Clothing fxmanifest
Quick answer
A clothing pack's manifest needs very little: the streaming policy, its data files, and — if you are creating an escrowed asset — lua54 'yes'.
Difficulty: Reference · Affects: both · CONFIRMED against Cfx documentation
INFO
Search: fxmanifest, manifest, data_file, subdir_file_mapping, escrow_ignore, lua54.
Last verified 31 August 2026 · Cfx resource manifest · Cfx Asset Escrow.
Add-on collection
fx_version 'cerulean'
game 'gta5'
dependency '/policy:subdir_file_mapping'
files {
'pedalternatevariations.meta'
}
data_file 'ALTERNATE_VARIATIONS_FILE' 'pedalternatevariations.meta'What each line does
| Line | Purpose |
|---|---|
dependency '/policy:subdir_file_mapping' | Required for add-on clothing streaming. Officially documented as clothing support |
files { } | Makes the file available to the client |
data_file | Registers it with the game. Supports globbing |
lua54 'yes' | Required to create an escrowed asset |
escrow_ignore { } | Leaves listed files unencrypted and readable |
A replace resource generally needs neither data_file nor the subdir policy — it streams files that shadow existing assets. See Replacing Freemode Clothing.
The lua54 confusion
Two different statements get mixed up:
- Lua 5.4 is the runtime; Lua 5.3 is deprecated. This is about the language version.
lua54 'yes'is still required in the manifest to create an escrowed asset, per the Cfx developer FAQ.
If you publish escrowed packs, keep the line. Removing it because "Lua 5.4 is the default now" breaks asset creation.
escrow_ignore
escrow_ignore {
'config.lua',
'stream/*.ytd',
'stream/**/*.ytd'
}Clothing textures and collections are not encrypted by escrow in the first place, so this is mainly for configuration files you want customers to edit.
What not to add
WARNING
SHOP_PED_APPAREL_META_FILE as a crash fix
Adding shop apparel metadata does not create YMT capacity and is not a fix for a capacity crash.
WARNING
Convars that have not shipped
A proposed convar for extending the shop apparel name list exists as an open Cfx pull request. It is NOT SHIPPED. Do not put it in a live server.cfg.