---
name: "setFlagTexture"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["Flags"]
arma3_since: "0.50"
locality: {"argument": "local", "effect": "global", "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setFlagTexture
revid: 378480
updated: 2026-04-24T11:57:06Z
---

# setFlagTexture

*Command · Flags · Arma 3 v0.50 · introduced in Operation Flashpoint v1.00*

Locality: arguments **local** · effect **global**

## Description

Sets flag texture.

## Syntax

```sqf
flag setFlagTexture texture
```

**Parameters:**

- `flag`: [Object](../topics/Object.md) - a flag pole
- `texture`: [String](../topics/String.md) - flag texture. If texture is `""`, flag is not drawn. Custom texture can be used:
  - Prior Arma 3: Dimension 200×200, file extension .jpg
  - Since Arma 3: Dimension 512×256, file extension .paa

**Returns:** [Nothing](../topics/Nothing.md)

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
_flagE setFlagTexture "\ca\misc\data\sever_vlajka.paa";
```

### Example 2

```sqf
_flagW setFlagTexture "\ca\misc\data\usa_vlajka.paa";
```

### Example 3

```sqf
flag1 setFlagTexture "\A3\Data_F\Flags\Flag_red_CO.paa";
```

### Example 4

```sqf
_customFlag setFlagTexture "myMissionFlag.paa";
```

### Example 5

```sqf
_flag_Arma_3 setFlagTexture "\a3\ui_f\data\Logos\arma3_expansion_ca.paa";
```

### Example 6

Capturable OPFOR flag:

```sqf
private _flag = "FlagPole_F" createVehicle position player;
_flag setFlagTexture "\A3\Data_F\Flags\Flag_CSAT_CO.paa";
_flag setFlagSide east;
```

## See also

[flag](../commands/flag.md) · [flagOwner](../commands/flagOwner.md) · [setFlagOwner](../commands/setFlagOwner.md) · [setFlagSide](../commands/setFlagSide.md) · [setObjectTexture](../commands/setObjectTexture.md) · [setObjectTextureGlobal](../commands/setObjectTextureGlobal.md) · [flagSide](../commands/flagSide.md) · [flagTexture](../commands/flagTexture.md) · [setFlagAnimationPhase](../commands/setFlagAnimationPhase.md) · [flagAnimationPhase](../commands/flagAnimationPhase.md) · [forceFlagTexture](../commands/forceFlagTexture.md) · [getForcedFlagTexture](../commands/getForcedFlagTexture.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — setFlagTexture](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setFlagTexture) (revision 378480).</sub>