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 …
Media Support - Video and Audio Codecs
Media Support - Video and Audio Codecs Video and audio codec/format support for playback, streaming, and encoding. Video Codecs Recommendation: Use VP9 or AV1 f…
Custom Editors - s&box Editor Documentation
Custom Editors Custom editors let you create specialized inspector interfaces for your components and assets. Build custom widgets, property drawers, and full i…
Playing Sounds: SoundHandle, GameObject.PlaySound, and Audio Components
s&box provides several ways to play sounds: fire-and-forget at a position, controlled via , attached to a , or via scene components. SoundEvent Assets Sounds ar…
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…
Playing Sounds - s&box Sound Documentation
Playing Sounds s&box provides multiple ways to play audio. From simple one-shots to complex 3D spatial audio with full control. SoundEvent Create reusable sound…
Playing Sounds
Playing Sounds in s&box s&box provides both 2D and 3D sound playback through code and components. Quick Sound Playback Sound Handle Store the handle to control …
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…
SyncFlags.Interpolate: How Networked Property Interpolation Works — Supported Types, InterpolationBuffer, and Delay
SyncFlags.Interpolate: How Networked Property Interpolation Works When is applied to a property, proxy clients receive a smoothed value between network ticks ra…
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…
Sound.Play and SoundHandle: 3D Audio, Volume, Pitch, Occlusion, UI Sounds, and Dedicated Server Behavior
Sound.Play and SoundHandle: Audio Playback in s&box is the static entry point for audio playback. is the returned handle for controlling a playing sound. Playin…
SkinnedModelRenderer: Bone Merge, Animation Parameters, Sequences, Attachments, and Animation Events
SkinnedModelRenderer: Bone Merge, Animation Parameters, and Attachments extends for models with bones and animations. It integrates with the for threaded animat…
ModelRenderer: Body Groups, Material Override, Material Groups, Shadow Modes, and LOD Override
ModelRenderer: Body Groups, Material Override, Shadow Modes, and LOD renders a static (non-skinned) model in the world. It creates a in the . Basic Usage Body G…
Connection Class: Local, Host, All, Find, Permissions, Kicking, and Visibility Origins
Connection Class: Local, Host, All, Find, and Permissions represents a network connection to a player. It's the primary way to identify and interact with player…
Networking Static Class: IsHost, IsClient, CreateLobby, Connect, SetData, and Debug Convars
Networking Static Class: IsHost, IsClient, CreateLobby, Connect, and Server Data The static class manages the multiplayer session in s&box. Session State Note: …
BasePostProcess: Custom Post-Processing with GetWeighted, BlitMode, and PostProcessVolume Blending
BasePostProcess<T>: Custom Post-Processing Effects with Volume Blending is the current (non-obsolete) base class for post-processing effects in s&box. It replac…
Console Variables - s&box Documentation
Official s&box documentation for Console Variables (ConVar) and Console Commands (ConCmd). ConVar creates variables that can be modified through the console and…
ScenePhysicsSystem: Physics Sub-Stepping at 120Hz, Collision Event Routing, Keyframe Colliders, and Editor Physics
ScenePhysicsSystem: How Physics Steps Work in s&box is the built-in that drives physics simulation. Understanding it explains the physics step order and collisi…
RenderOptions: Game, Overlay, Bloom, AfterUI Render Layers — and Renderer.Attributes for Shader Parameters
RenderOptions: Render Layers for SceneObjects controls which render layers a component's appears in. It's exposed as a property on all subclasses. Render Layers…
s&box LineRenderer and TrailRenderer: Points, Spline Interpolation, Face Modes, Texture Scrolling, and DepthFeather
s&box LineRenderer and TrailRenderer: Procedural Line Rendering renders a line through a list of points with configurable width, color, and spline interpolation…