Questions regarding a newboe to FiveM servers and creating a server

Sfang · 2021-11-02T06:49:44.036Z

Hey
I have a few questions:
Regarding Zap hosting, it says 1.2GB ram for 16 users as automatic on the page but the requirement says 4GB is recommended… so my question is, if this is the case why would they offer as automatic RAM as low as >1GB in their setup when one is trying to get a server hosted?
Also is there any drawbacks with having a Windows server instead of a linux one?
And would scripting via C# be as good as lua scripting?

And game related… does FiveM server have the copy of the GTAV game as of the heists etc?
If so, up to what point do they have heists? to which expansion?

thanks in advance !

_4iY · 2021-11-02T07:20:34.100Z

Let me answer some of those questions

Personal recommendation: Avoid Zap - the hardware they provide is way overloaded. Rent a VPS or a dedicated server from a budget company (such as “soyoustart”) for the time being and then transition to something better, such as OVH, later on.
Running a server on Linux means almost no support as Linux does not really allow you to properly log and troubleshoot C++ related issues. Always host on Windows!
It’s arguably the same, however for usability purposes I personally suggest using Lua wherever possible. It’s a lot easier to develop in as you’re not required to compile your code with every small change you make. If you don’t know Lua I highly suggest learning it at least for the fact that the majority of public resource are written in it.
Not really. Thing is, FiveM is not able to “enable” any SP or MP scripts, including missions and whatnot, but it does have all the assets for them (interiors, peds etc).
The “to which expansions” question can be answered by “what you choose”. The vanilla build FiveM runs is 1604 (“The Arena Wars” DLC), however you can optionally run on 2060 (“Diamond Casino Heist” DLC), 2189 (“Cayo Perico Heist” DLC) or 2372 (“LS Tuners” DLC), enabling you to use all the assets included in the chosen and all the previous updates.

Sfang · 2021-11-03T02:21:37.235Z

Thank you for the reply!

Will I encounter more problems with the 2372 (“LS Tuners” DLC) rather than the others or is it stable enough to run smoothly?

_4iY · 2021-11-03T08:24:48.930Z

Officially speaking its support is “experimental” or whatever it’s called, but I’ve personally used it and didn’t run into any issues I wouldn’t have had on the 1604 build. Just try and see for yourself

nta · 2021-11-03T08:26:08.638Z

Sfang:

the requirement

What’s ‘the requirement’?