Physics Tracing Code Examples
Physics Tracing Code Examples Raycast and shape trace examples using — the builder pattern for physics queries. TraceResult Properties Builder Pattern Methods
Sandbox.Ray
Sandbox.Ray Infinite ray for intersection tests. Overview Ray represents an infinite line starting from a point and extending in a direction. Used for raycastin…
SceneCamera: World-to-Screen, Screen-to-World, Render Hooks, and Camera Properties
SceneCamera: World-to-Screen, Screen-to-World, and Render Hooks is the main camera class in s&box. It wraps a native frustum and provides coordinate conversion,…
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…
Scene Tracing: Raycasts, Sphere Traces, and Box Traces
Scenes can be traced against using with a builder pattern. At minimum, traces need a shape, start, and end. You can filter by tags or use your project's collisi…
Tracing: Scene Traces with Ray, Sphere, and Box Shapes
Scenes can be traced against using with a builder pattern. At minimum, traces need a shape, start, and end position. You can filter by tags or use your project'…
ToolMode SelectionPoint and Trace Helpers
ToolMode.SelectionPoint and Trace Helpers Helper methods and data structures for toolgun selection and placement. SelectionPoint Struct Trace Methods Placement …
s&box CameraComponent: Screen/World Conversion, RenderToTexture, Priority, Viewport, and Oblique Projection
s&box CameraComponent: Screen/World Conversion, RenderToTexture, and Priority wraps a and provides the main rendering configuration for a s&box scene. Every sce…
Camera and View Control
Working with cameras and player viewpoints in s&box. Main Camera Access Creating a Player Camera First-Person Camera Screen to World Ray World to Screen Camera …
DebugOverlay — in-game visualization for spheres, lines, text, and traces
DebugOverlay — In-Editor and In-Game Visualization draws shapes, text, and traces in the world for debugging. All draws are temporary and disappear after a spec…
SceneTraceResult: All Fields and Properties from Trace Hits
is returned by and contains all information about a trace hit. Key Fields Common Usage Pattern
Decal component — projecting bullet holes, scorch marks, and surface details
Decal Component — Projecting Surface Marks projects a texture onto surfaces in the world. Use it for bullet holes, blood splats, scorch marks, graffiti, and any…
Sandbox: BaseCarryable — unified AimRay, WeaponModel resolution, and seat-aware damage
BaseCarryable — Unified Weapon Base with AimRay and Seat Support is the root class for all holdable items. It handles viewmodel/worldmodel management, a unified…
Input Handling Code Examples
Input Handling Code Examples Comprehensive input examples covering buttons, analog sticks, mouse, controller, and VR input. Default Input Actions
Component Marker Interfaces: ExecuteInEditor, DontExecuteOnServer, IDamageable, INetworkSpawn, IPressable, INetworkVisible
Component Marker Interfaces: ExecuteInEditor, DontExecuteOnServer, IDamageable, INetworkSpawn, IPressable s&box uses marker interfaces nested inside the class t…
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 …
Performance Best Practices
s&box Performance Best Practices Community guide for writing performant s&box code based on engine behavior and developer recommendations. Object Pooling Avoid …
RadiusDamage — explosion area damage with IDamageable, occlusion, and physics force
RadiusDamage Component is a built-in s&box component that applies damage to all objects within a sphere. It integrates with the system and can apply outward phy…
s&box built-in component quick reference — rendering, physics, navigation, UI, and audio
s&box Component Quick Reference A cheat sheet of the most commonly used built-in components and what they do. Rendering Lighting Physics Navigation UI Audio Gam…
NavMeshLink custom traversal — parabolic jump, ladder climb, and physics jump
NavMeshLink Custom Traversal connects two NavMesh points for agents to traverse (jumps, ladders, teleports). Default traversal linearly interpolates between sta…