s&box Tracer: Projectile trail renderer
Tracer Renderer Component API Reference Tracer is a Renderer component that creates a tracer effect (like bullet trails) that travels from its world position to…
s&box MountMetadata: Mount fallback rendering
MountMetadata Component API Reference MountMetadata is attached to mount-spawned props to show a graceful bounding box and hint the player which game it's from …
Network visibility — culling networked objects per client with INetworkVisible
Network Visibility — Culling Networked Objects Per Client Network visibility controls whether a networked object sends updates (Sync Vars, transforms) to a spec…
Scene.Push(), BatchGroup(), FindInPhysics, and FindAllWithTag — Scene Context Management
Scene.Push() and Scene.BatchGroup(): Scene Context Management Scene.Push() makes a scene the active scene for the duration of a scope. This is required when cre…
Scene.Load and Scene.LoadFromFile: Loading Scenes, DontDestroyOnLoad, and the Loading Sequence
Scene.Load and Scene.LoadFromFile: Loading Scenes Locally loads a scene file into the current scene. This is a local-only operation — it does not bring other cl…
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…
Hotloading — live code reloading, IL fast path, and common pitfalls
Hotloading — Live Code Reloading s&box recompiles and live-reloads your assembly whenever you save a or file. You don't need to restart the editor for most chan…
IGameObjectNetworkEvents: StartControl, StopControl, and NetworkOwnerChanged Callbacks
IGameObjectNetworkEvents: Ownership Change Callbacks Implement on a component to receive callbacks when network ownership of the parent changes. Interface Metho…
Trigger-Based Background Music Crossfade Framework
This pattern replaces area music with a small local-client music framework. Each zone requests a target , while one controller crossfades the currently playing …
Scene Tick Order: Full Frame Pipeline — FixedUpdate, Update, PreRender, ProcessDeletes, and Stage Hooks
Scene Tick Order: The Full Frame Pipeline Understanding the exact order of operations in a scene tick is critical for writing correct game logic. Game Tick Orde…
Network Visibility Culling: AlwaysTransmit, INetworkVisible, CullDelay, and PVS-Based Object Culling
Network Visibility Culling: How s&box Decides What to Send to Each Client s&box has a built-in network visibility culling system that avoids sending updates for…
s&box SaveSystem: Scene save/load with metadata and event hooks
SaveSystem API Reference SaveSystem is a GameObjectSystem that captures differences between the current scene state and the original scene, enabling save/load f…
Application Context Flags: IsDedicatedServer, IsHeadless, IsEditor, IsVR — Runtime Context in s&box
Application Context Flags: IsDedicatedServer, IsHeadless, IsEditor, IsVR is a static class in s&box that exposes runtime context flags. These are set at startup…
Component.OnLoad: Async Loading Pattern — LoadingContext, Scene.IsLoading, and Loading Screen Integration
Component.OnLoad: Async Loading Pattern for Components Components can perform async loading work by overriding . This is the correct way to load resources async…
Scene.Trace: Raycasting, Shape Sweeps, Tag Filters, SceneTraceResult Fields, and FindInPhysics
Scene.Trace: Raycasting and Shape Sweeps in s&box is the entry point for all physics traces in s&box. It returns a builder that uses a fluent API. Basic Usage F…