com/tos#tos4 Terms of Service (Sect 4.8)] to familiarize yourself with your rights and responsibilities for acquiring, transferring or accessing Virtual Land.

To purchase a [http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Second_Life_Glossary#mainland Mainland] parcel in Second Life, you must have a Premium account with current payment information on file, and your account must be in good standing. You may also be required to have a clean disciplinary record.

As a Premium account holder, you have 512 square meters of tier use. The 1024 square meter parcels in Horizons will require additional monthly land tier. For more information, see [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Buying-land/ta-p/700043#Section_.3 Land tier]. A Premium account also provides many other benefits. For more information, see [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Premium-membership/ta-p/1054477/ Premium membership].

Any Basic or Premium account holder also has the option to rent land from other residents. Rentals are private agreements negotiated between the landowner and the renter. Rates and any land use restrictions are set by the landowner, subject only to limitations in the [http://www.lindenlab.com/tos#tos4 Terms of Service].

Note that except in rezzing zones in the Community and Info Hub regions, you may only rez objects on your own land or on land that is owned by a group that has given you permission to rez.

==Building on a Horizons Parcel==
 

Congratulations! You have bought land in one of the Horizons regions. Now let’s see what you can do with it.

Your Horizons parcel is a 32 m x 32 m square, with a land area of 1024 sq m. Anywhere else in Mainland regions, a parcel that size would have a ''Land Impact'' allowance of 351. In Horizons, however, your parcel has a ''Land Impact'' allowance of 702. You can do a lot of building and decorating with an allowance that size. Review [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Managing-your-parcel/ta-p/700113 articles in the Knowledge Base] to learn how to manage your parcel.

What may I build on my land?

# You may build your own house or other building on the parcel, or
# You may use a Horizons Home.

If you build your own home, you have freedom to choose the style and size of the building, as long as it fits on the parcel and is within your ''Land Impact'' allowance.

If you choose to use a Horizons Home:

* Your Horizons Home is free of charge and will not count against the ''Land Impact'' allowance for your parcel.
* You may choose among 6 standard styles.
* You may place any one of them in a preset location on the parcel, and you may change the style as often as you like.
* You may choose from a menu of colors and style options for the house, and you may change them as often as you’d like.

You may change your mind about whether to use a Horizons Home or build your own at any time, as often as you’d like.

So, how do I choose?

===The Mailbox===
 
[[File:Mailbox.png|200px|right]]

Your parcel has a mailbox that is the heart of the control system for the parcel. You cannot move the mailbox or modify it in any way. It is Linden Lab property, and it sits on Protected Land just outside your parcel. It will respond only to you, the owner of the your parcel. (If the land is owned by a group, [[Horizons_Parcel_Ownership#How_do_I_let_my_partner_or_friends_have_access_to_my_Horizons_home|see here]].)

When you touch the mailbox, you will see a dialog menu with three options:

[[File:Mailbox_Main_Menu.png|200px|center]]

* '''INFORMATION''' opens a link to the Horizons wiki, where you will find information about land management, the Horizons quest game, and other topics of interest to residents in the Horizons Regions.

* '''RESOURCES''' delivers a folder of textures and other resources that you may use for decorating your property.

* '''BUILDING''' opens a submenu that lets you choose among 6 standard building styles. A seventh button lets you remove any standard house that is already on your land.

* When you select a house, it will appear within seconds, replacing any standard house that was there before. Your furniture and other possessions will not be affected, although you will probably need to move them to new positions. The new building will have the same color and texture choices that were applied to the previous one.

[[File:Mailbox_Build_Menu.png|center]]

* If you click the ''REMOVE'' button, you will be able to place your own house on the parcel instead of a Horizons home. The ''REMOVE'' button will not affect anything else on your parcel.

* If you remove the Horizons home and have changed your mind, you may always click the mailbox to select a new Horizons home at any time.

<blockquote>'''Please note:''' You cannot change the way your Horizons house is placed on the parcel. Its orientation is preset by the mailbox. </blockquote>

==How can I modify my Horizons Home?==
 

You can't change the basic structure of a Horizons home by removing walls or cutting new doorways, but you can add to it. You may build extra interior walls, add features to the outside (a deck or a hot tub maybe), and of course add furniture, and wall or floor coverings.

In addition, your Horizons home has some built-in design options. [[File:Control_Panel.png|right]] There is a control panel just inside the front door and to your left as you enter. The control has four buttons with icons. From left to right, the buttons control:

* Locking/unlocking your door. You may lock/unlock the door with the button just outside the house as well. The door opens or closes when you left click on it.
* Turning the central lighting ON or OFF.
* Changing the color of your carpet or the walls or choosing between two style (trim) variations. Submenus offer a range of popular colors so you can select combinations to match your own taste.
* Opening/closing the window blinds. You may also open/close them by touching any window from the inside or outside of your house.

==How do I let my partner or friends have access to my Horizons home?==
 

If you want other people to be able to operate the controls for your home, you will need to create a group first. See [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Creating-managing-moderating-and-disbanding-groups/ta-p/700111 Creating, managing, moderating, and disbanding groups].

<blockquote>'''Tip:''' A group must always have at least 2 members. To guarantee that the group will remain even if other members leave, it is wise to create an alt and make your alt a co-owner of the group. If you do that, you and your alt will always have full control over the group.</blockquote> [[File:Control_Box_B.png|right|top]]

Review the abilities associated with different [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Creating-managing-moderating-and-disbanding-groups/ta-p/700111#Section_.5 roles in your group], and then invite your friends and partner to join. Be sure that they have roles with the abilities you want them to have.

Next, [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Group-owned-land/ta-p/700079#Section_.3 deed your parcel] to the new group.

<blockquote>'''Please be sure''' to open ''World > About Land > Options,'' and tick or untick permission boxes to make it so that only group members are allowed to create objects or bring objects onto your land. You may use other options in [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Managing-your-parcel/ta-p/700113#Section_.10 About Land] to block people outside the parcel from seeing or hearing what people in the parcel are doing, or to prevent public access.</blockquote>

When you have done that, you and other group members will have permission to use the parcel. However, because you are no longer the sole owner, the mailbox will not recognize you. It will not let you or anyone else use its controls or any of the options on the Horizons home control panel.

Therefore, your parcel needs to have a Horizons Group Owned Land Control Box (a “Control Box”) that will communicate with the mailbox and act like a remote control. You can receive a free Control box and instructions for using it by visiting the [[Living_In_Horizons#The_Land_Info_Area|Land Info]] area on the Horizons Info Hub in your area. You can also get them by touching the “ '''''i''''' ” symbol or the Horizons logo on any mailbox, whether you own the parcel there or not.

==How do I set up a Control Box?==
 

The Control Box belongs to you, not to Linden Lab. [[File:Control_Box_More_New.png|right|top]]You could rez it anywhere that you have permission, but it will only work on a Horizons parcel and only where your group owns the land.

# Rez the Control Box on your parcel, somewhere within 20 meters of your mailbox – the closer, the better. Be sure that it is really in your parcel. Use ''World > Show > Property Lines'' if you are not sure where the boundaries of your parcel are.
#* If you rez it on Protected (Linden-owned) Land, it will be auto-returned within minutes.
#* If you rez it on someone else's parcel, it will not communicate with your mailbox.
# Right click on the Control Box and select EDIT.
# On the line that says "Group", click the wrench icon and select the name of your group.
# Tick the box that says "Share".
# Click the button that says "Deed".
# The words "GROUP OWNED" should appear over the Control Box now. Touch your mailbox to complete the installation.

<blockquote>'''Please Note:''' You must have a role in your group that allows you to Deed Objects to the Group.
If you do not have that ability, the Control Box will need to be set up by the group Owner or someone with permission to deed objects.
Anyone in your group who has permission to rez and deed objects may install a Control Box, but you only need ONE on your parcel.</blockquote>

==How does the Control Box work?==
 

When you touch the mailbox for a group-owned parcel, it will tell you to use the Control Box instead. You must be a group member and you must be wearing your group tag. When you touch the Control Box, it will offer almost the same menu that the mailbox would offer if you were the sole owner of the parcel. See the description here.

The Control Box offers one additional option:

* '''DECOR''' -- Gives permission to manage building controls (door and window controls, plus changing colors and textures)

If you select the DECOR option, the Control Box will check to be sure that you are wearing a group tag. If so, you will be authorized to operate the door and to use all of the controls on the building's control panel. After that, the home will remember that you have permission, and you will no longer need to touch the control box in order to get it again.

<blockquote>'''Please note:''' When you use any building's controls for the first time, you will be advised to touch the Control Box to verify that you are a group member. If a new building has been rezzed since you’ve verified group membership, or if you’ve touched the Control Box without wearing your group tag, you will need to touch the Control Box again to refresh its memory.</blockquote>

==What if the Control Box does not work properly?==
 

Review all of the steps for [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Creating-managing-moderating-and-disbanding-groups/ta-p/700111#Section_.1 creating a group] and [[Horizons_Parcel_Ownership#How_do_I_set_up_a_Control_Box.3F|setting up a control box]].

Verify that the Control Box is on your own parcel by using ''World > Show > Property Lines'', and that it is within 20 meters of the mailbox.

Be sure that you have the group active (that is, you are wearing the group’s tag).

Check that you have not blocked the mailbox or the Control Box.

If all else fails, rez and deed a new copy of the Control Box.

==How do I remove someone’s permission to control a group-owned home?==
 

Anyone in your group may use the Control Box to get permission to replace the house or manage its decor. If you decide that a person should no longer have permission, you should take two steps:

#[https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Creating-managing-moderating-and-disbanding-groups/ta-p/700111#Section_.9 Eject] the person from the group. (Remember that you cannot eject anyone with the role of Owner, however. This is one reason why it is wise to use only your own alt as the group’s co-owner).
#Use the Control Box to replace your existing Horizons Home with an identical one. For example, if you are using a Mesa Sturdy style home, select the Mesa Sturdy option from the Control Box’s BUILDING menu to replace it with a new copy of Mesa Sturdy. Group members wearing tags will still be able to use the Control Box.

The person will not be able to use the Control Box anymore. If the person is no longer a group member, and if you have set the permissions properly in ''World > About Land > Options'', the person will also no longer be able to rez objects or bring them onto the parcel.

==What happens if I sell the land?==
 

The mailbox will recognize as soon as land ownership changes. If you were the sole owner, you will not be able to use the mailbox anymore. If the land was group-owned, the Control Box will turn red and display the words “INVALID MAILBOX”. Within two minutes, it will delete itself.

[[File:Invalid_Mailbox.png|center]]

Horizons Parcel Ownership

2016-11-15T17:12:16Z

Michael Linden: /* How do I set up a Control Box? */

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[[File:Horizons_LOGO_Final.png|center]]
<center>[[Linden_Lab_Official:Horizons| back to the main ''Horizons'' page]]</center>

[[File:HR_Region.png|center]]

Residential parcels in Horizons are arranged in an attractive network of canals and roadways, so that parcels can be reached over Protected Land (owned by Governor Linden) by roads or water. Many are surrounded by or next to community park land.

==Landmark Parks==
 

At the center of each residential Region there is a park area that serves as a landmark for residents. The park has a statue or a clock tower or other feature that makes the Region distinctive and can be a focus for social activity.

[[File:Landmark_Clock_001.png|center]]

==Residential Parcels==
 

All Horizons regions are rated [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Maturity-ratings/ta-p/700119#Section_.1.4 Adult], so you must be over 18 years old and you must [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Accessing-Adult-land-and-content/ta-p/805975#Section_.4 set your own rating to Adult] in order to have access and to purchase land.

All Horizons parcels are the same size, 32 meters x 32 meters (1024 square meters), although some may look larger because they are set back from nearby roads, waterways, or other resident parcels. Before deciding to buy or rent your own parcel, be sure to examine property lines ( ''World > Show > Property Lines'' ) to see its boundaries.

[[File:HR_Parcel.png|center]]

Linden Lab does not usually set land for direct sale on the Mainland. However, there are two special cases in which you can obtain Horizons parcels from Linden Lab:

* '''Auctions''': Linden Lab regularly auctions Mainland parcels via [http://usd.auctions.secondlife.com/ Second Life Land Auctions]. Land owned on the Mainland is subject to a [https://secondlife.com/my/account/landfees.php|land use fee], which is a monthly charge in addition to premium membership.

* '''Abandoned Land''': In some special cases, Linden Lab sells abandoned Mainland parcels to individual Residents. For more information, see [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Abandoned-land/ta-p/846143 Abandoned land].

Land owned by Governor Linden, named "Protected Land", will not generally be terraformed or sold to Residents.

Remember that you can also buy land from your fellow Residents. See [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Selling-and-renting-land-to-others/ta-p/700135 Selling and Renting Land to Others].

==Requirements==
 

Please review the [http://www.lindenlab.com/tos#tos4 Terms of Service (Sect 4.8)] to familiarize yourself with your rights and responsibilities for acquiring, transferring or accessing Virtual Land.

