Watchdog

A FiveM script that automatically restarts resources when a .lua or .js file is saved, created, or deleted, speeding up development.

Features

• Automatically restarts resources when a .lua or .js file is changed, created, or deleted
• Automatically refreshes resources when fxmanifest.lua is changed or created, or when files are created
• Delete entities when resources are stopped
  • Can be disabled in config.json by changing DELETE_ENTITIES
• Only files in client_script, shared_script, or server_script in the fxmanifest.lua are watched
  • You can also set loaf_watchdog_watch and loaf_watchdog_ignore to watch or ignore specific files

Installation

1. Download the latest release from the releases page
2. Add the script to your resources folder
3. Add add_ace resource.loaf_watchdog command.refresh allow to your server.cfg
4. Add add_unsafe_worker_permission loaf_watchdog to your server.cfg
5. Add start loaf_watchdog to the bottom of your server.cfg
6. Start/restart your server