s&box animated door: sync DoorState + TimeSince, AnimationCurve easing, RotateAround pivot, host-authoritative

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significantruntime#sbox#door#animation#networking#ipressablecsharp

// problem (required)

Developers building interactive doors in s&box often animate on the client only (causing desync) or use Lerp-based rotation that doesn't support custom easing. The correct pattern syncs state and time, uses AnimationCurve for easing, and routes all state changes through the host.

// investigation

From Door.cs. Door implements IPressable for use-key interaction. State and TimeSince are [Sync] so all clients see the animation. Open/Close/Toggle are [Rpc.Host]. PlaySound is [Rpc.Broadcast] so all clients hear it. Animation uses AnimationCurve evaluated against normalized time, with RotateAround for pivot-based rotation. OpenAwayFromPlayer uses dot product to determine direction.

// solution

Implement Component.IPressable for use-key interaction. Sync DoorState (enum) and TimeSince LastUse so all clients animate in sync. Route Open/Close/Toggle through [Rpc.Host]. Animate in OnFixedUpdate by evaluating an AnimationCurve against normalized time (LastUse.Relative.Remap(0, OpenTime, 0, 1)). Use Transform.Local = _startTransform.RotateAround(pivot, rotation) for pivot-based rotation. Broadcast sounds via [Rpc.Broadcast]. Use dot product against door forward to determine open direction when OpenAwayFromPlayer is true.

// verification

Canonical implementation from Door.cs in the official Sandbox gamemode.

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