To purchase a [http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Second_Life_Glossary#mainland Mainland] parcel in Second Life, you must have a Premium account with current payment information on file, and your account must be in good standing. You may also be required to have a clean disciplinary record.

As a Premium account holder, you have 512 square meters of tier use. The 1024 square meter parcels in Horizons will require additional monthly land tier. For more information, see [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Buying-land/ta-p/700043#Section_.3 Land tier]. A Premium account also provides many other benefits. For more information, see [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Premium-membership/ta-p/1054477/ Premium membership].

Any Basic or Premium account holder also has the option to rent land from other residents. Rentals are private agreements negotiated between the landowner and the renter. Rates and any land use restrictions are set by the landowner, subject only to limitations in the [http://www.lindenlab.com/tos#tos4 Terms of Service].

Note that except in rezzing zones in the Community and Info Hub regions, you may only rez objects on your own land or on land that is owned by a group that has given you permission to rez.

==Building on a Horizons Parcel==
 

Congratulations! You have bought land in one of the Horizons regions. Now let’s see what you can do with it.

Your Horizons parcel is a 32 m x 32 m square, with a land area of 1024 sq m. Anywhere else in Mainland regions, a parcel that size would have a ''Land Impact'' allowance of 351. In Horizons, however, your parcel has a ''Land Impact'' allowance of 702. You can do a lot of building and decorating with an allowance that size. Review [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Managing-your-parcel/ta-p/700113 articles in the Knowledge Base] to learn how to manage your parcel.

What may I build on my land?

# You may build your own house or other building on the parcel, or
# You may use a Horizons Home.

If you build your own home, you have freedom to choose the style and size of the building, as long as it fits on the parcel and is within your ''Land Impact'' allowance.

If you choose to use a Horizons Home:

* Your Horizons Home is free of charge and will not count against the ''Land Impact'' allowance for your parcel.
* You may choose among 6 standard styles.
* You may place any one of them in a preset location on the parcel, and you may change the style as often as you like.
* You may choose from a menu of colors and style options for the house, and you may change them as often as you’d like.

You may change your mind about whether to use a Horizons Home or build your own at any time, as often as you’d like.

So, how do I choose?

===The Mailbox===
 
[[File:Mailbox.png|right]]

Your parcel has a mailbox that is the heart of the control system for the parcel. You cannot move the mailbox or modify it in any way. It is Linden Lab property, and it sits on Protected Land just outside your parcel. It will respond only to you, the owner of the your parcel. (If the land is owned by a group, [[Horizons_Parcel_Ownership#How_do_I_let_my_partner_or_friends_have_access_to_my_Horizons_home|see here]].)

When you touch the mailbox, you will see a dialog menu with three options:

[[File:Mailbox_Main_Menu.png|center]]

* '''INFORMATION''' opens a link to the Horizons wiki, where you will find information about land management, the Horizons quest game, and other topics of interest to residents in the Horizons Regions.

* '''RESOURCES''' delivers a folder of textures and other resources that you may use for decorating your property.

* '''BUILDING''' opens a submenu that lets you choose among 6 standard building styles. A seventh button lets you remove any standard house that is already on your land.

* When you select a house, it will appear within seconds, replacing any standard house that was there before. Your furniture and other possessions will not be affected, although you will probably need to move them to new positions. The new building will have the same color and texture choices that were applied to the previous one.

[[File:Mailbox_Build_Menu.png|center]]

* If you click the ''REMOVE'' button, you will be able to place your own house on the parcel instead of a Horizons home. The ''REMOVE'' button will not affect anything else on your parcel.

* If you remove the Horizons home and have changed your mind, you may always click the mailbox to select a new Horizons home at any time.

<blockquote>'''Please note:''' You cannot change the way your Horizons house is placed on the parcel. Its orientation is preset by the mailbox. </blockquote>

==How can I modify my Horizons Home?==
 

You can't change the basic structure of a Horizons home by removing walls or cutting new doorways, but you can add to it. You may build extra interior walls, add features to the outside (a deck or a hot tub maybe), and of course add furniture, and wall or floor coverings.

In addition, your Horizons home has some built-in design options. [[File:Control_Panel.png|right]] There is a control panel just inside the front door and to your left as you enter. The control has four buttons with icons. From left to right, the buttons control:

* Locking/unlocking your door. You may lock/unlock the door with the button just outside the house as well. The door opens or closes when you left click on it.
* Turning the central lighting ON or OFF.
* Changing the color of your carpet or the walls or choosing between two style (trim) variations. Submenus offer a range of popular colors so you can select combinations to match your own taste.
* Opening/closing the window blinds. You may also open/close them by touching any window from the inside or outside of your house.

==How do I let my partner or friends have access to my Horizons home?==
 

If you want other people to be able to operate the controls for your home, you will need to create a group first. See [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Creating-managing-moderating-and-disbanding-groups/ta-p/700111 Creating, managing, moderating, and disbanding groups].

<blockquote>'''Tip:''' A group must always have at least 2 members. To guarantee that the group will remain even if other members leave, it is wise to create an alt and make your alt a co-owner of the group. If you do that, you and your alt will always have full control over the group.</blockquote> [[File:Control_Box_B.png|right|top]]

Review the abilities associated with different [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Creating-managing-moderating-and-disbanding-groups/ta-p/700111#Section_.5 roles in your group], and then invite your friends and partner to join. Be sure that they have roles with the abilities you want them to have.

Next, [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Group-owned-land/ta-p/700079#Section_.3 deed your parcel] to the new group.

<blockquote>'''Please be sure''' to open ''World > About Land > Options,'' and tick or untick permission boxes to make it so that only group members are allowed to create objects or bring objects onto your land. You may use other options in [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Managing-your-parcel/ta-p/700113#Section_.10 About Land] to block people outside the parcel from seeing or hearing what people in the parcel are doing, or to prevent public access.</blockquote>

When you have done that, you and other group members will have permission to use the parcel. However, because you are no longer the sole owner, the mailbox will not recognize you. It will not let you or anyone else use its controls or any of the options on the Horizons home control panel.

Therefore, your parcel needs to have a Horizons Group Owned Land Control Box (a “Control Box”) that will communicate with the mailbox and act like a remote control. You can receive a free Control box and instructions for using it by visiting the [[Living_In_Horizons#The_Land_Info_Area|Land Info]] area on the Horizons Info Hub in your area. You can also get them by touching the “ '''''i''''' ” symbol or the Horizons logo on any mailbox, whether you own the parcel there or not.

==How do I set up a Control Box?==
 

The Control Box belongs to you, not to Linden Lab. [[File:Control_Box_More_New.png|right|top]]You could rez it anywhere that you have permission, but it will only work on a Horizons parcel and only where your group owns the land.

# Rez the Control Box on your parcel, somewhere within 20 meters of your mailbox – the closer, the better. Be sure that it is really in your parcel. Use ''World > Show > Property Lines'' if you are not sure where the boundaries of your parcel are.
#* If you rez it on Protected (Linden-owned) Land, it will be auto-returned within minutes.
#* If you rez it on someone else's parcel, it will not communicate with your mailbox.
# Right click on the Control Box and select EDIT.
# On the line that says "Group", click the wrench icon and select the name of your group.
# Tick the box that says "Share".
# Click the button that says "Deed".
# The words "GROUP OWNED" should appear over the Control Box now. Touch your mailbox to complete the installation.

<blockquote>'''Please Note:''' You must have a role in your group that allows you to Deed Objects to the Group.
If you do not have that ability, the Control Box will need to be set up by the group Owner or someone with permission to deed objects.
Anyone in your group who has permission to rez and deed objects may install a Control Box, but you only need ONE on your parcel.</blockquote>

==How does the Control Box work?==
 

When you touch the mailbox for a group-owned parcel, it will tell you to use the Control Box instead. You must be a group member and you must be wearing your group tag. When you touch the Control Box, it will offer almost the same menu that the mailbox would offer if you were the sole owner of the parcel. See the description here.

The Control Box offers one additional option:

* '''DECOR''' -- Gives permission to manage building controls (door and window controls, plus changing colors and textures)

If you select the DECOR option, the Control Box will check to be sure that you are wearing a group tag. If so, you will be authorized to operate the door and to use all of the controls on the building's control panel. After that, the home will remember that you have permission, and you will no longer need to touch the control box in order to get it again.

<blockquote>'''Please note:''' When you use any building's controls for the first time, you will be advised to touch the Control Box to verify that you are a group member. If a new building has been rezzed since you’ve verified group membership, or if you’ve touched the Control Box without wearing your group tag, you will need to touch the Control Box again to refresh its memory.</blockquote>

==What if the Control Box does not work properly?==
 

Review all of the steps for [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Creating-managing-moderating-and-disbanding-groups/ta-p/700111#Section_.1 creating a group] and [[Horizons_Parcel_Ownership#How_do_I_set_up_a_Control_Box.3F|setting up a control box]].

Verify that the Control Box is on your own parcel by using ''World > Show > Property Lines'', and that it is within 20 meters of the mailbox.

Be sure that you have the group active (that is, you are wearing the group’s tag).

Check that you have not blocked the mailbox or the Control Box.

If all else fails, rez and deed a new copy of the Control Box.

==How do I remove someone’s permission to control a group-owned home?==
 

Anyone in your group may use the Control Box to get permission to replace the house or manage its decor. If you decide that a person should no longer have permission, you should take two steps:

#[https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Creating-managing-moderating-and-disbanding-groups/ta-p/700111#Section_.9 Eject] the person from the group. (Remember that you cannot eject anyone with the role of Owner, however. This is one reason why it is wise to use only your own alt as the group’s co-owner).
#Use the Control Box to replace your existing Horizons Home with an identical one. For example, if you are using a Mesa Sturdy style home, select the Mesa Sturdy option from the Control Box’s BUILDING menu to replace it with a new copy of Mesa Sturdy. Group members wearing tags will still be able to use the Control Box.

The person will not be able to use the Control Box anymore. If the person is no longer a group member, and if you have set the permissions properly in ''World > About Land > Options'', the person will also no longer be able to rez objects or bring them onto the parcel.

==What happens if I sell the land?==
 

The mailbox will recognize as soon as land ownership changes. If you were the sole owner, you will not be able to use the mailbox anymore. If the land was group-owned, the Control Box will turn red and display the words “INVALID MAILBOX”. Within two minutes, it will delete itself.

[[File:Invalid_Mailbox.png|center]]

Horizons Parcel Ownership

2016-11-15T17:10:48Z

Michael Linden: /* How does the Control Box work? */

__TOC__
[[File:Horizons_LOGO_Final.png|center]]
<center>[[Linden_Lab_Official:Horizons| back to the main ''Horizons'' page]]</center>

[[File:HR_Region.png|center]]

Residential parcels in Horizons are arranged in an attractive network of canals and roadways, so that parcels can be reached over Protected Land (owned by Governor Linden) by roads or water. Many are surrounded by or next to community park land.

==Landmark Parks==
 

At the center of each residential Region there is a park area that serves as a landmark for residents. The park has a statue or a clock tower or other feature that makes the Region distinctive and can be a focus for social activity.

[[File:Landmark_Clock_001.png|center]]

==Residential Parcels==
 

All Horizons regions are rated [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Maturity-ratings/ta-p/700119#Section_.1.4 Adult], so you must be over 18 years old and you must [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Accessing-Adult-land-and-content/ta-p/805975#Section_.4 set your own rating to Adult] in order to have access and to purchase land.

All Horizons parcels are the same size, 32 meters x 32 meters (1024 square meters), although some may look larger because they are set back from nearby roads, waterways, or other resident parcels. Before deciding to buy or rent your own parcel, be sure to examine property lines ( ''World > Show > Property Lines'' ) to see its boundaries.

[[File:HR_Parcel.png|center]]

Linden Lab does not usually set land for direct sale on the Mainland. However, there are two special cases in which you can obtain Horizons parcels from Linden Lab:

* '''Auctions''': Linden Lab regularly auctions Mainland parcels via [http://usd.auctions.secondlife.com/ Second Life Land Auctions]. Land owned on the Mainland is subject to a [https://secondlife.com/my/account/landfees.php|land use fee], which is a monthly charge in addition to premium membership.

* '''Abandoned Land''': In some special cases, Linden Lab sells abandoned Mainland parcels to individual Residents. For more information, see [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Abandoned-land/ta-p/846143 Abandoned land].

Land owned by Governor Linden, named "Protected Land", will not generally be terraformed or sold to Residents.

Remember that you can also buy land from your fellow Residents. See [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Selling-and-renting-land-to-others/ta-p/700135 Selling and Renting Land to Others].

==Requirements==
 

Please review the [http://www.lindenlab.com/tos#tos4 Terms of Service (Sect 4.8)] to familiarize yourself with your rights and responsibilities for acquiring, transferring or accessing Virtual Land.

