PlayerController: Physics-Based Character with Events Interface
The component is a physics-based first/third person player controller. Add it to a scene and be running around with no programming required. Core Features Physi…
Beams - s&box Rendering Documentation
Beams Beam effects create animated lines between points - useful for lasers, lightning, energy beams, and trails. BeamEffect Component Create beams using the Be…
s&box Easing Functions: Sandbox.Utility.Easing — Quadratic, Exponential, Bounce, Sine, and CSS-Style Name Lookup
s&box Easing Functions: Sandbox.Utility.Easing for Transitions and Animations provides standard easing functions used throughout s&box's UI system and available…
Sandbox: NPC system — Schedule, Task, and Layer architecture
NPC System — Schedule, Task, and Layer Architecture The Sandbox NPC system uses a layered architecture: Layers handle continuous behaviours (navigation, senses,…
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 ThrowType: Grenade throw distance
ThrowType Enum Documentation ThrowType is an enum that defines how a grenade is thrown by the HandGrenadeWeapon. It controls the throw distance and trajectory b…
NavMesh Agent: AI Pathfinding with Crowd Avoidance
The component moves a GameObject along the NavMesh automatically with built-in crowd avoidance. Agents try to avoid bumping into each other when multiple agents…
NavMesh Agent - s&box Gameplay Documentation
NavMesh Agent The NavMeshAgent component provides automatic navigation along the NavMesh. It handles pathfinding, obstacle avoidance, and smooth movement to tar…
RealTime vs Time: Wall-Clock vs Scene Time — RealTimeSince, RealTimeUntil, GlobalNow, and SmoothDelta
RealTime vs Time: Wall-Clock vs Scene Time — When to Use Each s&box has two time systems. Choosing the wrong one is a common source of bugs. Time (Scene Time) ,…
GameObjectFlags: DontDestroyOnLoad, NotNetworked, Absolute, and Destroy vs DestroyImmediate
GameObjectFlags: Controlling GameObject Behavior is a flags enum that controls special behaviors for GameObjects. Values Usage ```csharp // Survive scene loads …
Rendering entities — TextRenderer, LineRenderer, SpriteRenderer, TrailRenderer, and ModelRenderer
Rendering Entities — Text, Line, Sprite, and Trail Renderers s&box provides several lightweight renderer components for common visual needs that don't require a…
ActionGraph Component Actions - s&box Documentation
ActionGraph Component Actions Add ActionGraph behavior directly to GameObjects using the ActionGraph component. Component Actions The ActionGraph component lets…
VR Development: Tracked Objects, Controllers, and Hand Input
s&box supports VR development with built-in components for headset tracking, controller input, and hand animation. Enabling VR Editor: Launch with headset conne…
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…
Door Component with IPressable Interface
Door Component with IPressable Map entity door with animated open/close using curves and the IPressable interface. Key Features AnimationCurve for smooth motion…
Particle Effects System
Particle Effects System CPU-simulated, fully controllable particle system for effects like fire, smoke, sparks, and explosions. Architecture The particle system…
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…
Noclip MoveMode with Collision Toggle
Noclip MoveMode Implementation Custom movement mode for noclip/fly behavior with collision toggle. Key Patterns MoveMode inheritance — override , , priority — 1…
Particle Effect system — emitters, manual emission, and custom controllers
Particle Effect System s&box particles are CPU-simulated and fully programmable. A particle system is built from three component types on the same GameObject: (…
NPC Ragdoll Creation with Clothing Preservation
NPC Ragdoll Creation with Clothing Pattern for creating ragdolls from NPCs including clothing preservation and bone merging. Key APIs **** — copies model, mater…