How to Add a Waving Flag to a FiveM Car
To add a waving flag to a FiveM car, the flag has to be cloth inside the car’s model file, pinned to a staff, so GTA’s own cloth physics move it. That is how Rockstar builds the flags on its own vehicles, and it is what the Flags add-on of the FiveMRides Vehicle Studio does for any car you upload: pick a country, a placement and a size, build, and the flag waves in game with no script. Price: 1 credit per car, whatever the number of flags.
- How it waves: the flag is built as GTA vehicle cloth (the physics the game already runs for vehicle flags), pinned along the staff. No script and no attached prop.
- Where it can wave: front wing pair, single wing, roof mast and pickup bed pole, when the flag is always on.
- Fixed instead: window clip flags, extras and tuning options are fixed (a still shape, flat or rippled). Fixed is also an option for any flag.
- Checked: seen waving in game on our FiveM test server on November 9 2026, on sedans and pickups.
Why does a flag on a FiveM car often not move?
A common way to put a flag on a FiveM car is a prop: a separate flag model attached to the car by a script. Unless that prop has cloth of its own, it is a rigid object that keeps one shape whatever the speed, and it needs the script to run for every player who sees the car.
GTA V also has real cloth. Rockstar uses it for flags on a few of its own vehicles: the cloth is part of the vehicle’s model file, a grid of points pinned along the staff, and the game simulates the rest in the wind. Our research rebuilt that recipe from the game’s own files, so the Studio can now make that kind of cloth for any flag on any car.
Waving or fixed: which should I pick?
| Waving | Fixed | |
|---|---|---|
| Look | Moves in the wind, like a real flag | A still shape: flat, soft ripple or strong ripple |
| Placements | Wing pair, single wing, roof mast, bed pole | All five, including the window clip |
| On and off | Always on | Always on, a vehicle extra or tuning options |
| Night glow | No (GTA cloth has no glow) | Off, Soft or Strong, steady |
If you want the flag to move, keep it always on. If you want players to switch it, choose an extra or tuning options: the Studio sets the flag to Fixed by itself and tells you why. All the waving flags of one car share one texture, which the Studio puts together for you.
How big should the flag be?
| Placement | S | M | L | XL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wing flags | 20 x 15 cm | 24 x 18 cm | 30 x 22 cm | 36 x 27 cm |
| Roof mast | 32 x 24 cm | 40 x 30 cm | 52 x 39 cm | 64 x 48 cm |
| Window clip | 28 x 21 cm | 36 x 27 cm | 44 x 33 cm | 52 x 39 cm |
| Bed pole | 60 x 45 cm | 80 x 60 cm | 100 x 75 cm | 120 x 90 cm |
Wing flags at M read like a state car; a bed pole at L or XL is the parade or off-road look. The staff grows with the flag (the XL bed pole stands 2.3 m).
How do I add a waving flag step by step?
- Upload the car. Open the Vehicle Studio and upload one vehicle you have the right to modify.
- Pick a placement. In Flags, choose wing pair, single wing, roof mast or bed pole. The Studio measures the car and shows the staff in 3D.
- Pick the flag. Search the 271 flags by name, for example Mexico, Brazil, Quebec or Scotland, or use your own image.
- Keep it Waving. Leave Motion on Waving and the flag always on. Choose a size and a staff finish (chrome, black, gold or steel).
- Build and test. Build, add the resource to your server, restart it and spawn the car. Look at the flag in game once, from both sides.
Limits
- Waving flags are always on. Extras and tuning options are always fixed (a GTA limit); window clip flags are always fixed because they follow the door.
- The flags are visual only, with no collision.
- From the right side you see the back of the cloth, as on a real flag.
- Seen in game on GTA V Legacy on our test server, on a few sedans and pickups. GTA V Enhanced has not been checked.
Waving flag questions
How do I make a flag wave on a FiveM car?
Build the flag as GTA vehicle cloth inside the car model, pinned to a staff. The FiveMRides Vehicle Studio does this for you: choose a flag, keep Motion on Waving, build.
Does a waving flag need a script?
No. The waving is part of the car model and the game’s own cloth physics move it. The resource only carries a small script for the /flags switch and tuning names when you use those options.
Is it the same cloth as Rockstar vehicles?
It is the same kind of vehicle cloth Rockstar uses for flags on some of its own vehicles, rebuilt for your flag and your car.
Can a waving flag be a vehicle extra?
No. GTA does not let a waving cloth flag be switched as an extra or a tuning part, so those flags are always fixed. A waving flag is always on.
Why is my window flag not waving?
Window clip flags follow the door when it opens, so they are built fixed. Use a wing flag or a roof mast if you want movement.
Can I have flags of two countries on one car?
Yes. A car takes up to 6 flag items, for example Spain on the wings and Quebec on the roof mast.