Room

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Contents 1 Room Buttons 2 Creating a New Room 3 Things in a Room 3.1 Name Colors 4 Previously Visited Rooms 5 Other Links

A room is a location in Whirled where player avatars can walk around. All rooms have backdrops and room owners can edit the room to add items such as pets, toys, and furniture.

Rooms are linked to other rooms by doors. Doors can be created from furniture by editing the room and selecting the furniture to be used as a door. During this process, a new room can be created. Currently new rooms are free to create. Rooms cannot be deleted at this time.

You can find a list of your rooms by going to the Me tab and clicking on the Rooms link.

Room Buttons

In a room, there are various buttons along the bottom of the screen that allow you to do different things.

• Chat options. See the chat article for detailed information.
• Volume. A slider bar for adjusting the sound volume will appear if you click on this button.
• Friends list. Clicking on this will show a popup of friends online. Clicking on their names will allow you to chat with them, go to the room they are in, or view their profile.
• Share or embed the room on a web page. Different options will be available in a popup if you click this button. See the share this room article for detailed information.
• View and add comments about the room.
• Clickable furniture. Holding your mouse over this button shows all the clickable, glowing furniture in the room. A green glow means the furniture will take you to another room. An orange glow means the furniture will take you to an in-Whirled link such as the shop or a discussion thread. A white glow means the furniture will take you to a game.
• Zoom room view. A slider bar for zooming in & out on the room view will appear if you click this button. Zooming only works for rooms that scroll because they are larger than your screen.
• Take a snapshot of the room. After you click the icon, you will get a popup window with a snapshot preview and various options.
• Edit room. If you are the room owner or are a manager of the Whirled that owns the room, you can edit the room. This is also where you can lock your room. See the edit your room article for detailed information.

If you are playing a Whirled room based game, there may also be an icon to view the game options.

Creating a New Room

1. Go to a room you already own.
2. You will need a piece of furniture to turn into a door. If you do not already have furniture in the current room that you wish to use as a door to the new room, follow these steps:
   1. Choose Stuff → Furniture.
   2. Check the Add to room box next to any item you want to add to the room.
3. Click the Arrange Room button . If you added a piece of furniture to the room to use as a door, you will already be in Arrange Room mode.
4. Choose the furniture that you wish to turn into a door by clicking it in the room.
5. In the Arrange Room panel, there is a door icon labeled "Make Door." Click on it.
6. A popup window will appear with two choices. Click on "Purchase a new room (free for now)."
   
7. Your new room will be created and you will be exited from Arrange Room mode. The room will be called "<yourname>'s new room" and you can get to it by clicking on the door you just created or the "My Rooms" list in the Me tab.

Note: If you change the name of the room, the name that shows up when your pointer is over the door you created it with will not change. You will need to edit the door while arranging the room and use the "Object action" section see in the "Advanced editing options." Even if you remove the door function from the furniture piece that leads to your new room, the new room will still exist.

Things in a Room

You can find the following things in a room:

• A backdrop
• Furniture
  • Some furniture has animation actions that happen when you click on it.
  • Some furniture has the ability to change color if you click on it.
  • Some furniture glows when your mouse is over it, showing that you can click on it to go somewhere or see something. A green glow means the furniture will take you to another room. An orange glow means the furniture will open a new browser tab with a link such as the wiki or an outside website.
• Games
  • All games glow white when your mouse is over it and will allow you to play a game if you click on it.
• Players with avatars
• Pets
• Toys
  • Some toys are activated by clicking on them.
  • Some toys work when you move your mouse over them.
  • Some toys allow you to type messages on them.
• Music
  • Music is not visible in a room, it is only heard and plays repeatedly in a room.
• Videos and images

Name Colors

Player names come in three colors:

Blue - normal player name color
Yellow - player has set their /away message to show that they may be busy away from the keyboard
Grey with Zzz's - player is idle

White names are always pets.

Previously Visited Rooms

Use the back arrow next to the room name tab near the top of your screen to go back to rooms you visited recently, go home, or to visit friends that are currently online. If the room belongs to a Group, you will see a choice to "View this group's details." If a room has a game connected to it, there will also be a choice of "Play this whirled's game."

Other Links

• Boot
• Edit your room
• Create backdrops