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# Custom medical / persisted death

> Hook a custom RSG medical presentation into Creator without replacing the framework lifecycle.

Most servers do not need to edit anything here.

Use this only when an **RSG** character logs in already dead and your custom medical resource needs more than the default physical dead state — for example a special hospital UI, animation or internal state restore.

## The compatibility goal

When the framework says the character is dead, the final gameplay ped must also reach the world in a state that medical scripts recognize as dead.

Creator should not fake a revive just to make spawning easier.

## Custom bridge

The editable bridge lives in the custom bridge files shipped with Creator. During the final RSG spawn step, your build can call:

```lua theme={"dark"}
CustomBridge.RestorePersistedDeath(context)
```

Return `true` only when your integration fully handled the custom dead-state restoration. Return `false` to let Creator use its normal behavior.

Example:

```lua theme={"dark"}
CustomBridge = CustomBridge or {}

function CustomBridge.RestorePersistedDeath(context)
    if context.isDead ~= true then
        return false
    end

    -- Call your medical resource here.
    -- Return true only after your resource owns the restoration.

    return false
end
```

## VORP is different

Do not copy the RSG medical bridge onto VORP. VORP Core owns its normal death/status/spawn behavior and Creator is expected to hand control back through that lifecycle.

## Avoid these fixes

Do not solve a persisted-death problem by blindly:

* executing a revive command;
* firing framework death/revive events yourself;
* setting health in the selection scene;
* calling the medical resource twice because the first attempt was slow.

Those approaches create duplicate lifecycle state very quickly.

## Related

* [Character lifecycle](/rco-creator/lifecycle)
* [Troubleshooting](/rco-creator/troubleshooting)