Designing a big virtual world
Normally a virtual world contains several towns and places for players to explore. The following screenshot is from the 51mole, a Flash virtual world for children in China. The whole virtual world contains around 25 places with different themes. Some are inside mountains, some are castle, and some are snowing. Players seldom get bored inside such a large and content-rich virtual world.
Dividing the big world
The virtual world can sometimes be very large. We cannot put the whole world into one SmartFoxServer room when it grows big. Putting a large area into one room means that there are more users inside the room. More ...
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