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Troubleshooting

Find your symptom.

The failures FiveM server owners actually hit, grouped by what you see. Each one opens the Install Concierge at the right stage — pick your product and paste the error there for the exact next step. Nothing here is a fabricated fix; it's a map to the grounded diagnosis.

Database & SQL

Most first-boot failures are the database — the connection string or a schema that never got imported.

oxmysql can't connect (ECONNREFUSED / Access denied)

Wrong host/port, the DB service is down, or the credentials in mysql_connection_string are wrong. "Access denied" means the user/password/grant is wrong.

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A table doesn't exist (ER_NO_SUCH_TABLE / 1146)

The product's SQL wasn't imported, or it went into a different database than oxmysql points at.

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Start order & dependencies

FiveM starts resources in the order server.cfg lists them. Dependencies must be ensured before the things that use them.

No such export … in resource (vf_core / ForgeCore)

A product called an export before vf_core started — almost always a load-order problem, not a bug.

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Could not find dependency / missing dependency

A resource declares a dependency in its manifest that isn't started or isn't present — usually oxmysql, ox_lib, the framework, or vf_core.

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oxmysql was not started

Something queried the database before oxmysql started. oxmysql must be ensured before every DB-using resource.

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Files, manifest & config

Half of "it won't start" is a mis-nested folder or a typo in an open config file.

Resource has no manifest / fxmanifest.lua not found

The folder was probably nested one level too deep when unzipped — fxmanifest.lua must sit at the resource root.

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Lua syntax error in config.lua

An edit to an open config or locale introduced a syntax error — a missing comma, quote, or end.

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Escrow & downloads

Escrowed (encrypted) resources verify with Cfx at boot. Editing the encrypted core, or a partial download, breaks that.

Failed to verify protected resource

An encrypted file was edited or the download is corrupt. Re-download unmodified and only edit the open config/locale files.

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Runtime & UI

Errors that show up in-game or in the F8 client console once the server is up.

attempt to call/index a nil value

A function or field that didn't exist at that moment — commonly a missing export, a load-order problem, or a typo.

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NUI callback error / UI won't open

A UI callback threw, or the JS posted to a callback name the Lua never registered. A stale cache is a common cause.

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ACE permission denied on a command

The FiveM permission system blocked it — the calling principal lacks the required ace.

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Performance

Measure it with resmon and share the number — a feeling isn't a diagnosis.

A resource is heavy / the server lags

Read the resource's ms at idle and under load in resmon, then compare against its published figures.

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Don't see your symptom? Open the Install Concierge and paste the error, or submit a ticket and a human will take it.