[HELP] explosionfx.dat issues

[C0llateralD4mage]

Hi there,

I’m trying to load models which require explosionfx.dat, I can add these models fine and create their fxmanifest.lua fine, but when I load them, the server connection times/crashes due to trying to load the explosionfx.dat, (but it takes too long for the client to see it as still loading/responding).

I have included the below line in my fxmanifest.lua file:
data_file ‘EXPLOSIONFX_FILE’ ‘explosionfx.dat’

This is off the back of the same issue below, (no replies were received on the earlier post):

[HELP] There are more and more vehicles that require "explosion.dat"

So “explosion.dat” is tricky for me because unlike the other files which are simply “.meta” files, if i try to do this in a resource.lua: data_file ‘EXPLOSIONFX_FILE’ ‘explosionfx.dat’ it simply crashes the game or causes infinite loading. Anyone know how to make a working FiveM vehicle/weapon that has “explosionfx.dat” in it? EDIT: I use this dictionary https://docs.fivem.net/docs/game-references/data-files/

I also use the below dictionary for data_file declarations.
https://docs.fivem.net/docs/game-references/data-files/

Does anyone have any ideas as to how to get these vehicles loading and working?

Cheers in advanced!