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May 4, 2026

ScenePhysicsSystem: Physics Sub-Stepping at 120Hz, Collision Event Routing, Keyframe Colliders, and Editor Physics

ScenePhysicsSystem: How Physics Steps Work in s&box is the built-in that drives physics simulation. Understanding it explains the physics step order and collisi…

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May 5, 2026

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…

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May 20, 2026

IScenePhysicsEvents: Pre and Post Physics Step Hooks

lets Components or GameObjectSystems wrap logic around the physics step. Implement it when you have systems that work closely with physics and need to run code …

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May 4, 2026

Rigidbody Component: Networked Velocity, Proxy Physics Simulation, Impact Damage, and SmoothMove

Rigidbody Component: Networking, Velocity Sync, and Proxy Physics Simulation The component is the primary way to add physics simulation to a . It implements and…

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May 4, 2026

ISceneCollisionEvents, IScenePhysicsEvents, ISceneLoadingEvents — Physics and Loading Callbacks

ISceneCollisionEvents and IScenePhysicsEvents: Physics Callbacks ISceneCollisionEvents Implement this interface on a component to receive collision callbacks. U…

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May 4, 2026

PlayerController: Architecture, Ground Detection, Jump System, WishVelocity Sync, and Physics Step Integration

PlayerController: Architecture, Ground Detection, and Jump System is the built-in s&box character movement component. It uses a internally and implements to hoo…

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May 5, 2026

Player Controller - s&box Scene Documentation

Player Controller The Player Controller component provides character movement for games. It handles physics-based movement, ground detection, jumping, and camer…

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May 4, 2026

s&box Rigidbody Component: Physics Body Reference

s&box Rigidbody Component: Physics Body Reference adds physics simulation to a . It requires at least one component on the same object. Key Properties Force and…

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May 4, 2026

Collider Component: Triggers, Surface Properties, Keyframe Bodies, Concave Shapes, and Tag Propagation

Collider Component: Triggers, Surface Properties, and Keyframe Bodies The abstract base class is the foundation for all physics colliders in s&box (, , , , ). T…

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May 4, 2026

SceneAnimationSystem: Threaded Animation, Bone Merge Order, Procedural Bones, and Ragdoll Physics Step

SceneAnimationSystem: Threaded Animation Updates and Bone Merge Order drives all animation updates. It runs at (after , before ). Threading Model Animation upda…

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May 20, 2026

PlayerController: Built-in First/Third Person Controller with Physics, Input, and Camera

The PlayerController component is a first and third person player controller built into s&box. It is physics-based (a special RigidBody) with built-in input, ca…

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May 3, 2026

Terrain System

Terrain System Create expansive outdoor environments with real-time terrain editing, heightmap import, and multi-layer materials. Features Creating Terrain Add …

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May 4, 2026

Prop Component: Procedural Components, Damage System, Gib Spawning, and DamageInfo Patterns

Prop Component: Procedural Physics, Gibs, Damage, and Network Patterns The component is a high-level s&box component that automatically creates , , and componen…

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May 5, 2026

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…

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May 5, 2026

Component execution order — OnAwake, OnStart, OnUpdate, OnFixedUpdate, and OnLateUpdate

Component Execution Order s&box calls component lifecycle methods in a defined order each frame. Understanding this order is essential for avoiding race conditi…

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May 4, 2026

FixedUpdate Internals: Step Counting, Spiral of Death Prevention, Time.Scope, and ApplyForce vs ApplyImpulse

FixedUpdate Internals: How the Fixed Timestep Works in s&box The s&box fixed update system uses a step-counting approach rather than accumulating time. This is …

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May 4, 2026

Scene.Trace: Raycasting, Shape Sweeps, Tag Filters, SceneTraceResult Fields, and FindInPhysics

Scene.Trace: Raycasting and Shape Sweeps in s&box is the entry point for all physics traces in s&box. It returns a builder that uses a fluent API. Basic Usage F…

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May 4, 2026

s&box PhysicsBody: Body Types, Adding Shapes, Forces vs Impulses, Move vs Transform

s&box PhysicsBody: Body Types, Shapes, Forces, and Move vs Transform is the s&box physics simulation object. It wraps the native physics engine and can have mul…

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May 20, 2026

Component Interfaces: IDamageable, ICollisionListener, ExecuteInEditor

s&box provides several built-in component interfaces for physics, damage, networking, and editor execution. ExecuteInEditor Runs component methods (OnAwake, OnE…

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May 4, 2026

Joint Components: HingeJoint Motor Modes, BreakForce, Body Resolution, and Joint Creation Timing

Joint Components: HingeJoint, FixedJoint, and the Joint Base Class s&box provides physics joint components for constraining physics bodies. All joints extend th…