Every job, written up
39 real servers, real symptoms, and what actually fixed them — straight from the job ledger rather than a highlight reel. If one of these sounds like your server, the write-up says what it turned out to be.
Crashes & diagnosis 12
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Seatbelt script-conflict fix — players stuck in vehicles
Players were getting trapped inside their cars and could not get out. Two scripts — a HUD and a cruise-control resource — were each running their own…
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Server-breaking character freeze — root-cause fix
New players were freezing on the character screen and could not load in — a hang that had plagued the server for weeks. I traced it through the compiled…
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Full content & economy bundle — 8 systems + jobs, weapons, restaurants & mechanic shops
Designed and deployed a complete content + economy package on their live ESX server: 8 ak47 systems (drug labs, drug manager, gangs, a 12-restaurant food…
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Full script-suite deployment — JG + 26 CodeWave packs
Installed & fully wired 7 JG resources (Mechanic, Dealerships, Advanced Garages, Handling) + 24 CodeWave packs (36 resources total) on their live ESX…
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ESX core modernization + new-player crash fix
Their ESX core was 10+ versions behind and new players failed to load — characters never spawned. Diagnosed the root cause (a unique_ssn DB collision +…
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Game-crash diagnosis & fix — corrupt clothing asset
Players were hard-crashing at a specific clothing menu slot. Traced it to a corrupt model via CodeWalker + crash-dump analysis and replaced the bad asset.
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ox_inventory rescue
A bad weapon-store edit (a missing comma) took down their entire inventory. Pinpointed the exact parse error and restored the structure with a server-side…
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ak47 EMS suite 6.5 to 7.4 — config-preserving major update
Major version jump on a heavily customized EMS resource. Rather than overwrite, I diffed the release against their live copy and hand-grafted every client…
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198-vehicle fleet expansion with crash elimination
Processed four vehicle packs into the live fleet: deduplicated every model against the complete existing catalogue of over 12,000 models to prevent…
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Driveby animation suite — install that had already crashed the server once
A previous attempt at this install had crashed the server, and the pack had been written off as broken. Reading the manifest showed it declared a…
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QBCore script converted to run on an ESX server
A vehicle 2-step and anti-lag system sold for QBCore, installed on an ESX server. Converted the framework binding, repointed it at the correct vehicle…
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Server-wide crash traced to an engine pool limit
Players were crashing to desktop with no obvious pattern and the usual advice — edit the graphics config file — had not helped. The limit involved is not…
Vehicles & fleets 17
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Seatbelt script-conflict fix — players stuck in vehicles
Players were getting trapped inside their cars and could not get out. Two scripts — a HUD and a cruise-control resource — were each running their own…
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In-car stereo & boombox system install
Installed a vehicle stereo / boombox system so players can play music from inside any car or from placeable speakers, auto-wired to their ESX +…
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ESX character-system restore + handheld radio & carry
Their multi-character select screen had been deleted. Reinstalled the official ESX multicharacter version-matched to their exact ESX core, and verified it…
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Full content & economy bundle — 8 systems + jobs, weapons, restaurants & mechanic shops
Designed and deployed a complete content + economy package on their live ESX server: 8 ak47 systems (drug labs, drug manager, gangs, a 12-restaurant food…
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Full script-suite deployment — JG + 26 CodeWave packs
Installed & fully wired 7 JG resources (Mechanic, Dealerships, Advanced Garages, Handling) + 24 CodeWave packs (36 resources total) on their live ESX…
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ESX ambulance job reinstall
Reinstalled the ESX ambulance job and trimmed its dependencies to match their stack (illenium-appearance, no esx_vehicleshop).
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JG Advanced Garages — imported-car name fix
Imported cars showed as "null" in garages; diagnosed a missing ESX branch in the label lookup and deployed a code fallback.
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VVS custom weapon pack deploy (108 weapons)
Deployed a 108-weapon themed pack (~2.25GB) — fixed a botched double-nested upload that stopped it loading, added all 108 to Ammunation with tiered…
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jg-mechanic version update (1.6.5 → 1.7.1)
Updated jg-mechanic to 1.7.1, carrying his existing config forward with no DB migration and a backup retained.
