From e476736761613180635fc1f2377a87aaca01f088 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Linden <65407488+thelindat@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2024 20:00:33 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] feat(server): triggerClientEvent with multi-target support

Since that once fivem PR is forever pending review.
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 imports/triggerClientEvent/server.lua | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 imports/triggerClientEvent/server.lua

diff --git a/imports/triggerClientEvent/server.lua b/imports/triggerClientEvent/server.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3294339
--- /dev/null
+++ b/imports/triggerClientEvent/server.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+---Triggers an event for the given playerIds, sending additional parameters as arguments.\
+---Implements functionality from [this pending pull request](https://github.com/citizenfx/fivem/pull/1210) and may be deprecated.
+---
+---Provides non-neglibible performance gains due to msgpacking all arguments _once_, instead of per-target.
+---@param eventName string
+---@param targetIds number | number[]
+---@param ... any
+function lib.triggerClientEvent(eventName, targetIds, ...)
+    local payload = msgpack.pack_args(...)
+    local payloadLen = #payload
+
+    if type(targetIds) == 'table' and table.type(targetIds) == 'array' then
+        for i = 1, #targetIds do
+            TriggerClientEventInternal(eventName, targetIds[i] --[[@as string]], payload, payloadLen)
+        end
+
+        return
+    end
+
+    TriggerClientEventInternal(eventName, targetIds --[[@as string]], payload, payloadLen)
+end
+
+return lib.triggerClientEvent