Module C2 · Vehicles and items

Create a usable item in ox_inventory (and qs-inventory)

An item in a FiveM inventory is not magic. It is one row in a Lua table that you write by hand. Get the shape right and the inventory draws an icon, shows a tooltip, plays an animation on use, and lets you give it with one export. Get the shape wrong and the slot is blank, the item does not stack, or AddItem rejects it. By the end you will have a working water item in ox_inventory, you will give it to yourself from the server console, and you will be able to read the qs-inventory version and name every difference.

You'll build: A real `water` item in ox_inventory: the items.lua entry, the PNG icon, a restart to load it, and a server command that hands it to a player after a capacity check. Then the same item the qs-inventory way, side by side.
Time: ~25 minutes
You need: A local server already running ox_inventory (with ox_lib and oxmysql ensured before it), a text editor, and one PNG you can rename. If you have not installed an inventory yet, do that first, then come back.
You'll learn: The ox_inventory items.lua entry shape field by field -> where the icon file goes -> how to load a new item -> how to give it safely with AddItem after CanCarryItem -> and how the qs-inventory shape and AddItem differ

BEFORE YOU START

Create a usable item in ox_inventory (and qs-inventory)

Two inventories, one idea

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