Installation

Getting MBT Emote Menu up and running is straightforward. It sits on top of your existing rpemotes-reborn setup — no emote data or configuration migration is required.

Requirements

Dependency	Notes
rpemotes-reborn	Required — MBT Emote Menu is a NUI frontend for this engine
ox_lib	Optional — used for notifications if configured
screenshot-basic	Optional — required only for Photo Mode's "Send to Discord" button

oxmysql is not required. All player data (favorites, recent, binds, playlists, personas, wheel) is stored client-side via KVP — no database tables, no .sql files.

Steps

Download and Extract

Download the resource from your Keymaster/Tebex and extract it into your resources folder (e.g., [mbt]/mbt_emote_menu).

Add to server.cfg

Add mbt_emote_menu after rpemotes-reborn in your server.cfg:

ensure rpemotes-reborn
ensure ox_lib           # optional — for notifications
ensure screenshot-basic # optional — for Photo Mode Discord upload
# ... other resources
ensure mbt_emote_menu

MBT Emote Menu must start after rpemotes-reborn. The resource declares this dependency in its manifest and will refuse to start if rpemotes-reborn is not running.

Configure

Open config.lua and adjust settings to match your server:

Set MBT.Language to your preferred locale ('en', 'it', 'es', 'fr', 'de', 'pt').
Set MBT.Menu.Layout to 'cinematic' or 'default'.
Set MBT.Menu.OverrideNativeMenu = true (recommended) to suppress rpemotes' own NativeUI menu and redirect the default F4 key to MBT's interface.
Customize MBT.Theme colors if needed.

Verify

Connect to your server and press F4 (or your configured keybind). The MBT emote menu should open. If OverrideNativeMenu is enabled, rpemotes' default NativeUI menu will no longer appear.

That's it. No database setup, no ACE permissions, no admin commands — just install, configure, and play.