News and Updates

UPDATE 3/29/14: We realized we screwed up, and that it’s unfair to have the apples be 15L in the affiliate vendors. We did this, because to our knowledge, that’s what most people were already doing, buying the apples at the Eternal Orchard for 14L, and then selling them on their own land for 15L. But not everyone was doing that, some were just re-selling them for 14L. So, we decided to change the trees so that apples are 14L across the board, from the trees in the Eternal Orchard, and from trees  you set up on your own land. Current apple trees out there have been updated, but the sign out front will still show 15L. If you want to get an updated tree with 14L on the sign, you can get one for free at any liquid update terminal.

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At long last! This is our #1 requested item: The Bloodlines Apple Tree, and we’ve finally released it for you to set up on your very own land. The Apple Tree is an attractive full mesh tree with a land impact of only 1 prim. It’s copyable, so feel free to set up an entire orchard!

It comes with a little chalkboard sign out front that lets your visitors know that they can buy apples from the tree. But, if you don’t like the sign, or you want to rez multiple trees, and don’t want a sign on each of them, you can turn the sign off through the tree menu. It also comes with the firefly particle effect you know and love from the Eternal Orchard on Liquid East. This can also be toggled on and off through the tree menu. Apples are sold from these trees at $15L, and you get to keep a $1L commission on each apple sold.

For more information, check out the Apple Tree on the gear page.

Psst…. PSSST! Wanna party? You look like you wanna party… Come hang out in the shadows with the other denizens of the night at our Dark Alley Party this Friday night. I promise there’ll be prizes and awesome music!

When: Friday, March 28th  4-7pm SL

Where: Liquid South/Badlands Border

Since many of you like our water slides so much, we are having another Pool Party tomorrow. The event will be held a couple of hours earlier, from 2pm SL. We hope more people from different time zones can come hang out! Great music and giveaways to random winners this week as well!

When: Friday, March 21st  2-5pm SL

Where: Liquid South/Badlands Border

Sick of winter weather? Grab your swim suit and get ready to chill out at our Pool Party tomorrow night! We got a pool, giant water slides, bars, great music! Giveaways to random winners.

When: Friday, March 16th

Time: 4-7pm SL

Where: Liquid South/Badlands Border

UPDATE: Scheduled maintenance tonight has been postponed until tomorrow night, Thursday, March 13, 2014, for the same time, 2-3PM. No scheduled maintenance will happen today. We’re very sorry for any confusion that this causes.

Previously:

The Bloodlines Thirst, Rage, and Human systems are scheduled to be unavailable from approximately 2:00 AM SL time until approximately 3:00AM SL time tomorrow morning, Wednesday, March 12, 2014 for server updates. Bloodlines War will remain available during this time. We expect this to be the last period of downtime for routine maintenance for the foreseeable future. We’re sorry for any inconvenience this causes.

This maintenance period is going to be adding a layer of robustness to our server architecture that will protect us against future problems, and help ensure the availability and durability of Bloodlines for a long time to come.

Please let me (Lyle Maeterlinck) know if you have any questions. Thanks to all of you for making Bloodlines the ultimate vampire community in Second Life!

Attention all beings of the galaxy: Bloodlines would like to invite you, this Friday to our Alien Party! Arrive at our landing pod between 4-7pm SL and as always, please come in peace!! DJ, prizes and intergalactic shenanigans await you!

When: Friday, March 7th, 4-7pm SL

Where: Liquid South/Badlands Border

First there was the plague… Destroying all life in it’s path. Then, came the Renaissance. The Rebirth. All of Europe reflecting on quality of life. Darkness shifted to light. Come! Rejoice, celebrate and relive the glory of the Rebirth at our Renaissance Ball! Come as your favorite Renaissance Man or Woman and reflect on life, the arts and culture. Prizes for originality and best costumes!

When: Friday, February 28th, 4-7pm SL

Where: Liquid South/Badlands Border

Bloodlines War will be undergoing scheduled maintenance tomorrow morning, February 26, 2014, starting at approximately 2AM. We expect the maintenance to last less than 15 minutes. Only Bloodlines War will be unavailable during this time, all other Bloodlines services will be available. We’re sorry for this inconvenience! If you have any questions, please contact Lyle Maeterlinck.

Announcing The Thirst 4.2, The Rage 2.2, and The Human HUD 2.2! The updates to these HUDs are relatively minor, but important.

First, we have reduced the number of scripts in the HUD by 16, from 24 down to 8. Second, we have fixed a couple of bugs that showed up in the last release, namely a memory error that sometimes showed up in the Thirst Fangs Glamour function, and a problem with custom animations when doing bites in Free mode.

We’ve also added a new feature to the scanner: the ability to get text or web stats on any Bloodlines member from your HUD, just by typing in their name. This is a convenience method so that if someone isn’t online, you don’t have to go to the website in order to get basic stats on them. You can access this feature by pressing the stats button on your HUD, then selecting ‘TYPE NAME’ from the dialog, then typing their name on the specified channel. There is a different channel for each of the Thirst, Rage, and Human HUDs. You can also quickly get stats for someone by typing the command stats:[name] on the specified channel. For example, you could type /7 stats: Lyle Maeterlinck for the Thirst HUD. Scans done in this way don’t count towards achievements, sorry!

The new HUD crates also include an auto-updater for your fangs, claws, bite marks, and claw wounds, so you don’t have to move your animations. You just have to rez your attachments on the ground next to the updater, then touch the updater to start the update process. Please refer to the README notecard included in your crate for detailed instructions, and feel free to let me (Lyle Maeterlinck) know if you have any problems with this process.

Thanks to all of you for being a part of Bloodlines and making it one of the biggest and strongest communities in Second Life!

Ehhh Paizan! Get ready to get up to no good! Come join the “Family” this Friday at the Bloodlines Mafia Party. Dress as your favorite gangster from any era, real or from a movie and come do what we do.

When: Friday, February 21st, 4-7pm SL

Where: Liquid South/Badlands Border