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Sandbox Mode
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Apr 2021 383 posts
garry 10 months ago
quote#1
The official sandbox mode is live now and you should be able to play it on the staging branch.

https://sbox.game/facepunch/sandbox

  • This is a baseline of functionality
  • Releasing incomplete and early so we can stomp bugs and iterate fast

Please feel free to use this thread to
  • Make requests
  • Ask questions
  • Share screenshots/videos
  • Report bugs

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Sep 2022 108 posts
tytimp4_ 10 months ago
quote#2
 Those who know how to play the private game 🤫
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Feb 2023 82 posts
fishy 10 months ago
quote#3
Not sure if it's intentionally missing but I'm missing damage direction indicators.


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Jul 2021 29 posts
Carson 10 months ago
quote#4
Got this error when shooting someone in the head:

[Generic] Exception when calling 'Update' on Player
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at HitMarker.CreateFromTrace(SceneTraceResult tr) in UI/HitMarker.cs:line 61
   at GlockWeapon.ShootBullet(Player player, Boolean secondary, Single fireRate) in Weapons/GlockWeapon.cs:line 54
   at Player.OnControl() in Player/Player.cs:line 238
   at Sandbox.Component.ExceptionWrap(String name, Action a)

EDIT: Also someone physgunned me out-of-bounds and it didn't kill me. Couldn't type `kill` in console either to respawn.
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Aug 2024 3 posts
BoldTrooper 10 months ago
quote#5
It's rumored that you will be able to pull assets from games installed on your library.

Will this be available for Sandbox Mode?
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Jul 2021 29 posts
Carson 10 months ago edited 10 months ago
quote#6
- When someone leaves the game, it puts the "has left the game" message in chat once for each person left on the server
- Using resize tool on players is fun, but from the perspective of the player who was resized, they appear to be normal scale the entire time
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Feb 2023 82 posts
fishy 10 months ago
quote#7
Swapping to a tool from the spawn/Q  menu and then using the number key to swap to the physics gun starts cycling through from the tool gun (so you need to press 1 twice to get to the physics gun instead of just once)
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Jul 2021 29 posts
Carson 10 months ago edited 10 months ago
quote#8
- You can only hear other players Voice through the left ear
- When flying (double pressing space) you'll almost always die of fall damage when you double press space to exit flying and land on the ground (even if you only fell less than an inch)
- Cloud Props spawn as an error model at first, and then load into the real model (instead of showing a loading placeholder or something)
- Got this error when someone was going wild with physics objects:
- Chatbox and Health UI are still visible when using the Camera
- Can't use :emojis: in the chat
- Can't press R to unfreeze all attached objects in a weld
- Servers are named "Sandbox Deathmatch" instead of "Sandbox Game" or "{name}'s Sandbox Server"
- "has left the game" message shows even if the player never connected in the first place (eg. when cancelling the connection to a server)
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Feb 2023 82 posts
fishy 10 months ago edited 10 months ago
quote#9
Ropes go crazy after alt-tabbing into the game - and the visible slack on the rope does not represent how taught the rope is.
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Apr 2021 81 posts
Papa Brickolini 10 months ago
quote#10
sam kept stealing my turtles
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Jul 2022 5 posts
StellaWisps 10 months ago
quote#11
If you duplicate an object attached to another object with something like a rope, the duplicated object will also be attached to that same object with a rope. It's cool but not sure if it's intentional
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Feb 2023 82 posts
fishy 10 months ago edited 10 months ago
quote#12
Can't delete wheels after removing the object they were attached to.
edited:
Error when trying to add both both the start and end of a ball joint on the same object.
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Oct 2021 148 posts
Austin 10 months ago edited 10 months ago
quote#13
Seems to happen when using the wheel tool and trying to place it far away

