JS require is broken

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  1. Client (production/canary) and FXServer version
    canary with 3922 FXServer version
  2. What you expected to happen
    expected scripts to be required
  3. What actually happens
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  4. Category of bug (eg. client, server, weapons, peds, native)
    server i believe
  5. Reproducible steps, preferably with example script(s)
    make 2 files and require secondary file inside primary one

i believe that happens because of fivem’s node implementation with its “dummy.js” file being created.
Its impossible to require files inside other files because fivem’s node executes server_script inside dummy-js, which is “located” in the root of the resource folder, and if server_script is not inside root_folder, it cannot find any scripts that are required.
heres 2 repos GitHub - lurkmorr/fivem-js-require-error
one is working well, but another one’s execution is failed due to this kind of error
GitHub - lurkmorr/fivem-js-require-error

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there’s a workaround i found, but it seems not to good
create index.js file inside the root folder and mark it as server_script inside fxmanifest.lua.
and type just one line inside this file
require('./dist/index')
but it seems stupid, hope this bug will be fixed
[UPD]
added third resource to the repo with “stupid” implementation

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I don’t think this can be fixed without deferring execution of all server-side JS to the Module._compile API, which involves a lot of reliability/compatibility risks for no real good reason since this can be trivially worked around by placing a root module in the root folder or using webpack. :confused: