Scene Tick Order: Full Frame Pipeline — FixedUpdate, Update, PreRender, ProcessDeletes, and Stage Hooks
Scene Tick Order: The Full Frame Pipeline Understanding the exact order of operations in a scene tick is critical for writing correct game logic. Game Tick Orde…
ISceneCollisionEvents, IScenePhysicsEvents, ISceneLoadingEvents — Physics and Loading Callbacks
ISceneCollisionEvents and IScenePhysicsEvents: Physics Callbacks ISceneCollisionEvents Implement this interface on a component to receive collision callbacks. U…
NavMeshAgent: MoveTo, WishVelocity Pattern, Off-Mesh Links, Area Constraints, and Path Queries
NavMeshAgent: Navigation, WishVelocity, Links, and Path Control is the s&box component for AI navigation using the scene's navmesh. It uses DotRecast (Detour/Cr…
Sound.Play and SoundHandle: 3D Audio, Volume, Pitch, Occlusion, UI Sounds, and Dedicated Server Behavior
Sound.Play and SoundHandle: Audio Playback in s&box is the static entry point for audio playback. is the returned handle for controlling a playing sound. Playin…
s&box Hotload System: How Code Reloading Works, SkipHotload, ConVar Persistence, and NetworkObject.OnHotload
s&box Hotload System: How Code Reloading Works s&box supports live code reloading (hotload) without restarting the game. Understanding how it works helps avoid …
SkinnedModelRenderer: Bone Merge, Animation Parameters, Sequences, Attachments, and Animation Events
SkinnedModelRenderer: Bone Merge, Animation Parameters, and Attachments extends for models with bones and animations. It integrates with the for threaded animat…
Game Static Class: ActiveScene, ChangeScene, TypeLibrary, Cookies, and Core State Properties
Game Static Class: ActiveScene, ChangeScene, TypeLibrary, and Core State The static class is the primary entry point for global game state in s&box. Core State …
Math Types - s&box Documentation
Official s&box documentation for Math Types including Vector3, Rotation, Angles, and related types. Vector3 represents 3D positions and directions with X, Y, Z …
s&box SpriteRenderer: Billboard Modes, Animation Control, Broadcast Events, and Rendering Options
s&box SpriteRenderer: Animated Sprites, Billboard Modes, and Broadcast Events renders a asset in the s&box world with support for animation, billboarding, and f…
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 …
s&box WheelOverlay: Direction arrow overlay
WheelOverlay Static Class WheelOverlay is an internal static class that draws a spinning direction arrow overlay on wheel faces. Used by the Wheel tool to visua…
GameObjectSystem: Batch Processing and Execution Order Control
A GameObjectSystem lets you run logic at specific points during the frame for all components of a type, rather than relying on individual component Update metho…
Playing Sounds: SoundHandle, GameObject.PlaySound, and Audio Components
s&box provides several ways to play sounds: fire-and-forget at a position, controlled via , attached to a , or via scene components. SoundEvent Assets Sounds ar…
Cloud Assets: Referencing and Runtime Mounting from sbox.game
s&box provides access to a large library of cloud assets (models, textures, sounds) hosted on sbox.game. Assets are downloaded and cached automatically — no man…
Particle Effects: CPU-Simulated Programmable Particle System
The s&box particle system is CPU-simulated (multithreaded) and fully programmable via components. You can emit particles manually, iterate and modify them at ru…
File System: Sandboxed Virtual Filesystems for Data Persistence
Standard .NET access is restricted in s&box. Instead, use the provided virtual filesystems that sandbox access to specific game directories. Available File Syst…
Unit Tests: MSTest with Engine Initialization for Component Testing
s&box supports unit testing via a directory in your project. The engine auto-generates a test project when this directory exists (restart editor after creating …
API Whitelist: Sandboxed Code Restrictions and Safe Alternatives
s&box uses a code whitelist to prevent access to classes and functions that could be used maliciously. Code that doesn't pass these checks will not be loaded in…
ActionGraph: Visual Scripting with Nodes, Links, and Control Flow
ActionGraph is s&box's visual scripting language. Each node describes an action or expression, and links between nodes carry values or signals. No C# coding req…
Playing Sounds: SoundEvent, SoundHandle, and GameObject Audio in s&box
s&box provides several ways to play sounds in code: fire-and-forget at a world position, control via SoundHandle, attach to a GameObject, or use scene component…