Sandbox.Rotation
Sandbox.Rotation Represents 3D orientation. Overview Rotation stores an orientation in 3D space, handling quaternion math internally. Creation Constants Applyin…
Backend Services - Achievements, Leaderboards, Stats
Backend Services - Achievements, Leaderboards, Stats Integrate Steam backend services for player progression, competition, and analytics. Achievements Track and…
Sandbox.BBox
Sandbox.BBox Axis-aligned bounding box. Overview BBox represents an axis-aligned box in 3D space. Used for collision, bounds checking, and spatial queries. Crea…
Binary Serialization - s&box Documentation
Official s&box documentation for Binary Serialization - efficient data storage. Binary Serialization saves data in compact binary format. The system handles ver…
Sandbox: Duplicator tool — copy, paste, and save contraptions with DuplicationData
Duplicator Tool — Copy, Paste, and Save Contraptions The Duplicator tool copies a contraption (a connected graph of GameObjects) to JSON and pastes it back. It …
Sandbox.Transform - Position, Rotation and Scale
Sandbox.Transform Position, rotation, and scale combined. Overview Transform combines position, rotation, and scale into a single matrix for efficient calculati…
s&box LineDefinition: Trail line resource
LineDefinition GameResource API Reference LineDefinition is a GameResource for trail line definitions used by the Trail tool. It implements IDefinitionResource …
BeamEffect — laser and energy beams between two points
BeamEffect — Laser and Energy Beams renders a beam between two points in the world. Use it for lasers, electricity, tractor beams, or any line-based visual effe…
Sandbox: Map entities — Door, Button, FuncMover, TriggerPush, TriggerTeleport
Sandbox Map Entities — Door, Button, FuncMover, TriggerPush, TriggerTeleport These components implement interactive map elements. They live in the namespace and…
Mapping - s&box Editor Documentation
Mapping s&box includes Hammer, the Source 2 level editor, for creating maps and environments. Build worlds with brushes, props, lighting, and gameplay entities.…
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…
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…
Sandbox.ParticleEffect
Sandbox.ParticleEffect Controls particle system playback. Overview ParticleEffect is the root component for playing particle effects (.vpcf files). Setup Playba…
Styling Panels - s&box UI Documentation
Styling Panels Style your UI panels using SCSS-like stylesheets or direct code styling. Using Stylesheets Create files alongside your files: Or specify a differ…
Inspector property attributes — Range, Group, ShowIf, Title, Feature, and more
Inspector Property Attributes Attributes control how component properties appear in the s&box editor inspector. Apply them alongside on your component fields to…
Math types — Vector3, Rotation, Angles, Transform, TimeSince, and BBox
Math Types — Vector3, Rotation, Angles, and Transform s&box uses its own math types. Here's a practical reference for the ones you'll use constantly. Vector3 Ro…
VirtualGrid — efficiently rendering large scrollable lists in s&box UI
VirtualGrid — Efficiently Rendering Large Lists in UI is a s&box UI panel that virtualizes a large collection — only the visible cells are created in the DOM. S…
ConVar and ConCmd: Console Variables and Commands in s&box
ConVar and ConCmd: Console Variables and Commands s&box uses and attributes on static properties and methods to expose them to the console system. ConVar (Conso…
TraceAttackInfo record struct
TraceAttackInfo Record Struct Information about a trace-based attack in s&box, used to pass attack data through the weapon system. Properties Target () - The Ga…