[Help] New Lua User. LoadResourceFile "File not found"

FiveM Resource Development Discussion
1

Hello all,

Recently started playing with lua, running into an issue getting a text file I have made to load into my script. Spend a couple of hours searching forums before posting. I couldn’t find anything that specifically helps this issue.

My Code:

My resource .lua clearly showing I am adding my “skins.txt” file into the resource.

resource_manifest_version '44febabe-d386-4d18-afbe-5e627f4af937'

resource_type 'gametype' { name = 'My awesome game type!' }

files {
    'config/skins.txt'
}


client_script 'mymode_client.lua'

My unfinished client script. I plan on adding random choice of skin. But getting stuck actually loading my “skins.txt” into an array I can start using.

local spawnPos = vector3(-1150.93, -1977.32, 13.16)

local file = LoadResourceFile(GetCurrentResourceName(),"./config/skins.txt")
local spawnskins = {}
local i = 0

if file then
    for line in file:lines() do
     i = i + 1
     spawnskins[i] = line
    end
    file:close()
else
    error('file not found')
end

AddEventHandler('onClientGameTypeStart', function()
    exports.spawnmanager:setAutoSpawnCallback(function()
        exports.spawnmanager:spawnPlayer({
            x = spawnPos.x,
            y = spawnPos.y,
            z = spawnPos.z,
            model = 'a_m_m_skater_01'
        })
    end)

    exports.spawnmanager:setAutoSpawn(true)
    exports.spawnmanager:forceRespawn()
end)

It’s now driving me nuts due to how simple im guessing the fix must be, and i simply can’t find the solution.

Picture to show the formatting of skins.txt

2

Ok…
No Idea what’s the problem but I only understand that you’re stuck on the txt file, but why isn’t explained here. Does it Crash your game, did you get a error back, does whatever should doesn’t show up. Please describe it a little bit more.

3

The LoadResourceFile doesn’t find my skins.txt

If I try to print “file” from this section in my client script.

local file = LoadResourceFile(GetCurrentResourceName(),"./config/skins.txt")
local spawnskins = {}
local i = 0

It reports back nil.
What am I doing wrong?

For more context. This is what the console spits back out.

4

Make sure that your txt file is located in the current resource. Do put it in your config folder and make sure that the file is exactly named skins.lua
Also

I don’t understand why there is a . at the beginning.

And I think that

Is Not needed (as I know) try delete and retry then.

5

For simiplicites sake i’ve taken it out of the folder, as it isn’t needed.

local file = LoadResourceFile(GetCurrentResourceName(),"skins.txt")

No changes, with your suggestions. Same response in console.

From the searching I did before posting, I found that as a quick way to get the reference to the resource im using. As the Native requires it.

or should I say…It should, if it worked.

EDIT
Restarted my FiveM & server, and now finding a different issue.
Here

I’ll go for a search now and try get to the bottom of that.

Any reason why that error has changed with restarting? I thought restarting my script from server cmd was good enough?

6

You need to run refresh when you make changes to __resource.lua. The error you are hitting now is because LoadResourceFile returns the contents as a string, not a file handle. You want to do this instead.

if file then
    for line in file:gmatch("[^\r\n]+") do
     i = i + 1
     spawnskins[i] = line
    end
else
    error('file not found')
end
7

Thank you so much. It worked.

Also didn’t know about the refresh thing. Thanks again

Now to go read up on gmatch and regex commands.

Many thanks guys.

Solved

8

The refresh is always needed If you’re adding new files to the folder and you’ve changed the __resource file.
The __resource file get’s only loaded as long your resource is not already in the cache of the server.
That’s why you need that refresh function.