Storing data in FiveM

[ChristopherM]

@0xR3AL

I am learning the ecosystem in FiveM and I haven’t been able to find a ton of material relating to how you should store certain types of data.

I’ll ignore the second part of your message so I can dump this list:

• Decorators
• Convars
• State Bags
• KVP (search for “kvp”)
• Local file storage (Read & Write)
• External systems (MySQL Database for example, Google is your friend)

@0xR3AL

For example I am looking to store a fuel value for a vehicle. I have checked out convars and decorators but decorators can be modified using Cheat Engine locally if I am not mistaken?

Fuel specifically actually has its own native but you could also store it in a Decor or a State Bag. To address the second part of your question, probably, I’m not sure honestly. You’ve got to pick and choose your battles, and do as much as your can server-side.

@0xR3AL

I would like to know how someone would store a fuel value for a car so it cannot be manipulated by players and if it should actually be stored using Decorators. If anyone could help please let me know. Thanks.

I’ll leave these here in case you haven’t seen them yet. Good luck.

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