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Owning land allows you to control land. You can prevent others from visiting or building there, change the shape of the land, subdivide and sell it, and much more. Find out how to use all of the different land tools here.

About Land Tool

To access the About Land tool and learn how to use your land, simply stand on a parcel and right click on the land itself and select About Land from the pie menu that appears, which will open the tool. There are five different tools in the About Land tool, outlined below:

General Tab:

Includes all of the general information about the land, including its Name, Description, Owner name, Group name, etc. Also, in the General Tab is the For Sale function, where you can deed and sell your land. Please note the description you enter is also the description that appears when you list your land on the Search menu. You can select one of your groups to have potential access on your land by clicking on the Select button. You can activate the access on the Access tab. If you want to contribute or deed land to a group but you are only a member, not an officer, then select the group and check the Allow Deed to Group button.

If you are an officer in a group and want to deed land to a group, select the group and check the Allow Deed to Group button and click the Deed button. If you want to contribute the same amount of land allocation with the land, then also select the box Owner Makes Contribution With Deed and click the Deed button. To sell land, enter the sales price and select the box Sell for L$. If you want to set it for sale for a particular resident then click the Select button and select that name by entering part of the name and clicking the Search button, selecting the name and clicking on the OK button.

Objects Tab:

This tab includes information on how many prim-objects are allowed on your land and how many are currently on the parcel. The simulator object usage number may be larger since it includes all the parcels you own on the sim.

The Return Objects button allows you to return either all of the objects owned by the parcel owner, set to the group selected on the General tab, or owned by others. If you click on Return Objects, the objects about to be returned will be highlighted and you will see be asked if you are sure you want to return the selected objects.

You can also use Autoreturn to return anyone else's objects and choose the amount of time they can stay there until after they are returned. If you don't want to return others' objects, then set this to 0.

Options Tab:

This is the place to set the status of your land and determine what types of behavior will be acceptable or prohibited. Each option is outlined below:

Create/Edit Objects: If checked, allows for objects to be created and edited on the selected land by others. The owner can create objects no matter what.
Safe (no damage): If checked, sets the land to "Safe" so no damage can be done to those visiting the land.
Landmark: Allows residents to save the land as a landmark.
Local Sound: Checking this box prevents audio from entering or leaving the parcel.
Show in Find Places (L$30/week): If checked, you will be charged L$30 a week in order to be listed in the "Find Places" search. If you select this feature, be sure to also select the category you want your land to be listed under (Store, Game, Homestead, etc).
Edit Land: If checked, anyone can terraform your land. Since the owner can terraform even when this is unchecked, it's best to leave it unchecked.
Fly: If checked, residents can fly on your land. If unchecked, they can fly into and over your land but they can't start to fly while there.
Outside Scripts: If checked, allows scripted objects owned by others to run on your land. Leaving this unchecked can help prevent others from doing things like firing scripted weapons on your land.
Snapshot: Click on the snapshot box to select an image of your land to upload (will be included in Find Places if selected).
Landing Point: Select a landing point where people will arrive if visiting your land. Click Set to place the landing point where you are standing. This is where people will be directed to if they teleport to your land from the Search menu.
Music URL: If you have an external URL you would like to stream music from, enter it here.

Access Tab:

The Access Tab allows you to limit the access of your land to the group select on the General tab and/or up to 50 particular residents. You can also set the parcel to sell passes and select the amount and time limit for the pass.

Ban Tab:

On the "Ban" tab you can restrict access to your land by preventing certain avatars from visiting. Please note that any residents, even those who were added to the ban list, can still fly over your land at a certain height.

Be aware that you can also freeze and eject people on your land by right clicking directly on their avatar.

Edit Land Tool

To access the Edit Land tool, just click on your land and select Edit Land from the pie menu that appears. This opens the Edit Land tool with many different tools to assist you in editing your land.

Terraform

Use Select Land to select the land you would like to edit and then use Flatten Land, Raise Land, Lower Land, Smooth Land or Roughen Land to alter the land, reshaping it to your liking and Revert button returns it to the original shape if things get out of hand. Click on Apply to Selection to terraform the whole selected plot. Or you can use the pull down menu on the upper right to choose the size of your "brush" and "paint" the effect on by left clicking on portions of you land. You can also hold down the left button to terraform faster.

Show owners:

Selecting this box offers a color code to the land - reddish brown is land owned by others, green is your land, aqua is land owned by a group that you are a member of, grey is the rare public land, and purple is land in the auction system.

Subdivide:

You may want to break a parcel of land into multiple pieces, for example if you want to sell part of it. Select the section of your land by pressing down the left mouse button and dragging to create a rectangle of the land you want to subdivide and then click the Subdivide button.

Join:

If you want to connect 2 or more pieces of land that you own, drag a rectangle that overlaps all the land parcels you want to join and click the Join button to combine them into one. You can now use the About Land tool to set the features for this new piece of land.

Release:

When releasing land keep in mind you do not get $Linden back - so you will only want to do this if you are feeling generous or you don't have time to sell the land.