[Generic] Toolgun.OnControl Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at Wheel.OnControl() in Weapons/ToolGun/Modes/Wheel.cs:line 14
   at Toolgun.OnControl(Player player) in Weapons/ToolGun/Toolgun.cs:line 16
   at BaseCarryable.OnPlayerUpdate(Player player) in Game/Weapon/BaseCarryable/BaseCarryable.cs:line 201
edited:
attaching a wheel to an object makes the physgun freak out and apply impulses, should stay still like when it has no wheels attached right? (both are shown in the video)
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May 2023 15 posts
kicks 10 months ago edited 10 months ago
quote#14
[Generic] Exception when calling 'Start' on Sandbox.BallJoint
System.Exception: Assert: AreNotEqual 
   at Sandbox.Diagnostics.Assert.AreNotEqual[T](T a, T b, String message)
   at Sandbox.Physics.PhysicsJoint.CreateBallSocket(PhysicsPoint a, PhysicsPoint b)
   at Sandbox.BallJoint.CreateJoint(PhysicsPoint point1, PhysicsPoint point2)
   at Sandbox.Joint.CreateJoint()
   at Sandbox.Joint.OnStart()
   at Sandbox.Component.ExceptionWrap(String name, Action a)
edited:
Says error getting mounts when trying to use my quake mount
edited:
Being able to search the could assets would be pretty cool
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Feb 2023 82 posts
fishy 10 months ago
quote#15
I know it's early stages but it feels like it's already shaping up to be something great. Physics feels really good with most tools already and work as expected. Even with people trying to break things as much as possible everything still looks and feels really responsive. Going to be exciting to see it shape up over the coming months.
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Jul 2021 25 posts
kellie 10 months ago edited 10 months ago
quote#16
Not really an issue on the game, more like an issue on the forums. Trying to play any of the above videos displays the following error and it wont continue:  (I am on firefox windows 11 BTW)
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Apr 2021 383 posts
garry 10 months ago
quote#17
Thanks guys - I will work through these tomorrow
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May 2024 3 posts
LeDernierPoisson 10 months ago
quote#18
If you noclip too fast trough the ground u take fall damage, also when in noclip you collide with props enabling some weird thing when passing through props while in noclip. 
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Sep 2021 248 posts
Titanovsky 10 months ago
quote#19
The tools do not always work, and even after some point, the prop stops spawning (retry doesn't work). Regarding Noclip, it's not very convenient on double jump, it's better to press the (V) key as usual and make a slight improvement: when you press the space bar in Noclip, you fly straight up, and take damage in Noclip by the walls.
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Mar 2023 13 posts
DoGGy 10 months ago
quote#20
We should run when holding Shift. Now we slow walk
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Aug 2021 6 posts
Xenthio 10 months ago edited 10 months ago
quote#21
Mounts only work the second time you load the game
edited:
The vignette is a hard yuck from me to be honest. Its tolerable on my big monitor but on my slightly smaller one it just feels so strong and gross.
 also it doesnt look like theres any tonemapping and its just set to linear? 
the visibility of the HUD is also pretty crap, guess this was harder to notice in SBDM because most of those deathmatch maps are dark and indoors 
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Mar 2023 60 posts
Dimmer 10 months ago
quote#22
Open source the repo, we'll put in the work 💪
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Jul 2025 2 posts
BlueFlood700 10 months ago
quote#23
Does anyone else receive this error code? "There was an error when loading this game. This game has no code archive!"
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Apr 2021 217 posts
matt 10 months ago
quote#24
You can only play it on the staging branch right now since it relies on unreleased features
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Jul 2025 2 posts
BlueFlood700 10 months ago
quote#25
This resolved my issue, thanks
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May 2021 22 posts
Divined 10 months ago
quote#26
This is a pretty strong foundation already, can't wait for it to be complete/ready for people to add their own stuff onto it. 
I think designated folders to load models in S2/sbox format would work good too since that's what people from S1 are accustomed to, although I was told on discord technically could just put them in base addons which I suppose still works.
One thing I noticed is that rotating ragdoll bones with a physgun and whatnot can become quite fidgety randomly/go unresponsive to E inputs but hey it works for now.
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Apr 2021 383 posts
garry 10 months ago
quote#27
Alright fixed a good chunk of these problems on the live version now.
  • Fixed player voice
  • Tweaked vignette
  • Fixed "has left the game" issues
  • Fixed players not taking pvp damage
  • Fixed exceptions when constraining world to world
  • Hide HUD when camera is out
  • Fixed wheels not being removable
  • Fix chat being in front of spawn menu
  • Fix damage missing UI image
  • Fix misc exceptions
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Feb 2023 82 posts
fishy 10 months ago
quote#28
Just jumped in, damage UI image still appears to be missing for me, but the new vignette looks so much better!

I also get an error when trying to weld an object to itself.

Physics gun glow from a distance feels like a bit much to me, but I'm not sure how it was in gmod.
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Dec 2022 14 posts
Web_Artur 10 months ago
quote#29
Image.Load: ui/health.png not found (Could not find file `/ui/health.png`.)
Image.Load: ui/shield.png not found (Could not find file `/ui/shield.png`.)
Image.Load: ui/damage_radial.png not found (Could not find file `/ui/damage_radial.png`.)
Image.Load: ui/ammo_icon.png not found (Could not find file `/ui/ammo_icon.png`.)
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Apr 2021 383 posts
garry 10 months ago
quote#30
Thanks - that's an easy fix
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