lua54 'yes', Cfx.re Portal, correct callback signatures) as a ready-to-paste mentor prompt.Half the time you reach for TriggerClientEvent, what you actually want is a state bag: a key/value blob attached to an entity, a player, or the whole server, automatically replicated across the network. Set the value once on the server; every client sees it. Hook a handler; you get notified when it changes.
Inside your server's resources folder, create this folder:
resources/qu_state_bags
Create this exact file layout:
resources/qu_state_bags/
fxmanifest.lua
server.lua
client.lua
Open fxmanifest.lua and paste this:
fx_version 'cerulean'
game 'gta5'
server_script 'server.lua'
client_script 'client.lua'
Older tutorials add a lua54 'yes' line here. As of June 2025 that setting is deprecated and ignored: Lua 5.4 is now the only Lua runtime, so you leave it out.
Open server.lua and paste this:
RegisterCommand('setmood', function(src, args)
local mood = args[1] or 'calm'
Player(src).state:set('mood', mood, true)
print('[qu_state_bags] set mood ' .. mood .. ' on player ' .. src)
end, false)
Open client.lua and paste this:
AddStateBagChangeHandler('mood', nil, function(bagName, key, value)
local player = GetPlayerFromStateBagName(bagName)
if player == 0 then return end
if player ~= PlayerId() then return end
print('[qu_state_bags] my mood is now ' .. tostring(value))
end)
Open server.cfg and add this line:
ensure qu_state_bags
Save, then run:
restart qu_state_bags
Join the server so you are a real player, then run this in chat (F8) or the console:
/setmood focused
Your server slot may be a different number than 1. The point is the same line appears on both sides: the server set it, the client received it.
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