Custom GameResource Assets: Define, Create, and Access Custom Asset Types
Define custom asset types as subclasses. They get a nice inspector window, are hotloaded in-game, and are stored as JSON files with a custom extension. Creating…
Clutter System: GPU-Instanced Scattering for Grass, Rocks, and Debris
The s&box Clutter System scatters large amounts of small objects (grass, rocks, debris) with GPU-instanced rendering. It handles placement, streaming, and LOD a…
Video: VideoPlayer Decoding and VideoWriter Encoding with Streaming Support
s&box provides VideoPlayer for decoding video and VideoWriter for encoding video frames. VideoPlayer Decodes video files or URLs, exposing the current frame as …
s&box SoundDefinition: Categorized sound GameResource
SoundDefinition GameResource API Reference SoundDefinition is a GameResource that defines a categorized sound for use on spawned entities (thrusters, hoverballs…
Randomized Clothing for NPC Citizens using Dresser.Randomize() on Prefabs
Overview This demonstrates how to create NPC citizen prefabs with randomized clothing using the built-in component. Each time the prefab spawns or is enabled, i…
UIDecal Component - Render Razor UI as a Decal
A Render Component for s&box that allows you to project Razor UI onto surfaces as a Decal. Great for sticking UI onto rounded walls, curved surfaces, or any geo…
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…
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…
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…
ClothingContainer: Apply, ApplyAsync, CreateFromConnection, RemoveUnownedItems, and Body Group Masking
ClothingContainer: Avatar Dressing System — Apply, CreateFromConnection, and RemoveUnownedItems manages a player's avatar outfit. It handles clothing compatibil…
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. …
Navigation: Recast NavMesh Generation and Pathfinding in s&box
s&box implements Recast Navigation (the industry standard used in Unreal, Unity, and Godot) for navmesh generation and navigation agents. What is a NavMesh? A s…
VR Development
VR Development Build virtual reality experiences with OpenXR support, tracked devices, and VR-specific components. Setup Enable VR in your project settings. s&b…
Clutter System — scattering grass, rocks, and debris with GPU instancing
Clutter System — Scattering Grass, Rocks, and Debris The Clutter System scatters large amounts of small objects (grass, rocks, debris) across a scene using GPU-…
VirtualGrid
VirtualGrid Efficient virtualized grid component for large lists in UI. When to Use Use when displaying: Large item lists (100s-1000s) Inventories with many slo…
EnvmapProbe — local reflection captures with Static, Dynamic, and OnDemand modes
EnvmapProbe — Reflection Captures in s&box is a built-in s&box component that captures a cubemap at its world position for local specular reflections. The engin…
Video - s&box Media Documentation
Video s&box can decode and play video files for cutscenes, UI elements, or in-world displays. VideoPlayer The VideoPlayer decodes video and exposes frames as a …
s&box HUD: UI scale factor
HUD Static Class HUD is an internal static class that provides a scale factor for UI elements based on screen resolution. It ensures UI elements scale proportio…
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 …
VirtualGrid: Virtualized Grid Panel for Large Item Collections
is a s&box UI Panel that virtualizes large item collections — only rendering visible cells. If you have thousands of items, it creates only the few on screen an…