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May 4, 2026

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…

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May 20, 2026

Math Types: Vector3, Rotation, Angles, and Transform

s&box provides several math types for 3D game development in the namespace. Vectors Vector2 — 2D (x, y) for screen/UI Vector3 — 3D (x, y, z) for world positions…

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May 20, 2026

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…

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May 4, 2026

TextRenderer: 3D World Text, TextScope, Localization via # Prefix, Scale vs FontSize, and JsonUpgrader Pattern

TextRenderer: 3D World Text with Localization Support renders text in 3D world space using for font configuration. Basic Usage TextScope The property controls a…

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May 5, 2026

Playing Sounds - s&box Sound Documentation

Playing Sounds s&box provides multiple ways to play audio. From simple one-shots to complex 3D spatial audio with full control. SoundEvent Create reusable sound…

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May 20, 2026

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…

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Jun 16, 2026

Building a Networked Radio System with 3D Audio and Sync

Building a functional, interactive, and multiplayer-compatible radio system in s&box requires coordinating networked replication, local 3D audio handles, extern…

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May 3, 2026

Media Support - Video and Audio Codecs

Media Support - Video and Audio Codecs Video and audio codec/format support for playback, streaming, and encoding. Video Codecs Recommendation: Use VP9 or AV1 f…

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May 5, 2026

Mapping - s&box Editor Documentation

Mapping s&box includes Hammer, the Source 2 level editor, for creating maps and environments. Build worlds with brushes, props, lighting, and gameplay entities.…

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May 4, 2026

s&box LineRenderer and TrailRenderer: Points, Spline Interpolation, Face Modes, Texture Scrolling, and DepthFeather

s&box LineRenderer and TrailRenderer: Procedural Line Rendering renders a line through a list of points with configurable width, color, and spline interpolation…

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May 4, 2026

Voice Component: Push-to-Talk, Lip Sync Visemes, ExcludeFilter, ShouldHearVoice, and Amplitude

Voice Component: Voice Chat, Lip Sync, and Viseme Morphs The component handles voice chat recording, transmission, and playback with optional lip sync. Basic Se…

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May 12, 2026

s&box StackDirection: Stacker tool directions

s&box StackDirection Enum StackDirection is an enum used by the Stacker tool to specify which axis to stack objects along. It defines the six cardinal direction…

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May 4, 2026

RenderOptions: Game, Overlay, Bloom, AfterUI Render Layers — and Renderer.Attributes for Shader Parameters

RenderOptions: Render Layers for SceneObjects controls which render layers a component's appears in. It's exposed as a property on all subclasses. Render Layers…

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May 4, 2026

ScreenPanel and WorldPanel: AutoScale Strategies, ZIndex, LookAtCamera, and Interaction Range

ScreenPanel and WorldPanel: UI Components in s&box Scenes ScreenPanel is the root component for 2D screen-space UI. It renders attached children to the screen. …

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May 20, 2026

Creating Terrain: Heightmap Setup, World Scale, and Asset Reuse

To add Terrain to your s&box scene, right-click in the Hierarchy and select 3D Object → Terrain. The inspector prompts you to create, import, or link an existin…

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May 20, 2026

MusicPlayer: Streaming Audio with Visualization and World-Space Positioning

in s&box handles music tracks and streaming audio with programmatic control over playback, positioning, and visualization. For sound effects, use the Sound syst…

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May 5, 2026

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 …

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May 5, 2026

Terrain System — heightmap creation, material painting, and sculpting

Terrain System s&box terrain is a heightmap-based landscape system with material painting, sculpting tools, and built-in LOD. Terrain data is stored in a reusab…