Your first prop

Before you start

• A SwisserAI account. A Medium build costs 1,500 credits, a Low build 100, and your first Low build is usually free.
• A clear photo of one object on a plain background. See Choosing a photo.
• Access to your FiveM server files and its server.cfg.

The six steps

We turn a product photo of a road barrier into a prop. The same flow works for any object.

1. 1

   Open New asset

   In the sidebar open Assets. This page lists everything you built. Press New asset, or N on your keyboard.

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   1. 11. New asset: opens the dialog

2. 2

   Add a photo and a name

   Keep Image to 3D selected and drop your picture on the dashed area, or click it to choose a file. Then give the prop a name. The name becomes the model name in game, so use lowercase letters and underscores, such as road_barrier.

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   1. 11. Source image: your picture, as it will be used
   2. 22. Name: becomes the model name in game
   3. 33. Price and balance: for the tier you picked

3. 3

   Pick a tier

   Medium is selected and fits most props. Keep World prop for things placed around the map. The other settings can stay as they are; Build settings explains each one.

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   1. 11. Quality: Low, Medium or High, price in credits
   2. 22. World prop / Hero object: sets the triangle and texture budget
   3. 33. Low poly: optional, with a triangle budget

4. 4

   Create the asset

   Press Create asset. The build page opens and follows every stage live. You can close it; the build keeps running and the prop lands in Assets. A Medium build usually takes about three minutes.

5. 5

   Check the model

   When it is done, the page turns into a 3D editor. Drag to look around. The strip at the top shows the size in metres. If something is off, fix it here; Checking and fixing the model shows how.

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   1. 11. FiveM .zip: the ready resource
   2. 22. Model stats: triangles, size in metres, grid
   3. 33. Remove unwanted parts
   4. 44. Select, Rotate, Scale, Paint: edit tools
   5. 55. Show size: a person or object for scale

6. 6

   Download and install

   Press FiveM .zip. Make a folder named after the prop in your server's resources directory, unzip the download into it, and add the folder to server.cfg:

   ensure road_barrier

   Restart the server. To see the prop, spawn it by its name, for example from a client script:

   local model = `road_barrier`
   RequestModel(model)
   while not HasModelLoaded(model) do Wait(0) end
   
   local ped = PlayerPedId()
   local pos = GetOffsetFromEntityInWorldCoords(ped, 0.0, 2.0, 0.0)
   local obj = CreateObject(model, pos.x, pos.y, pos.z, true, false, false)
   PlaceObjectOnGroundProperly(obj)
   SetModelAsNoLongerNeeded(model)

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