Q:Can I increase the prim count for my land?
A:Yes, but only by buying more land within the same Sim. You cannot just 'buy prims' without buying land.
Q:Can I increase the prim count in my Sim?
A:No. 15000 is the maximum for any Sim. There are some special cases,
unfortunately you aren't one (And aren't going to be one. LL Has made
very few special cases out of the thousands of Sims on the grid). If
you want more prims for your build, buy a neighboring Sim and spread it
out across the two of them (Allowing it to have 30000, though only
15000 in each 'half').
Q:How many prims does my land have if I buy 1024? 2048? 8196?
A:Land is defaulted to 117 prims per 512m. So for each 512m, you will have 117 prims making it:
512-117
1024-234
2048-468
4096-936
and so on. There are some cases where that is not true-read on.
Q:But my friend has 512m with 234 prims!!!!
A:Your friend has land on a 'Private Sim', and its owner has allotted
more prims to that parcel. They are allocated from one place in the sim
to a different part, so those extra 117 prims aren't really extra.
Usually double prim land costs quite a bit more L$ for the privilege.
Mainland parcels will always have 117 prims per 512m. No exceptions
that I know of.
Does your friend own more land in the same Sim? Land in one Sim owned
by one person shares its prims, even if not physically connected. SO if
you own a 512m plot in one sim, and elsewhere (In that sim) you own
another 1024m, you will have 351 prims total, for use in any of that
land. {{THank You Avion Raymaker}}
Q: What about temporary prims!? How can I use those to my advantage!?
A: Don't, generally. Each sim is allowed 500 temporary prims total,
across every parcel. They only last a short time, so a building made of
them would serve no purpose. They remain only if sat upon or
selected(?). So if you don't have the prims for the chairs for a class,
make some temporary, and have people sit on them immediately.
Also, temp rezzers (Some cages and other things use this. Click to rez,
the item disappears after a short time until clicked again) cause lag
in the sim. I don't know how much, but it's generally not friendly, so
use sparingly, please. Also available are rez-on-demand items that rez
items only when needed (Proximity, click, etc). They are not temp, so
do use prims, however, only when they are rezzed, which can allow for
more prims when that isn't in use. I assume this can cause the same lag
(maybe slightly less) as a normal temp rezzer. {{Thank You Kitty
Barnett!}}
Q:Can I use sculpted prims to help me save prims?
A:YES!! By all means do... they can look better as well in some
situations. The only problem is that a single sculpted prim can cause
more lag than around 7-8 normal prims linked. That doesn't mean that
you're going to crash the sim with sculpties, just that you shouldn't
use them for things that normally take only a couple prims anyway. If
it uses 7+ prims and can be done with one sculpty, by all means do it.
