Physics Events - s&box Physics Documentation
Physics Events Receive callbacks for physics events in the scene. IScenePhysicsEvents Implement this interface on a component to receive scene-wide physics even…
ConVar and ConCmd: Console Variables and Commands in s&box
ConVar and ConCmd: Console Variables and Commands s&box uses and attributes on static properties and methods to expose them to the console system. ConVar (Conso…
Animation - s&box Documentation
Animation s&box supports skeletal animation for characters and objects. Animate models using imported animations, blend between states, and control playback fro…
Inspector Attributes: Group, Title, Icon, Range, InfoBox, Feature, and More
Inspector Attributes: Controlling How Properties Appear in the Editor s&box provides a rich set of attributes to control how component properties appear in the …
DisplayInfo: Querying s&box Type and Member Metadata (Title, Icon, Group, Tags)
DisplayInfo: Querying s&box Type and Member Metadata is an s&box struct that aggregates all display-related metadata from attributes on a type or member. The ed…
Hotloading — live code reloading, IL fast path, and common pitfalls
Hotloading — Live Code Reloading s&box recompiles and live-reloads your assembly whenever you save a or file. You don't need to restart the editor for most chan…
Making a Hat - s&box Clothing Documentation
Making a Hat Step-by-step guide to creating hat clothing for the Citizen character. Making Hats / Headwear Hats are worn on the head and don't need to deform wi…
Explore the Engine - s&box Documentation
Explore the Engine Learn how s&box works by exploring the testbed and understanding the core concepts. Play Testbed Start s&box (not the editor) and find the ga…
ActionGraph — visual scripting with action nodes, delegates, and C# integration
ActionGraph — Visual Scripting ActionGraph is s&box's visual scripting system. Nodes represent actions or expressions, and links carry values or signals between…
IHotloadManaged: Preserving and Restoring State Across s&box Hotloads
IHotloadManaged: Preserving State Across s&box Hotloads When a class is hotloaded in s&box, all live instances are replaced with new instances of the updated ty…
Code Upgrader Diagnostics: SBOX001-SBOX007 and SB3000 Roslyn Analyzer Warnings
Code Upgrader Diagnostics: s&box Roslyn Analyzer Warnings s&box ships a Roslyn analyzer () that warns about deprecated patterns and auto-fixes them. These appea…
Doo: Visual Scripting Tasks — Running, Stopping, and Exposing Methods
Doo: Visual Scripting Tasks on Components is s&box's visual scripting system. A is a serializable list of executable blocks that can be run on a component. It i…
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 …
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…
s&box StackAlignMode: Stacker alignment modes
s&box StackAlignMode Enum StackAlignMode is an enum used by the Stacker tool to determine how the stack direction axis is interpreted. It controls whether stack…
Custom GameResource Assets: Define, Create, and Access Custom Asset Types
Define custom asset types as subclasses. They get a nice inspector window, are hotloaded in-game, and are stored as JSON files with a custom extension. Creating…
Property Attributes: Inspector Customization for Components and Assets
Property attributes control how Component properties appear in the s&box editor/inspector. They work on both Components and GameResource properties. Layout and …
Console Variables and Commands: ConVar and ConCmd with Flags
Console variables () and commands () let you create tweakable settings and runnable commands accessible from the s&box console. Console Commands Static methods …
Dedicated Servers: Installation, Configuration, and Command Line
s&box dedicated servers run headless and can be installed via SteamCMD. They host multiplayer games without requiring the full editor. Installation Install via …
Localization: Multi-Language Token System for UI Text
s&box supports localization via JSON token files. Any displayed string beginning with is treated as a localization token and automatically replaced with the use…