Feat: Money as Item

config.lua

@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ QBConfig.StatusInterval = 5000                          -- how often to check hu
 
 QBConfig.Money = {}
 QBConfig.Money.MoneyTypes = { cash = 500, bank = 5000, crypto = 0 } -- type = startamount - Add or remove money types for your server (for ex. blackmoney = 0), remember once added it will not be removed from the database!
+QBConfig.Money.MoneyAsItems = false                                 -- If true the currencies set below will be handled as items, if false money will be handled as normal data in playerdata
+QBConfig.Money.MoneyItems = { cash = 'cash' }                       -- type = item name - Add or remove money items for your server (for ex. blackmoney = 'blackmoney'). Items must be defined in items.lua
 QBConfig.Money.DontAllowMinus = { 'cash', 'crypto' }                -- Money that is not allowed going in minus
-QBConfig.Money.MinusLimit = -5000                                    -- The maximum amount you can be negative 
+QBConfig.Money.MinusLimit = -5000                                   -- The maximum amount you can be negative 
 QBConfig.Money.PayCheckTimeOut = 10                                 -- The time in minutes that it will give the paycheck
 QBConfig.Money.PayCheckSociety = false                              -- If true paycheck will come from the society account that the player is employed at, requires qb-management
 

server/player.lua

@@ -269,6 +269,12 @@ function QBCore.Player.CreatePlayer(PlayerData, Offline)
         if not key or type(key) ~= 'string' then return end
         self.PlayerData[key] = val
         self.Functions.UpdatePlayerData()
+
+        if not QBConfig.Money.MoneyAsItems or key ~= "items" then return end
+
+        for money, _ in pairs(QBConfig.Money.MoneyItems) do
+            self.Functions.UpdateMoney(money, true)
+        end
     end
 
     function self.Functions.SetMetaData(meta, val)
@@ -310,6 +316,26 @@ function QBCore.Player.CreatePlayer(PlayerData, Offline)
         return self.PlayerData.metadata['rep'][rep] or 0
     end
 
+    function self.Functions.UpdateMoney(moneytype, prioritizeItem)
+        if not QBConfig.Money.MoneyItems[moneytype] or not QBConfig.Money.MoneyAsItems then return end
+
+        local currentMoneyItem = exports['qb-inventory']:GetItemCount(self.PlayerData.source, QBConfig.Money.MoneyItems[moneytype])
+        local diff = self.PlayerData.money[moneytype] - currentMoneyItem
+        if diff == 0 then return end
+
+        if prioritizeItem then
+            self.PlayerData.money[moneytype] = currentMoneyItem
+            self.Functions.UpdatePlayerData()
+            return
+        end
+
+        if diff > 0 then
+            self.Functions.AddItem(QBConfig.Money.MoneyItems[moneytype], diff)
+        else
+            self.Functions.RemoveItem(QBConfig.Money.MoneyItems[moneytype], -diff)
+        end
+    end
+
     function self.Functions.AddMoney(moneytype, amount, reason)
         reason = reason or 'unknown'
         moneytype = moneytype:lower()
@@ -318,6 +344,8 @@ function QBCore.Player.CreatePlayer(PlayerData, Offline)
         if not self.PlayerData.money[moneytype] then return false end
         self.PlayerData.money[moneytype] = self.PlayerData.money[moneytype] + amount
 
+        self.Functions.UpdateMoney(moneytype)
+
         if not self.Offline then
             self.Functions.UpdatePlayerData()
             if amount > 100000 then
@@ -346,9 +374,12 @@ function QBCore.Player.CreatePlayer(PlayerData, Offline)
                 end
             end
         end
+
         if self.PlayerData.money[moneytype] - amount < QBCore.Config.Money.MinusLimit then return false end
         self.PlayerData.money[moneytype] = self.PlayerData.money[moneytype] - amount
 
+        self.Functions.UpdateMoney(moneytype)
+
         if not self.Offline then
             self.Functions.UpdatePlayerData()
             if amount > 100000 then
@@ -376,6 +407,8 @@ function QBCore.Player.CreatePlayer(PlayerData, Offline)
         local difference = amount - self.PlayerData.money[moneytype]
         self.PlayerData.money[moneytype] = amount
 
+        self.Functions.UpdateMoney(moneytype)
+
         if not self.Offline then
             self.Functions.UpdatePlayerData()
             TriggerEvent('qb-log:server:CreateLog', 'playermoney', 'SetMoney', 'green', '**' .. GetPlayerName(self.PlayerData.source) .. ' (citizenid: ' .. self.PlayerData.citizenid .. ' | id: ' .. self.PlayerData.source .. ')** $' .. amount .. ' (' .. moneytype .. ') set, new ' .. moneytype .. ' balance: ' .. self.PlayerData.money[moneytype] .. ' reason: ' .. reason)

shared/items.lua

@@ -382,9 +382,11 @@ QBShared.Items = {
     newscam                      = { name = 'newscam', label = 'News Camera', weight = 100, type = 'item', image = 'newscam.png', unique = true, useable = true, shouldClose = true, description = 'A camera for the news' },
     newsmic                      = { name = 'newsmic', label = 'News Microphone', weight = 100, type = 'item', image = 'newsmic.png', unique = true, useable = true, shouldClose = true, description = 'A microphone for the news' },
     newsbmic                     = { name = 'newsbmic', label = 'Boom Microphone', weight = 100, type = 'item', image = 'newsbmic.png', unique = true, useable = true, shouldClose = true, description = 'A Useable BoomMic' },
-
+
+    -- Cash
+    -- cash                         = { name = 'cash', label = 'Money', weight = 0, type = 'item', image = 'money.png', unique = true, useable = false, shouldClose = false, description = 'A piece of paper that is useful' },
+
     -- Crafting table's
     item_bench = {name = "item_bench", label = "Workbench", weight = 15000, type = "item", image = "workbench.png", unique = true, useable = true, shouldClose = false, combinable = nil, description = "A workbench to craft items."},
     attachment_bench = {name = "attachment_bench", label = "Attachment Workbench", weight = 15000, type = "item", image = "attworkbench.png", unique = true, useable = true, shouldClose = false, combinable = nil, description = "A workbench for crafting attachments."},
-
-}
+}