To purchase a [http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Second_Life_Glossary#mainland Mainland] parcel in Second Life, you must have a Premium account with current payment information on file, and your account must be in good standing. You may also be required to have a clean disciplinary record.

As a Premium account holder, you have 512 square meters of tier use. The 1024 square meter parcels in Horizons will require additional monthly land tier. For more information, see [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Buying-land/ta-p/700043#Section_.3 Land tier]. A Premium account also provides many other benefits. For more information, see [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Premium-membership/ta-p/1054477/ Premium membership].

Any Basic or Premium account holder also has the option to rent land from other residents. Rentals are private agreements negotiated between the landowner and the renter. Rates and any land use restrictions are set by the landowner, subject only to limitations in the [http://www.lindenlab.com/tos#tos4 Terms of Service].

Note that except in rezzing zones in the Community and Info Hub regions, you may only rez objects on your own land or on land that is owned by a group that has given you permission to rez.

==Building on a Horizons Parcel==
 

Congratulations! You have bought land in one of the Horizons regions. Now let’s see what you can do with it.

Your Horizons parcel is a 32 m x 32 m square, with a land area of 1024 sq m. Anywhere else in Mainland regions, a parcel that size would have a ''Land Impact'' allowance of 351. In Horizons, however, your parcel has a ''Land Impact'' allowance of 702. You can do a lot of building and decorating with an allowance that size. Review [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Managing-your-parcel/ta-p/700113 articles in the Knowledge Base] to learn how to manage your parcel.

What may I build on my land?

# You may build your own house or other building on the parcel, or
# You may use a Horizons Home.

If you build your own home, you have freedom to choose the style and size of the building, as long as it fits on the parcel and is within your ''Land Impact'' allowance.

If you choose to use a Horizons Home:

* Your Horizons Home is free of charge and will not count against the ''Land Impact'' allowance for your parcel.
* You may choose among 6 standard styles.
* You may place any one of them in a preset location on the parcel, and you may change the style as often as you like.
* You may choose from a menu of colors and style options for the house, and you may change them as often as you’d like.

You may change your mind about whether to use a Horizons Home or build your own at any time, as often as you’d like.

So, how do I choose?

===The Mailbox===
 
[[File:Mailbox.png|right]]

Your parcel has a mailbox that is the heart of the control system for the parcel. You cannot move the mailbox or modify it in any way. It is Linden Lab property, and it sits on Protected Land just outside your parcel. It will respond only to you, the owner of the your parcel. (If the land is owned by a group, [[Horizons_Parcel_Ownership#How_do_I_let_my_partner_or_friends_have_access_to_my_Horizons_home|see here]].)

When you touch the mailbox, you will see a dialog menu with three options:

[[File:Mailbox_Main_Menu.png|center]]

* '''INFORMATION''' opens a link to the Horizons wiki, where you will find information about land management, the Horizons quest game, and other topics of interest to residents in the Horizons Regions.

* '''RESOURCES''' delivers a folder of textures and other resources that you may use for decorating your property.

* '''BUILDING''' opens a submenu that lets you choose among 6 standard building styles. A seventh button lets you remove any standard house that is already on your land.

* When you select a house, it will appear within seconds, replacing any standard house that was there before. Your furniture and other possessions will not be affected, although you will probably need to move them to new positions. The new building will have the same color and texture choices that were applied to the previous one.

[[File:Mailbox_Build_Menu.png|center]]

* If you click the ''REMOVE'' button, you will be able to place your own house on the parcel instead of a Horizons home. The ''REMOVE'' button will not affect anything else on your parcel.

* If you remove the Horizons home and have changed your mind, you may always click the mailbox to select a new Horizons home at any time.

<blockquote>'''Please note:''' You cannot change the way your Horizons house is placed on the parcel. Its orientation is preset by the mailbox. </blockquote>

==How can I modify my Horizons Home?==
 

You can't change the basic structure of a Horizons home by removing walls or cutting new doorways, but you can add to it. You may build extra interior walls, add features to the outside (a deck or a hot tub maybe), and of course add furniture, and wall or floor coverings.

In addition, your Horizons home has some built-in design options. [[File:Control_Panel.png|right]] There is a control panel just inside the front door and to your left as you enter. The control has four buttons with icons. From left to right, the buttons control:

* Locking/unlocking your door. You may lock/unlock the door with the button just outside the house as well. The door opens or closes when you left click on it.
* Turning the central lighting ON or OFF.
* Changing the color of your carpet or the walls or choosing between two style (trim) variations. Submenus offer a range of popular colors so you can select combinations to match your own taste.
* Opening/closing the window blinds. You may also open/close them by touching any window from the inside or outside of your house.

==How do I let my partner or friends have access to my Horizons home?==
 

If you want other people to be able to operate the controls for your home, you will need to create a group first. See [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Creating-managing-moderating-and-disbanding-groups/ta-p/700111 Creating, managing, moderating, and disbanding groups].

<blockquote>'''Tip:''' A group must always have at least 2 members. To guarantee that the group will remain even if other members leave, it is wise to create an alt and make your alt a co-owner of the group. If you do that, you and your alt will always have full control over the group.</blockquote> [[File:Control_Box_B.png|right|top]]

Review the abilities associated with different [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Creating-managing-moderating-and-disbanding-groups/ta-p/700111#Section_.5 roles in your group], and then invite your friends and partner to join. Be sure that they have roles with the abilities you want them to have.

Next, [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Group-owned-land/ta-p/700079#Section_.3 deed your parcel] to the new group.

<blockquote>'''Please be sure''' to open ''World > About Land > Options,'' and tick or untick permission boxes to make it so that only group members are allowed to create objects or bring objects onto your land. You may use other options in [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Managing-your-parcel/ta-p/700113#Section_.10 About Land] to block people outside the parcel from seeing or hearing what people in the parcel are doing, or to prevent public access.</blockquote>

When you have done that, you and other group members will have permission to use the parcel. However, because you are no longer the sole owner, the mailbox will not recognize you. It will not let you or anyone else use its controls or any of the options on the Horizons home control panel.

Therefore, your parcel needs to have a Horizons Group Owned Land Control Box (a “Control Box”) that will communicate with the mailbox and act like a remote control. You can receive a free Control box and instructions for using it by visiting the [[Living_In_Horizons#The_Land_Info_Area|Land Info]] area on the Horizons Info Hub in your area. You can also get them by touching the “ '''''i''''' ” symbol or the Horizons logo on any mailbox, whether you own the parcel there or not.

==How do I set up a Control Box?==

The Control Box belongs to you, not to Linden Lab. [[File:Control_Box_More_New.png|right|top]]You could rez it anywhere that you have permission, but it will only work on a Horizons parcel and only where your group owns the land.

# Rez the Control Box on your parcel, somewhere within 20 meters of your mailbox – the closer, the better. Be sure that it is really in your parcel. Use ''World > Show > Property Lines'' if you are not sure where the boundaries of your parcel are.
#* If you rez it on Protected (Linden-owned) Land, it will be auto-returned within minutes.
#* If you rez it on someone else's parcel, it will not communicate with your mailbox.
# Right click on the Control Box and select EDIT.
# On the line that says "Group", click the wrench icon and select the name of your group.
# Tick the box that says "Share".
# Click the button that says "Deed".
# The words "GROUP OWNED" should appear over the Control Box now. Touch your mailbox to complete the installation.

<blockquote>'''Please Note:''' You must have a role in your group that allows you to Deed Objects to the Group.
If you do not have that ability, the Control Box will need to be set up by the group Owner or someone with permission to deed objects.
Anyone in your group who has permission to rez and deed objects may install a Control Box, but you only need ONE on your parcel.</blockquote>

==How does the Control Box work?==
 

When you touch the mailbox for a group-owned parcel, it will tell you to use the Control Box instead. You must be a group member and you must be wearing your group tag. When you touch the Control Box, it will offer almost the same menu that the mailbox would offer if you were the sole owner of the parcel. See the description here.

The Control Box offers one additional option:

* '''DECOR''' -- Gives permission to manage building controls (door and window controls, plus changing colors and textures)

If you select the DECOR option, the Control Box will check to be sure that you are wearing a group tag. If so, you will be authorized to operate the door and to use all of the controls on the building's control panel. After that, the home will remember that you have permission, and you will no longer need to touch the control box in order to get it again.

<blockquote>'''Please note:''' When you use any building's controls for the first time, you will be advised to touch the Control Box to verify that you are a group member. If a new building has been rezzed since you’ve verified group membership, or if you’ve touched the Control Box without wearing your group tag, you will need to touch the Control Box again to refresh its memory.</blockquote>

==What if the Control Box does not work properly?==
 

Review all of the steps for [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Creating-managing-moderating-and-disbanding-groups/ta-p/700111#Section_.1 creating a group] and [[Horizons_Parcel_Ownership#How_do_I_set_up_a_Control_Box.3F|setting up a control box]].

Verify that the Control Box is on your own parcel by using ''World > Show > Property Lines'', and that it is within 20 meters of the mailbox.

Be sure that you have the group active (that is, you are wearing the group’s tag).

Check that you have not blocked the mailbox or the Control Box.

If all else fails, rez and deed a new copy of the Control Box.

==How do I remove someone’s permission to control a group-owned home?==
 

Anyone in your group may use the Control Box to get permission to replace the house or manage its decor. If you decide that a person should no longer have permission, you should take two steps:

#[https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Creating-managing-moderating-and-disbanding-groups/ta-p/700111#Section_.9 Eject] the person from the group. (Remember that you cannot eject anyone with the role of Owner, however. This is one reason why it is wise to use only your own alt as the group’s co-owner).
#Use the Control Box to replace your existing Horizons Home with an identical one. For example, if you are using a Mesa Sturdy style home, select the Mesa Sturdy option from the Control Box’s BUILDING menu to replace it with a new copy of Mesa Sturdy. Group members wearing tags will still be able to use the Control Box.

The person will not be able to use the Control Box anymore. If the person is no longer a group member, and if you have set the permissions properly in ''World > About Land > Options'', the person will also no longer be able to rez objects or bring them onto the parcel.

==What happens if I sell the land?==
 

The mailbox will recognize as soon as land ownership changes. If you were the sole owner, you will not be able to use the mailbox anymore. If the land was group-owned, the Control Box will turn red and display the words “INVALID MAILBOX”. Within two minutes, it will delete itself.

[[File:Invalid_Mailbox.png|center]]

Horizons Parcel Ownership

2016-11-15T17:09:37Z

Michael Linden:

__TOC__
[[File:Horizons_LOGO_Final.png|center]]
<center>[[Linden_Lab_Official:Horizons| back to the main ''Horizons'' page]]</center>

[[File:HR_Region.png|center]]

Residential parcels in Horizons are arranged in an attractive network of canals and roadways, so that parcels can be reached over Protected Land (owned by Governor Linden) by roads or water. Many are surrounded by or next to community park land.

==Landmark Parks==
 

At the center of each residential Region there is a park area that serves as a landmark for residents. The park has a statue or a clock tower or other feature that makes the Region distinctive and can be a focus for social activity.

[[File:Landmark_Clock_001.png|center]]

==Residential Parcels==
 

All Horizons regions are rated [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Maturity-ratings/ta-p/700119#Section_.1.4 Adult], so you must be over 18 years old and you must [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Accessing-Adult-land-and-content/ta-p/805975#Section_.4 set your own rating to Adult] in order to have access and to purchase land.

All Horizons parcels are the same size, 32 meters x 32 meters (1024 square meters), although some may look larger because they are set back from nearby roads, waterways, or other resident parcels. Before deciding to buy or rent your own parcel, be sure to examine property lines ( ''World > Show > Property Lines'' ) to see its boundaries.

[[File:HR_Parcel.png|center]]

Linden Lab does not usually set land for direct sale on the Mainland. However, there are two special cases in which you can obtain Horizons parcels from Linden Lab:

* '''Auctions''': Linden Lab regularly auctions Mainland parcels via [http://usd.auctions.secondlife.com/ Second Life Land Auctions]. Land owned on the Mainland is subject to a [https://secondlife.com/my/account/landfees.php|land use fee], which is a monthly charge in addition to premium membership.

* '''Abandoned Land''': In some special cases, Linden Lab sells abandoned Mainland parcels to individual Residents. For more information, see [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Abandoned-land/ta-p/846143 Abandoned land].

Land owned by Governor Linden, named "Protected Land", will not generally be terraformed or sold to Residents.

Remember that you can also buy land from your fellow Residents. See [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Selling-and-renting-land-to-others/ta-p/700135 Selling and Renting Land to Others].

==Requirements==
 

Please review the [http://www.lindenlab.com/tos#tos4 Terms of Service (Sect 4.8)] to familiarize yourself with your rights and responsibilities for acquiring, transferring or accessing Virtual Land.

To purchase a [http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Second_Life_Glossary#mainland Mainland] parcel in Second Life, you must have a Premium account with current payment information on file, and your account must be in good standing. You may also be required to have a clean disciplinary record.

