World Events

Overview

World Events is an ERS add-on. At a set interval it picks an event from your event list and spawns it around the player. You decide which events exist, how likely each one is, how far from the player it can spawn, which services it is for and where on the map it is more or less likely.

The config comes with three events. You can add more.

Event	Description	Weight	Services
Aggravated Person	Someone in the area seems to be very angry and aggressive against other people around them.	80	Police
Car Accident	A traffic accident has occurred in your vicinity.	60	Police, ambulance, fire, tow
Lost Tourist	A tourist who is lost and confused, they are asking for directions to a nearby landmark.	40	Police, ambulance, fire, tow

Important Pre-Installation Notes

Critical Installation Order

Always follow this exact sequence to avoid parsing errors in the F8 console:

1. Download ZIP Package from CFX Portal
2. Unpack in a folder on your local machine
3. Set your File Transfer Protocol (FTP) type to binary
4. Drag files from local machine to server resources folder
5. Add to server.cfg (ensure script)
6. Boot up the server

Support Policy

Follow this guide step by step. If you’re stuck, ask for support in our Discord and provide the specific step name. Do not skip steps.

Requirements

• Emergency Response Simulator (night_ers), started before this resource.

Installation

1. Put the night_ers_worldevents folder in your server’s resources folder.
2. Add this line to server.cfg, below ensure night_ers:

ensure night_ers_worldevents

3. Restart your server.

Configuration

All settings are in config/config.lua. The manifest leaves config/*.lua outside the asset escrow, so you can edit it.

Timing

EventInterval = {120, 240}, -- Time in seconds between events.
DistanceToStopEvent = 200.0, -- Distance to stop the event when the player is too far away.

Setting	What it does
EventInterval	The time between events, in seconds, as a minimum and a maximum
DistanceToStopEvent	The distance at which an event stops because the player is too far away

Events

Every entry in Events is one event:

{
    Name = "Aggravated Person", -- Name of the event.
    Description = "Someone in the area seems to be very angry and aggressive against other people around them.", -- Description of the event.
    Weight = 80, -- Weight of the event, higher weight means it's more likely to spawn.
    ZoneMultiplier = {["AIRP"] = 0.8, ["DAVIS"] = 1.2, ["BEACH"] = 0.9, ["DOWNT"] = 1.5}, -- Above 1.0 is higher chance to spawn in the area you are in, below 1.0 is lower chance to spawn.
    SpawnOffset = {min = -50.0, max = 50.0}, -- Spawn offset for the event, this is the range that the event can spawn in around the player.
    ServiceTypes = { "police" }, -- Service types for which the event is available. (Options: police, ambulance, fire, tow)
},

Setting	What it does
Name	The name of the event
Description	The description of the event
Weight	How likely the event is to spawn. A higher weight is more likely
ZoneMultiplier	A multiplier per map zone. Above 1.0 is a higher chance to spawn in the area you are in, below 1.0 is a lower chance
SpawnOffset	The range, as a minimum and a maximum, in which the event can spawn around the player
ServiceTypes	The services the event is available for. Options: police, ambulance, fire and tow

The config points to the FiveM natives reference for finding zones.

How Weight Works

An event’s chance is its weight divided by the total weight of all events. With the three events above the total is 80 + 60 + 40 = 180:

Event	Calculation	Chance
Aggravated Person	80 / 180	44.4%
Car Accident	60 / 180	33.3%
Lost Tourist	40 / 180	22.2%

Support

Read through the instructions again if you have not managed to install the resource. Can’t get it to work still? Create a ticket through our dedicated support system in Discord:

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