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<name> does not have a resource manifest

A folder in your resources is missing the file that tells the server what it is. Almost always the zip was unpacked one level too deep.

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Do this first

Open the folder. If the only thing inside is ANOTHER folder with the same name, move its contents up one level.

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What it means

The server found a folder where a resource should be and there is no fxmanifest.lua at its root. Without a manifest the folder is not a resource, so nothing in it can start.

What causes it

Ordered by how often it is the answer.

  1. 1

    The zip was unpacked one level too deep

    The classic. resources/my-script/my-script/fxmanifest.lua — the outer folder is what the server looks at, and it contains only another folder.

  2. 2

    The file is named __resource.lua

    The pre-2019 name. Modern builds still read it in some cases but many checks look for fxmanifest.lua specifically.

  3. 3

    The file is fxmanifest.lua.txt

    Windows hiding known extensions, and the file was created from a text editor.

  4. 4

    It is not a resource folder at all

    A stray folder inside resources/ — a backup, a downloaded zip, a .git directory.

How to tell which one is yours

Look inside the folder the message names. If the only thing in it is another folder with the same name, it is cause 1 and it takes ten seconds to fix.

Where to look

resources/<name>/ — the manifest must be directly in there, not in a subfolder.

How to fix it

Move the inner folder's contents up one level so the layout is:

resources/
  my-script/
    fxmanifest.lua
    client/
    server/

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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