As a Premium account holder, you have 512 square meters of tier use. The 1024 square meter parcels in Horizons will require additional monthly land tier. For more information, see [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Buying-land/ta-p/700043#Section_.3 Land tier]. A Premium account also provides many other benefits. For more information, see [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Premium-membership/ta-p/1054477/ Premium membership].

Any Basic or Premium account holder also has the option to rent land from other residents. Rentals are private agreements negotiated between the landowner and the renter. Rates and any land use restrictions are set by the landowner, subject only to limitations in the [http://www.lindenlab.com/tos#tos4 Terms of Service].

Note that except in rezzing zones in the Community and Info Hub regions, you may only rez objects on your own land or on land that is owned by a group that has given you permission to rez.

==Building on a Horizons Parcel==
 

Congratulations! You have bought land in one of the Horizons regions. Now let’s see what you can do with it.

Your Horizons parcel is a 32 m x 32 m square, with a land area of 1024 sq m. Anywhere else in Mainland regions, a parcel that size would have a ''Land Impact'' allowance of 351. In Horizons, however, your parcel has a ''Land Impact'' allowance of 702. You can do a lot of building and decorating with an allowance that size. Review [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Managing-your-parcel/ta-p/700113 articles in the Knowledge Base] to learn how to manage your parcel.

What may I build on my land?

# You may build your own house or other building on the parcel, or
# You may use a Horizons Home.

If you build your own home, you have freedom to choose the style and size of the building, as long as it fits on the parcel and is within your ''Land Impact'' allowance.

If you choose to use a Horizons Home:

* Your Horizons Home is free of charge and will not count against the ''Land Impact'' allowance for your parcel.
* You may choose among 6 standard styles.
* You may place any one of them in a preset location on the parcel, and you may change the style as often as you like.
* You may choose from a menu of colors and style options for the house, and you may change them as often as you’d like.

You may change your mind about whether to use a Horizons Home or build your own at any time, as often as you’d like.

So, how do I choose?

===The Mailbox===
 
[[File:Mailbox.png|right]]

Your parcel has a mailbox that is the heart of the control system for the parcel. You cannot move the mailbox or modify it in any way. It is Linden Lab property, and it sits on Protected Land just outside your parcel. It will respond only to you, the owner of the your parcel. (If the land is owned by a group, [[Horizons_Parcel_Ownership#How_do_I_let_my_partner_or_friends_have_access_to_my_Horizons_home|see here]].)

When you touch the mailbox, you will see a dialog menu with three options:

[[File:Mailbox_Main_Menu.png|center]]

* '''INFORMATION''' opens a link to the Horizons wiki, where you will find information about land management, the Horizons quest game, and other topics of interest to residents in the Horizons Regions.

* '''RESOURCES''' delivers a folder of textures and other resources that you may use for decorating your property.

* '''BUILDING''' opens a submenu that lets you choose among 6 standard building styles. A seventh button lets you remove any standard house that is already on your land.

* When you select a house, it will appear within seconds, replacing any standard house that was there before. Your furniture and other possessions will not be affected, although you will probably need to move them to new positions. The new building will have the same color and texture choices that were applied to the previous one.

[[File:Mailbox_Build_Menu.png|center]]

* If you click the ''REMOVE'' button, you will be able to place your own house on the parcel instead of a Horizons home. The ''REMOVE'' button will not affect anything else on your parcel.

* If you remove the Horizons home and have changed your mind, you may always click the mailbox to select a new Horizons home at any time.

<blockquote>'''Please note:''' You cannot change the way your Horizons house is placed on the parcel. Its orientation is preset by the mailbox. </blockquote>

==How can I modify my Horizons Home?==
 

You can't change the basic structure of a Horizons home by removing walls or cutting new doorways, but you can add to it. You may build extra interior walls, add features to the outside (a deck or a hot tub maybe), and of course add furniture, and wall or floor coverings.

In addition, your Horizons home has some built-in design options. [[File:Control_Panel.png|right]] There is a control panel just inside the front door and to your left as you enter. The control has four buttons with icons. From left to right, the buttons control:

* Locking/unlocking your door. You may lock/unlock the door with the button just outside the house as well. The door opens or closes when you left click on it.
* Turning the central lighting ON or OFF.
* Changing the color of your carpet or the walls or choosing between two style (trim) variations. Submenus offer a range of popular colors so you can select combinations to match your own taste.
* Opening/closing the window blinds. You may also open/close them by touching any window from the inside or outside of your house.

==How do I let my partner or friends have access to my Horizons home?==
 

If you want other people to be able to operate the controls for your home, you will need to create a group first. See [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Creating-managing-moderating-and-disbanding-groups/ta-p/700111 Creating, managing, moderating, and disbanding groups].

<blockquote>'''Tip:''' A group must always have at least 2 members. To guarantee that the group will remain even if other members leave, it is wise to create an alt and make your alt a co-owner of the group. If you do that, you and your alt will always have full control over the group.</blockquote> [[File:Control_Box_B.png|right|top]]

Review the abilities associated with different [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Creating-managing-moderating-and-disbanding-groups/ta-p/700111#Section_.5 roles in your group], and then invite your friends and partner to join. Be sure that they have roles with the abilities you want them to have.

Next, [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Group-owned-land/ta-p/700079#Section_.3 deed your parcel] to the new group.

<blockquote>'''Please be sure''' to open ''World > About Land > Options,'' and tick or untick permission boxes to make it so that only group members are allowed to create objects or bring objects onto your land. You may use other options in [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Managing-your-parcel/ta-p/700113#Section_.10 About Land] to block people outside the parcel from seeing or hearing what people in the parcel are doing, or to prevent public access.</blockquote>

When you have done that, you and other group members will have permission to use the parcel. However, because you are no longer the sole owner, the mailbox will not recognize you. It will not let you or anyone else use its controls or any of the options on the Horizons home control panel.

Therefore, your parcel needs to have a Horizons Group Owned Land Control Box (a “Control Box”) that will communicate with the mailbox and act like a remote control. You can receive a free Control box and instructions for using it by visiting the [[Living_In_Horizons#The_Land_Info_Area|Land Info]] area on the Horizons Info Hub in your area. You can also get them by touching the “ '''''i''''' ” symbol or the Horizons logo on any mailbox, whether you own the parcel there or not.

==How do I set up a Control Box?==

The Control Box belongs to you, not to Linden Lab. [[File:Control_Box_More_New.png|right|top]]You could rez it anywhere that you have permission, but it will only work on a Horizons parcel and only where your group owns the land.

# Rez the Control Box on your parcel, somewhere within 20 meters of your mailbox – the closer, the better. Be sure that it is really in your parcel. Use ''World > Show > Property Lines'' if you are not sure where the boundaries of your parcel are.
#* If you rez it on Protected (Linden-owned) Land, it will be auto-returned within minutes.
#* If you rez it on someone else's parcel, it will not communicate with your mailbox.
# Right click on the Control Box and select EDIT.
# On the line that says "Group", click the wrench icon and select the name of your group.
# Tick the box that says "Share".
# Click the button that says "Deed".
# The words "GROUP OWNED" should appear over the Control Box now. Touch your mailbox to complete the installation.

<blockquote>'''Please Note:''' You must have a role in your group that allows you to Deed Objects to the Group.
If you do not have that ability, the Control Box will need to be set up by the group Owner or someone with permission to deed objects.
Anyone in your group who has permission to rez and deed objects may install a Control Box, but you only need ONE on your parcel.</blockquote>

==How does the Control Box work?==

When you touch the mailbox for a group-owned parcel, it will tell you to use the Control Box instead. You must be a group member and you must be wearing your group tag. When you touch the Control Box, it will offer almost the same menu that the mailbox would offer if you were the sole owner of the parcel. See the description here.

The Control Box offers one additional option:

* '''DECOR''' -- Gives permission to manage building controls (door and window controls, plus changing colors and textures)

If you select the DECOR option, the Control Box will check to be sure that you are wearing a group tag. If so, you will be authorized to operate the door and to use all of the controls on the building's control panel. After that, the home will remember that you have permission, and you will no longer need to touch the control box in order to get it again.

<blockquote>'''Please note:''' When you use any building's controls for the first time, you will be advised to touch the Control Box to verify that you are a group member. If a new building has been rezzed since you’ve verified group membership, or if you’ve touched the Control Box without wearing your group tag, you will need to touch the Control Box again to refresh its memory.</blockquote>

==What if the Control Box does not work properly?==
 

Review all of the steps for [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Creating-managing-moderating-and-disbanding-groups/ta-p/700111#Section_.1 creating a group] and [[Horizons_Parcel_Ownership#How_do_I_set_up_a_Control_Box.3F|setting up a control box]].

Verify that the Control Box is on your own parcel by using ''World > Show > Property Lines'', and that it is within 20 meters of the mailbox.

Be sure that you have the group active (that is, you are wearing the group’s tag).

Check that you have not blocked the mailbox or the Control Box.

If all else fails, rez and deed a new copy of the Control Box.

==How do I remove someone’s permission to control a group-owned home?==
 

Anyone in your group may use the Control Box to get permission to replace the house or manage its decor. If you decide that a person should no longer have permission, you should take two steps:

#[https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Creating-managing-moderating-and-disbanding-groups/ta-p/700111#Section_.9 Eject] the person from the group. (Remember that you cannot eject anyone with the role of Owner, however. This is one reason why it is wise to use only your own alt as the group’s co-owner).
#Use the Control Box to replace your existing Horizons Home with an identical one. For example, if you are using a Mesa Sturdy style home, select the Mesa Sturdy option from the Control Box’s BUILDING menu to replace it with a new copy of Mesa Sturdy. Group members wearing tags will still be able to use the Control Box.

The person will not be able to use the Control Box anymore. If the person is no longer a group member, and if you have set the permissions properly in ''World > About Land > Options'', the person will also no longer be able to rez objects or bring them onto the parcel.

==What happens if I sell the land?==
 

The mailbox will recognize as soon as land ownership changes. If you were the sole owner, you will not be able to use the mailbox anymore. If the land was group-owned, the Control Box will turn red and display the words “INVALID MAILBOX”. Within two minutes, it will delete itself.

[[File:Invalid_Mailbox.png|center]]

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Horizons Parcel Ownership

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<center>[[Linden_Lab_Official:Horizons| back to the main ''Horizons'' page]]</center>

[[File:HR_Region.png|center]]

Residential parcels in Horizons are arranged in an attractive network of canals and roadways, so that parcels can be reached over Protected Land (owned by Governor Linden) by roads or water. Many are surrounded by or next to community park land.

==Landmark Parks==

At the center of each residential Region there is a park area that serves as a landmark for residents. The park has a statue or a clock tower or other feature that makes the Region distinctive and can be a focus for social activity.

[[File:Landmark_Clock_001.png|center]]

==Residential Parcels==

All Horizons regions are rated [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Maturity-ratings/ta-p/700119#Section_.1.4 Adult], so you must be over 18 years old and you must [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Accessing-Adult-land-and-content/ta-p/805975#Section_.4 set your own rating to Adult] in order to have access and to purchase land.

All Horizons parcels are the same size, 32 meters x 32 meters (1024 square meters), although some may look larger because they are set back from nearby roads, waterways, or other resident parcels. Before deciding to buy or rent your own parcel, be sure to examine property lines ( ''World > Show > Property Lines'' ) to see its boundaries.

[[File:HR_Parcel.png|center]]

Linden Lab does not usually set land for direct sale on the Mainland. However, there are two special cases in which you can obtain Horizons parcels from Linden Lab:

* '''Auctions''': Linden Lab regularly auctions Mainland parcels via [http://usd.auctions.secondlife.com/ Second Life Land Auctions]. Land owned on the Mainland is subject to a [https://secondlife.com/my/account/landfees.php|land use fee], which is a monthly charge in addition to premium membership.

* '''Abandoned Land''': In some special cases, Linden Lab sells abandoned Mainland parcels to individual Residents. For more information, see [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Abandoned-land/ta-p/846143 Abandoned land].

Land owned by Governor Linden, named "Protected Land", will not generally be terraformed or sold to Residents.

Remember that you can also buy land from your fellow Residents. See [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Selling-and-renting-land-to-others/ta-p/700135 Selling and Renting Land to Others].

==Requirements==

Please review the [http://www.lindenlab.com/tos#tos4 Terms of Service (Sect 4.8)] to familiarize yourself with your rights and responsibilities for acquiring, transferring or accessing Virtual Land.

To purchase a [http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Second_Life_Glossary#mainland Mainland] parcel in Second Life, you must have a Premium account with current payment information on file, and your account must be in good standing. You may also be required to have a clean disciplinary record.

As a Premium account holder, you have 512 square meters of tier use. The 1024 square meter parcels in Horizons will require additional monthly land tier. For more information, see [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Buying-land/ta-p/700043#Section_.3 Land tier]. A Premium account also provides many other benefits. For more information, see [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Premium-membership/ta-p/1054477/ Premium membership].

