Module 03 · Lesson 10

Two worlds, one resource

This is one of the first big FiveM ideas that confuses beginners. Your resource folder looks like one thing, but it actually runs as two separate programs: one on the server, one on each player's PC. They do not share variables, and they do not secretly sync. By the end you will be able to point at any line in a resource and say which world it runs in, and how the two worlds talk to each other.

You'll learn: Why a resource runs as two programs, and which code lives on each side.
Time: ~20 minutes
Prereqs: A running server and one resource you can edit.

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_two_worlds

Create the files

Every file named in the manifest exists.

Create this exact file layout:

code

resources/qu_two_worlds/
fxmanifest.lua
config.lua
server.lua
client.lua

Two worlds, one resource

Build it

Make the resource folder

Create the files

Write fxmanifest.lua

Write the lesson code

Start and test it

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