Introduction to LUA-Scripting for FiveM

# Sample command to install Lua extension from the VSCode marketplace

<p>ext install sumneko.lua</p>

# Basic FiveM server configuration file

<p># Server name and description sv_hostname My FiveM Development Server sv_description A development server for testing LUA scripts</p>

<p># Maximum number of players sv_maxclients 32</p>

<p># Resource directories ensure mapmanager ensure chat ensure spawnmanager ensure sessionmanager ensure fivem ensure hardcap ensure rconlog</p>

<p># Add custom resources here ensure my_script</p>

-- __resource.lua

<p>-- Define the server script to run server_script 'main.lua'</p>

-- main.lua

<p>print(Hello, FiveM! This is my first LUA script.)</p>

-- This is a single-line comment

<p>--[[ This is a multi-line comment ]]</p>

local playerName = John  -- string

<p>local playerScore = 100    -- number local isOnline = true      -- boolean</p>

local playerHealth = 100  -- Number

<p>local playerName = Alex -- String local isAlive = true      -- Boolean local playerInfo = {      -- Table name = Alex, health = 100, inventory = {} }</p>

<code>print(This message will be printed to the server console)<br></code>

-- Example of an event handler in FiveM LUA

<p>AddEventHandler('playerConnecting', function(playerName, setKickReason) print(playerName ..  is connecting to the server) end)</p>

local playerHealth = 100  -- Better naming for clarity

if playerHealth > 0 then

<p>print(Player is alive) else print(Player is dead) end</p>

-- Check if the player is alive

<p>if playerHealth > 0 then print(Player is alive) end</p>

local success, err = pcall(function()

<p>-- Some code that might throw an error print(Executing risky code) error(An error occurred!) end)</p>

<p>if not success then print(Error caught:  .. err) end</p>

-- Register a chat command /greet

<p>RegisterCommand('greet', function(source, args, rawCommand) local playerName = GetPlayerName(source) if playerName then print(playerName ..  used the greet command.) TriggerClientEvent('chat:addMessage', source, { args = { Server, Hello  .. playerName .. , welcome to the server! } }) else print(Command used by unknown player.) end end, false)</p>

/resources

<p>├── my_script │   ├── __resource.lua │   ├── main.lua │   └── commands.lua ├── player_management │   ├── __resource.lua │   ├── player_health.lua │   └── player_inventory.lua └── vehicle_management ├── __resource.lua ├── vehicle_spawn.lua └── vehicle_control.lua</p>