Edit your room
From Whirled
Your rooms are the easiest place to start customizing your Whirled. Rooms are made up of a full-scene background file called a backdrop and any number of movable items called furniture. You can even add background music. Shop or upload, and arrange them to suit your mood of the moment. Whirled's room editing panel makes furniture arrangement click-and-drag easy.
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Room Settings and Backdrops
A "backdrop" is a single file that contains both a full-size background image for the room and room dimensions like width, depth and angles. The backdrop comes packaged with the proper dimensions, configured by the backdrop's creator.
See create backdrops for more information about room settings and how to make your own backdrop.
Room Settings
You can click on the the Arrange Room button 
in a room you own to change the following room settings:
- The name of the room. Just click on the text box and change it to what you want. Changing the name of the room will not change the named used in already created doors that lead to the room.
- This button allows you to set a room as your Home. If a room is already set as your home, the button will be dark gray.
- This set of buttons allows you to set who can come into your room. From left to right: Unlocked room where anyone can enter, friends locked room where only your friends can enter, and locked room where only you can enter. Agents can enter all rooms including locked ones.
Changing the Backdrop in a Room
- Choose Stuff → Backdrops.
- Check the Add to room box next to any backdrop you want to use in the room.
You can also click on the the Arrange Room button in a room you own and use the Change button to switch backdrops.
Furniture and Toys
Furniture is a simple media file that can be placed inside a room. Shop for furniture under Shop → Furniture, or make your own!
Toys are essentially just fancy furniture. All the following information on arranging furniture works exactly the same way for toys. Shop for toys under Shop -> Toys or make your own!
Adding Furniture to a Room
- Choose Stuff → Furniture.
- Check the Add to room box next to any item you want to add to the room.
Arranging Existing Furniture in a Room
- Click the Arrange Room button
in a room you own to configure the placement of furniture, toys, and doors.
- Choose a furniture object by clicking on one in the room. Then use the actions and options described below.
Moving and Stretching Furniture
You can use the buttons on the Arranging Room panel to do the following actions in preset increments:
Makes the furniture smaller or larger.
Moves the furniture down and up in relation to the floor. This does not change how far forward or back in the room your furniture is placed.
Rotates the furniture counter-clockwise or clockwise.
Flips the furniture image horizontally or vertically.
You can move furniture by clicking and dragging the image forward, back, and around the room. To resize the furniture, click and drag the small square in the corner of the dashed line around the outside of the furniture. To rotate the furniture, click and drag outside of the small square in the corner of the dashed line around the outside of the furniture.
Other Actions
You can also do the following actions to furniture:
- Put Away: Removes the furniture from use in the room.
- Make Door: The furniture can be made into a clickable door leading to another Whirled scene. This is also how you create a new room.
- Make Link: The furniture can be a clickable link to a web page. Enter the desired address in the text field.
Advanced Editing
If you wish to use specific numerical values for location, scale, and rotation of the furniture, as well as altering the other available actions for furniture, click on the checkbox to use the advanced editing options.
Checking the "Ignore mouse events" under "Object Actions" will allow you to click though furniture that visually obscures all or part of a room.
Music
Add a single audio file to your room just like adding furniture or backdrop. The song will continuously repeat each time it ends.
- Choose Stuff → Music.
- Check the Add to room box under the song you want to add to the room.
Issues with Music in a Room
If there are issues with a room due to the music, all you need to do is to mute your Whirled browser's volume. With the volume muted, the browser does not load the mp3 at all. You can then go into the room and remove the music if you can edit the room or you can get the room URL to send along with a description of the issue to the Agents via the Help link's Contact Us option.
Adding Other Items
Other items can also be added to your room in the same way you've added a backdrop, furniture, and music. Just view your items in your Stuff and click on "Add to room." Then arrange it just like you did your furniture and toys. If you don't have something you want to add to your room, you can always use coins or bars to buy things you like in the shop or you can learn to create your own items!
Other Links
- Learn more about rooms