Any Basic or Premium account holder also has the option to rent land from other residents. Rentals are private agreements negotiated between the landowner and the renter. Rates and any land use restrictions are set by the landowner, subject only to limitations in the [http://www.lindenlab.com/tos#tos4 Terms of Service].

Note that except in rezzing zones in the Community and Info Hub regions, you may only rez objects on your own land or on land that is owned by a group that has given you permission to rez.

==Building on a Horizons Parcel==

Congratulations! You have bought land in one of the Horizons regions. Now let’s see what you can do with it.

Your Horizons parcel is a 32 m x 32 m square, with a land area of 1024 sq m. Anywhere else in Mainland regions, a parcel that size would have a ''Land Impact'' allowance of 351. In Horizons, however, your parcel has a ''Land Impact'' allowance of 702. You can do a lot of building and decorating with an allowance that size. Review [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Managing-your-parcel/ta-p/700113 articles in the Knowledge Base] to learn how to manage your parcel.

What may I build on my land?

# You may build your own house or other building on the parcel, or
# You may use a Horizons Home.

If you build your own home, you have freedom to choose the style and size of the building, as long as it fits on the parcel and is within your ''Land Impact'' allowance.

If you choose to use a Horizons Home:

* Your Horizons Home is free of charge and will not count against the ''Land Impact'' allowance for your parcel.
* You may choose among 6 standard styles.
* You may place any one of them in a preset location on the parcel, and you may change the style as often as you like.
* You may choose from a menu of colors and style options for the house, and you may change them as often as you’d like.

You may change your mind about whether to use a Horizons Home or build your own at any time, as often as you’d like.

So, how do I choose?

===The Mailbox===
 
[[File:Mailbox.png|right]]

Your parcel has a mailbox that is the heart of the control system for the parcel. You cannot move the mailbox or modify it in any way. It is Linden Lab property, and it sits on Protected Land just outside your parcel. It will respond only to you, the owner of the your parcel. (If the land is owned by a group, [[Horizons_Parcel_Ownership#How_do_I_let_my_partner_or_friends_have_access_to_my_Horizons_home|see here]].)

When you touch the mailbox, you will see a dialog menu with three options:

[[File:Mailbox_Main_Menu.png|center]]

* '''INFORMATION''' opens a link to the Horizons wiki, where you will find information about land management, the Horizons quest game, and other topics of interest to residents in the Horizons Regions.

* '''RESOURCES''' delivers a folder of textures and other resources that you may use for decorating your property.

* '''BUILDING''' opens a submenu that lets you choose among 6 standard building styles. A seventh button lets you remove any standard house that is already on your land.

* When you select a house, it will appear within seconds, replacing any standard house that was there before. Your furniture and other possessions will not be affected, although you will probably need to move them to new positions. The new building will have the same color and texture choices that were applied to the previous one.

[[File:Mailbox_Build_Menu.png|center]]

* If you click the ''REMOVE'' button, you will be able to place your own house on the parcel instead of a Horizons home. The ''REMOVE'' button will not affect anything else on your parcel.

* If you remove the Horizons home and have changed your mind, you may always click the mailbox to select a new Horizons home at any time.

<blockquote>'''Please note:''' You cannot change the way your Horizons house is placed on the parcel. Its orientation is preset by the mailbox. </blockquote>

==How can I modify my Horizons Home?==

You can't change the basic structure of a Horizons home by removing walls or cutting new doorways, but you can add to it. You may build extra interior walls, add features to the outside (a deck or a hot tub maybe), and of course add furniture, and wall or floor coverings.

In addition, your Horizons home has some built-in design options. [[File:Control_Panel.png|right]] There is a control panel just inside the front door and to your left as you enter. The control has four buttons with icons. From left to right, the buttons control:

* Locking/unlocking your door. You may lock/unlock the door with the button just outside the house as well. The door opens or closes when you left click on it.
* Turning the central lighting ON or OFF.
* Changing the color of your carpet or the walls or choosing between two style (trim) variations. Submenus offer a range of popular colors so you can select combinations to match your own taste.
* Opening/closing the window blinds. You may also open/close them by touching any window from the inside or outside of your house.

==How do I let my partner or friends have access to my Horizons home?==

If you want other people to be able to operate the controls for your home, you will need to create a group first. See [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Creating-managing-moderating-and-disbanding-groups/ta-p/700111 Creating, managing, moderating, and disbanding groups].

<blockquote>'''Tip:''' A group must always have at least 2 members. To guarantee that the group will remain even if other members leave, it is wise to create an alt and make your alt a co-owner of the group. If you do that, you and your alt will always have full control over the group.</blockquote> [[File:Control_Box_B.png|right|top]]

Review the abilities associated with different [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Creating-managing-moderating-and-disbanding-groups/ta-p/700111#Section_.5 roles in your group], and then invite your friends and partner to join. Be sure that they have roles with the abilities you want them to have.

Next, [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Group-owned-land/ta-p/700079#Section_.3 deed your parcel] to the new group.

<blockquote>'''Please be sure''' to open ''World > About Land > Options,'' and tick or untick permission boxes to make it so that only group members are allowed to create objects or bring objects onto your land. You may use other options in [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Managing-your-parcel/ta-p/700113#Section_.10 About Land] to block people outside the parcel from seeing or hearing what people in the parcel are doing, or to prevent public access.</blockquote>

When you have done that, you and other group members will have permission to use the parcel. However, because you are no longer the sole owner, the mailbox will not recognize you. It will not let you or anyone else use its controls or any of the options on the Horizons home control panel.

Therefore, your parcel needs to have a Horizons Group Owned Land Control Box (a “Control Box”) that will communicate with the mailbox and act like a remote control. You can receive a free Control box and instructions for using it by visiting the [[Living_In_Horizons#The_Land_Info_Area|Land Info]] area on the Horizons Info Hub in your area. You can also get them by touching the “ '''''i''''' ” symbol or the Horizons logo on any mailbox, whether you own the parcel there or not.

==How do I set up a Control Box?==

The Control Box belongs to you, not to Linden Lab. [[File:Control_Box_More_New.png|right|top]]You could rez it anywhere that you have permission, but it will only work on a Horizons parcel and only where your group owns the land.

# Rez the Control Box on your parcel, somewhere within 20 meters of your mailbox – the closer, the better. Be sure that it is really in your parcel. Use ''World > Show > Property Lines'' if you are not sure where the boundaries of your parcel are.
#* If you rez it on Protected (Linden-owned) Land, it will be auto-returned within minutes.
#* If you rez it on someone else's parcel, it will not communicate with your mailbox.
# Right click on the Control Box and select EDIT.
# On the line that says "Group", click the wrench icon and select the name of your group.
# Tick the box that says "Share".
# Click the button that says "Deed".
# The words "GROUP OWNED" should appear over the Control Box now. Touch your mailbox to complete the installation.

<blockquote>'''Please Note:''' You must have a role in your group that allows you to Deed Objects to the Group.
If you do not have that ability, the Control Box will need to be set up by the group Owner or someone with permission to deed objects.
Anyone in your group who has permission to rez and deed objects may install a Control Box, but you only need ONE on your parcel.</blockquote>

==How does the Control Box work?==

When you touch the mailbox for a group-owned parcel, it will tell you to use the Control Box instead. You must be a group member and you must be wearing your group tag. When you touch the Control Box, it will offer almost the same menu that the mailbox would offer if you were the sole owner of the parcel. See the description here.

The Control Box offers one additional option:

* '''DECOR''' -- Gives permission to manage building controls (door and window controls, plus changing colors and textures)

If you select the DECOR option, the Control Box will check to be sure that you are wearing a group tag. If so, you will be authorized to operate the door and to use all of the controls on the building's control panel. After that, the home will remember that you have permission, and you will no longer need to touch the control box in order to get it again.

<blockquote>'''Please note:''' When you use any building's controls for the first time, you will be advised to touch the Control Box to verify that you are a group member. If a new building has been rezzed since you’ve verified group membership, or if you’ve touched the Control Box without wearing your group tag, you will need to touch the Control Box again to refresh its memory.</blockquote>

==What if the Control Box does not work properly?==

Review all of the steps for [https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Creating-managing-moderating-and-disbanding-groups/ta-p/700111#Section_.1 creating a group] and [[Horizons_Parcel_Ownership#How_do_I_set_up_a_Control_Box.3F|setting up a control box]].

Verify that the Control Box is on your own parcel by using ''World > Show > Property Lines'', and that it is within 20 meters of the mailbox.

Be sure that you have the group active (that is, you are wearing the group’s tag).

Check that you have not blocked the mailbox or the Control Box.

If all else fails, rez and deed a new copy of the Control Box.

==How do I remove someone’s permission to control a group-owned home?==

Anyone in your group may use the Control Box to get permission to replace the house or manage its decor. If you decide that a person should no longer have permission, you should take two steps:

#[https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Creating-managing-moderating-and-disbanding-groups/ta-p/700111#Section_.9 Eject] the person from the group. (Remember that you cannot eject anyone with the role of Owner, however. This is one reason why it is wise to use only your own alt as the group’s co-owner).
#Use the Control Box to replace your existing Horizons Home with an identical one. For example, if you are using a Mesa Sturdy style home, select the Mesa Sturdy option from the Control Box’s BUILDING menu to replace it with a new copy of Mesa Sturdy. Group members wearing tags will still be able to use the Control Box.

The person will not be able to use the Control Box anymore. If the person is no longer a group member, and if you have set the permissions properly in ''World > About Land > Options'', the person will also no longer be able to rez objects or bring them onto the parcel.

==What happens if I sell the land?==

The mailbox will recognize as soon as land ownership changes. If you were the sole owner, you will not be able to use the mailbox anymore. If the land was group-owned, the Control Box will turn red and display the words “INVALID MAILBOX”. Within two minutes, it will delete itself.

[[File:Invalid_Mailbox.png|center]]

Living In Horizons

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==Community Regions==

 

[[File:Community_1.png|center|700px]]

[[File:Community_2.png|center|700px]]

The Horizons Community Regions are places for the Horizons community to meet, hold events, gather, and socialize. Each of them has a meeting hall, a lounge area, and a bar where you can dance, socialize and have a drink.

[[File:Unforgettable.png|center]]

The Community Regions have a continuous audio stream. If you are having trouble hearing it,

* be sure that you have streaming music enabled in ''Preferences > Sound & Media''.
* click the Play button in the upper right corner of your viewer screen to start the stream.
* wait for the stream to download to your viewer. (This may take as much as a minute.)
* check the volume slider in your Master Sound Control panel.

Relax with a friend, hold your next club meeting, schedule a community musical event...

[[File:Community_Plaza_1.png|center]]

[[File:Community_Plaza_2.png|center]]

or just come to admire the ducks.

[[File:Ducks.png|center]]

==Horizons Info Hubs==
 

[[File:HR_InfoHub.png|center]]

Visit any one of the four InfoHub Regions in Horizons to find out more about buying and managing land, and to learn about the Horizons quests. Under the two domes in the central part of the Info Hub, you’ll find two resource areas:

===The Land Info Area===
 

[[File:HR_InfoHub_Land.png|center]]

Visit the Land Info area to get a folder of information about buying land and about using a parcel’s mailbox controls to choose and then customize a Horizons home. Watch a video that describes the benefits of buying a Horizons parcel, or access the Horizons wiki for more detailed information.

===The Horizons Experience Area===
 

[[File:HR_InfoHub_Exp.png|center]]

Visit the Horizons Experience area to watch videos that introduce the quests at the heart of the Horizons subcontinent. Learn what’s behind the evil Dr. Talpa’s exploits in this part of the world, and find out how you can help [[http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/User:Magellan_Linden Magellan Linden]] (the intrepid explorer) outsmart Dr. Talpa -- and earn some L$ or fabulous prizes. Enter a portal to launch your adventure.

=== Building Demo Areas ===
 

[[Image:HR InfoHub Demo 1.png|center]]

You may also come to the Info Hub to practice using the mailbox controls for a Horizons residential parcel. There are two Demo areas: one for learning how to rez and customize a Horizons home if a parcel is owned by one person, and the other for parcels that are owned by a group. You can rez each of the house models and experiment with the control panels to sample the color and trim options. A kiosk in each demo area offers more detailed information to help you manage a home on your own parcel.

[[Image:HR InfoHub Demo 2.png|center]]

===Vehicle Rez Zones===
 

You may rez your aircraft or boat or dock it temporarily at either of the Vehicle Rez Zones on the north and south sides of the Info Hub as well as one on the east or west side of the Community regions. From there, you can navigate by water anywhere in the Horizons sea or its inland canal system.

[[File:Rez_Zone.png|center]]

Living In Horizons

2016-11-15T16:42:34Z

Michael Linden:

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[[File:Horizons_LOGO_Final.png|center]]

<center>[[Linden_Lab_Official:Horizons| back to the main ''Horizons'' page]]</center>

==Community Regions==

 

[[File:Community_1.png|center|700px]]

[[File:Community_2.png|center|700px]]

The Horizons Community Regions are places for the Horizons community to meet, hold events, gather, and socialize. Each of them has a meeting hall, a lounge area, and a bar where you can dance, socialize and have a drink.