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ak47 law-enforcement suite — police + jail, vehicle keys & gang territories
Installed and integrated a full ak47 police department (built-in jail/prison, evidence, armory, ankle monitor), a vehicle-keys system, and a…
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ak47 EMS service deploy — full medical system
Replaced their basic ESX ambulance job with a full ak47 medical system: hospital workflow, treatment stages, EMS ranks and dispatch. Added the 15…
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Vehicle ownership & plate-format repair
Players could not store vehicles and keys were failing intermittently. Traced it to two data problems in their database: vehicle owner fields written in…
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198-vehicle fleet expansion with crash elimination
Processed four vehicle packs into the live fleet: deduplicated every model against the complete existing catalogue of over 12,000 models to prevent…
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690-car dealership re-priced to real-world values
Re-priced the entire dealership catalogue one-to-one against real-world vehicle prices, generated as a single SQL migration rather than hand-editing…
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Clothing pack "not showing" — solved from the server console, twice
Two separate reports of "the clothes are not there" on consecutive nights. Neither was a broken file. The first was a pack dropped into the resources…
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Driveby animation suite — install that had already crashed the server once
A previous attempt at this install had crashed the server, and the pack had been written off as broken. Reading the manifest showed it declared a…
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QBCore script converted to run on an ESX server
A vehicle 2-step and anti-lag system sold for QBCore, installed on an ESX server. Converted the framework binding, repointed it at the correct vehicle…
Discord & bots 6
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Security catch — removed a malicious token-stealer
While reviewing the server boot log, I flagged an obfuscated script that turned out to be a Discord token-stealer disguised as a utility — it scanned…
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VVS custom weapon pack deploy (108 weapons)
Deployed a 108-weapon themed pack (~2.25GB) — fixed a botched double-nested upload that stopped it loading, added all 108 to Ammunation with tiered…
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Live game-to-Discord feed system
Built a custom resource piping the live server into Discord: join and leave logging with identifiers, an in-game report command that lands directly in a…
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Full Discord buildout and consolidation
Took a sprawling 51-channel Discord down to 32 focused channels: audited every channel for real activity, archived or removed the dead ones, and rewrote…
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Clothing pack "not showing" — solved from the server console, twice
Two separate reports of "the clothes are not there" on consecutive nights. Neither was a broken file. The first was a pack dropped into the resources…
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Discord bot platform running two communities from one codebase
Built and run in-house: a single Cloudflare Worker serving two separate Discord communities, gated so neither can reach the other. It handles support…
Jobs & economy 14
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In-car stereo & boombox system install
Installed a vehicle stereo / boombox system so players can play music from inside any car or from placeable speakers, auto-wired to their ESX +…
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ESX character-system restore + handheld radio & carry
Their multi-character select screen had been deleted. Reinstalled the official ESX multicharacter version-matched to their exact ESX core, and verified it…
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Full content & economy bundle — 8 systems + jobs, weapons, restaurants & mechanic shops
Designed and deployed a complete content + economy package on their live ESX server: 8 ak47 systems (drug labs, drug manager, gangs, a 12-restaurant food…
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ox_inventory rescue
A bad weapon-store edit (a missing comma) took down their entire inventory. Pinpointed the exact parse error and restored the structure with a server-side…
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ESX ambulance job reinstall
Reinstalled the ESX ambulance job and trimmed its dependencies to match their stack (illenium-appearance, no esx_vehicleshop).
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ak47 law-enforcement suite — police + jail, vehicle keys & gang territories
Installed and integrated a full ak47 police department (built-in jail/prison, evidence, armory, ankle monitor), a vehicle-keys system, and a…
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Inventory use-gate fix — armor & items blocked with a weapon drawn
After an inventory update, players could not put on armor or use items while holding a weapon. I traced it through ox_inventory to a tightened use-gate…
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ak47 EMS service deploy — full medical system
Replaced their basic ESX ambulance job with a full ak47 medical system: hospital workflow, treatment stages, EMS ranks and dispatch. Added the 15…
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Housing, prospecting & custom mechanic shop bundle
Installed an ak47 housing system, a prospecting/mining job, and set up a branded custom mechanic shop inside their existing JG mechanic system…
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Graffiti / tagging system
Installed a graffiti system letting players tag walls around the map, with the supporting inventory items added and the database table set up.
