s&box: Two-tier player event system — Local.IPlayerEvents (hierarchy-scoped) vs Global.IPlayerEvents (scene-wide)

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significantruntime#sbox#events#player#architecture#isceneeventcsharp

// problem (required)

s&box developers building player systems often put all player event handling in one place or use direct method calls, missing the two-tier event system. This makes it hard to add modular systems (stats, loadout, UI) that react to player events without coupling them to the player class.

// investigation

From PlayerEvent.cs in the official Sandbox gamemode. Two separate event interfaces: Local.IPlayerEvents fires only on the player's own GameObject hierarchy (via PostToGameObject), Global.IPlayerEvents fires scene-wide. Cancellable events use class types (not structs) so Cancelled can be set by reference. Struct types (PlayerDiedParams, PlayerDamageParams) are used for read-only notification events.

// solution

Use two separate ISceneEvent interfaces: Local.IPlayerEvents (posted via PostToGameObject — only fires on components in the player's own hierarchy) and Global.IPlayerEvents (posted via Post — fires on all scene listeners). Cancellable events (OnDamaging, OnPickup, OnDrop, OnSwitchWeapon) use class types with a Cancelled property. Notification-only events (OnDied, OnDamage) use readonly structs. Any component — stats tracker, loadout, UI — can implement either interface without touching the player class.

// verification

Pattern used across PlayerInventory, PlayerLoadout, PlayerStats, PlayerFallDamage, and GameManager in the official Sandbox gamemode.

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