Creating job2 on ESX

If you want to use the gang menu, but don't have job2 registered on your server, here is a step-by-step tutorial on how to register it.

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Important

The following tutorial is prepared for ESX 1.12.4 - if you have a different version of your ESX, the lines may not match, you need to make changes to the equivalent lines in your es_extended.

STEP 1

Create new columns for your users table.

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ALTER TABLE `users`
    ADD COLUMN `job2` VARCHAR(20) DEFAULT 'unemployed',
    ADD COLUMN `job_grade2` INT(11) DEFAULT 0;

STEP 2

1. Go to your es_extended/client/modules/events.lua

2. Register a new event:

ESX.SecureNetEvent("esx:setJob2", function(Job2)
    ESX.SetPlayerData('job2', Job2)
end)

STEP 3

1. Go to your es_extended/server/main.lua

2. Find local loadPlayer (will be available in the first lines)

3. Replace with the following code:

local loadPlayer = "SELECT `accounts`, `job`, `job_grade`, `job2`, `job_grade2`, `group`, `position`, `inventory`, `skin`, `loadout`, `metadata`"

1. Find function function loadESXPlayer(

2. Inside this function, find local job, grade =

3. Find the job registration end here and add the following code:

-- Job2
local job2, grade2 = result.job2, tostring(result.job_grade2)

if not ESX.DoesJobExist(job2, grade2) then
    print(("[^3WARNING^7] Ignoring invalid job2 for ^5%s^7 [job2: ^5%s^7, grade: ^5%s^7]"):format(identifier, job2, grade2))
    job2, grade2 = "unemployed", "0"
end

local job2Object, grade2Object = ESX.Jobs[job2], ESX.Jobs[job2].grades[grade2]

userData.job2 = {
    id = job2Object.id,
    name = job2Object.name,
    label = job2Object.label,
    
    grade = tonumber(grade),
    grade_name = grade2Object.name,
    grade_label = grade2Object.label,
    grade_salary = grade2Object.salary,
    
    skin_male = grade2Object.skin_male and json.decode(grade2Object.skin_male) or {},
    skin_female = grade2Object.skin_female and json.decode(grade2Object.skin_female) or {},
}

1. Find local xPlayer = CreateExtendedPlayer

2. Just after userData.job add userData.job2

local xPlayer = CreateExtendedPlayer(
    playerId,
    identifier,
    userData.group,
    userData.accounts,
    userData.inventory,
    userData.weight,
    userData.job,
    userData.job2, -- HERE ADDED
    userData.loadout,
    GetPlayerName(playerId),
    userData.coords,
    userData.metadata
)

1. Find ESX.RegisterServerCallback("esx:getPlayerData"

2. Add job2 = xPlayer.getJob2(), to callback data:

ESX.RegisterServerCallback("esx:getPlayerData", function(source, cb)
    local xPlayer = ESX.GetPlayerFromId(source)

    cb({
        identifier = xPlayer.identifier,
        accounts = xPlayer.getAccounts(),
        inventory = xPlayer.getInventory(),
        job = xPlayer.getJob(),
        job2 = xPlayer.getJob2(), -- HERE ADDED
        loadout = xPlayer.getLoadout(),
        money = xPlayer.getMoney(),
        position = xPlayer.getCoords(true),
        metadata = xPlayer.getMeta(),
    })
end)

1. Find ESX.RegisterServerCallback("esx:getOtherPlayerData"

2. Add job2 = xPlayer.getJob2(), to callback data:

ESX.RegisterServerCallback("esx:getOtherPlayerData", function(_, cb, target)
    local xPlayer = ESX.GetPlayerFromId(target)

    cb({
        identifier = xPlayer.identifier,
        accounts = xPlayer.getAccounts(),
        inventory = xPlayer.getInventory(),
        job = xPlayer.getJob(),
        job2 = xPlayer.getJob2(), -- HERE ADDED
        loadout = xPlayer.getLoadout(),
        money = xPlayer.getMoney(),
        position = xPlayer.getCoords(true),
        metadata = xPlayer.getMeta(),
    })
end)

STEP 4

1. Go to your es_extended/server/functions.lua

2. Find function Core.SavePlayer(

3. Replace with the following code:

function Core.SavePlayer(xPlayer, cb)
    if not xPlayer.spawned then
        return cb and cb()
    end

    updateHealthAndArmorInMetadata(xPlayer)
    local parameters <const> = {
        json.encode(xPlayer.getAccounts(true)),
        xPlayer.job.name,
        xPlayer.job.grade,
        xPlayer.job2.name, -- HERE ADDED
        xPlayer.job2.grade, -- HERE ADDED
        xPlayer.group,
        json.encode(xPlayer.getCoords(false, true)),
        json.encode(xPlayer.getInventory(true)),
        json.encode(xPlayer.getLoadout(true)),
        json.encode(xPlayer.getMeta()),
        xPlayer.identifier,
    }

