API Whitelist - s&box Security Documentation
API Whitelist s&box uses a whitelist-based security model to prevent game code from accessing dangerous APIs. Only approved assemblies and types are accessible.…
Code Basics - s&box Documentation
Code Basics C# is the primary programming language for s&box. The engine uses modern .NET with hotloading support, allowing you to see code changes instantly wi…
GameObjectSystem - s&box Scene Documentation
GameObjectSystem GameObjectSystems are global systems that operate on groups of GameObjects. Unlike Components which are attached to single GameObjects, systems…
HTTP Requests - s&box Networking Documentation
HTTP Requests s&box provides an HTTP client for making web requests to external APIs. This is useful for fetching data, submitting scores to custom backends, or…
Achievements - s&box Services Documentation
Achievements s&box provides an achievements system that integrates with Steam. Achievements can be unlocked automatically based on stats or manually via code. S…
Input - s&box Gameplay Documentation
Input s&box provides a comprehensive input system that handles keyboard, mouse, and gamepad input. The input system uses named actions defined in your project s…
Tracing - s&box Physics Documentation
Tracing Tracing (raycasting) is the primary way to query the physics world in s&box. It allows you to cast rays or shapes through the scene to find collisions w…
Prefabs - s&box Documentation
Prefabs Prefabs are reusable GameObject templates that allow you to create consistent, repeatable objects across your game. You create a prefab asset from a Gam…
GameObject - s&box Documentation
GameObject A GameObject is the fundamental building block of scenes in s&box. GameObjects have a transform (position, rotation, scale), can have parents and chi…
Your First Project - s&box Documentation
Your First Project Creating Game Objects In s&box, everything in your scene is a GameObject. GameObjects can have Components attached to them that provide funct…
System Requirements - s&box Documentation
System Requirements Recommended OS: Windows 10 or Windows 11 Processor: Quad-core processor Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1060 or AMD RX 580 Storage: 5…
Download & Install - s&box Documentation
Download & Install Install Purchase s&box on Steam Install it via your Steam Library Launch s&box Launch After launching s&box, you will be presented with a men…
Sync Properties - Complete Networking Guide
Sync Properties Sync Attribute Adding the attribute to a property on a Component will have its latest value sent to other players each time it changes. These pr…
RPC Messages - s&box Documentation
RPC Messages Components can contain RPCs. An RPC is a function that when called, is called remotely too. Supported RPC arguments are the exact same as Sync prop…
Hotloading - s&box Documentation
Hotloading Whenever you save a code file in your project (.cs or .razor files), we recompile and attempt to live-reload the changed assembly. This lets you quic…
Components - s&box Documentation
Components A Component is added to a GameObject to provide functionality. This functionality can vary wildly. You could add a component that renders a model at …
Getting Started - s&box Documentation
Getting Started S&box is coded in C#. Under the hood, it uses the Source 2 engine (CS2, HL:Alyx, DOTA2) and some of its systems: rendering, resources, physics, …
Custom Assets - s&box Documentation
Official s&box documentation for Custom Assets - user-defined resource types. Custom Assets allow defining new asset types for your game. GameResource is the ba…
Binary Serialization - s&box Documentation
Official s&box documentation for Binary Serialization - efficient data storage. Binary Serialization saves data in compact binary format. The system handles ver…
Unit Tests - s&box Documentation
Official s&box documentation for Unit Tests - automated testing. Unit Tests covers writing and running tests for s&box code. Tests can verify component behavior…