[[File:Unforgettable.png|200px|center]]

The Community Regions have a continuous audio stream. If you are having trouble hearing it,

* be sure that you have streaming music enabled in ''Preferences > Sound & Media''.
* click the Play button in the upper right corner of your viewer screen to start the stream.
* wait for the stream to download to your viewer. (This may take as much as a minute.)
* check the volume slider in your Master Sound Control panel.

Relax with a friend, hold your next club meeting, schedule a community musical event...

[[File:Community_Plaza_1.png|center]]

[[File:Community_Plaza_2.png|center]]

or just come to admire the ducks.

[[File:Ducks.png|center]]

==Horizons Info Hubs==

[[File:HR_InfoHub.png|center]]

Visit any one of the four InfoHub Regions in Horizons to find out more about buying and managing land, and to learn about the Horizons quests. Under the two domes in the central part of the Info Hub, you’ll find two resource areas:

===The Land Info Area===

[[File:HR_InfoHub_Land.png|center]]

Visit the Land Info area to get a folder of information about buying land and about using a parcel’s mailbox controls to choose and then customize a Horizons home. Watch a video that describes the benefits of buying a Horizons parcel, or access the Horizons wiki for more detailed information.

===The Horizons Experience Area===

[[File:HR_InfoHub_Exp.png|center]]

Visit the Horizons Experience area to watch videos that introduce the quests at the heart of the Horizons subcontinent. Learn what’s behind the evil Dr. Talpa’s exploits in this part of the world, and find out how you can help [[http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/User:Magellan_Linden Magellan Linden]] (the intrepid explorer) outsmart Dr. Talpa -- and earn some L$ or fabulous prizes. Enter a portal to launch your adventure.

=== Building Demo Areas ===

[[Image:HR InfoHub Demo 1.png|center]]

You may also come to the Info Hub to practice using the mailbox controls for a Horizons residential parcel. There are two Demo areas: one for learning how to rez and customize a Horizons home if a parcel is owned by one person, and the other for parcels that are owned by a group. You can rez each of the house models and experiment with the control panels to sample the color and trim options. A kiosk in each demo area offers more detailed information to help you manage a home on your own parcel.

[[Image:HR InfoHub Demo 2.png|center]]

===Vehicle Rez Zones===

You may rez your aircraft or boat or dock it temporarily at either of the Vehicle Rez Zones on the north and south sides of the Info Hub as well as one on the east or west side of the Community regions. From there, you can navigate by water anywhere in the Horizons sea or its inland canal system.

[[File:Rez_Zone.png|center]]

File:Rez Zone.png

2016-11-15T16:42:00Z

Michael Linden:

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Michael Linden:

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Michael Linden:

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Michael Linden:

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Michael Linden:

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Michael Linden:

Living In Horizons

2016-11-15T16:34:15Z

Michael Linden: /* Community Regions */

__TOC__
[[File:Horizons_LOGO_Final.png|center]]

<center>[[Linden_Lab_Official:Horizons| back to the main ''Horizons'' page]]</center>

==Community Regions==

 

[[File:Community_1.png|center|700px]]

[[File:Community_2.png|center|700px]]

The Horizons Community Regions are places for the Horizons community to meet, hold events, gather, and socialize. Each of them has a meeting hall, a lounge area, and a bar where you can dance, socialize and have a drink.

[[File:Unforgettable.png|center|400px]]

The Community Regions have a continuous audio stream. If you are having trouble hearing it,

* be sure that you have streaming music enabled in ''Preferences > Sound & Media''.
* click the Play button in the upper right corner of your viewer screen to start the stream.
* wait for the stream to download to your viewer. (This may take as much as a minute.)
* check the volume slider in your Master Sound Control panel.

Relax with a friend, hold your next club meeting, schedule a community musical event...

[[File:Community_Plaza_1.png|center]]

[[File:Community_Plaza_2.png|center]]

or just come to admire the ducks.

[[File:Ducks.png|center]]

==Horizons Info Hubs==

[[File:HR_InfoHub.png|center]]

Visit any one of the four InfoHub Regions in Horizons to find out more about buying and managing land, and to learn about the Horizons quests. Under the two domes in the central part of the Info Hub, you’ll find two resource areas:

===The Land Info Area===

[[File:HR_InfoHub_Land.png|center]]

Visit the Land Info area to get a folder of information about buying land and about using a parcel’s mailbox controls to choose and then customize a Horizons home. Watch a video that describes the benefits of buying a Horizons parcel, or access the Horizons wiki for more detailed information.

===The Horizons Experience Area===

[[File:HR_InfoHub_Exp.png|center]]

Visit the Horizons Experience area to watch videos that introduce the quests at the heart of the Horizons subcontinent. Learn what’s behind the evil Dr. Talpa’s exploits in this part of the world, and find out how you can help [[http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/User:Magellan_Linden Magellan Linden]] (the intrepid explorer) outsmart Dr. Talpa -- and earn some L$ or fabulous prizes. Enter a portal to launch your adventure.

=== Building Demo Areas ===

[[Image:HR InfoHub Demo 1.png|center]]

You may also come to the Info Hub to practice using the mailbox controls for a Horizons residential parcel. There are two Demo areas: one for learning how to rez and customize a Horizons home if a parcel is owned by one person, and the other for parcels that are owned by a group. You can rez each of the house models and experiment with the control panels to sample the color and trim options. A kiosk in each demo area offers more detailed information to help you manage a home on your own parcel.

[[Image:HR InfoHub Demo 2.png|center]]

===Vehicle Rez Zones===

You may rez your aircraft or boat or dock it temporarily at either of the Vehicle Rez Zones on the north and south sides of the Info Hub as well as one on the east or west side of the Community regions. From there, you can navigate by water anywhere in the Horizons sea or its inland canal system.

[[File:Rez_Zone.png|center]]

File:Unforgettable.png

2016-11-15T16:31:48Z

Michael Linden:

Living In Horizons

2016-11-15T16:30:49Z

Michael Linden:

__TOC__
[[File:Horizons_LOGO_Final.png|center]]

<center>[[Linden_Lab_Official:Horizons| back to the main ''Horizons'' page]]</center>

==Community Regions==

 

[[File:Community_1.png|center]]

[[File:Community_2.png|center]]

The Horizons Community Regions are places for the Horizons community to meet, hold events, gather, and socialize. Each of them has a meeting hall, a lounge area, and a bar where you can dance, socialize and have a drink.

[[File:Unforgettable.png|center]]

The Community Regions have a continuous audio stream. If you are having trouble hearing it,

* be sure that you have streaming music enabled in ''Preferences > Sound & Media''.
* click the Play button in the upper right corner of your viewer screen to start the stream.
* wait for the stream to download to your viewer. (This may take as much as a minute.)
* check the volume slider in your Master Sound Control panel.

Relax with a friend, hold your next club meeting, schedule a community musical event...

[[File:Community_Plaza_1.png|center]]

[[File:Community_Plaza_2.png|center]]

or just come to admire the ducks.

[[File:Ducks.png|center]]

==Horizons Info Hubs==

[[File:HR_InfoHub.png|center]]

Visit any one of the four InfoHub Regions in Horizons to find out more about buying and managing land, and to learn about the Horizons quests. Under the two domes in the central part of the Info Hub, you’ll find two resource areas:

===The Land Info Area===

[[File:HR_InfoHub_Land.png|center]]

Visit the Land Info area to get a folder of information about buying land and about using a parcel’s mailbox controls to choose and then customize a Horizons home. Watch a video that describes the benefits of buying a Horizons parcel, or access the Horizons wiki for more detailed information.

===The Horizons Experience Area===

[[File:HR_InfoHub_Exp.png|center]]

Visit the Horizons Experience area to watch videos that introduce the quests at the heart of the Horizons subcontinent. Learn what’s behind the evil Dr. Talpa’s exploits in this part of the world, and find out how you can help [[http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/User:Magellan_Linden Magellan Linden]] (the intrepid explorer) outsmart Dr. Talpa -- and earn some L$ or fabulous prizes. Enter a portal to launch your adventure.

=== Building Demo Areas ===

[[Image:HR InfoHub Demo 1.png|center]]

You may also come to the Info Hub to practice using the mailbox controls for a Horizons residential parcel. There are two Demo areas: one for learning how to rez and customize a Horizons home if a parcel is owned by one person, and the other for parcels that are owned by a group. You can rez each of the house models and experiment with the control panels to sample the color and trim options. A kiosk in each demo area offers more detailed information to help you manage a home on your own parcel.

[[Image:HR InfoHub Demo 2.png|center]]

===Vehicle Rez Zones===

You may rez your aircraft or boat or dock it temporarily at either of the Vehicle Rez Zones on the north and south sides of the Info Hub as well as one on the east or west side of the Community regions. From there, you can navigate by water anywhere in the Horizons sea or its inland canal system.

[[File:Rez_Zone.png|center]]

File:Community 2.png

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Living In Horizons

2016-11-15T16:27:16Z

Michael Linden: /* Community Regions */

__TOC__
[[File:Horizons_LOGO_Final.png|center]]

<center>[[Linden_Lab_Official:Horizons| back to the main ''Horizons'' page]]</center>

==Community Regions==

 

[[File:Community_1.png|center]]

[[File:Community_2.jpg|center|800px]]

The Horizons Community Regions are places for the Horizons community to meet, hold events, gather, and socialize. Each of them has a meeting hall, a lounge area, and a bar where you can dance, socialize and have a drink.

[[File:Unforgettable.jpg|center]]

The Community Regions have a continuous audio stream. If you are having trouble hearing it,

* be sure that you have streaming music enabled in ''Preferences > Sound & Media''.
* click the Play button in the upper right corner of your viewer screen to start the stream.
* wait for the stream to download to your viewer. (This may take as much as a minute.)
* check the volume slider in your Master Sound Control panel.

Relax with a friend, hold your next club meeting, schedule a community musical event...

[[File:Community_Plaza_1.jpg|center]]

[[File:Community_Plaza_2.jpg|center]]

or just come to admire the ducks.

[[File:Ducks.jpg|center]]

==Horizons Info Hubs==

[[File:HR_InfoHub.jpg|center]]

Visit any one of the four InfoHub Regions in Horizons to find out more about buying and managing land, and to learn about the Horizons quests. Under the two domes in the central part of the Info Hub, you’ll find two resource areas:

===The Land Info Area===

[[File:HR_InfoHub_Land.jpg|center]]

Visit the Land Info area to get a folder of information about buying land and about using a parcel’s mailbox controls to choose and then customize a Horizons home. Watch a video that describes the benefits of buying a Horizons parcel, or access the Horizons wiki for more detailed information.

===The Horizons Experience Area===

[[File:HR_InfoHub_Exp.jpg|center]]

Visit the Horizons Experience area to watch videos that introduce the quests at the heart of the Horizons subcontinent. Learn what’s behind the evil Dr. Talpa’s exploits in this part of the world, and find out how you can help [[http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/User:Magellan_Linden Magellan Linden]] (the intrepid explorer) outsmart Dr. Talpa -- and earn some L$ or fabulous prizes. Enter a portal to launch your adventure.

=== Building Demo Areas ===

[[Image:HR InfoHub Demo 1.jpg|center]]

You may also come to the Info Hub to practice using the mailbox controls for a Horizons residential parcel. There are two Demo areas: one for learning how to rez and customize a Horizons home if a parcel is owned by one person, and the other for parcels that are owned by a group. You can rez each of the house models and experiment with the control panels to sample the color and trim options. A kiosk in each demo area offers more detailed information to help you manage a home on your own parcel.

[[Image:HR InfoHub Demo 2.jpg|center]]

===Vehicle Rez Zones===

You may rez your aircraft or boat or dock it temporarily at either of the Vehicle Rez Zones on the north and south sides of the Info Hub as well as one on the east or west side of the Community regions. From there, you can navigate by water anywhere in the Horizons sea or its inland canal system.

[[File:Rez_Zone.jpg|center]]

Living In Horizons

2016-11-15T16:24:52Z

Michael Linden:

__TOC__
[[File:Horizons_LOGO_Final.png|center]]

<center>[[Linden_Lab_Official:Horizons| back to the main ''Horizons'' page]]</center>

==Community Regions==

[[File:Community_1.png|center]]

[[File:Community_2.jpg|center|800px]]

The Horizons Community Regions are places for the Horizons community to meet, hold events, gather, and socialize. Each of them has a meeting hall, a lounge area, and a bar where you can dance, socialize and have a drink.

[[File:Unforgettable.jpg|center]]

The Community Regions have a continuous audio stream. If you are having trouble hearing it,

* be sure that you have streaming music enabled in ''Preferences > Sound & Media''.
* click the Play button in the upper right corner of your viewer screen to start the stream.
* wait for the stream to download to your viewer. (This may take as much as a minute.)
* check the volume slider in your Master Sound Control panel.

