Wondering a few questions about Prims and purchased land

Hello there ,

I hope that my post will not sound too unknowledgable , but after reading many wikis and notecards that you have provided here... I am still looking for an answer to my question.

I recently 'purchased' a large section of land from a island owner. She has different parts of the island up for sale .. (you pay a direct one time price , and then pay tier fees to her paypal).

I am wondering , the section of land I purchased has 937 prims and I have basically used them up.
Am I able to purchase another section of land on this same island and be able to use the prims from the other section in my current one?

There 'is' a chance the might be able to be joined... they touch on one corner (the two lands in question)
I did read something about being able to merge two pieces of land on a island .. so mabye that is my answer.

Also , if I am not able to purchase more land on the current island .. is there anyway I can purchase land elsewhere .. maybe directly through linden and designate the Prims to be able to be used on my island land instead?

I am just trying to find a way to allow more prims on my island plot <3

Any and all help would be very appreciated!
Thank you!

Hi Faerierain, and welcome to the forums!

Not a silly question at all. Firstly, you haven't really bought land, as such. In effect, you're renting it from the island owner, who can at any moment decide they no longer wish to have you there. They won't of course if they're at all decent.

If you 'buy' more land on the island, then I believe you will be able to use the prims from that section if the island owner wishes. I'm no expert on islands, but I think the owner can assign as many of their available prims to renters as they wish. So don't even think about 'buying' more land on the island unless this has been agreed. After all, the owner may have already used up the remaining prims available for their own builds.

And no, buying (main)land elsewhere will not give you extra prims on the island.

Finally, how on earth have you used up so many prims?

lol, you cant assign prims to anyone. They are assigned globally by a multiplier. So any region being mainland or private estate will always calculate the total prims by counting all parcels owned by the same owner in the same region.

So if you're such an expert - and as I said I'm not - can you answer the question? Can the OP get extra prims by 'buying' more land on the island?

And if the estate owner (and we are talking about an island here, not mainland) can't assign prims, then why is so much private estate land 'sold' with the promise of extra prims? Who decides who gets what prims?

Islands work the same as mainland, it's the total amount of lands prims you own on that sim, so yes buying another plot will up your prims.

I don't know how the extra prims works, but I think the island owner has the choice of a multiplyer to add an extra percent to all plots, but they have to make sure those prims are available by having an area(s) where few prims are used like open park, water etc.

No one decides, they have "protected land" (oceans, gardens, roads, whatever) not using prims. so that the region doesn't bypass the 15000 limit. However theres always people who set the multiplier a bit up because it does happen that not everyone uses their prims to the fulest.

Why not just answer the OPs question?

welcome to a forum, may i take your coat?

and if you didn't notice i answered the OP question.

The answer to the OP's question has already been answered I guess, though the thread seems to go in another direction.

@Faerierain: Very nice name by the way . As long as you buy/rent land in the same sim, the prims add up. So you can buy 2 parcels on oppisite corners of the same sim, and then use the combined prims on 1 parcel.
What I did for example is rent an extra 2k of land, which i made into water, so I have some extra spare prims. In my case the parcels are next to eachother as I want ppl to use a canoe from my land to sail the water, but it really doesnt matter for the prims.
Hoewever if the owner has 2 adjacent sims, or you buy mainland, be very careful that both parcels are on the same sim. If not, even when your 2 parcels are adjacent, the prims are bound to the parcel. Prims cannot be transferred from 1 sim to another.

Hope that clears some of your doubts

Greetings, Marcel

Thank you so much for your help right away! I really think I might look at purchasing the land , to up my prims on the island. I will definitly contact the island owner and make sure that the prims will be allocated to me to use in my current land .. but from the looks of what i'm reading here I should be fine
I really appreciate the help!
How did I use up so many prims? ... oh gosh .. a couple trips of shopping over to Creative fantasy home and garden ... (bought a beautiful sandcastle home .. and other extras) ....
along with some beach tents and pose trees ... lol ... I used them up within a few hours of buying the land!
*hangs head*
I like pretty things lol ..

SO ... to feed my habit, that is why I was thinking about getting this other plot of land on the same island.

and yes Marcel that is what I was thinking of doing ... maybe finding some small low prim garden items to put in the 'extra' plot of land I am buying to get prims from ... just to make it look pretty instead of empty .. and then go hoard all of the prims leftover for my main plot <3

I'm liking what I am hearing , thank you all very much!
Also , I wanted to point out that I'm very pleased with such a fast response 0_0

~ one thing that might get me a little on this .. is the double tier fees .. ouch
buying more land causes more monthly payment lol

Using Linden Trees & Plants carefully, maybe throw in a rock or two, can be enough to make a plot look attractive and it's very low prim usage.

Well sure the monthly payments are the important thing to keep in mind

On the other hand, keep in mind that as soon as all land is sold/rented, you are out of possibilities to add to your primcount. Yesterday when I bought the extra 2k, I still had about 400 prims left. But since i had the chance, I decided to buy the extra plot to be sure I would not run out.

As for prim consumers: plants for sure, you cannot have too many of those to make a parcel look great And for me animals do the trick as well, in my small pond i have:
- a swan couple with 3 baby swans
- a duck couple with 3 baby ducks
- 2 koi
Then a butterfly rezzer, which doesnt rez particles but actual prim butterflies. And a hummingbird that comes towards the nearest Av. So that adds up just fine And I do not even own a house on my land!

Have fun, Marcel