Publish your world using Desktop Editor
In order to publish a world, you’ll need to provide pertinent information such as a name, description and thumbnail photo. This information helps people find your world and decide if they’d like to visit it and explore.
To publish a world using the Desktop Editor:
- Open the Desktop Editor and select the world to publish from the Creation Home.
- Open the Creator menu at the upper left and choose Publish World, or click the Publish button at the upper right.
- This opens the Publish World dialog, where you will enter the information necessary to publish the world.
- Enter a Name for your world.
- Enter a short, punchy Description of what makes your world special.
- Click Get Rating to open the Rate Your World dialog.
- From the list shown, check any boxes relevant to the content in your world. For more information on world ratings, click here.
- If none of the boxes apply, select None of the above.
- Click Next.
- To restrict your world to users 18 or older, select Restricted audience. Otherwise, select Anyone.
- Click Next.
- Read the information about your age rating and click OK.
- Choose a Comfort Rating from the drop-down list.
- Click Add Tags to bring up the Tags dialog.
- Select the tags relevant to your world.
- Click Save.
- Mute Assist is on by default. While on, all in-world audio will be reviewed for loud noises, profanity and other offensive language; players wil be alerted to any offending incidents in order to mute these offenders quickly and easily.
- Add a Thumbnail image representing your world. Click here for more information on creating asset thumbnails.
- Visible to Public is on by default. While on, this world will show up in searches and has the potential to be featured. Note: Anyone in Worlds will be able to search for and enter your published world while this toggle is on.
- Members-Only World is off by default. While on, only memebers of a world will be able to access it. Note: This option cannot be changed once it has been set.
- If you select Members-Only World, a new option, Moderation Presence Required, appears. While on, people can only enter your world when you or a moderator is present. Click here for more information on moderation.
- Beta World is off by default. While on, the published world will be noted as being “in development”.
- Available Through Web and Mobile is on by default. While on, this allows Mobile and Web users to connect to your world.
- Compatible with Web and Mobile is off by default. While on, this informs Web and Mobile users that this world is compatible with their platform. For more information, see the Publishing worlds on mobile topic.
- Once everything is filled out, click Publish.
- If you are ready to publish your changes, click Confirm.
- If you agree to the terms of the member reports, click Agree.
- If you agree to the publishing notice, click Agree.
- Once you have accepted all the terms, the Desktop Editor will publish your world. It may take some time.
To see the published world, click
here.
About the world ratings survey
- You are required to complete the world ratings survey when you first publish a world and it should be retaken whenever you make significant changes to a world’s content.
- Only those above 18 can publish worlds that contain content covered by the Horizon Mature Worlds Policy.
- If the survey doesn’t account for certain aspects of your world content that affect its rating, we may change the rating, unpublish, or remove the world.
To unpublish a world using the Desktop Editor:
- Open the Desktop Editor and select the world to publish from the Creation Home.
- Open the Creator menu at the upper left and choose Publish World, or click the Publish button at the upper right.
- This opens the Publish World dialog. On the bottom right, above the Publish button, click the small Unpublish option.
- In the confirmation dialog, click Unpublish.
You can also continue building in a world even after it’s been published without affecting the experience of anyone who’s currently in your world.
To update a published world
To update a published world using the Desktop Editor:
- Open the Desktop Editor and select the world to publish from the Creation Home.
- Open the Creator menu at the upper left and choose Publish World, or click the Publish button at the upper right.
- This opens the Publish World dialog.
- You can change any information in the fields of this dialog. Make your updates then click Update World Details.
- If you have made code, script, asset changes, etc, click Publish to update your published world.
Anyone who’s currently in your world will need to leave and come back in order to see the updates.
