How to make addon clothing for FiveM

Addon vs replace

Replace clothing overwrites an existing item. Addon clothing adds new item numbers after the base game's items (and after any addon packs loaded before it). Addon is what servers use, because nothing from the game gets lost.

Clothing is a server resource, not a client mod: it goes on the server, not in your FiveM folder.

What you need

• Models: .ydd files (the clothing shapes)
• Textures: .ytd files (the colours and designs)

The slot (top, legs, shoes…), the gender and the texture letter are read from the file names, so name them consistently. Keep textures at 2048×2048 or smaller and each stream file under 16 MB.

What a clothing resource looks like

• fxmanifest.lua with fx_version 'cerulean', game 'gta5' and data_file 'SHOP_PED_APPAREL_META_FILE' pointing at the meta
• a ShopPedApparel .meta for each gender
• a stream\ folder with the .ymt and your .ydd/.ytd files

Add it to your server

1. Copy the resource folder into your server's resources folder.
2. Add ensure your-resource-name to server.cfg.
3. Restart the server. Players download the clothing when they join.
4. Find the new items in your clothing menu after the base game's numbers.

Make it without the meta work

Clothing Studio imports your models and textures (or a whole clothing pack), lets you recolour, add logos, text and patterns with a live 3D preview, and builds the finished resource for you: fxmanifest, meta, .ymt and stream folder, plus a README with the item numbers and the exact ensure line.

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