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Kandu's Guide for Organizing your Combat Mission Mods Directory - Part One

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Kandu
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The following Guide is broken down into parts for ease of posting. I will show you how you can organizing your Combat Mission mods directory, i.e. the 'z' directory in a manner that will keep it well organized and tidy and make it easy to manage. It will include both mod-tagged and non-mod-tagged folders and you will additionally be able to swap more other mods in and out with JSGME if you want.

Part ONE: Where to Install the 'z' directory.

It depends on whether or not you have installed the Steam or the older stand-alone version from either Battlefront or Matrix Games.

(a) Steam Version: Find your Steam directory. Then install 'z' at Steam/steamapps/common/Combat Mission Battle for Normandy/data/z

Note: I am using Combat Mission Battle for Normandy as an example. You might have CMBN, CMRT, CMFI, etc, or an other title name that you decided to use.

(b) Non-Steam Version: Drivename or number/your game name/data/z

Mine looks like this - Games (E:)/CMBN/Data/z


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Posted : November 20, 2025 3:39 pm
Kandu
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Part Two: The First Layer of the Directory Tree. 

The following directories are created under z/

Note: 'MT' means mod-tagged files in this directory

Effects

GUI

GUI SS [ssdb]

Hit Decals

Mines & TRPs

Mines & TRPs MT

No Lens Flare

Sound

Terrain

Terrain MT

Uniforms

Uniforms MT

Unit Bases Juju

Vehicles Clean MT

Weapons Weathered

z Cam & Scen MT

z Cam & Scen txt Files

 


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Posted : November 20, 2025 3:45 pm
Kandu
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The second layer of the z directory tree.

z/Effects/explsions

z/Effects/flames

z/Effects/muzzle fire

z/Effects/muzzle flash

z/Effects/smoke

z/Effects/tracers

 

z/GUI/backgrounds force blue

z/GUI/backgrounds force red

z/GUI/buttons

z/GUI/compass

z/GUI/font larger purchase

z/GUI/icons

z/GUI/portraits

z/GUI/portraits MT

z/GUI/screens & menus

z/GUI/silhouettes

z/GUI/splash

z/GUI/suppression meter

z/GUI/surrender flag

z/GUI/weapons

 

z/GUI SS [ssdb]/command

z/GUI SS [ssdb]/command group selector

z/GUI SS [ssdb]/GO

z/GUI SS [ssdb]/interrupt

z/GUI SS [ssdb]/Load Bar

z/GUI SS [ssdb]/misc

z/GUI SS [ssdb]/playback

z/GUI SS [ssdb]/ranks

z/GUI SS [ssdb]/screens & menus

z/GUI SS [ssdb]/shared

z/GUI SS [ssdb]/support access

z/GUI SS [ssdb]/support roster

 

z/Sound/background

z/Sound/bullets and shells

z/Sound/collapse

z/Sound/engine shutdown

z/Sound/explosions

z/Sound/reload

z/Sound/soldier movement

z/Sound/vehicle loops

z/Sound/voices

z/Sound/zBackground

 

z/Terrain/bocage

z/Terrain/bridges

z/Terrain/buildings independent

z/Terrain/buildings modular

z/Terrain/bush

z/Terrain/clouds

z/Terrain/crater

z/Terrain/defences

z/Terrain/doodads

z/Terrain/flavor objects

z/Terrain/ground

z/Terrain/ground mini

z/Terrain/hedge

z/Terrain/horizon

z/Terrain/moon

z/Terrain/road1 dirt

z/Terrain/road2 cobld

z/Terrain/road3 hwy paved

z/Terrain/stream

z/Terrain/trees

z/Terrain/walls

z/Terrain/water

 

z/Terrain MT/Defences [camo]

z/Terrain MT/flavor objects MT

z/Terrain MT/France Bldg Hauts Vents

z/Terrain MT/France Bldg ind church

z/Terrain MT/France Gold Beach

z/Terrain MT/France Road1 city cbld

z/Terrain MT/France rubble

z/Terrain MT/France walls

z/Terrain MT/Ground Factory Umlaut

z/Terrain MT/Holland bldg Iid

z/Terrain MT/Holland bldg mod

z/Terrain MT/Holland ground ploughed

z/Terrain MT/Holland horizon

z/Terrain MT/Holland road2 city

z/Terrain MT/Holland rubble

z/Terrain MT/Holland Sky

z/Terrain MT/Holland walls

z/Terrain MT/horizon-no-mountain

z/Terrain MT/Juju's [chutes] replace cbld road

z/Terrain MT/Road1 225 Falaise v2

z/Terrain MT/Road3 225 Falaise v2

z/Terrain MT/Road3 Hwy cbld

z/Terrain MT/Rubble

z/Terrain MT/Sentrybox [sentrybox]

z/Terrain MT/stump [burned]

z/Terrain MT/Trees1,4,5 noleaves 

z/Terrain MT/WarSky

 

z/Uniforms/Brit - DKC

z/Uniforms/Brit Airborne - DKC

z/Uniforms/CDN - DKC

z/Uniforms/CDN Airborne - DKC

z/Uniforms/CW Equipment

z/Uniforms/CW Helmets mix

z/Uniforms/GE FJ EZ

z/Uniforms/GE Heer EZ

z/Uniforms/GE KM Coastal Arty EZ

z/Uniforms/GE LW

z/Uniforms/GE SS-LSAH EZ

z/Uniforms/POL - DKC

z/Uniforms/POL Airborne - DKC

z/Uniforms/US

 

z/Uniforms MT/Br - DKC

z/Uniforms MT/Ca - DKC

z/Uniforms MT/Dieppe - DKC

z/Uniforms MT/FF

z/Uniforms MT/Ge

z/Uniforms MT/Po - DKC

z/Uniforms MT/US

z/Uniforms MT/USCaSSF - DKC

 

z/Vehicles Clean MT/Br

z/Vehicles Clean MT/Free French

z/Vehicles Clean MT/Ge

 

z/Cam & Scen MT/cam Lions of Carpiquet

z/Cam & Scen MT/cam Operation Clipper

z/Cam & Scen MT/cam Thunder Over Arnhem

z/Cam & Scen MT/cam Where Poppies Grow v3

z/Cam & Scen MT/scen First Crack at Cristot

z/Cam & Scen MT/scen You Enter Germany

z/Cam & Scen MT/x horsa mod


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Posted : November 20, 2025 3:55 pm