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Revision as of 05:57, 5 March 2010
Linden Home is designed with four themed communities built by the Linden Department of Public Works (LDPW). Each community includes multiple home selections designed to fit the community theme.
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Themes
Meadowbrook
Suburban theme with winding roads around hills in a natural surrounding.
Tahoe
Forest theme with winding roads around hills in rustic surroundings.
Elderglen
Fantasy theme with winding roads around hills and giant trees.
Traditional Japanese theme with homes nestled in picturesque areas with mossy rocks and colorful trees.
Linden Home Features
Welcome to your new Linden Home. Linden Homes contain one or more of the following features, depending on the home you selected:
- Touch entry - Left-click the front door to enter and exit your home.
- Touch lighting - Click the lights to toggle them on and off.
- Working fireplace - Click the fireplace to toggle a fire on and off.
Each Linden Home includes 117 prims on a 512 m2 parcel.
Linden Home Control Panel (Beta)
In addition to working features within your Linden Home, such as click-able lighting, each home includes a Linden Home Control Panel. Manage your home accessories, home and detail textures from your browser!
- Click the Control Panel located next to your front door.
- Select a Category.
- Select an option
- Select an action or texture
- Click Apply
Note: Accessory controls are restricted for use by the Linden Home owner only. It is not available to group members for Linden Home parcels set to group. |
Accessory Controls
Some features vary between home models. Use the Accessory Controls to manage the features included in your model. See the list of Linden Home themes and models above to identify which features your home includes.
Toggle each feature on and off.
- Exterior Lighting - Toggle your exterior lighting.
- Interior Lighting - Toggle your built-in lighting.
- Door Locks - Lock your door so that only the owner can click on it to open.
- Fireplace - Toggle your fireplace flame.
Note: Using the door lock option limits the ability to open and close the door to the Linden Home parcel owner. |
Complete Texture Sets
Complete Texture Sets provide color scheme options for your home. Select the Complete Texture Sets option, then browse through the texture set choices.
- Click the texture set thumbnails for full image views.
- Select a texture set.
- Click Apply.
The selected color scheme will appear on your home. Your home model will not change.
Tip: The Linden Home Control Panel is in Beta. If you experience delayed response times with textures loading, we'd like to know about it. Please search bug reports on the public JIRA for a similar issue and add your comments. If you do not find a similar issue, please create a new bug report. Usual texture load time should be 1-3 minutes. |
Home Detail Textures
Use these options to personalize your Linden Home.
- Trim - Change the exterior trim texture.
- Door - Change the texture of the door(s) in your Linden Home.
- Floor - Change the texture of the floor.
- Windows - Apply window treatments such as curtains or tinting to your Linden Home windows!
Note: If you have applied window treatments then change the Full House Texture, you will need to reapply window treatments. |
- Fireplace Appearance - Change your fireplace texture.
- Roof - Change the texture of your roof.
- House Numbers - Change the texture of your house numbers.
- Patio - Linden Homes that have a decorative Patio area may choose from a few different options, such as a small reflecting pool, grass, rocks, sand, and more.
- Interior Ceiling - Change the texture of your ceiling. Some homes with multiple levels may have more than one, designated as Interior Ceiling 1 and Interior Ceiling 2.
- Exterior Walls - Select and change the texture of your homes exterior walls.
- Interior Walls - Select and change the texture of your interior walls.
- House Number Display - Change the texture of the panel behind your house numbers. Texture options allow for you to match your front door texture.
Linden Home Textures
Texture packs are available in each Linden Home infohub. These texture packs contain the building textures for each Linden Home theme, for use in your own personal or commercial projects. Resale of textures is prohibited.
Texture pack locations:
Known Issues
With the release of the new Linden Home Control Panel Beta feature, the following issues are known:
Accessory Control - During your initial use of the Linden Home Control Panel, images that show your current settings in the Accessory Controls may not yet be loaded. Select a setting then click Apply. The image will load.
Home Detail Textures - With homes that include railings, the Railings (interior) and Railings (exterior) have swapped text. The interior option sets the exterior textures and vice-versa.
Restrictions
Linden Homes have restrictions as outlined in the Linden Home covenant. The covenant is available for your review inworld or see: Linden Home Covenant.
Tip: When standing on your home parcel, go to World > Region/Estate and click the Covenant tab. |