🔄 FiveM Resource Auto-Restarter

This Node.js-based script is designed for FiveM servers to automatically monitor and restart resources whenever a .lua file within them changes. It’s a developer-friendly utility that eliminates the need for manual restarts during development.

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✨ Features

• Automatically scans all running resources and records the SHA1 hash of .lua files.
• Checks every 60 seconds for:
  • Changed .lua files.
  • Newly started resources.
  • Stopped or removed resources.
• Automatically restarts resources if any file change is detected.
• Ignores files in the stream/ directory (usually models or assets).
• Toggleable via in-game or server console command.

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🚀 How It Works

1. On script start, all active resources are scanned.
2. For each .lua file (excluding stream/), a hash is generated.
3. Every 60 seconds:
   • New resources are added to the watch list.
   • Stopped resources are removed from the list.
   • File hashes are rechecked and compared.
   • If a change is detected, the resource is restarted using StopResource and StartResource.

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🛠️ Installation

Before starting, make sure to install required dependencies using npm:

npm install

1. Place the script in your server resource folder.

2. Add the following line to your server.cfg:

   ensure autorestart

3. Start the server.

4. Use the following command to toggle auto-restart:

   /autorestart

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📌 Notes

• Only .lua files are monitored.
• Files inside the stream/ directory are excluded.
• Only resources in the started state are tracked.
• This tool is intended for development purposes.

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👤 Author & Contributions

This tool is open source and created for the FiveM developer community.

Feel free to submit issues or pull requests to contribute.

For contact daglarefe.com