As you play with developing in s&box, you will notice some things are weird, missing, or suck. We are aware.
Here's the current status of key features and missing functionality you'll run into.
Name | Description |
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Audio | π’ Can play sounds, music, voice chat, can play them positionally or 2D.π’ Audio processing, effects systemπ’ Lip sync<br>π No auto voice ducking. |
Multiplayer | π’ Can create server, join server, sync vars, gameobjects, rpcsπ Dedicated server support, no Linux <br>π No error handling, permissions |
UI | π’ Razor and Panel class UI, full style sheets, transitions, transforms, animation, world panels<br>π Some intellisense difficulties with .razor files |
Scenes | π’ Can create scene, gameobject, components, play, stop |
Controller | π’ Controller input<br>π UI navigation with virtual cursor, missing element navigation, on-screen keyboard |
Navigation | π’ Recast navmesh, agents, pathfinding, links |
Platforms | π’ Windows<br>π Is likely to expand in the future, just not a priority |
Hammer/Maps | π’ Create + Load maps, brushwork, props, lights, select + launch map in gameπ’ Can use GameObjects |
VR | π’ Easy to develop for, built-in components<br>π Accessibility, user experience needs work, needs more testing |
Particles | π’ Create particle effects, emitters, sprite rendering, model rendering, trails, lights, velocity, collisionπ’ Totally moddable and extendable<br>π No built in line renderer, motion vectors, normals |
Standalone | π Working on export to standalone version license. Exporter works. |
Physics | π’ Full 3D and 2D physics, great performance + stability |
Editor | π’ Scene editor, editor tools, inspector, editor apps, key re-binding |
2D | π’ 2D physics, ortho camera<br>π Basic sprite support<br>π΄ No 2d editor mode |
GameResources | π’ Custom game resource types, with inspector editing<br>π No binary writing support yet |
Terrain | π Early development, basic editing<br>π΄ No grass/detail models yet |
Animation | π’ Valve's animgraph system, events, IK, animated ragdolls, morphs<br>π Some advanced features currently rely on an undocumented format |
PostProcessing | π’ Shader support, camera-based post-process base component |