Setting up crafting in ox_inventory
Add a bench to ox_inventory/data/crafting.lua with items (recipes), points or zones for where it can be used, an optional blip and groups. Each recipe has a name, ingredients (item → amount), duration in ms and optional count and metadata. An ingredient value below 1 is a tool: it is not consumed but loses that fraction of durability (for example WEAPON_HAMMER = 0.05 = 5%).
Crafting turns scrap, parts and tools into useful items — lockpicks, repair kits, attachments, even weapons. ox_inventory handles the bench UI, ingredient checks and timers; you describe recipes in a data file.
#A crafting bench
{
name = 'mechanic_bench',
items = {
{
name = 'lockpick',
ingredients = {
scrapmetal = 5,
WEAPON_HAMMER = 0.05,
},
duration = 5000,
count = 2,
},
{
name = 'repairkit',
ingredients = { scrapmetal = 10, plastic = 4 },
duration = 8000,
},
},
zones = {
{ coords = vec3(-346.1, -130.45, 39.0), size = vec3(3.8, 1.05, 0.15), distance = 1.5, rotation = 70.0 },
},
groups = { mechanic = 0 },
blip = { id = 566, colour = 31, scale = 0.8 },
},#Tools and durability
WEAPON_HAMMER = 0.05 means the hammer must be in the inventory and loses 5% durability per craft instead of being used up. When durability reaches zero the tool breaks. It is a simple way to make tools matter without making them consumables. Durability itself is item metadata — see item metadata.
#Crafting weapons and attachments
- Put weapon benches in hard-to-reach places and restrict them to gangs with
groups. - Give crafted weapons
metadata = { registered = false }or custom serials for police roleplay — see serial numbers. - Balance ingredient costs against shop prices so crafting is an alternative, not a money printer.
#Logging crafts
exports.ox_inventory:registerHook('craftItem', function(payload)
print(('player %s crafted %s'):format(payload.source, payload.recipe.name))
end, { itemFilter = { WEAPON_PISTOL = true } })Questions
How do I add crafting to ox_inventory?
data/crafting.lua with recipes, a location (points or zones) and optional groups.What does an ingredient value like 0.05 mean?
Can I restrict a crafting bench to a gang?
groups = { gangname = 0 }.Can crafted items have metadata?
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