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May 3, 2026

Physics Tracing Code Examples

Physics Tracing Code Examples Raycast and shape trace examples using — the builder pattern for physics queries. TraceResult Properties Builder Pattern Methods

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May 20, 2026

Scene Tracing: Raycasts, Sphere Traces, and Box Traces

Scenes can be traced against using with a builder pattern. At minimum, traces need a shape, start, and end. You can filter by tags or use your project's collisi…

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May 5, 2026

Tracing - s&box Physics Documentation

Tracing Tracing (raycasting) is the primary way to query the physics world in s&box. It allows you to cast rays or shapes through the scene to find collisions w…

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May 20, 2026

Tracing: Scene Traces with Ray, Sphere, and Box Shapes

Scenes can be traced against using with a builder pattern. At minimum, traces need a shape, start, and end position. You can filter by tags or use your project'…

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May 4, 2026

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…

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May 5, 2026

RadiusDamage — explosion area damage with IDamageable, occlusion, and physics force

RadiusDamage Component is a built-in s&box component that applies damage to all objects within a sphere. It integrates with the system and can apply outward phy…

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May 20, 2026

SceneTraceResult: All Fields and Properties from Trace Hits

is returned by and contains all information about a trace hit. Key Fields Common Usage Pattern

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May 5, 2026

DebugOverlay — in-game visualization for spheres, lines, text, and traces

DebugOverlay — In-Editor and In-Game Visualization draws shapes, text, and traces in the world for debugging. All draws are temporary and disappear after a spec…

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May 5, 2026

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…

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May 5, 2026

Decal component — projecting bullet holes, scorch marks, and surface details

Decal Component — Projecting Surface Marks projects a texture onto surfaces in the world. Use it for bullet holes, blood splats, scorch marks, graffiti, and any…

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May 4, 2026

Game Static Class: ActiveScene, ChangeScene, TypeLibrary, Cookies, and Core State Properties

Game Static Class: ActiveScene, ChangeScene, TypeLibrary, and Core State The static class is the primary entry point for global game state in s&box. Core State …

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May 5, 2026

NavMeshLink custom traversal — parabolic jump, ladder climb, and physics jump

NavMeshLink Custom Traversal connects two NavMesh points for agents to traverse (jumps, ladders, teleports). Default traversal linearly interpolates between sta…

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May 3, 2026

Performance Best Practices

s&box Performance Best Practices Community guide for writing performant s&box code based on engine behavior and developer recommendations. Object Pooling Avoid …

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May 3, 2026

Sandbox.PhysicsWorld

Sandbox.PhysicsWorld Access to the physics simulation. Overview PhysicsWorld provides access to the physics simulation, including gravity, time step, and broad …