Feature Request: Allow plugins to be separate resources

[sn8to]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
EasyAdmin has a pretty good plugin system that allows easily adding custom functionality, however these plugins have to be included within the EasyAdmin resource plugins folder. This prevents plugin authors from creating escrowed plugins, or implementing external dependencies within the plugin without modifying EasyAdmin's fxmanifest.lua

Describe the solution you'd like
Allow plugins to be registered and called from other resources. I think this is as simple as adding addPlugin to exports, but FiveM might throw a fit about passing functions around like that.

Describe alternatives you've considered

• Don't create escrowed resources: if your resource is sold, then it's basically impossible to avoid someone leaking the code for free
• Rely on server owners/developers to modify EasyAdmin's fxmanifest.lua to add dependencies: this can be done incorrectly by idiots less-knowledgeable users, and can cause issues in certain situations

[Blumlaut]

I think this is as simple as adding addPlugin to exports

passing functions between resources does not work, as resources are contained and funcrefs from resource A dont exist on resource B, without either passing sourcecode around (ew!) or using a mess of events (also ew, plus timing problems!) i dont think this can really be implemented.

• Don't create escrowed resources

is the only "real" solution for now

[sn8to]

This is a pretty bad idea, I don't like it much, but I guess it would work? Maybe??

Provide an export to register an external plugin, EasyAdmin can use exports from the resource to register the plugin's functions. This would allow functions from other resources to be called, without using events and introducing timing/latency problems.

Something like this?

exports('registerPlugin', function(resourceName)
    -- init the plugin using export[resourceName]:mainMenu(), etc.
end)

But I have a feeling similar issues come up when trying to pcall an exported function... Lua is fun

[Blumlaut]

IIRC i was experimenting with exports before but as always there are timing and/or scope problems, you cant easily pass the scope around so all of it is kinda yucky and introduces fun race conditions..