From 804eb73c965bf46eddd29cbda54aee188687cb0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arctos2win <116841243+Arctos2win@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2023 20:37:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] improve metadata system

---
 [core]/es_extended/client/main.lua           | 4 ++--
 [core]/es_extended/server/classes/player.lua | 4 +---
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/[core]/es_extended/client/main.lua b/[core]/es_extended/client/main.lua
index 1d23641f..101835a2 100644
--- a/[core]/es_extended/client/main.lua
+++ b/[core]/es_extended/client/main.lua
@@ -709,6 +709,6 @@ for i = 1, #DoNotUse do
 	end
 end
 
-RegisterNetEvent('esx:updatePlayerData', function(key, val)
-	ESX.SetPlayerData(key, val)
+AddStateBagChangeHandler('metadata', 'player:' .. tostring(GetPlayerServerId(PlayerId())), function(bag, key, val)
+	ESX.SetPlayerData(key, val) 
 end)
diff --git a/[core]/es_extended/server/classes/player.lua b/[core]/es_extended/server/classes/player.lua
index 165b4410..0d2c23ff 100644
--- a/[core]/es_extended/server/classes/player.lua
+++ b/[core]/es_extended/server/classes/player.lua
@@ -647,11 +647,10 @@ function CreateExtendedPlayer(playerId, identifier, group, accounts, inventory,
 				self.metadata[index] = { }
 			end
 
+			self.metadata[index] = type(self.metadata[index]) == 'table' and self.metadata[index] or {} 
 			self.metadata[index][value] = subValue
 		end
 
-
-		self.triggerEvent('esx:updatePlayerData', 'metadata', self.metadata)
 		Player(self.source).state:set('metadata', self.metadata, true)
 	end
 
@@ -697,7 +696,6 @@ function CreateExtendedPlayer(playerId, identifier, group, accounts, inventory,
 			return print(("[^1ERROR^7] xPlayer.clearMeta ^5subValues^7 should be ^5string^7 or ^5table^7, received ^5%s^7!"):format(type(subValues)))
 		end
 	
-		self.triggerEvent('esx:updatePlayerData', 'metadata', self.metadata)
 		Player(self.source).state:set('metadata', self.metadata, true)
 	end