    MySQL.prepare( -- HERE ADDED
        "UPDATE `users` SET `accounts` = ?, `job` = ?, `job_grade` = ?, `job2` = ?, `job_grade2` = ?, `group` = ?, `position` = ?, `inventory` = ?, `loadout` = ?, `metadata` = ? WHERE `identifier` = ?",
        parameters,
        function(affectedRows)
            if affectedRows == 1 then
                print(('[^2INFO^7] Saved player ^5"%s^7"'):format(xPlayer.name))
                TriggerEvent("esx:playerSaved", xPlayer.playerId, xPlayer)
            end
            if cb then
                cb()
            end
        end
    )
end

1. Find function Core.SavePlayers(

2. Replace with the following code:

function Core.SavePlayers(cb)
    local xPlayers <const> = ESX.Players
    if not next(xPlayers) then
        return
    end

    local startTime <const> = os.time()
    local parameters = {}

    for _, xPlayer in pairs(ESX.Players) do
        updateHealthAndArmorInMetadata(xPlayer)
        parameters[#parameters + 1] = {
            json.encode(xPlayer.getAccounts(true)),
            xPlayer.job.name,
            xPlayer.job.grade,
            xPlayer.job2.name, -- HERE ADDED
            xPlayer.job2.grade, -- HERE ADDED
            xPlayer.group,
            json.encode(xPlayer.getCoords(false, true)),
            json.encode(xPlayer.getInventory(true)),
            json.encode(xPlayer.getLoadout(true)),
            json.encode(xPlayer.getMeta()),
            xPlayer.identifier,
        }
    end

    MySQL.prepare( -- HERE ADDED
        "UPDATE `users` SET `accounts` = ?, `job` = ?, `job_grade` = ?, `job2` = ?, `job_grade2` = ?,`group` = ?, `position` = ?, `inventory` = ?, `loadout` = ?, `metadata` = ? WHERE `identifier` = ?",
        parameters,
        function(results)
            if not results then
                return
            end

            if type(cb) == "function" then
                return cb()
            end

            print(("[^2INFO^7] Saved ^5%s^7 %s over ^5%s^7 ms"):format(#parameters, #parameters > 1 and "players" or "player", ESX.Math.Round((os.time() - startTime) / 1000000, 2)))
        end
    )
end

STEP 5

1. Go to your es_extended/server/classes/player.lua

2. Find function CreateExtendedPlayer(

3. Enter inside the parameters of the job2 function just after the job

function CreateExtendedPlayer(playerId, identifier, group, accounts, inventory, weight, job, job2, loadout, name, coords, metadata)

1. A few lines below find self.job = job and just below it add self.job2 = job2

self.job = job
self.job2 = job2 -- HERE ADDED

1. Another few lines below find stateBag:set("job", self.job, true)

2. And under it, add job2 statebag registration - stateBag:set("job2", self.job2, true)

stateBag:set("job", self.job, true)
stateBag:set("job2", self.job2, true) -- HERE ADDED

1. Find function self.getJob()

2. Register a new function for job2 below:

function self.getJob2()
    return self.job2
end

1. Find function self.setJob(

2. Register a new function for job2 below:

function self.setJob2(newJob2, grade2, onDuty)
    grade2 = tostring(grade2)
    local lastJob = self.job2
    if not ESX.DoesJobExist(newJob2, grade2) then
        return print(("[ESX] [^3WARNING^7] Ignoring invalid ^5.setJob2()^7 usage for ID: ^5%s^7, Job2: ^5%s^7"):format(self.source, newJob2))
    end
    local jobObject2, gradeObject2 = ESX.Jobs[newJob2], ESX.Jobs[newJob2].grades[grade2]
    self.job2 = {
        id = jobObject2.id,
        name = jobObject2.name,
        label = jobObject2.label,
        grade = tonumber(grade2),
        grade_name = gradeObject2.name,
        grade_label = gradeObject2.label,
        grade_salary = gradeObject2.salary,
        skin_male = gradeObject2.skin_male and json.decode(gradeObject2.skin_male) or {},
        skin_female = gradeObject2.skin_female and json.decode(gradeObject2.skin_female) or {},
    }
    TriggerEvent("esx:setJob2", self.source, self.job2, lastJob)
    self.triggerEvent("esx:setJob2", self.job2, lastJob)
    Player(self.source).state:set("job2", self.job2, true)
end

STEP 6

1. Go to your es_extended/server/modules/commands.lua

2. Register a new command:

ESX.RegisterCommand(
    "setjob2",
    "admin",
    function(xPlayer, args, showError)
        if not ESX.DoesJobExist(args.job2, args.grade2) then
            return showError(TranslateCap("command_setjob_invalid"))
        end

        args.playerId.setJob2(args.job2, args.grade2)
    end,
    true,
    {
        help = TranslateCap("command_setjob"),
        validate = true,
        arguments = {
            { name = "playerId", help = TranslateCap("commandgeneric_playerid"), type = "player" },
            { name = "job2", help = "Job2", type = "string" },
            { name = "grade2", help = "Grade2", type = "number" },
        },
    }
)

Done! Restart the server and test. 🎉 Use the /setjob2 [PLAYER_ID] [JOB2_NAME] [JOB2_GRADE] command.

Job2 works on a job basis, but is separate, so you still use the jobs table and job_grades in your database. You can set the jobs you have there as both jobs and job2.