if not ESX then
	error('\n^1Unable to start Multicharacter - you must be using ESX Legacy^0')
elseif ESX.GetConfig().Multichar == true then
	local DATABASE do
		local connectionString = GetConvar('mysql_connection_string', '');
		if connectionString == '' then
			error(connectionString..'\n^1Unable to start Multicharacter - unable to determine database from mysql_connection_string^0', 0)
		elseif connectionString:find('mysql://') then
			connectionString = connectionString:sub(9, -1)
			DATABASE = connectionString:sub(connectionString:find('/')+1, -1):gsub('[%?]+[%w%p]*$', '')
		else
			connectionString = {string.strsplit(';', connectionString)}
			for i = 1, #connectionString do
				local v = connectionString[i]
				if v:match('database') then
					DATABASE = v:sub(10, #v)
				end
			end
		end
	end

	local DB_TABLES = {users = 'identifier'}
	local FETCH = nil
	local SLOTS = Config.Slots or 4
	local PREFIX = Config.Prefix or 'char'
	local PRIMARY_IDENTIFIER = ESX.GetConfig().Identifier or GetConvar('sv_lan', '') == 'true' and 'ip' or Config.Identifier

	local function GetIdentifier(source)
		local identifier = PRIMARY_IDENTIFIER..':'
		for _, v in pairs(GetPlayerIdentifiers(source)) do
			if string.match(v, identifier) then
				identifier = string.gsub(v, identifier, '')
				return identifier
			end
		end
	end

	if next(ESX.Players) then
		local players = table.clone(ESX.Players)
		table.wipe(ESX.Players)
		for _, v in pairs(players) do
			ESX.Players[GetIdentifier(v.source)] = true
		end
	else ESX.Players = {} end

	local function SetupCharacters(source)
		while not FETCH do Citizen.Wait(100) end
		local identifier = GetIdentifier(source)
		ESX.Players[identifier] = true

		local slots = MySQL.scalar('SELECT slots FROM multicharacter_slots WHERE identifier = ?', { identifier }) or SLOTS
		identifier = PREFIX..'%:'..identifier

		local result = MySQL.query.await(FETCH, {identifier, slots})
		local characters

		if result then
			local characterCount = #result
			characters = table.create(0, characterCount)

			for i = 1, characterCount, 1 do
				local v = result[i]
				local job, grade = v.job or 'unemployed', tostring(v.job_grade)

				if ESX.Jobs[job] and ESX.Jobs[job].grades[grade] then
					if job ~= 'unemployed' then grade = ESX.Jobs[job].grades[grade].label else grade = '' end
					job = ESX.Jobs[job].label
				end

				local accounts = json.decode(v.accounts)
				local id = tonumber(string.sub(v.identifier, #PREFIX+1, string.find(v.identifier, ':')-1))

				characters[id] = {
					id = id,
					bank = accounts.bank,
					money = accounts.money,
					job = job,
					job_grade = grade,
					firstname = v.firstname,
					lastname = v.lastname,
					dateofbirth = v.dateofbirth,
					skin = v.skin and json.decode(v.skin) or {},
					disabled = v.disabled,
					sex = v.sex == 'm' and _('male') or _('female')
				}
			end
		end

		TriggerClientEvent('esx_multicharacter:SetupUI', source, characters, slots)
	end

	AddEventHandler('playerConnecting', function(playerName, setKickReason, deferrals)
		deferrals.defer()
		local identifier = GetIdentifier(source)

		if identifier then
			if ESX.Players[identifier] then
				deferrals.done(('A player is already connected to the server with this identifier.\nYour identifier: %s:%s'):format(PRIMARY_IDENTIFIER, identifier))
			else
				deferrals.done()
			end
		else
			deferrals.done(('Unable to retrieve player identifier.\nIdentifier type: %s'):format(PRIMARY_IDENTIFIER))
		end
	end)

	local function DeleteCharacter(source, charid)
		local identifier = ('%s%s:%s'):format(PREFIX, charid, GetIdentifier(source))
		local query = 'DELETE FROM %s WHERE %s = ?'
		local queries = {}
		local count = 0

		for table, column in pairs(DB_TABLES) do
			count += 1
			queries[count] = {query = query:format(table, column), values = {identifier}}
		end