Relax with a friend, hold your next club meeting, schedule a community musical event...

[[File:Community_Plaza_1.jpg|center]]

[[File:Community_Plaza_2.jpg|center]]

or just come to admire the ducks.

[[File:Ducks.jpg|center]]

==Horizons Info Hubs==

[[File:HR_InfoHub.jpg|center]]

Visit any one of the four InfoHub Regions in Horizons to find out more about buying and managing land, and to learn about the Horizons quests. Under the two domes in the central part of the Info Hub, you’ll find two resource areas:

===The Land Info Area===

[[File:HR_InfoHub_Land.jpg|center]]

Visit the Land Info area to get a folder of information about buying land and about using a parcel’s mailbox controls to choose and then customize a Horizons home. Watch a video that describes the benefits of buying a Horizons parcel, or access the Horizons wiki for more detailed information.

===The Horizons Experience Area===

[[File:HR_InfoHub_Exp.jpg|center]]

Visit the Horizons Experience area to watch videos that introduce the quests at the heart of the Horizons subcontinent. Learn what’s behind the evil Dr. Talpa’s exploits in this part of the world, and find out how you can help [[http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/User:Magellan_Linden Magellan Linden]] (the intrepid explorer) outsmart Dr. Talpa -- and earn some L$ or fabulous prizes. Enter a portal to launch your adventure.

=== Building Demo Areas ===

[[Image:HR InfoHub Demo 1.jpg|center]]

You may also come to the Info Hub to practice using the mailbox controls for a Horizons residential parcel. There are two Demo areas: one for learning how to rez and customize a Horizons home if a parcel is owned by one person, and the other for parcels that are owned by a group. You can rez each of the house models and experiment with the control panels to sample the color and trim options. A kiosk in each demo area offers more detailed information to help you manage a home on your own parcel.

[[Image:HR InfoHub Demo 2.jpg|center]]

===Vehicle Rez Zones===

You may rez your aircraft or boat or dock it temporarily at either of the Vehicle Rez Zones on the north and south sides of the Info Hub as well as one on the east or west side of the Community regions. From there, you can navigate by water anywhere in the Horizons sea or its inland canal system.

[[File:Rez_Zone.jpg|center]]

File:Community 1.png

2016-11-15T16:23:58Z

Michael Linden:

Horizons Experience

2016-11-14T23:49:33Z

Michael Linden: /* Rules */

__TOC__
[[File:Horizons_LOGO_Final.png|center]]
<center>[[Linden_Lab_Official:Horizons| back to the main ''Horizons'' page]]</center>

==The Horizons Experience==

This is a five-part series of quests, that take you through some of the most treacherous terrain in Second Life. Recover lost or stolen artifacts, battle an army of killer robots, and outwit the security defenses of an almost impregnable command center, all while dodging natural perils and fiendish traps.

Anyone may enjoy the Horizons Experience. You do not need to live in one of the Horizons residential regions. The Experience has an Adult rating, however, so you do need to have an Adult maturity rating.

If you choose to, you may explore the quest regions without competing for a reward, as an Explorer. Explorers still need to watch out for the deadly perils, but they may wander -- and even fly! -- in many parts of the experience.

If you do dare to try the quests as a Player, though, you need to wear a game HUD and race against the clock to overcome incredible odds, rescue Tyrah from Dr. Talpa’s evil clutches, and receive fabulous rewards!

<blockquote>'''Tip:''' You can tell Players from Explorers by looking for the tiny dot that is hovering over their heads. A Player has an orange dot; an Explorer has a blue dot.</blockquote>

[[File:Dyna_Dot.jpg|center]]

==Background Story==

In PaleoQuest, a valiant group of Second Life Residents assisted Magellan Linden in stopping Dr. Talpa from destroying the grid with his time portal experiments. Since then, all has been quiet, but we all know how idle claws are the devil’s workshop. Magellan started hearing disturbing reports that Dr. Talpa was able to obtain technology from the future through one of his portals before it was closed. More specifically, robotic technology...

Magellan asked Tyrah to infiltrate the mad scientist mole’s lair and discover just what evil technological abominations he was constructing. However, this being a LDPW experience backstory, it was not long before she was captured. She is now being held prisoner in his command center.

How was Tyrah captured? What fiendish, unknown peril did she fall prey to? What dastardly fate does Dr. Talpa have in mind for her now? We know very little. Most people who have tried to find the answers have never returned to tell us. Lack of knowledge has never kept Magellan from leaping into the abyss of fate, however, along with any brave adventurers he can enlist (for a price).

In true form, Magellan is asking once more for residents to come to his aid in rescuing Tyrah from Dr. Talpa’s clutches. But this time we must hurry! Before we lost contact with Tyrah she said Dr. Talpa was looking for a subject on which to test cybernetic technology! We suspect if we don’t rescue her soon, Tyrah will have her mind erased and be transformed into a cyborg minion of the sociopathic mole madman!

To save her you must journey through 5 areas. Each one will be a challenge, and you will be racing against the clock! Can you save Tyrah in time? Will Dr Talpa finally succeed in ruling the grid? Will Magellan pay his bar tab? It’s all up to you!!!*

<blockquote>*''(Except for that part about the bar tab. We all know that will never happen.)''</blockquote>

When you land at Homebase, the Game HUD will attach and a pop up menu will appear. If you want to play the game select the Player option. Or, if you do not want to play, select the Explorer option and feel free to explore the experience at your leisure (and only a little life-threatening risk).

==Recommended Game Settings==

For the best possible experience we recommend that you use the following preference settings:

* Turn on the region Windlight settings. To do this go to ''World > Sun > Use Region Settings''.
* We recommend a minimum draw distance of 256 meters. To do this go to ''Me > Preferences > Graphics'', and set your draw distance to 256 meters or higher.
* Turn on Show Me in mouselook. Go to ''Me > Preferences > Move & View'' and tick the box that says “Show me in Mouselook”.

[[File:Unforgettable.jpg|center]]

Each of the experience regions has a continuous audio stream. If you are having trouble hearing it:

* Be sure that you have streaming music enabled in ''Preferences > Sound & Media''.
* Click the musical note in the upper right corner of your viewer screen to start the stream.
* Wait for the stream to download to your viewer. (This may take as much as a minute.)
* Check the volume slider in your Master Sound Control panel.

==HUD Legend==

[[File:horizons_hud_legend.png|center]]

==Homebase==

[[http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Horizons%20A1/134/220/69 Horizons Homebase]] is your starting point. Here you will find Tutorial and Background videos that describe the quests and tell you about the story behind the challenge you are about to take on. Here also are portals that can take you to the start of each quest and the Prize Room where you go to claim your reward when you have reached the end and freed Tyrah.

===Portal Room===

[[File:Quest_Portals.jpg|center]]

Here you can use a portal to take you to the next quest that you are ready for. Only Players may use the portals (Explorers have to walk or fly), and you may only use a portal to reach a quest if you have finished the ones before it.

===Prize Room===

[[File:Prize_Stations.jpg|center]]

Here you can collect your reward for successfully completing all the quests in consecutive order. Payout stations on the right offer a Linden Dollar reward. Those on the left offer one of the many common, rare, and ultra-rare prizes designed exclusively for Players of this experience. You may select either a Linden Dollar reward or a fabulous prize, but not both.

===Tunnel===

[[File:Horizons_Entrance.jpg|center]]

Enter the tunnel to begin your adventure!

[[File:Horizons_Entrance_2.jpg|center]]

==Quest Elements==

The following components define the start, finish, and intermediate steps of the quests.

===Quest Info Kiosk===

[[File:Quest_Info_Kiosk.jpg|center]]

At the start of each quest there is a Quest Info Kiosk that hands out a notecard and plays a message with the quest instructions.

===HUD Kiosk===

Click on a HUD Kiosk to get a new HUD if you have lost your previous HUD, or if you have arrived at the quest as an Explorer and have decided to play through it as a Player. Remember, though, that you have to play the quests in order, so the kiosk will not give you a HUD unless you have completed the previous quests.

[[File:HUD_Kiosk.jpg|center]]

===Start Gate===

To begin a quest, walk through its start gate. The timer on your HUD starts immediately. In some quests, the gate will attach a special mini HUD or a weapon. If you walk back through the start gate, your timer will stop and you will lose any progress that you have made during the quest so far. If you were given a weapon or an extra mini HUD during the quest, they will disappear too. You will need to re-enter and start the quest again.

[[File:Quest_Start_Gate.jpg|center]]

===Quest HUD Timer===

* Each quest is on a timer.
* You have to complete each quest within that time.
* If you die, the timer on the HUD is still running and you lose time on the quest timer.
* If the time runs out before you complete the quest, you have to start that quest again.
* If you leave the region or walk back through its start gate, the clock will reset to zero.

===Access Terminal===

At the end of each quest you have to activate an access terminal to be able to proceed to the next quest. The access terminal verifies that you have finished the quest within the time limit and it updates your HUD.

[[File:Access_Terminal.jpg|center]]

===Resurrection Circle===

If you are killed by a peril or gunned down by a killer robot, or if you are torn limb from limb by Dr. Talpa’s pet swamp monster, Fluffy, this is where you will end up. You will not lose anything that you have collected, but you will lose valuable time.

[[File:Resurrection_Circle.jpg|center]]

==Tips and Tricks==

*Only tap jump once to avoid flying.
*Use '''Ctrl + R''' to run.
*Don’t detach your HUD. If you do, any mini HUD or weapon you have will disappear, and you will not be able to complete the quest.

==Rules==

* No flying, if you are a Player. If you fly you will be returned to the point where you started flying, but you will lose time on your quest timer.
* Explorers may fly, but may not fly vehicles below an altitude of 50m. If you fly a vehicle below that altitude or if you land anywhere, you will be unseated and your aircraft will be returned.
* No teleporting to any location in the quest regions. If you teleport as a Player, you will be sent to the region’s Resurrection Circle. If you teleport as an Explorer, you will be sent to the Homebase region.
* No sitting, except in the Homebase region.
* No speeding. Do not go faster than the standard run speed.
* No cheat or griefing objects allowed.

We hope that you enjoy this experience. The most important rule is to have fun!

Horizons Experience

2016-11-14T23:47:09Z

Michael Linden:

__TOC__
[[File:Horizons_LOGO_Final.png|center]]
<center>[[Linden_Lab_Official:Horizons| back to the main ''Horizons'' page]]</center>

==The Horizons Experience==

This is a five-part series of quests, that take you through some of the most treacherous terrain in Second Life. Recover lost or stolen artifacts, battle an army of killer robots, and outwit the security defenses of an almost impregnable command center, all while dodging natural perils and fiendish traps.

Anyone may enjoy the Horizons Experience. You do not need to live in one of the Horizons residential regions. The Experience has an Adult rating, however, so you do need to have an Adult maturity rating.

If you choose to, you may explore the quest regions without competing for a reward, as an Explorer. Explorers still need to watch out for the deadly perils, but they may wander -- and even fly! -- in many parts of the experience.

If you do dare to try the quests as a Player, though, you need to wear a game HUD and race against the clock to overcome incredible odds, rescue Tyrah from Dr. Talpa’s evil clutches, and receive fabulous rewards!

<blockquote>'''Tip:''' You can tell Players from Explorers by looking for the tiny dot that is hovering over their heads. A Player has an orange dot; an Explorer has a blue dot.</blockquote>

[[File:Dyna_Dot.jpg|center]]

==Background Story==

In PaleoQuest, a valiant group of Second Life Residents assisted Magellan Linden in stopping Dr. Talpa from destroying the grid with his time portal experiments. Since then, all has been quiet, but we all know how idle claws are the devil’s workshop. Magellan started hearing disturbing reports that Dr. Talpa was able to obtain technology from the future through one of his portals before it was closed. More specifically, robotic technology...

Magellan asked Tyrah to infiltrate the mad scientist mole’s lair and discover just what evil technological abominations he was constructing. However, this being a LDPW experience backstory, it was not long before she was captured. She is now being held prisoner in his command center.

How was Tyrah captured? What fiendish, unknown peril did she fall prey to? What dastardly fate does Dr. Talpa have in mind for her now? We know very little. Most people who have tried to find the answers have never returned to tell us. Lack of knowledge has never kept Magellan from leaping into the abyss of fate, however, along with any brave adventurers he can enlist (for a price).

In true form, Magellan is asking once more for residents to come to his aid in rescuing Tyrah from Dr. Talpa’s clutches. But this time we must hurry! Before we lost contact with Tyrah she said Dr. Talpa was looking for a subject on which to test cybernetic technology! We suspect if we don’t rescue her soon, Tyrah will have her mind erased and be transformed into a cyborg minion of the sociopathic mole madman!

