RedM: Getting started on Haptic
RedMGuideLicense key, framework choice, first start, and how to bring your own resources and SQL.
A free Cfx.re license key, a framework choice, and a press of Start. Haptic asks for all of it the first time you power the server on and installs everything for you, including the framework's database tables.
1. Get a Cfx.re license key
Create a Cfx.re account
Sign up at forum.cfx.re if you do not have an account. The key is free.
Generate a server key
Open portal.cfx.re/servers/registration-keys and generate a server registration key. Copy it.
Paste it when Haptic asks
The first time you press Start, Haptic asks for the key together with your framework choice. Change it later in your server's settings under Cfx.re License Key.
2. Pick a framework
Vanilla: a basic RedM server with the default resources. No framework, no database tables.
VORP Core: the most popular RedM roleplay framework, installed with its database tables ready.
RSGCore: a QBCore-style roleplay framework for RedM.
Custom (bring your own): nothing pre-installed. Upload your own resources and they are picked up automatically.
Haptic installs the framework for you. Do not reinstall one by hand. If you switch frameworks later, the old framework's folders are not deleted automatically; tidy them up in the Files tab.
3. Bring your own resources and SQL
Upload a resource folder into
server-data/resources/in the Files tab. Haptic detects it and loads it on the next start, on every framework choice.If a script comes with a
.sqlfile, drop it intoserver-data/sql/and restart: it imports into your database automatically. Full guide: Import SQL files into your server's database.Restart the server after uploading. Resources load at startup.
Your
server.cfgis yours: edits stick. Thehaptic.cfgnext to it holds Haptic-managed settings; leave that one alone.
If you do not see the Files tab on your server, message us on Discord and we will enable file access for your account.
4. First start
Press Start, fill in the dialog, and wait for Online. The first start takes longer: the framework and its database tables install once. Then connect in game using the join details on your server page.
Common first-start problems
No license key configured: add your key when the start dialog asks, or in server settings.
Invalid Cfx.re license key: generate a fresh key at portal.cfx.re and paste it in.
License key authentication failed: the key may be tied to another server. Generate a new one.
Framework install failed: message us on Discord, this one is on us.
What is next
Web admin panel: RedM servers run txAdmin. See Manage your server with txAdmin.
In-game admin: VORP keeps admin in your database. See Become an in-game admin.
Memory: VORP or RSGCore with scripts want 4 GB or more; Vanilla runs on less.
