diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/client/SceneDirector.java b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/client/SceneDirector.java
index 98359af8a..64e11b29c 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/client/SceneDirector.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/client/SceneDirector.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: SceneDirector.java,v 1.4 2001/10/02 02:08:16 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: SceneDirector.java,v 1.5 2001/10/05 23:59:36 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.whirled.client;
 
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import com.threerings.cocktail.cher.dobj.ObjectAccessException;
 
 import com.threerings.cocktail.party.client.LocationDirector;
 import com.threerings.cocktail.party.client.LocationObserver;
+import com.threerings.cocktail.party.data.PlaceConfig;
 import com.threerings.cocktail.party.data.PlaceObject;
 
 import com.threerings.whirled.Log;
@@ -101,11 +102,12 @@ public class SceneDirector
     /**
      * Called in response to a successful <code>moveTo</code> request.
      */
-    public void handleMoveSucceeded (int invid, int placeId)
+    public void handleMoveSucceeded (
+        int invid, int placeId, PlaceConfig config)
     {
         // our move request was successful, deal with subscribing to our
         // new place object
-        didMoveTo(placeId);
+        didMoveTo(placeId, config);
 
         // since we're committed to moving to the new scene, we'll
         // parallelize and go ahead and load up the new scene now rather
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/data/DummyScene.java b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/data/DummyScene.java
index 7790322dd..7182ad7e8 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/data/DummyScene.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/data/DummyScene.java
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 //
-// $Id: DummyScene.java,v 1.3 2001/09/21 00:21:40 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: DummyScene.java,v 1.4 2001/10/05 23:59:37 mdb Exp $
 
-package com.threerings.whirled.client.test;
+package com.threerings.whirled.test;
 
+import com.threerings.cocktail.party.data.PlaceConfig;
 import com.threerings.whirled.data.Scene;
 
 public class DummyScene implements Scene
@@ -32,5 +33,10 @@ public class DummyScene implements Scene
         return null;
     }
 
+    public PlaceConfig getPlaceConfig ()
+    {
+        return new TestConfig();
+    }
+
     protected int _sceneId;
 }
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/data/EditableScene.java b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/data/EditableScene.java
index 59a625bf1..685ad2a7e 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/data/EditableScene.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/data/EditableScene.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: EditableScene.java,v 1.2 2001/09/28 01:46:10 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: EditableScene.java,v 1.3 2001/10/05 23:59:36 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.whirled.data;
 
@@ -19,9 +19,4 @@ public interface EditableScene extends Scene
      * Updates the scene's version.
      */
     public void setVersion (int version);
-
-    /**
-     * Updates the scene's name.
-     */
-    public void setName (String name);
 }
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/data/Scene.java b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/data/Scene.java
index cc05de346..cf01aa730 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/data/Scene.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/data/Scene.java
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 //
-// $Id: Scene.java,v 1.4 2001/09/21 02:30:35 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: Scene.java,v 1.5 2001/10/05 23:59:36 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.whirled.data;
 
+import com.threerings.cocktail.party.data.PlaceConfig;
+
 /**
  * The base scene interface. This encapsulates the minimum information
  * needed about a scene in the Whirled system.
  */
 public interface Scene
 {
-    /** Scene id to denote an unset or otherwise invalid scene id. */
-    public static final int SID_INVALID = -1;
-
     /**
      * Returns the scene's unique identifier.
      */
@@ -25,15 +24,22 @@ public interface Scene
      */
     public int getVersion ();
 
