Hey everyone,
Coming from a Garry's Mod background, I've been diving into s&box to build a simple item addon — an electronic cigarette, nothing crazy. But the more I explored the project system, the more I realized something fundamental is missing, at least from my perspective.
In GMod, you could create a standalone addon — a folder dropped into the addons directory — that would hook into any server, any gamemode, without touching the gamemode's code. Swep, entity, HUD element, whatever. It just worked alongside everything else. A vape item ? Totally doable. No forks, no PRs, no merge conflicts.
In s&box, from what I understand, every "game" is essentially a self-contained project. There's no shared runtime between games, so if I build a vape item and someone runs a DarkRP server, my item can't interact with their current system — because we're two completely separate projects. The only workaround seems to be either contributing directly to the gamemode's repo, or just rewriting everything inside the same project.
So my question is: is there any plan to introduce a proper cross-game addon/plugin system? Something like:
- Standalone packages that can be imported or enabled by any game project
- A shared API or interface layer that addon creators and gamemode devs can both target
- Something equivalent to GMod's workshop addon compatibility model
I think this is pretty important for the ecosystem, especially for roleplay-oriented games like DarkRP clones where the whole appeal is a rich ecosystem of compatible community content.
Is this on the roadmap? Has Facepunch talked about this anywhere? Would love to hear if others have found workarounds or if I'm missing something obvious.
Thanks
