Building costs?
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Clarissa Marlowe
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05-25-2005 10:30
I'm just curious about this - I'm a newbie so forgive me if this question is a common one.
At the telehubs there are some prefab houses kindly provided, in boxes, by the Lindens. I helped myself to some and played with constructing them on my nice new piece of land. But something in the instruction note puzzled me. It says that building these houses will cost a packet - perhaps up to $3000L - and that maintenance charges would be considerable. Since it doesn't actually cost anything to build a house that you got free, I wondered what this referred to.
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Ghoti Nyak
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05-25-2005 10:43
Hi!
I believe that is refering to the costs of the land you will place the house on. The basic newbie 512m plot only supports up to 117 prims, so if the house is over that, it will be unrezzable.
-Ghoti
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FireEyes Fauna
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05-25-2005 10:48
Back in the old days (Before I was born) I guess there were "taxes" imposed on prims you owned. Not sure of the specifics, but that's what it's refering to.
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Chosen Few
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05-25-2005 11:15
From: FireEyes Fauna Back in the old days (Before I was born) I guess there were "taxes" imposed on prims you owned. Not sure of the specifics, but that's what it's refering to. Hah, I can't believe they haven't changed that by now. It's been what, almost 2 years since there were taxes on prims. Notes like that still floating around after all this time mus be extremely confusing for newbies. Clarissa, don't worry; you won't have to pay any money when you rez that house. Those days are long, long gone. The only thing in SL you pay recurring fees for is land. Assuming the house is low enough in prims that it can fit on your land you won't have any problems with it. As Ghoti said, you're allowed 117 prims for every square 512 meters of land you own in a particular sim. I'd be suprised if a house meant for newbies exceeds that, but if it turns out that it actually is too prim heavy, it will simply fail to rez. No cause for concern.
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Red Mars
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Join date: 5 Feb 2004
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05-25-2005 11:30
From: Clarissa Marlowe I'm just curious about this - I'm a newbie so forgive me if this question is a common one.
At the telehubs there are some prefab houses kindly provided, in boxes, by the Lindens. I helped myself to some and played with constructing them on my nice new piece of land. But something in the instruction note puzzled me. It says that building these houses will cost a packet - perhaps up to $3000L - and that maintenance charges would be considerable. Since it doesn't actually cost anything to build a house that you got free, I wondered what this referred to. As others have said, way back in times of yore, in the prehistoric days of SL, when Dinosaurs walked the SL landscape, each prim you rezzed cost $10. It was how they used to limit how much you built. Nowadays, the limit is based on how much land you own. The instructions you got are just very old and outdated. Should have been replaced. Ignore them. |
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Keknehv Psaltery
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05-25-2005 11:36
It seems as if the Lindens have completely stopped taking care of the telehubs. All of the stuff there is from 2003, and there are no new free objects. Thus, most of the scripts in it are very outdated. All the more business for Yadni, then.  |
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Whata Fool
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05-25-2005 11:41
From: Red Mars As others have said, way back in times of yore, in the prehistoric days of SL, when Dinosaurs walked the SL landscape... I just saw a dinosaur the other day.... They still roam SL  |
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Torley Linden
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05-25-2005 13:24
From: Whata Fool I just saw a dinosaur the other day.... They still roam SL
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Chosen Few
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05-25-2005 14:59
Just wanted to let everyone know I spoke with Jeska about this issue. She said she will let content team know about these old notecards. Hopefully they'll be able to track them all down & update them so no one else gets confused.
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Clarissa Marlowe
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05-25-2005 23:47
Thanks for the information. I'd wondered if it was something like that. These houses have an amazing number of prims! I'm not even sure how many, since I hit the limit before I'd put down more than three of the prefab pieces. It was, in fact, how I first learned the brutal truth about prim limits. When I extended my plot to 1024 I thought I would have another go, but four bits of the Wright house (which looked very impressive, by the way, from what I could see of its half-completed state) took me over my new limit! I checked the pieces and found that the walls section alone had 165 prims. |
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Jon Marlin
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Join date: 10 Mar 2005
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05-26-2005 08:04
If you want to see what it looks like, go to a sandbox and rez it all there, just to see...
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