-    /**
-     * Returns the scene's name. Every scene has a descriptive name.
-     */
-    public String getName ();
-
     /**
      * Returns the scene ids of all scenes that neighbor this scene. A
      * neighboring scene is one to which the user can traverse from this
      * scene and vice versa.
      */
     public int[] getNeighborIds ();
+
+    /**
+     * A scene is associated with a place on the server. Because the
+     * scenes are loaded on demand, the scene implementation must be able
+     * to provide a place config instance for each scene. This will allow
+     * the server to figure out what manager class to instantiate to
+     * manage the scene and all the client to figure out what controller
+     * class to instantiate to controll the scene. Additionally, it may
+     * contain runtime configuration information needed by the application
+     * using the Whirled services.
+     */
+    public PlaceConfig getPlaceConfig ();
 }
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/SceneManager.java b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/SceneManager.java
index f17bf3637..c96787ed7 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/SceneManager.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/SceneManager.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: SceneManager.java,v 1.4 2001/09/05 01:08:30 shaper Exp $
+// $Id: SceneManager.java,v 1.5 2001/10/05 23:59:36 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.whirled.server;
 
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ import com.threerings.whirled.data.Scene;
 
 public class SceneManager extends PlaceManager
 {
+    /**
+     * Returns the scene object (not the scene distributed object)
+     * associated with this scene.
+     */
     public Scene getScene ()
     {
         return _scene;
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/SceneProvider.java b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/SceneProvider.java
index 668b3b3c3..23bb5897c 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/SceneProvider.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/SceneProvider.java
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 //
-// $Id: SceneProvider.java,v 1.2 2001/10/01 22:16:02 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: SceneProvider.java,v 1.3 2001/10/05 23:59:36 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.whirled.server;
 
 import com.threerings.cocktail.cher.server.InvocationProvider;
+import com.threerings.cocktail.cher.server.ServiceFailedException;
 
-import com.threerings.cocktail.party.data.BodyObject;
-import com.threerings.cocktail.party.data.PlaceObject;
+import com.threerings.cocktail.party.data.*;
 import com.threerings.cocktail.party.server.LocationProvider;
 
 import com.threerings.whirled.Log;
@@ -67,19 +67,19 @@ public class SceneProvider
         PlaceObject plobj = scmgr.getPlaceObject();
         int ploid = plobj.getOid();
 
-        // try doing the actual move
-        String rcode = LocationProvider.moveTo(source, ploid);
+        try {
+            // try doing the actual move
+            PlaceConfig config = LocationProvider.moveTo(source, ploid);
 
-        // if the move failed, let them know
-        if (!rcode.equals(SUCCESS)) {
-            sendResponse(source, invid, MOVE_FAILED_RESPONSE, rcode);
-            return;
+            // check to see if they need a newer version of the scene data
+
+            // then send the moveTo response
+            sendResponse(source, invid, MOVE_SUCCEEDED_RESPONSE,
+                         new Integer(ploid), config);
+
+        } catch (ServiceFailedException sfe) {
+            sendResponse(source, invid, MOVE_FAILED_RESPONSE,
+                         sfe.getMessage());
         }
-
-        // otherwise check to see if they need a newer version of the
-        // scene data
-
-        sendResponse(source, invid, MOVE_SUCCEEDED_RESPONSE,
-                     new Integer(ploid));
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/SceneRegistry.java b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/SceneRegistry.java
index fa4ccc64c..e3ec8a1a4 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/SceneRegistry.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/SceneRegistry.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: SceneRegistry.java,v 1.3 2001/10/02 02:08:16 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: SceneRegistry.java,v 1.4 2001/10/05 23:59:36 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.whirled.server;
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public class SceneRegistry
      * active. The supplied callback instance will be notified, on the
      * dobjmgr thread, when the scene has been resolved. If the scene is
      * already active, it will be notified immediately (before the call to
-     * <code>resolveScene</code> returns).
+     * {@link #resolveScene} returns).
      *
      * @param sceneId the id of the scene to resolve.
      * @param resolver a reference to a callback instance that will be
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public class SceneRegistry
 
         try {
             SceneManager scmgr = (SceneManager)
-                PartyServer.plreg.createPlace(SceneManager.class);
+                PartyServer.plreg.createPlace(scene.getPlaceConfig());
 
