FiveM Legacy & Enhanced: choosing, configuring, and understanding txAdmin

What are FiveM Legacy and Enhanced?

Since July 2026, FiveM comes in two versions, and your VeryCloud server handles both from a single egg:

• FiveM Legacy — the original, stable version for classic GTA V clients. This is what the vast majority of the community plays today.
• FiveM Enhanced — the new version for GTA V Enhanced, released in early access on 21 July 2026. It runs on a new server engine (Cfx Server) and only accepts GTA V Enhanced clients.

You switch between the two by changing a single option, without losing your files.

⚠️ Important — Legacy and Enhanced are two separate clients. A player on FiveM Legacy cannot join an Enhanced server, and vice versa. Choose the edition based on your players.

Legacy or Enhanced: which version to choose?

✅ Recommendation — For an established community, stay on Legacy until Enhanced and its ecosystem (frameworks, resources) have stabilized. Use Enhanced to test and prepare your migration.

Requirements

• An active VeryCloud FiveM server
• Your Cfx.re license key (keymaster.fivem.net) — the same key works for both Legacy and Enhanced
• Access to the VeryCloud panel (Startup, Settings, Files tabs)
• For Enhanced: nothing extra, the engine is installed automatically

How the VeryCloud egg works

A single variable, FiveM Edition, decides everything: the engine downloaded at install time and how the server starts.

                    ┌──────────────────────────────┐
                    │   "FiveM Edition" variable    │
                    └───────────────┬──────────────┘
                  legacy            │           enhanced
             ┌──────────────────────┴──────────────────────┐
             ▼                                              ▼
  ┌────────────────────────┐                    ┌────────────────────────┐
  │  FXServer              │                    │  Cfx Server            │
  │  "recommended" channel │                    │  latest Enhanced build │
  └───────────┬────────────┘                    └───────────┬────────────┘
              ▼                                              ▼
     Classic GTA V clients                        GTA V Enhanced clients

Step 1: Choose your edition

1. Open your server in the VeryCloud panel.
2. Go to the Startup tab.
3. Find the FiveM Edition variable.
4. Set it to:
   • legacy — for a classic GTA V server
   • enhanced — for a GTA V Enhanced server

ℹ️ Note — The default value is legacy. A new server therefore starts in Legacy until you change anything.

Step 2: (Re)install the server

The server engine is set up at install time. After choosing or changing the edition, you must reinstall to apply the choice.

1. Go to the Settings tab.
2. Click Reinstall Server.
3. Wait for the install to finish (the console shows Installation terminee).

⚠️ Important — Reinstalling does not delete your files. It only replaces the server engine. Your resources, your server.cfg, and your database stay in place.

What you should see in the install console:

[install] Edition demandee : enhanced
[install] Artifact enhanced valide (layout: alpine)
[install] Lanceur start.sh genere
 Installation terminee (edition: enhanced, layout: alpine)

Step 3: Configure your server

Player settings

⚠️ Warning — The txAdmin port must match an additional allocation assigned to your server. Without a dedicated allocation, the txAdmin panel will not be reachable. Open a ticket if you need an extra port.

Managed automatically by VeryCloud

The slot count, the Enhanced download source, and advanced options are handled for you. In particular, on Enhanced the server always installs the latest build published by Cfx.re — there is no version choice or rollback to an earlier build during early access.

Step 4: Configure server.cfg

Your server configuration lives in the server.cfg file, editable from the Files tab.

ℹ️ Note — The server name, license, Steam key, slots, and port lines are injected automatically by the panel at startup, based on your settings. You don't need to edit them by hand.

What you manage yourself in server.cfg:

# Base resources (provided by default)
ensure mapmanager
ensure chat
ensure spawnmanager
ensure sessionmanager

# Your resources
ensure oxmysql
ensure es_extended
ensure my_script

✅ Good to know — A base server.cfg is generated automatically on the first install, with essential resources already in place. You just add your own.

Enhanced-specific options (no effect on Legacy):

# set sv_devMode true      # client-side developer tools
# sv_voiceChat true        # built-in voice (Mumble is deprecated on Enhanced)

⚠️ Enhanced — On Enhanced, each endpoint_add_tcp / endpoint_add_udp accepts only one endpoint, and the sv_endpointPrivacy command no longer exists. Our generated server.cfg already accounts for this.

txAdmin — what you need to know

txAdmin is the web-based server management panel (start/stop, resources, admins, logs). Its support depends on the edition.

