Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Fire & Smoke Problems

Resource Naming

SmartFires and SmartHose must be named exactly SmartFires and SmartHose (case sensitive). Same applies to Lite versions. A common issue is that callouts can no longer be cancelled or will no longer spawn after encountering issues due to faulty naming of the resources.

MDT Integration Issues

Solution

Enable ERS in night_shifts_mdt config (Config.Enable_ERS = true) and enable Night Shifts in night_ers config. Duty can optionally be toggled through the MDT (ManageShiftsByMDT on the ERS side where applicable). Ensure ensure night_shifts_mdt appears before ensure night_ers in server.cfg.

ANPR HUD hit but PNC vehicle looks clean (or the opposite)

The watchlist, vehicle record, and hit log are three different layers. An ANPR HIT means an active watchlist entry; vehicle BOLO/stolen on lookup refers to the PNC vehicle file; the hit log is audit history only. After GTA reuses a plate on another model, an old watchlist flag should not follow the new car — if behaviour looks wrong, confirm both resources are updated and see Night Shifts — ANPR & NPC traffic.

Partial pedData / vehicleData on first interaction: If MDT lookup takes longer than ~12s (heavy server load or first NPC pool generation), ERS still fires OnFirst* once with nil compliance/identity fields. Retry the interaction or check server console with Config.Debug = true on both resources.

Custom / non-standard plates return UNREGISTERED or empty data: Older builds only fabricated NPC vehicle records for GTA-style “native” plate patterns, so servers running plate-changer scripts (e.g. HT 1234) saw pullovers and ANPR return unregistered or partial vehicle data. That plate-format gate has been removed — any ambient NPC vehicle now gets a full MDT-backed record regardless of plate layout. If you still see this, update both night_shifts_mdt and night_ers to the latest build.

Hosting-Specific Issues

• Iceline Hosting: Set Enable Beyond to 1 in server dashboard
• Entity Spawning: Ensure OneSync is properly configured in the host dashboard

Compatibility Checklist

• ✅ Recommended Gamebuild: 3323, 3570, or 3889
• ✅ Minimum FXServer: 35245 or newer
• ❌ QBox important note; NPC Backup doesn’t spawn: Remove blocked ped & vehicle model names, like s_m_y_cop_01 or FIRETRUK from qbx_smallresources/qbx_entitiesblacklist/config.lua and your backup peds will spawn again
• ❌ Considered Not Compatible: Other Gamebuilds other than 3323, 3570, or 3889
• ❌ RemoveCops-AI: We recommend to disable this resource when using ERS
• ❌ Andrew’s Advanced AI: We recommend to disable this resource when using ERS
• ❌ Realistic Euphoria Physics: We recommend to disable this resource when using ERS
• ❌ RedSaints Stretcher/Ambulance: We recommend to disable this resource when using ERS
• ❌ Improved-Seat-Shuffle-FiveM by Dalrae1: We recommend to disable this resource when using ERS
• ⚠️ Anti-cheat: May cause entity deletion issues. This can be prevented via your anti-cheat settings. Contact your provider