             // configure the scene manager with references to useful
             // stuff; we'll somehow need to convey configuration
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/WhirledServer.java b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/WhirledServer.java
index f7ce08506..7cae22caa 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/WhirledServer.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/WhirledServer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: WhirledServer.java,v 1.5 2001/10/02 02:08:16 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: WhirledServer.java,v 1.6 2001/10/05 23:59:36 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.whirled.server;
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import com.threerings.cocktail.party.server.PartyServer;
 
 import com.threerings.whirled.Log;
 import com.threerings.whirled.server.persist.SceneRepository;
-import com.threerings.whirled.server.test.DummySceneRepository;
+import com.threerings.whirled.test.DummySceneRepository;
 
 /**
  * The whirled server extends the party server and provides access to
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/persist/DummySceneRepository.java b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/persist/DummySceneRepository.java
index 259d4020a..c54a8c966 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/persist/DummySceneRepository.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/persist/DummySceneRepository.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //
-// $Id: DummySceneRepository.java,v 1.3 2001/09/21 03:15:02 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: DummySceneRepository.java,v 1.4 2001/10/05 23:59:37 mdb Exp $
 
-package com.threerings.whirled.server.test;
+package com.threerings.whirled.test;
 
 import com.samskivert.io.PersistenceException;
 
diff --git a/tests/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/DummyClientSceneRepository.java b/tests/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/DummyClientSceneRepository.java
index 49cca6d69..a68b3d3b2 100644
--- a/tests/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/DummyClientSceneRepository.java
+++ b/tests/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/DummyClientSceneRepository.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //
-// $Id: DummyClientSceneRepository.java,v 1.1 2001/08/14 06:51:07 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: DummyClientSceneRepository.java,v 1.2 2001/10/05 23:59:37 mdb Exp $
 
-package com.threerings.whirled.client.test;
+package com.threerings.whirled.test;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import com.threerings.whirled.util.NoSuchSceneException;
  * in fact it just creates new blank scenes when requested to load a scene
  * and does nothing when requested to save one.
  */
-public class DummySceneRepository implements SceneRepository
+public class DummyClientSceneRepository implements SceneRepository
 {
     // documentation inherited
     public Scene loadScene (int sceneId)
diff --git a/tests/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/TestClient.java b/tests/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/TestClient.java
index d744b5700..f9b3f70a8 100644
--- a/tests/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/TestClient.java
+++ b/tests/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/TestClient.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //
-// $Id: TestClient.java,v 1.3 2001/10/01 22:16:02 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: TestClient.java,v 1.4 2001/10/05 23:59:37 mdb Exp $
 
-package com.threerings.whirled.client.test;
+package com.threerings.whirled.test;
 
 import com.samskivert.util.Config;
 import com.samskivert.util.Queue;
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class TestClient
         // create the handles for our various services
         _config = new Config();
         _client = new Client(creds, this);
-        _screp = new DummySceneRepository();
+        _screp = new DummyClientSceneRepository();
         _occmgr = new OccupantManager(_ctx);
         _scdir = new SceneDirector(_ctx, _screp);
 
diff --git a/tests/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/TestConfig.java b/tests/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/TestConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d465c4e81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/TestConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+//
+// $Id: TestConfig.java,v 1.1 2001/10/05 23:59:37 mdb Exp $
+
+package com.threerings.whirled.test;
+
+import com.threerings.cocktail.party.data.PlaceConfig;
+import com.threerings.whirled.server.SceneManager;
+
+public class TestConfig extends PlaceConfig
+{
+    public Class getControllerClass ()
+    {
+        return TestController.class;
+    }
+
+    public String getManagerClassName ()
+    {
+        return SceneManager.class.getName();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/TestController.java b/tests/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/TestController.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..586cd6951
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/TestController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+//
+// $Id: TestController.java,v 1.1 2001/10/05 23:59:37 mdb Exp $
+
+package com.threerings.whirled.test;
+
+import com.threerings.cocktail.party.client.*;
+
+public class TestController extends PlaceController
+{
+    protected PlaceView createPlaceView ()
+    {
+        // nothing doing
+        return null;
+    }
+}