Support by edition

Startup diagram

   Server startup
        │
        ▼
   txAdmin enabled? ──── No ──▶ Direct mode (exec server.cfg)
        │
       Yes
        │
        ▼
     Edition?
     ├── Legacy ─────▶ txAdmin — web panel reachable
     └── Enhanced ───▶ Automatic fallback to direct mode
                        + console message

Why txAdmin doesn't work on Enhanced

This is not a VeryCloud limitation — it's a Cfx.re limitation during early access. The new Enhanced engine hangs on startup when launched via txAdmin in a containerized environment (the case for all hosting providers). The issue is known, publicly documented, and unfixed by Cfx.re to date.

So you're not left with a stuck server, our egg automatically falls back an Enhanced server to direct mode if you leave txAdmin enabled, and warns you in the console:

[VeryCloud] txAdmin n'est pas encore supporte sur FiveM Enhanced
[VeryCloud] (limitation Cfx.re pendant l'early access).
[VeryCloud] Le serveur demarre en mode direct avec ton server.cfg.

Your Enhanced server therefore starts normally, simply without the txAdmin panel.

✅ Good to know — No hosting provider offers working txAdmin on Enhanced today: it's the same behavior everywhere. As soon as Cfx.re fixes its engine, VeryCloud will re-enable txAdmin on Enhanced with no action needed on your part.

Managing an Enhanced server without txAdmin

Without txAdmin, you manage your Enhanced server directly:

• Configuration — edit server.cfg from the Files tab.
• Commands — use the VeryCloud panel console.
• Resources — drop them into the resources/ folder and add ensure <resource> to server.cfg.

✅ Tip — If you need txAdmin (graphical interface, admin management, scheduler), keep a Legacy server running alongside while Cfx.re stabilizes Enhanced.

Switching between Legacy and Enhanced

Switching takes two steps, and your files are preserved every time.

  1. Startup tab                 2. Settings tab
     FiveM Edition       ─────▶     Reinstall        ─────▶   Server ready
     legacy / enhanced              the server                (files preserved)

Switch to Enhanced:

1. Startup → FiveM Edition = enhanced
2. Settings → Reinstall

Switch back to Legacy:

1. Startup → FiveM Edition = legacy
2. Settings → Reinstall

You can switch as many times as you like.

⚠️ Important — A simple restart is not enough to change edition: you must reinstall (the engine is set up at install time). Your resources, server.cfg, and database are not touched.

Known Enhanced limitations (early access)

Enhanced is a beta. Worth knowing before migrating a production server:

• txAdmin — not yet supported (see above).
• Asset Escrow / Tebex — protected resources not supported for now.
• Client graphics mods — blocked (pure mode enforced).
• Legacy resources — some assets must be converted with Cfx.re's Alchemist tool.
• Frequent builds — Cfx.re publishes new builds often; some may require a server-side update (handled automatically at VeryCloud).
• Bugs & crashes — expected, it's early access.

Troubleshooting

My Enhanced server stays stuck on "Starting" with txAdmin

Cause — txAdmin is not supported on Enhanced (Cfx.re limitation). Solution — Our egg automatically falls back to direct mode. Check the console: you should see the txAdmin info message, then the server starting normally. No action required.

The txAdmin panel doesn't respond (Legacy server)

Cause — The txAdmin port has no dedicated allocation. Solution — The txAdmin port must match an additional allocation on your server. Open a ticket to get one assigned.

In txAdmin mode, the panel stays on "Starting" (Legacy)

Cause — In txAdmin mode, the game server only starts once launched from the txAdmin interface. Solution — This is normal, not a failure. Log into the txAdmin panel and start the server from there.

I changed the edition but nothing changed

Cause — Changing edition requires a reinstall, not just a restart. Solution — Settings tab → Reinstall Server. Your files are preserved.

My players can't connect to my Enhanced server

Cause — They're using the FiveM Legacy client. Solution — Enhanced requires the GTA V Enhanced client. A Legacy client cannot join an Enhanced server.

Frequently asked questions

Can I go from Legacy to Enhanced and back? Yes, as many times as you want. Each switch = change the variable + reinstall. Your files are preserved.

Does my Cfx.re license work on both? Yes, the same key works for Legacy and Enhanced.

Can my Legacy players join my Enhanced server? No. They are two separate clients.

Will txAdmin be available on Enhanced one day? Yes, as soon as Cfx.re fixes its engine. VeryCloud will re-enable it automatically.

Will I lose my configuration when changing edition? No. The reinstall only replaces the server engine, not your files.

Summary

Conclusion

Your VeryCloud server handles both Legacy and Enhanced from a single egg. Keep in mind:

1. Choose your edition via the FiveM Edition variable.
2. Reinstall after each edition change (your files are preserved).
3. txAdmin works on Legacy, but not yet on Enhanced (Cfx.re early-access limitation).
4. On Enhanced, manage via server.cfg and the console in the meantime.
5. For an established community, stay on Legacy until Enhanced stabilizes.

Need help? The VeryCloud team is available via support ticket.