Size does matter

Here’s a “popular”question: Does size matter? The size of a SL parcel, that is. Of course it matters: it not only defines the limits of your property, but the number of objects you can place in there as well. In the age of land impact as the new standard for measuring land capacity, prim count still dominate the virtual real estates.

Some time ago, I would have said between 6144 and 8192 sq.m. would be an ideal parcel size, considering objects were made only of pure primitives (prims, for short). Buildings, furniture, plants, and everything else might have required a considerable quantity of them to be built with. Now that sculpts and mesh are becoming increasingly popular (sculpts have been around for a long time now), the prim count of things has lowered significantly. Thus, today I think 3072 to 4096 sq.m. may be more than enough for most ordinary use. Yet, I don’t understand why parcels of that size are so rare in the estate I live in. Apparently, they are so few (though I have no idea of the exact number), that when one becomes available, you’re truly lucky if you get to see it on the Residential Listing. The problem becomes worse if you discard of that tally the amount of 4096 sq.m. parcels in not so attractive neighborhoods or with less than pleasant ground textures. The latter was the reason why I left the parcel I held until last week (see previous post).

After looking for the right plot, I came across one that was in arrears. Not knowing if the owner was going to make a new payment to the tier meter or if the land would revert to the estate owner soon, I went for a 6144 sq.m. plot right next to it to keep a watch on things. I even spoke to a sales agent to put me in a waiting list in case the lot becomes available while I’m offline. Alas, I also found out there was another person ahead of me on the list. So now the question is: who will get it? There’s a second question in case it’s not me: Will I keep the 6144 sq.m. plot if it’s not me? I really don’t know, but I’m inclined to say I won’t. If I’m not happy with the coordinates –it’s facing north, with no sunrises and no sunsets– why stay there? I’ll let you know. In the meantime, here is what I did to this second temporary location.

Vegetation is not very important this time, since most of what I’m using has been blogged before. There are five exceptions, and they are shown in the picture above. The leading element, as is evident from pictures 1, 2 and 3 too, is Nonino‘s Summer House. When I bought this building last year, I thought it was a little bit large for my avie, but I never had a chance to downsize it to fit me. Because it already have some prims set to the minimum value, you can’t simply enter into Edit mode and stretch it down. That won’t do it. You need to unlink the thin prims, shrink the remaining sections, and then put the pieces back together. It may sound too much work, but it isn’t so. Just be careful with proportions and relink.

Te remaining new items are, from left to right, Buddhabeats‘ Bamboo, 3D Trees‘  Joshua Tree, and Amfora Garden Center’s Birch tree. The big tree trunk in the picture below is a Larch from 3D Trees’ Coniferous Forest set.

Last picture is just for the eye-candy. I thought the way Buddhabeats Bamboo look in the background was pretty cool. Both the table set and hutch are from POST. I usually skip the interior since I focus landscaping, but these two are so prominent at center stage that it won’t hurt mentioning them.