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Mainland Prim to Mesh Upgrade Project & Linden Labs Museum of Prims.
This is something I've been wanting to pitch for a long time but never really had the nerve to but here it goes. SL has been around for a long time and is really old as far as the Internet is concerned. Because of this and due to it's nature as an ever growing/evolving creative sandbox has a lot of history as well as historical sites to it. One could even go so far as to say that there's a field of archeology to exploring it. But this creates a dilemma. We're going on 20 plus years of evolution in 3d modeling, engine development, etc. And there are a lot of places with structures made of prims with many of them being very complicated and sophisticated builds and that's a LOT of land impact, plus rendering for anyone who wants to experience them or is just passing by. But on the other side of that same coin, it would be an absolute atrocity to just demolish them. My proposed solution is that if possible, LDPW Moles take/are given a copy of these prim linksets (soft linked or hard) and using 3d modeling software clean the prims up before joining them to create a smaller number of mesh objects which are then used to create a new and near exact replica of the original that under most cases is lower land impact and easier to render. This can be done in Blender fairly easily although it is a tedious process and not as quick or efficient as creating an object from scratch inside said 3d modeling software, but it will retain effectively the same geometry with less vertices if not faces. These linksets of mesh objects can then be used to replace the originals.This however would displace the originals, which is where the second step comes in: The Linden Labs Museum of Prims (Placeholder name). This would be a series of sims if not a dedicated continent, be they full regions or homesteads that may or may not be a direct part of the mainland where the original prim creations would be moved to and displayed for their preservation and for their historical value to be retained. Possible issues: Consent of the original creator of the objects or current owner of the land they reside on will likely be required. Ontop of this many of these people have likely left SL or are deceased. Not every prim is going to be suitable for conversion, this is especially the case for "tortured" spheres, torus and similar. Likewise prims that have been tapered, path cut, hollowed, sheered etc will require some faces to be replace. And by nature of merging the prims into singular mesh objects the UVs will likely need to be redone. Physics models for these new mesh objects or linksets may also be problematic. I know that this is not a small request and will raise some debates but I believe that it is something that should at the very least be taken into consideration if not possibly implemented in the future in some way shape or form for the continued optimization of Second Life for it's residences to further enjoy without completely disregarding the preservation of it's history.
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Upgrade East Sansara Road (Drum to Rumgally)
In Sansara continent's east is a paved Linden Route road which appears to abruptly end in Drum region. But this road in Drum actually continues further east, unmarked through several more eastern Sansara regions (with an unpaved Protected Land route) until it ends in Rumgally. In Rumgally, this same road route then borders a Protected Waterway channel too, which almost reaches the east coast of Sansara continent at Dunvegan region. If this protected Dunvegan water channel were fully completed, this channel could then potentially form a permanant travelling route from Drum to Sansara's east coast. From the east coast of Dunvegan, a permanant link to Ranch Theme in the Bellisseria continent becomes a possibility too, preferably with a visually unobtrusive underwater road tunnel which would also allow boats to move between the two continents too. Stage 1: Please complete and fully pave the road from Drum to Rumgally. Stage 2: Please extend Rumgally's road (by underwater road tunnel) eastwards through Dunvegan, then eastwards across to Bellisseria's Ranch continent by the same Rumgally-Dunvegan underwater road tunnel. Some areas in Dunvegan have already been claimed as "Project Land" developments by Lindens, but still lack all the necessary parcels for full coastal access. I request that Stage 1 (Drum to Rumgally) upgrading work should be undertaken as soon as possible, with Stage 2 following at a later date when the necessary Dunvegan parcels have been obtained for "Project Land" use. Map of proposed road extention attached below:
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Re-evaluate land costs and more
As its known that most users in second life cannot afford land. Premium users, free users, new users, old users. It was told years ago the cost of land, sims, homesteads, would come down by being hosted on the Amazon Cloud Service. It can cost around three hundred US dollars per month to 'own' your own sim in second life. This is not a small cost whatsoever. Some other virtual platforms (Roblox specifically) operates almost like second life with it's land building but the difference is it's cost and customization. It's free and very customizable, although chunky. I feel like owning a private place for you to go to is wonderful, or even somewhere to open your own shop or more. I feel like making it more affordable would be even better to bring more income and users to SL, as well as new locations. A lot of places I used to go to have closed down due to the cost of running or even renting a sim. I feel that cutting the costs by either half or even 25% might be helpful in bringing in new locations with better affordability. (Math might not be correct or accurate.) (The price was times 25% so it'd be a reduction) Type: Full Region Parcel Size (m²) 65,536 Price: $349 (25% cut would make this $87.25) (New price 261.75) Maintenance Fee (monthly): $209 (25% cut would make this $52.25) (New price 156.75) Skill Gaming Region Parcel Size (m²) 65,536 Price: $600 (25% cut would make this $150) (New price $450) Maintenance Fee (monthly): $345 (25% cut would make this $86.25) (New price 258.75) Homestead Region Parcel Size (m²) 65,536 Price: $149 (25% cut would make this $37.25) (New price 111.75) Maintenance Fee (monthly): $109 (25% cut would make this $27.25) (New price 81.75) Please forgive me if the math's wrong. It isn't one of my best skills. But the point remains that things just aren't affordable. So if we do the percentages correctly, it can be more affordable to users and friendlier for wallets overall.
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