Failed to load script — a Lua parse error in a resource file

What you see

• A whole resource fails to start after a change
• The console shows the failing file, usually with a line number
• Everything that resource provides is missing for every player

What usually causes it

• A syntax error in a hand-edited config file — a missing comma, quote or `end` is the usual one
• A file saved with a broken encoding
• A merge that left conflict markers in the file

Worth checking first

• Read the Lua error: it names the file and the line
• Check what was edited most recently in that resource
• Expect more than one — a config edited by hand often has several

Safe steps, one at a time

• Player-side: nothing; report it if you are the first to notice
• Staff: fix the named line, then re-check the whole file rather than stopping at the first error
• Staff: there is no lua binary on this box — use the luaparse-based checker rather than eyeballing it

When to stop and ask staff

Always staff, immediately: a resource that will not load is down for everybody.