Native Prompts

The "[G] Talk" bottom-right prompt every RedM player already knows. This wraps RedM's own UiPrompt* natives — engine-level, not framework-level. VORP and RSG don't matter here at all; it's identical on both.

Full pattern — proximity-gated prompt

This is the exact loop used throughout wc_encounter: create a prompt once, show/hide it as the player crosses a distance threshold, poll for completion, clean up when done.

local prompt = wc:CreatePrompt("Talk [G]")
local inRange = false

CreateThread(function()
  while true do
    Wait(inRange and 0 or 300)

    local near = wc:IsPlayerNearCoords(npcCoords, 3.5)

    if near and not inRange then
      inRange = true
      wc:SetPromptVisible(prompt, true)
    elseif not near and inRange then
      inRange = false
      wc:SetPromptVisible(prompt, false)
    end

    if inRange and wc:IsPromptCompleted(prompt) then
      wc:SetPromptVisible(prompt, false)
      wc:DeletePrompt(prompt)
      break
    end
  end
end)

Real Wild County example — stagecoach clerk ticket prompt

local prompt = wc:CreatePrompt("Buy Ticket [G]")

wc:WatchPrompt(prompt, clerkPed, 2.5, function()
  wc:DeletePrompt(prompt)
  TriggerServerEvent('wc_stagecoach:buyTicket')
end)

For simple one-off cases, WatchPrompt already wraps the loop above — reach for it first, and only hand-roll the raw prompt loop when you need control the wrapper doesn't expose.

Common mistakes

• Never calling DeletePrompt — the prompt handle leaks for the rest of the client session. Always delete it once you're done, especially in a loop that creates prompts repeatedly (e.g. per-NPC).
• Leaving a prompt visible after the interaction completes — call SetPromptVisible(prompt, false) before deleting.
• Polling IsPromptCompleted at Wait(0) every frame regardless of range — throttle to a slower tick (e.g. 250-300ms) while out of range, like the pattern above, to avoid unnecessary work.
• Creating a fresh prompt every tick instead of once — CreatePrompt should run once per interaction point, not inside your polling loop.

Troubleshooting

• If the prompt never appears: confirm SetPromptVisible(prompt, true) is actually being called — prompts are invisible and disabled by default until you show them.
• If IsPromptCompleted never returns true: check you're not accidentally re-creating the prompt handle every frame, which resets its internal completion state.
• If prompts pile up in the corner over a session: you're missing DeletePrompt calls somewhere — audit every code path that creates one.