To save her you must journey through 5 areas. Each one will be a challenge, and you will be racing against the clock! Can you save Tyrah in time? Will Dr Talpa finally succeed in ruling the grid? Will Magellan pay his bar tab? It’s all up to you!!!*

<blockquote>*''(Except for that part about the bar tab. We all know that will never happen.)''</blockquote>

When you land at Homebase, the Game HUD will attach and a pop up menu will appear. If you want to play the game select the Player option. Or, if you do not want to play, select the Explorer option and feel free to explore the experience at your leisure (and only a little life-threatening risk).

==Recommended Game Settings==

For the best possible experience we recommend that you use the following preference settings:

* Turn on the region Windlight settings. To do this go to ''World > Sun > Use Region Settings''.
* We recommend a minimum draw distance of 256 meters. To do this go to ''Me > Preferences > Graphics'', and set your draw distance to 256 meters or higher.
* Turn on Show Me in mouselook. Go to ''Me > Preferences > Move & View'' and tick the box that says “Show me in Mouselook”.

[[File:Unforgettable.jpg|center]]

Each of the experience regions has a continuous audio stream. If you are having trouble hearing it:

* Be sure that you have streaming music enabled in ''Preferences > Sound & Media''.
* Click the musical note in the upper right corner of your viewer screen to start the stream.
* Wait for the stream to download to your viewer. (This may take as much as a minute.)
* Check the volume slider in your Master Sound Control panel.

==HUD Legend==

[[File:horizons_hud_legend.png|center]]

==Homebase==

[[http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Horizons%20A1/134/220/69 Horizons Homebase]] is your starting point. Here you will find Tutorial and Background videos that describe the quests and tell you about the story behind the challenge you are about to take on. Here also are portals that can take you to the start of each quest and the Prize Room where you go to claim your reward when you have reached the end and freed Tyrah.

===Portal Room===

[[File:Quest_Portals.jpg|center]]

Here you can use a portal to take you to the next quest that you are ready for. Only Players may use the portals (Explorers have to walk or fly), and you may only use a portal to reach a quest if you have finished the ones before it.

===Prize Room===

[[File:Prize_Stations.jpg|center]]

Here you can collect your reward for successfully completing all the quests in consecutive order. Payout stations on the right offer a Linden Dollar reward. Those on the left offer one of the many common, rare, and ultra-rare prizes designed exclusively for Players of this experience. You may select either a Linden Dollar reward or a fabulous prize, but not both.

===Tunnel===

[[File:Horizons_Entrance.jpg|center]]

Enter the tunnel to begin your adventure!

[[File:Horizons_Entrance_2.jpg|center]]

==Quest Elements==

The following components define the start, finish, and intermediate steps of the quests.

===Quest Info Kiosk===

[[File:Quest_Info_Kiosk.jpg|center]]

At the start of each quest there is a Quest Info Kiosk that hands out a notecard and plays a message with the quest instructions.

===HUD Kiosk===

Click on a HUD Kiosk to get a new HUD if you have lost your previous HUD, or if you have arrived at the quest as an Explorer and have decided to play through it as a Player. Remember, though, that you have to play the quests in order, so the kiosk will not give you a HUD unless you have completed the previous quests.

[[File:HUD_Kiosk.jpg|center]]

===Start Gate===

To begin a quest, walk through its start gate. The timer on your HUD starts immediately. In some quests, the gate will attach a special mini HUD or a weapon. If you walk back through the start gate, your timer will stop and you will lose any progress that you have made during the quest so far. If you were given a weapon or an extra mini HUD during the quest, they will disappear too. You will need to re-enter and start the quest again.

[[File:Quest_Start_Gate.jpg|center]]

===Quest HUD Timer===

* Each quest is on a timer.
* You have to complete each quest within that time.
* If you die, the timer on the HUD is still running and you lose time on the quest timer.
* If the time runs out before you complete the quest, you have to start that quest again.
* If you leave the region or walk back through its start gate, the clock will reset to zero.

===Access Terminal===

At the end of each quest you have to activate an access terminal to be able to proceed to the next quest. The access terminal verifies that you have finished the quest within the time limit and it updates your HUD.

[[File:Access_Terminal.jpg|center]]

===Resurrection Circle===

If you are killed by a peril or gunned down by a killer robot, or if you are torn limb from limb by Dr. Talpa’s pet swamp monster, Fluffy, this is where you will end up. You will not lose anything that you have collected, but you will lose valuable time.

[[File:Resurrection_Circle.jpg|center]]

==Tips and Tricks==

*Only tap jump once to avoid flying.
*Use '''Ctrl + R''' to run.
*Don’t detach your HUD. If you do, any mini HUD or weapon you have will disappear, and you will not be able to complete the quest.

==Rules==

* No flying, if you are a Player. If you fly you will be returned to the point where you started to flying, but you will loose time on your quest timer.
* Explorers may fly, but may not fly vehicles below an altitude of 50m. If you fly a vehicle below that altitude or if you land anywhere, you will be unseated and your aircraft will be returned.
* No teleporting to any location in the quest regions. If you teleport as a Player, you will be sent to the region’s Resurrection Circle. If you teleport as an Explorer, you will be sent to the Homebase region.
* No sitting, except in the Homebase region.
* No speeding. Do not go faster than the standard run speed.
* No cheat or griefing objects allowed.

We hope that you enjoy this experience. The most important rule is to have fun!

Horizons Experience

2016-11-14T23:45:40Z

Michael Linden:

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[[File:Horizons_LOGO_Final.png|center]]
<center>[[Horizons| back to the main ''Horizons'' page]]</center>

==The Horizons Experience==

This is a five-part series of quests, that take you through some of the most treacherous terrain in Second Life. Recover lost or stolen artifacts, battle an army of killer robots, and outwit the security defenses of an almost impregnable command center, all while dodging natural perils and fiendish traps.

Anyone may enjoy the Horizons Experience. You do not need to live in one of the Horizons residential regions. The Experience has an Adult rating, however, so you do need to have an Adult maturity rating.

If you choose to, you may explore the quest regions without competing for a reward, as an Explorer. Explorers still need to watch out for the deadly perils, but they may wander -- and even fly! -- in many parts of the experience.

If you do dare to try the quests as a Player, though, you need to wear a game HUD and race against the clock to overcome incredible odds, rescue Tyrah from Dr. Talpa’s evil clutches, and receive fabulous rewards!

<blockquote>'''Tip:''' You can tell Players from Explorers by looking for the tiny dot that is hovering over their heads. A Player has an orange dot; an Explorer has a blue dot.</blockquote>

[[File:Dyna_Dot.jpg|center]]

==Background Story==

In PaleoQuest, a valiant group of Second Life Residents assisted Magellan Linden in stopping Dr. Talpa from destroying the grid with his time portal experiments. Since then, all has been quiet, but we all know how idle claws are the devil’s workshop. Magellan started hearing disturbing reports that Dr. Talpa was able to obtain technology from the future through one of his portals before it was closed. More specifically, robotic technology...

Magellan asked Tyrah to infiltrate the mad scientist mole’s lair and discover just what evil technological abominations he was constructing. However, this being a LDPW experience backstory, it was not long before she was captured. She is now being held prisoner in his command center.

How was Tyrah captured? What fiendish, unknown peril did she fall prey to? What dastardly fate does Dr. Talpa have in mind for her now? We know very little. Most people who have tried to find the answers have never returned to tell us. Lack of knowledge has never kept Magellan from leaping into the abyss of fate, however, along with any brave adventurers he can enlist (for a price).

In true form, Magellan is asking once more for residents to come to his aid in rescuing Tyrah from Dr. Talpa’s clutches. But this time we must hurry! Before we lost contact with Tyrah she said Dr. Talpa was looking for a subject on which to test cybernetic technology! We suspect if we don’t rescue her soon, Tyrah will have her mind erased and be transformed into a cyborg minion of the sociopathic mole madman!

To save her you must journey through 5 areas. Each one will be a challenge, and you will be racing against the clock! Can you save Tyrah in time? Will Dr Talpa finally succeed in ruling the grid? Will Magellan pay his bar tab? It’s all up to you!!!*

<blockquote>*''(Except for that part about the bar tab. We all know that will never happen.)''</blockquote>

When you land at Homebase, the Game HUD will attach and a pop up menu will appear. If you want to play the game select the Player option. Or, if you do not want to play, select the Explorer option and feel free to explore the experience at your leisure (and only a little life-threatening risk).

==Recommended Game Settings==

For the best possible experience we recommend that you use the following preference settings:

* Turn on the region Windlight settings. To do this go to ''World > Sun > Use Region Settings''.
* We recommend a minimum draw distance of 256 meters. To do this go to ''Me > Preferences > Graphics'', and set your draw distance to 256 meters or higher.
* Turn on Show Me in mouselook. Go to ''Me > Preferences > Move & View'' and tick the box that says “Show me in Mouselook”.

[[File:Unforgettable.jpg|center]]

Each of the experience regions has a continuous audio stream. If you are having trouble hearing it:

* Be sure that you have streaming music enabled in ''Preferences > Sound & Media''.
* Click the musical note in the upper right corner of your viewer screen to start the stream.
* Wait for the stream to download to your viewer. (This may take as much as a minute.)
* Check the volume slider in your Master Sound Control panel.

==HUD Legend==

[[File:horizons_hud_legend.png|center]]

==Homebase==

[[http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Horizons%20A1/134/220/69 Horizons Homebase]] is your starting point. Here you will find Tutorial and Background videos that describe the quests and tell you about the story behind the challenge you are about to take on. Here also are portals that can take you to the start of each quest and the Prize Room where you go to claim your reward when you have reached the end and freed Tyrah.

===Portal Room===

[[File:Quest_Portals.jpg|center]]

Here you can use a portal to take you to the next quest that you are ready for. Only Players may use the portals (Explorers have to walk or fly), and you may only use a portal to reach a quest if you have finished the ones before it.

===Prize Room===

[[File:Prize_Stations.jpg|center]]

Here you can collect your reward for successfully completing all the quests in consecutive order. Payout stations on the right offer a Linden Dollar reward. Those on the left offer one of the many common, rare, and ultra-rare prizes designed exclusively for Players of this experience. You may select either a Linden Dollar reward or a fabulous prize, but not both.

===Tunnel===

[[File:Horizons_Entrance.jpg|center]]

Enter the tunnel to begin your adventure!

[[File:Horizons_Entrance_2.jpg|center]]

==Quest Elements==

The following components define the start, finish, and intermediate steps of the quests.

===Quest Info Kiosk===

[[File:Quest_Info_Kiosk.jpg|center]]

At the start of each quest there is a Quest Info Kiosk that hands out a notecard and plays a message with the quest instructions.

===HUD Kiosk===

Click on a HUD Kiosk to get a new HUD if you have lost your previous HUD, or if you have arrived at the quest as an Explorer and have decided to play through it as a Player. Remember, though, that you have to play the quests in order, so the kiosk will not give you a HUD unless you have completed the previous quests.

[[File:HUD_Kiosk.jpg|center]]

===Start Gate===

To begin a quest, walk through its start gate. The timer on your HUD starts immediately. In some quests, the gate will attach a special mini HUD or a weapon. If you walk back through the start gate, your timer will stop and you will lose any progress that you have made during the quest so far. If you were given a weapon or an extra mini HUD during the quest, they will disappear too. You will need to re-enter and start the quest again.

[[File:Quest_Start_Gate.jpg|center]]

===Quest HUD Timer===

* Each quest is on a timer.
* You have to complete each quest within that time.
* If you die, the timer on the HUD is still running and you lose time on the quest timer.
* If the time runs out before you complete the quest, you have to start that quest again.
* If you leave the region or walk back through its start gate, the clock will reset to zero.

===Access Terminal===

At the end of each quest you have to activate an access terminal to be able to proceed to the next quest. The access terminal verifies that you have finished the quest within the time limit and it updates your HUD.

[[File:Access_Terminal.jpg|center]]

===Resurrection Circle===

If you are killed by a peril or gunned down by a killer robot, or if you are torn limb from limb by Dr. Talpa’s pet swamp monster, Fluffy, this is where you will end up. You will not lose anything that you have collected, but you will lose valuable time.

[[File:Resurrection_Circle.jpg|center]]

==Tips and Tricks==

*Only tap jump once to avoid flying.
*Use '''Ctrl + R''' to run.
*Don’t detach your HUD. If you do, any mini HUD or weapon you have will disappear, and you will not be able to complete the quest.

==Rules==

* No flying, if you are a Player. If you fly you will be returned to the point where you started to flying, but you will loose time on your quest timer.
* Explorers may fly, but may not fly vehicles below an altitude of 50m. If you fly a vehicle below that altitude or if you land anywhere, you will be unseated and your aircraft will be returned.
* No teleporting to any location in the quest regions. If you teleport as a Player, you will be sent to the region’s Resurrection Circle. If you teleport as an Explorer, you will be sent to the Homebase region.
* No sitting, except in the Homebase region.
* No speeding. Do not go faster than the standard run speed.
* No cheat or griefing objects allowed.

We hope that you enjoy this experience. The most important rule is to have fun!