New Private Sim - Prim Bonus Multiplier help?

We have a new sim, we have it cut into parcels, we want to increase the number of prims per parcel.

So we use the Prim bonus multiplier and increase it from 1.0 to 1.3

The parcels prims increase.

But the land that isnt cut into parcels, ie, the bits inbetween, also increases, so where are the prims comming from?

We have to be losing some prims somewhere but where?

Anyone had this problem or can anyone offer a possible explanation?

Thanx
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In a standard (non-openspace) sim, you get 15000 prims max.

By changing the prim multiplier, you increase the number of prims that can be used on the plots, but there is still the 15000 limit.

The multiplier is mainly useful where you have a fraction (let's say half) of the sim allocated to parcels, and the rest set up as a low-prim common area, like a park. The park would normally be a waste of prim allocation that is unavailable to your tenants, so you up the prim multiplier to compensate. Your tenants get more of the allocated prims, and the park area makes up the remainder.

But will the number of prims in the 'park area' appear to have multiplied also?

In our case it seem to?

Thanx

All parcels will show an increased prim limit but you can't actually use all the prims available (it's a bit of a flaw in the system unfortunately).

The extra prims come from areas where you don't intend to use prims, so you'll need to set some areas aside. I'd say the park might be an area where you don't intend to use all the prims.

Yeah, the "bonus" prims will just be sucked from other parcels which have unused prims. You still won't be able to have more than 15,000 in total, regardless of what the other parcels are showing.

As sim owner, you need to choose to set aside some land and refrain from putting very many prims in it. For example, I designed a sim once where most of the "prim bonus" was from land that ran down the top of a mountain ridge that divided the sim in half, plus land that was under water in a lagoon in one corner.

Example:

Carve out 2/3 of the land area in your sim into parcels that you plan to sell. Keep 1/3 as "maintenance" area, owned by the sim owner. Place virtually no prims in that maintenance area. Use it for streams, open walkways between parcels, and a water margin around the sim.

Normally, that 2/3 of a sim you carved into usable parcels would get 10,000 prims, and the other third would get 5000.

Set the prim bonus to 1.5.

The parcels in the 2/3 of a sim that you plan to sell all get to use 1.5 times as many prims. The 'extra' 5000 prims is the allocation that would otherwise have gone to the 1/3 that you didn't sell.

Your 'maintenance land' will report that it also has a 1.5 bonus, but you, as sim owner, have done your math, and you know better than to put more than a handful of 1-prim trees in that area.