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…
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…
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 …
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…
ISceneCollisionEvents, IScenePhysicsEvents, ISceneLoadingEvents — Physics and Loading Callbacks
ISceneCollisionEvents and IScenePhysicsEvents: Physics Callbacks ISceneCollisionEvents Implement this interface on a component to receive collision callbacks. U…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Terrain System
Terrain System Create expansive outdoor environments with real-time terrain editing, heightmap import, and multi-layer materials. Features Creating Terrain Add …
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…