AddEventHandler("playerConnecting",function(name,setMessage, deferrals)
  deferrals.defer()

  local source = source
  Debug.pbegin("playerConnecting")
  local ids = GetPlayerIdentifiers(source)
  local ip = GetPlayerEndpoint(source)

  if ids ~= nil and #ids > 0 then
    deferrals.update("[vRP] Checking identifiers...")
    vRP.getUserIdByIdentifiers(ids, function(user_id)
	vRP.getPlayerEndpoint(source)
      -- if user_id ~= nil and vRP.rusers[user_id] == nil then -- check user validity and if not already connected (old way, disabled until playerDropped is sure to be called)
      if user_id ~= nil then -- check user validity
        deferrals.update("[vRP] Checking banned...")
        vRP.isBanned(user_id, function(banned)
          if not banned then
            deferrals.update("[vRP] Checking whitelisted...")
            vRP.isWhitelisted(user_id, function(whitelisted)
              if not config.whitelist or whitelisted then
                Debug.pbegin("playerConnecting_delayed")
                if vRP.rusers[user_id] == nil then -- not present on the server, init
                  -- init entries
                  vRP.users[ids[1]] = user_id
                  vRP.rusers[user_id] = ids[1]
                  vRP.user_tables[user_id] = {}
                  vRP.user_tmp_tables[user_id] = {}
                  vRP.user_sources[user_id] = source

                  -- load user data table
                  deferrals.update("[vRP] Loading datatable...")
                  vRP.getUData(user_id, "vRP:datatable", function(sdata)
                    local data = json.decode(sdata)
                    if type(data) == "table" then vRP.user_tables[user_id] = data end

                    -- init user tmp table
                    local tmpdata = vRP.getUserTmpTable(user_id)

                    deferrals.update("[vRP] Getting last login...")
                    vRP.getLastLogin(user_id, function(last_login)
                      tmpdata.last_login = last_login or ""
                      tmpdata.spawns = 0

                      -- set last login
                      local ep = vRP.getPlayerEndpoint(source)
                      local last_login_stamp = ep.." "..os.date("%H:%M:%S %d/%m/%Y")
                      MySQL.execute("vRP/set_last_login", {user_id = user_id, last_login = last_login_stamp})

                      -- trigger join
                      print("[vRP] "..name.." ("..vRP.getPlayerEndpoint(source)..") joined (user_id = "..user_id..")")
                      TriggerEvent("vRP:playerJoin", user_id, source, name, tmpdata.last_login)
                      deferrals.done()
                    end)
                  end)
                else -- already connected
                  print("[vRP] "..name.." ("..vRP.getPlayerEndpoint(source)..") re-joined (user_id = "..user_id..")")
                  TriggerEvent("vRP:playerRejoin", user_id, source, name)
                  deferrals.done()

                  -- reset first spawn
                  local tmpdata = vRP.getUserTmpTable(user_id)
                  tmpdata.spawns = 0
                end

                Debug.pend()
              else
                print("[vRP] "..name.." ("..vRP.getPlayerEndpoint(source)..") rejected: not whitelisted (user_id = "..user_id..")")
                deferrals.done("[vRP] Not whitelisted (user_id = "..user_id..").")
              end
            end)
          else
            print("[vRP] "..name.." ("..vRP.getPlayerEndpoint(source)..") rejected: banned (user_id = "..user_id..")")
            deferrals.done("[vRP] Banned (user_id = "..user_id..").")
          end
        end)
      else
        print("[vRP] "..name.." ("..vRP.getPlayerEndpoint(source)..") rejected: identification error")
        deferrals.done("[vRP] Identification error.")
      end
    end)
  elseif ids == nil or ip == "0.0.0.0" then
    print("[vRP] "..name.." ("..vRP.getPlayerEndpoint(source)..") rejected: missing identifiers")
    deferrals.done("[vRP] Missing identifiers.")
	DropPlayer(source, "Steam is required.  Please start Steam and relaunch FiveM.")
  end
  Debug.pend()
end)