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Paintball arena, multi-job system & arcade interior
Deployed a paintball arena with full match logic, a multi-job system letting players hold more than one job at a time, and an arcade MLO interior — three…
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Player-robbery command repair
Reported as an invalid command in-game. Traced it to the crime resource registering its robbery command under a name that collided with their inventory…
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Economy rebalance across 8+ script suites
Audited the whole server economy and found multiple money printers — savings interest paying out hourly, heist payouts detached from risk, casino faucets…
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Discord bot platform running two communities from one codebase
Built and run in-house: a single Cloudflare Worker serving two separate Discord communities, gated so neither can reach the other. It handles support…
Builds & migrations 28
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In-car stereo & boombox system install
Installed a vehicle stereo / boombox system so players can play music from inside any car or from placeable speakers, auto-wired to their ESX +…
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ESX character-system restore + handheld radio & carry
Their multi-character select screen had been deleted. Reinstalled the official ESX multicharacter version-matched to their exact ESX core, and verified it…
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Full content & economy bundle — 8 systems + jobs, weapons, restaurants & mechanic shops
Designed and deployed a complete content + economy package on their live ESX server: 8 ak47 systems (drug labs, drug manager, gangs, a 12-restaurant food…
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Full script-suite deployment — JG + 26 CodeWave packs
Installed & fully wired 7 JG resources (Mechanic, Dealerships, Advanced Garages, Handling) + 24 CodeWave packs (36 resources total) on their live ESX…
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ESX core modernization + new-player crash fix
Their ESX core was 10+ versions behind and new players failed to load — characters never spawned. Diagnosed the root cause (a unique_ssn DB collision +…
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ESX ambulance job reinstall
Reinstalled the ESX ambulance job and trimmed its dependencies to match their stack (illenium-appearance, no esx_vehicleshop).
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JG Advanced Garages — imported-car name fix
Imported cars showed as "null" in garages; diagnosed a missing ESX branch in the label lookup and deployed a code fallback.
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Custom Mexico MLO deployment
Deployed a custom Mexico MLO to their server.
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VVS custom weapon pack deploy (108 weapons)
Deployed a 108-weapon themed pack (~2.25GB) — fixed a botched double-nested upload that stopped it loading, added all 108 to Ammunation with tiered…
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Custom addon ped install (Batman)
Deployed a custom Batman addon ped as a streamed resource and registered it in vMenu (admin-accessible).
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jg-mechanic version update (1.6.5 → 1.7.1)
Updated jg-mechanic to 1.7.1, carrying his existing config forward with no DB migration and a backup retained.
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ak47 law-enforcement suite — police + jail, vehicle keys & gang territories
Installed and integrated a full ak47 police department (built-in jail/prison, evidence, armory, ankle monitor), a vehicle-keys system, and a…
-
ak47 EMS service deploy — full medical system
Replaced their basic ESX ambulance job with a full ak47 medical system: hospital workflow, treatment stages, EMS ranks and dispatch. Added the 15…
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Housing, prospecting & custom mechanic shop bundle
Installed an ak47 housing system, a prospecting/mining job, and set up a branded custom mechanic shop inside their existing JG mechanic system…
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Graffiti / tagging system
Installed a graffiti system letting players tag walls around the map, with the supporting inventory items added and the database table set up.
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Paintball arena, multi-job system & arcade interior
Deployed a paintball arena with full match logic, a multi-job system letting players hold more than one job at a time, and an arcade MLO interior — three…
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Ownable fuel-station business, door locks & towing
Replaced their fuel script with an ownable fuel-station system so players can buy and run stations as a business, plus installed door-locking and towing…
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Multi-character identifier fix
Their multi-character system was failing because characters on that server are keyed by Steam rather than the license identifier the resource expected, a…
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Player-robbery command repair
Reported as an invalid command in-game. Traced it to the crime resource registering its robbery command under a name that collided with their inventory…
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Custom server-authoritative anti-cheat
Built an anti-cheat from scratch in open Lua rather than buying one: server-side validation of the events cheaters actually abuse, with a logging mode to…
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690-car dealership re-priced to real-world values
Re-priced the entire dealership catalogue one-to-one against real-world vehicle prices, generated as a single SQL migration rather than hand-editing…
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Live game-to-Discord feed system
Built a custom resource piping the live server into Discord: join and leave logging with identifiers, an in-game report command that lands directly in a…
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Full Discord buildout and consolidation
Took a sprawling 51-channel Discord down to 32 focused channels: audited every channel for real activity, archived or removed the dead ones, and rewrote…
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Clothing pack "not showing" — solved from the server console, twice
Two separate reports of "the clothes are not there" on consecutive nights. Neither was a broken file. The first was a pack dropped into the resources…
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Driveby animation suite — install that had already crashed the server once
A previous attempt at this install had crashed the server, and the pack had been written off as broken. Reading the manifest showed it declared a…
-
QBCore script converted to run on an ESX server
A vehicle 2-step and anti-lag system sold for QBCore, installed on an ESX server. Converted the framework binding, repointed it at the correct vehicle…
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Discord bot platform running two communities from one codebase
Built and run in-house: a single Cloudflare Worker serving two separate Discord communities, gated so neither can reach the other. It handles support…
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Business automation — invoicing, agreements and an append-only ledger
Built in-house after the books were found running four orders behind with a double-counted line. Nine PDF generators — invoices, receipts, statements…