How to Install and Test a FiveM HUD

To install a FiveM HUD, confirm its framework and dependencies, add its resource folder, start it after those dependencies, and test the displayed values with a normal player. A HUD that appears on screen still needs a data and usability check.

Check compatibility and keep a rollback

Read the HUD documentation for the supported framework version, inventory, status and voice resources. ESX, QBCore and Qbox integrations are not interchangeable unless the creator explicitly supports them. Back up the current HUD, configuration and any database tables the installation changes.

Test on a separate server first. Disable the old HUD during the test to prevent duplicate overlays and competing minimap or status logic.

Install the resource

1. Extract the package. The resource folder must contain fxmanifest.lua at its root, rather than another nested copy of the folder. Preserve documented folder names.
2. Install required dependencies and configure the HUD’s supported framework integration. Keep secrets out of client and NUI files.
3. Add ensure followed by the exact resource-folder name to server.cfg after its dependencies. Start the test server and read the first resource error before continuing.
4. Join with an ordinary account. Check health, armor, hunger/thirst where supported, money, job and vehicle values against the actual game state.

Verify the interface

Test different resolutions and UI scaling, entering and leaving vehicles, reconnecting, character changes and a full server restart. Confirm that menus remain clickable and important text is readable without relying on color alone. Inspect the F8 and server consoles for errors.

Find the cause of a failure

No interface: check the resource start error, manifest, NUI file paths and browser assets. An interface with incorrect values points instead to the framework or status integration. Overlapping elements suggest another HUD or minimap resource is still running.

Restore the old HUD and configuration if the new resource fails these checks. Restore a database backup only when its migration changed data; coordinate this so newer player progress is not overwritten.

Official references

Resource manifest explains script and UI declarations; server commands documents ensure.