		MySQL.transaction(queries, function(result)
			if result then
				print(('[^2INFO^7] Player [%s] %s has deleted a character (%s)'):format(GetPlayerName(source), source, identifier))
				Citizen.Wait(50)
				SetupCharacters(source)
			else
				error('\n^1Transaction failed while trying to delete '..identifier..'^0')
			end
		end)
	end

	MySQL.ready(function()
		local length = 42 + #PREFIX
		local DB_COLUMNS = MySQL.query.await(('SELECT TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME, CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = "%s" AND DATA_TYPE = "varchar" AND COLUMN_NAME IN (?)'):format(DATABASE, length), {
			{'identifier', 'owner'}
		})

		if DB_COLUMNS then
			local columns = {}
			local count = 0

			for i = 1, #DB_COLUMNS do
				local v = DB_COLUMNS[i]

				if v?.CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH ~= length then
					count += 1
					columns[v.TABLE_NAME] = v.COLUMN_NAME
				end
			end

			if next(columns) then
				local query = 'ALTER TABLE `%s` MODIFY COLUMN `%s` VARCHAR(%s)'
				local queries = table.create(count, 0)

				for k, v in pairs(columns) do
					queries[#queries+1] = {query = query:format(k, v, length)}
				end

				if MySQL.transaction.await(queries) then
					print(('[^2INFO^7] Updated ^5%s^7 columns to use VARCHAR(%s)'):format(count, length))
				else
					print(('[^2INFO^7] Unable to update ^5%s^7 columns to use VARCHAR(%s)'):format(count, length))
				end
			end

			ESX.Jobs = {}

			local function GetJobs()
				if ESX.GetJobs then
					return ESX.GetJobs()
				end
				return exports.es_extended:getSharedObject().Jobs
			end

			repeat
				ESX.Jobs = GetJobs()
				Citizen.Wait(50)
			until next(ESX.Jobs)

			FETCH = 'SELECT identifier, accounts, job, job_grade, firstname, lastname, dateofbirth, sex, skin, disabled FROM users WHERE identifier LIKE ? LIMIT ?'
		end
	end)

	RegisterNetEvent('esx_multicharacter:SetupCharacters', function()
		SetupCharacters(source)
	end)

	local awaitingRegistration = {}

	RegisterNetEvent('esx_multicharacter:CharacterChosen', function(charid, isNew)
		if type(charid) == 'number' and string.len(charid) <= 2 and type(isNew) == 'boolean' then
			if isNew then
				awaitingRegistration[source] = charid
			else
				TriggerEvent('esx:onPlayerJoined', source, PREFIX..charid)
				ESX.Players[GetIdentifier(source)] = true
			end
		end
	end)

	AddEventHandler('esx_identity:completedRegistration', function(source, data)
		TriggerEvent('esx:onPlayerJoined', source, PREFIX..awaitingRegistration[source], data)
		awaitingRegistration[source] = nil
		ESX.Players[GetIdentifier(source)] = true
	end)

	AddEventHandler('playerDropped', function(reason)
		awaitingRegistration[source] = nil
		ESX.Players[GetIdentifier(source)] = nil
	end)

	RegisterNetEvent('esx_multicharacter:DeleteCharacter', function(charid)
		if Config.CanDelete and type(charid) == 'number' and string.len(charid) <= 2 then
			DeleteCharacter(source, charid)
		end
	end)

	RegisterNetEvent('esx_multicharacter:relog', function()
		TriggerEvent('esx:playerLogout', source)
	end)

else
	assert(nil, '^3WARNING: Multicharacter is disabled - please check your ESX configuration^0')
end