S&box Hype Thread

[M-E-T-A]

2 days ago I got in and yesterday I had the time to play it. The things that stood out to me:

There is a much larger emphasis on creating games yourself rather than joining a server. You can go to the server browser, select a gamemode, and start one for yourself. No need to subscribe to the gamemode and restart your game. By default, it seems all games you start are public and anyone can join (this can be avoided by setting player count to 1).

The only settings in the game are resolution and mouse sensitivity, and maybe one or two other things.

And in the sandbox mode specifically:

Z to undo isn't implemented yet
Guns have unlimited ammo, but still have a reload animation you can trigger with R
You can shoot while driving cars by default
Resizer is a default tool. It scales hitboxes and even works on players.
It can get real laggy real fast

Let me know if there's anything else you want to know / have me test.

So its not server base like gmod, right? Rather closer to a roblox type multiplayer?

[SaintLuther]

So its not server base like gmod, right? Rather closer to a roblox type multiplayer?

It's a hybrid, which Gmod technically is as well. You can either do peer to peer multiplayer, or in the future there will be functional dedicated servers. Garry has just made it extremely easy to start your own server from any gamemode and jump between them with the native party system.

[SaintLuther]

July S&box issue is out https://sbox.facepunch.com/news/july-2021

Nothing major, they mention the server browser that I've talked about. Also how the only graphics setting is resolution lol

[UHC]

the new construct is nice looking. A lot of this update is definitely "light looks cool so do more stuff with it". I saw some things changed with the citizen models but it sure didnt make them look any less awful

[SaintLuther]

I figured out how to generate S&box beta keys for anyone

[M-E-T-A]

I figured out how to generate S&box beta keys for anyone

thats alright i already got it a couple weeks ago

[SaintLuther]

August News has been released https://sbox.facepunch.com/news/aug2021

looks like some cool stuff has been added for VR support, the default playermodel can have hair now (yay?), some improvements for map design, and other misc stuff

[SaintLuther]

Here's a pretty promising gamemode being developed for S&box


And whatever this is


What position in the queue are you guys in @UHC @SCMC @Demonik1? More or less than you were before?

[SCMC]

What position in the queue are you guys in @UHC @SCMC @Demonik1? More or less than you were before?

I dont remember where i was before on the queue but rn it says im 13,401/33,887 and that i will get access in 6 months

[Demonik1]

I have 1 workshop points lol