Custom Editors - s&box Editor Documentation
Custom Editors Custom editors let you create specialized inspector interfaces for your components and assets. Build custom widgets, property drawers, and full i…
NavMesh Agent: AI Pathfinding Component with Crowd Control
The s&box NavMeshAgent component moves GameObjects along the NavMesh automatically with built-in crowd control to avoid collisions between agents. Component Set…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
s&box Input System: Down, Pressed, Released, AnalogLook, AnalogMove, Input Contexts, and Suppression
s&box Input System: Actions, Contexts, and How Input State Works The s&box static class provides all player input querying. Actions are defined in the project's…
Component Lifecycle: Full Callback Order — OnAwake, OnEnabled, OnStart, OnUpdate, OnFixedUpdate, OnDisabled, OnDestroy
Component Lifecycle: Full Callback Order s&box components have a well-defined lifecycle. Understanding the exact order prevents subtle bugs. Callback Order Key …
Undo System - s&box Editor Documentation
Undo System The undo system allows you to make editor actions reversible. Users can press Ctrl+Z to undo changes made by your tools. Scope Based Undo Create an …
Animation System: Animgraph, Skeletal Animation, IK, and Ragdolls
s&box uses Valve's Animgraph system for character animation, providing a powerful node-based animation state machine. Key Features Animgraph — node-based animat…
Editor Shortcuts - s&box Editor Documentation
Editor Shortcuts Custom keyboard shortcuts make your editor tools more efficient. Shortcuts can be bound globally or to specific widgets. Creating a Static Shor…
Auth Tokens - s&box Services Documentation
Auth Tokens Auth tokens allow your game to authenticate players with external backends. The token proves the player's identity and can be validated against Face…
Libraries - s&box Code Documentation
Libraries Libraries are reusable code packages you can share between projects or distribute to others. They provide a way to modularize your code and avoid dupl…
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…
File System - s&box Assets Documentation
File System s&box provides several file systems for different purposes - data persistence, mounted content, and organization. File Systems Data File System For …
Particle Effect - s&box Documentation
Official s&box documentation for Particle Effects - visual effects system. Particle Effect creates visual effects using GPU-accelerated particles. The system su…
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…
s&box ISceneEvent: Scene-Wide and Per-Object Event Broadcasting
s&box ISceneEvent<T>: Scene-Wide and Per-Object Event Broadcasting is the base interface for all scene event systems. It provides static methods for broadcastin…
RealTime vs Time: Wall-Clock vs Scene Time — RealTimeSince, RealTimeUntil, GlobalNow, and SmoothDelta
RealTime vs Time: Wall-Clock vs Scene Time — When to Use Each s&box has two time systems. Choosing the wrong one is a common source of bugs. Time (Scene Time) ,…
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.…