S&box Hype Thread

[SaintLuther]

New monthly update blog is out: https://sbox.facepunch.com/news/november2021

The highlights this month IMO are:

• Lag Compensation, to make hit reg more accurate
  
• Massively improved construct map with more props, better lighting, etc.
  
• Improved VR menu and overlays
  
• Improved water physics and visual effect
  
• Real-time dynamic reflections
  
• Arm models, so that arms aren't part of weapons anymore
  
• Smarter AI pathing
  
• Better destruction, especially glass
  

This was certainly one of the biggest months for updates. I haven't tried it yet but will hopefully have time soon.

[SaintLuther]

The real reason to be excited for S&box

[SaintLuther]

They skipped last month's blog, but made up for it this month with a massive one: https://sbox.facepunch.com/news/january2022

Some of my highlights:

• View every entity on the server and who owns it https://sbox.facepunch.com/news/january2022#EntityList
  
• Improved addon manager for disabling/enabling addons https://sbox.facepunch.com/news/january2...donManager
  
• Versioned addons to prevent conflicts (should fix mismatch map errors) https://sbox.facepunch.com/news/january2...donUploads
  
• Speech recognition, should be cool for RPs https://sbox.facepunch.com/news/january2...ecognition
  
• Better reflections https://sbox.facepunch.com/news/january2...imizations
  
• Dynamic mesh creation https://sbox.facepunch.com/news/january2...chingCubes
  
• Epic camera tool https://sbox.facepunch.com/news/january2...raControls
  
• Links in console, should also help with administration/debugging https://sbox.facepunch.com/news/january2022#RichConsole
  
• Much better default leaderboard https://sbox.facepunch.com/news/january2...rdFeatures
  

[UHC]

• Speech recognition, should be cool for RPs https://sbox.facepunch.com/news/january2...ecognition
  

Someone is going to make phasmophobia in s&box with this being a thing

The playermodels also look better. Not tolerable yet, but they do have more variety, which is nice

[SaintLuther]

Finally, a new blog https://sbox.facepunch.com/news/march2022

My highlights:

• Water physics
  
• Dedicated Server and Server List
  
• Better Shadows and more better shadows
  
• FSR support
  
• Default map (construct) improvements
  
• Gyro controller support
  

I haven't tried out the dedicated server yet, but definitely plan on doing it soon. Garry also mentioned he plans on making the blogs more regular, but we'll see.

[UHC]

the water physics are amazing. you could only get the water physics to look half as good in this in gmod with a good deal of mods

[SaintLuther]

Garry kept his word and came out with a monthly update post right away. https://sbox.facepunch.com/news/april2022

My highlights:

• In game video recording
  
• s&works where user generated content lives. Access it directly here: https://sw.facepunch.com/
  
• Lots of animation, material, hammer, and other improvements
  

A big update for those who like making models, maps, etc. and built in video recorder will be very handy to catch cheaters and epic gamer moments

[SaintLuther]

Another first of the month blog release, although I am a day late: https://sbox.facepunch.com/news/may2022

This update was very developer and backend heavy, so nothing too interesting for the average player, still some highlights:

• Timing tool to help debug and improve loading times
  
• Sound preview in a 3d space
  
• Steam audio for dynamic sound based on environment and materials
  
• VR Improvements
  

[SaintLuther]

First of the month, that means S&box update: https://sbox.facepunch.com/news/june2022

• VR Performance Improvements
  
• Particle Refractions
  
• More Construct Props
  
• Clothing and hair added for Terry to help cover up how ugly he is!
  

The rest of the update were improvements for developers. Curves, Hotkeys, Templates, Console filter, etc.

[Deucedemon]

I dont even play but can we remove some shitty mods

like the sirens and fire extinguisher

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