UndoSystem: Per-player undo functionality
UndoSystem: Per-Player Undo Functionality This example shows the UndoSystem which provides per-player undo stacks for tracking spawned objects and allowing play…
Creating Terrain: Heightmap Setup, World Scale, and Asset Reuse
To add Terrain to your s&box scene, right-click in the Hierarchy and select 3D Object → Terrain. The inspector prompts you to create, import, or link an existin…
LocalData static class: Server-side data persistence
LocalData Static Class API Reference LocalData provides server-side data persistence that survives server restarts. It's useful for storing configuration, ban l…
s&box Component Lifecycle: Exact Execution Order and Internal Guards
s&box Component Lifecycle: Exact Execution Order and Internal Guards Derived directly from and in the s&box engine source. Execution Order **** — Called once wh…
Sandbox: ControlSystem — vehicle seat and contraption control with IPlayerControllable
ControlSystem — Vehicle Seat and Contraption Control is a that drives components on contraptions. When a player sits in a , the system walks the connected contr…
BanSystem Pattern for Player Management
BanSystem - Player Ban Management A GameObjectSystem that manages player bans with persistent storage. Demonstrates , persistence, and RPC commands. Implementat…
Component Versioning: JsonUpgrader for Scene and Prefab Migration
s&box component versioning uses attributes and the property to migrate serialized scene/prefab data when you make breaking changes to component properties. This…
ControlSystem Pattern for Seat/Vehicle Control
ControlSystem - Seat/Vehicle Control Management A that manages control transfer between players and seated entities (vehicles, chairs). Handles input routing an…
Scene lighting setup — DirectionalLight, PointLight, SpotLight, SkyBox, AmbientLight, and Fog
Scene Lighting Setup s&box lighting is built from components. A typical scene needs a directional light (sun), ambient light, and a skybox. Directional Light (S…
s&box DupeCategory: Workshop duper categories
s&box DupeCategory Enum DupeCategory is an enum used to categorize workshop dupes for filtering and browsing. Each category has an associated icon for UI displa…
Custom editor tools — EditorTool, Gizmo drawing, scene tracing, and overlay UI
Custom Editor Tools Editor tools appear in the s&box toolbar and let you build scene editing workflows — painting, placement, custom gizmos. They must live in a…
Common s&box component gotchas — physics, networking, scene, and rendering pitfalls
Common s&box Component Gotchas Practical pitfalls that catch most new s&box developers. Physics Rigidbody + CharacterController on the same GO — don't do it. Th…
Automatic water volume setup with buoyancy physics
Automatic Water Volume Setup with Buoyancy This example shows automatic attachment of WaterVolume components to colliders tagged "water" and buoyancy physics im…
s&box Hints GameObjectSystem: UI hint queue
Hints GameObjectSystem Example Hints is a GameObjectSystem that manages the display of timed popup hints in the UI. It queues hints with delays and displays the…
Scene Events: Interface-Based Broadcasting and Listening
s&box uses interface-based events to broadcast and listen to events within a scene. Events are sent to active Components and GameObjectSystems — they are NOT se…
s&box ScriptedEmitterModel: Model-based emitter resource
ScriptedEmitterModel GameResource API Reference ScriptedEmitterModel is a GameResource for model-based particle/VFX emitters. It implements IDefinitionResource …
s&box PostProcessManager: Post-processing resource management
PostProcessManager API Reference PostProcessManager is a GameObjectSystem that manages post-processing resources with preview, toggle, and camera attachment. Ty…
Global.ISpawnEvents Spawn Event Interface
Global.ISpawnEvents Interface Scene-wide event interface for listening to spawn operations. Implement on components to receive pre/post spawn callbacks. Interfa…
Sandbox: PlayerInventory — weapon slots, pickup, drop, and loadout persistence
Sandbox PlayerInventory — Weapon Slots, Pickup, Drop, and Loadout Persistence manages up to 6 weapon slots, handles pickup/drop logic, and delegates loadout sav…
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. …