Module 08 · Lesson 24

Spawning entities safely

Everything you see in the game world -- every car, every pedestrian, every traffic cone -- is an entity. In this lesson you learn how to create one from code, track it in a table, and delete it cleanly so it never lingers in the world. This is the foundation every prop, NPC, and vehicle spawner is built on.

You'll ship: A client resource that loads a model, spawns a prop in front of you, tracks it in a registry table, auto-deletes it after 30 seconds, and clears everything on command and on restart.
Time: ~25 minutes
You'll learn: What an entity is, the model load lifecycle, the CreateObject argument list, the registry-and-cleanup pattern, and how the same shape extends to peds and vehicles.
Prereqs: Comfortable with tables, the client/server split, and registering commands.

BEFORE YOU START

Build it

Make the resource folder

The server has one folder for this lesson.

Inside your server's resources folder, create this folder:

code

resources/qu_spawning_entities_safely

Create the files

Every file named in the manifest exists.

Create this exact file layout:

Spawning entities safely

Build it

Make the resource folder

Create the files

Write fxmanifest.lua

Write the lesson code

Start and test it

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