Graphics.Draw, Blit, DrawText, DrawIcon, and GrabFrameTexture — Custom Rendering APIs
Graphics.Draw and Graphics.Blit: Custom Rendering in s&box provides low-level rendering APIs for drawing custom geometry, screen-space quads, and text. All call…
Component execution order — OnAwake, OnStart, OnUpdate, OnFixedUpdate, and OnLateUpdate
Component Execution Order s&box calls component lifecycle methods in a defined order each frame. Understanding this order is essential for avoiding race conditi…
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…
s&box ICameraSetup: Camera setup callbacks
ICameraSetup API Reference ICameraSetup is an interface for receiving callbacks during camera setup, allowing fine-grained control over camera effects before, d…
Component Lifecycle Methods Reference
Component Lifecycle Methods s&box Components have a well-defined lifecycle with specific methods you can override for different phases of initialization and upd…
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…
s&box Source Generator: IUpdateSubscriber, WrappedPropertySet, and How [Sync]/[Rpc.*] Work at Compile Time
s&box Source Generator: How [CodeGenerator] Works for [Sync] and [Rpc.*] The Roslyn source generator transforms your C# code at compile time. Understanding this…
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. …
SceneAnimationSystem: Threaded Animation, Bone Merge Order, Procedural Bones, and Ragdoll Physics Step
SceneAnimationSystem: Threaded Animation Updates and Bone Merge Order drives all animation updates. It runs at (after , before ). Threading Model Animation upda…
Component Methods: OnLoad, OnAwake, OnStart, OnUpdate, OnFixedUpdate Lifecycle
Component lifecycle methods you can override: OnLoad (async) Called after deserialization for loading. Loading screen stays open until all OnLoad tasks complete…
Component Execution Order: Lifecycle Flow and GameObjectSystem Ordering
s&box component execution order determines when lifecycle methods are called. You should not rely on the order in which the same callback gets invoked for diffe…
s&box Inspector Attributes: Complete Reference for Component Properties
s&box Inspector Attributes: Complete Reference for Component Properties These attributes control how properties appear in the s&box editor inspector. Display At…
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…
Engine Frame Loop Order: FrameStart, Scene Tick, and FrameEnd Sequence
Engine Frame Loop Order The s&box engine frame loop runs in a specific order each frame. Understanding this is important for knowing when your code runs relativ…
Component Lifecycle: Full Callback Order — OnAwake, OnEnabled, OnStart, OnUpdate, OnFixedUpdate, OnDisabled, OnDestroy
Component Lifecycle: Full Callback Order s&box components have a well-defined lifecycle. Understanding the exact order prevents subtle bugs. Callback Order Key …