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Couldn't start resource <name>

The server refused to start a script. Everything that depended on it will fail too, which is why one problem looks like twenty.

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Do this first

Read the lines just ABOVE this one — the real reason is printed first.

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What it means

The server refused to start the resource. Nothing in it ran, and every resource that depends on it will fail too, which is why one of these usually produces a wall of unrelated-looking errors underneath.

What causes it

Ordered by how often it is the answer.

  1. 1

    A dependency is missing or failed first

    The manifest declares dependency 'ox_lib' and ox_lib is not started. FiveM prints that dependency error separately, usually just above.

  2. 2

    A script in it failed to load

    See "Failed to load script" above this line.

  3. 3

    The name in server.cfg does not match the folder

    ensure my-script with a folder called my_script.

  4. 4

    The folder is outside any path the cfg scans

    Resources under a bracketed category need that category to be scanned. A folder dropped somewhere else is invisible.

  5. 5

    A duplicate resource name

    Two folders with the same name in different categories. The server loads one and refuses the other.

How to tell which one is yours

Read the ten lines above it. This message is almost always a consequence and the cause is printed first. If nothing precedes it, the folder name or the ensure line is wrong.

Where to look

server.cfg, and the resource folder name.

How to fix it

ensure oxmysql
ensure ox_lib
ensure es_extended
ensure my-script

Still stuck on your own code?

This page is what this error usually means. Paste your console into Server Fixer and it will rank everything in it and tell you what to do first, and if you would rather not touch it, ORBIE can repair the script and hand the resource back ready to drop in.

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