Directory Structure – Arma Reforger

This page represents the internal organisation of assets/game files. The directories are usually well named and self-explanatory; see below for more detailed explanations.

Directory Tree					Description
AI					This directory contains AI-related information, such as behaviour trees. AI is used in computer-managed human entities, but also in environmental wildlife
Anims					Main category holding configuration and actual character animations Contains also procedural animations shared between assets
	anm				Folder with actual animations
	export_profiles
	proc				Place for shared procedural animations (wheel or turret movement, small props animations)
	workspaces				Contains main character configuration
Assets
	_SharedData				Data that can be shared between all the assets
	_SharedMaterials				Materials that can be shared between all the assets
	Characters				This folder contains human characters and various equipment models and materials
		Basebody			Contains models and materials for base character - without any equipment (only tactical underwear)
		Footwear			Contains footwear models and materials
		HeadGear			Contains head gear (caps, helmets, etc) models and materials
		Heads			Contains character heads models and materials
		Uniforms			Contains character uniforms (jackets, pants, etc) models and materials
		Vests			Contains character vests (suspenders, bullet proof vests, chestrigs, etc) models and materials
	Clutter				This folder contains various terrain clutter data - both masks and 3D models and materials
		Masks			Contains distribution mask (per surface clutter) - a 2D texture which store information of distribution and max height for clutter Sets which define where (per pixel in texture) will appear each of clutter Sets
		Procedural			Contains procedural 2D clutter mask
		Rocks			Contains 3D model and materials for clutter rocks
		Vegetation			Contains 3D model and materials for clutter vegetation
			Debris
			Grass
			Mushrooms
			Plants
	Conflict
	Decals				Contains 2D models and materials for various in game decals (road dirt, debris, grass, runway markings, etc)
	Editor				Contains models and materials used by in-game editor
	Items				Contains models and materials for various interactive items like food, part of equipment (flash lights, backpacks, radios, etc) and similar
	Props				Contains models and materials for props
	Rocks				Contains models and materials for large rocks
	Structures				Contains models and materials for various structures like houses, harbours, sheds, etc
	Vegetation				Contains models and materials for vegetation like trees or bushes
	Vehicles				Contains data related to vehicles like models, materials, textures and animations
		Airplanes			Category for fixed wing aircrafts
		Boats			Category for boats (ships, kayaks, pontoons, etc)
		Helicopters			Category for helicopters
		Tracked			Category for tracked vehicles (tanks, APCs, etc)
		Wheeled			Category for wheeled vehicles (cars, trucks, wheeled APCs)
			Ural4320		In this folder there are models, animations, materials and textures related to Ural-4320
				anm	Animation files specific to given asset - they are injected to main graph through prefab
				Data	Materials and textures tied to specific vehicle
				Dst	Dst folders contains destructible parts of the vehicle
				Lights	This folder contains various light parts of the model like emissive surfaces when given light bulb is turned on
				workspaces	Animation workspace specific to given asset - those workspaces are
	Weapons				Contains models and materials for weapons, ammunitions, tracers and accessories (optics, flashlights etc)
		Ammo
			Bullets
			Grenades
			Missiles
			Shells
			Tracers
		Accessories
			Scopes
			Lasers
		Attachments
			Bayonets
			Flashlights
			Muzzle
			Optics
			Underbarrel
		Flares
		Grenades
		Handguns
		HeavyWeapons
		Launchers
		MachineGuns
		Magazines
		Melee			Melee weapons - empty as of now
		Mortars
		Pods
		Rifles
			M16A2		Contains the 3D model
				Data	Contains textures and materials
		Tripods
Backend					-
Brushes					Contains custom brushes for sculpting and surfaces painting
Common					Contains the most common data, like shared textures/particles/config/default keybinds/physics materials
	Materials				This folder contains common materials used across the game
		ColorPalette			Contains very simple materials used for assets last LODs
		Game			Contains game materials
		Physics			Contains physics materials
		Vehicles			Contains Contact Surface materials - vehicle contact material that defines the behavior of vehicles on such surface (friction, bumpiness, wheel resistance)
	Models
	Postprocess
	Textures
Configs
	Campaign				This folder contains configs related to Conflict game mode: vehicle list, mission settings, etc
	Core
	Editor				Contains configs related to Game Master (in-game editor): placeable unit list, compositions, editor settings, etc
	Weapons				Contains configs related to weapon configuration (ammo mix in magazine)
	Workbench				Contains config files for Workbench-related utilities (plugins/extensions)
	WorldHeaders				Contains configs for world headers - files which contain information about the terrain like user-friendly name
Docs					Contains configuration for generation documentation via Doxygen
Extern					Contains External libraries such as e.g BattlEye
Language					Localisation files. Every language has its file, unlike older Stringtable CSV/XML
Missions					This folder contains scenario configurations
Particles					Shared particles
PrefabLibrary					Used for terrain making; includes templates of all maps assets
Prefabs					Configuration. Its structure almost mirrors the Assets directory's (not a 1:1)
PrefabsEditable					Contains prefabs which are available in in-game editor
	Auto				Contains prefabs which are automatically generated by Workbench plugin. Don't touch it manually unless you know what you are doing!
Publishing					Contains installation information
Scripts					Contains scripting and logic for Arma Reforger and Workbench
	Game				Contains common scripts used across multiple games
	GameCode				Script layer (main editor work environment) Specific for current project
	Workbench				Contains common editor plugins/tools
	WorkbenchGame				Editor plugins/tools Specific for current project
Sounds					Contains samples (wav) and configuration (audio configuration projects and signals) for all sounds in game
	_SharedData
	Character
	Compositions
	Destruction
	Editor
	Environment
	Explosions
	Impacts
	Items
	Music
	Props
	RadioBroadcast
	RadioProtocol
	Structures
	UI
	Vegetation
	Vehicles
	VON
	Weapons
Terrains
	Common				Contains common data
		Sky
		Surfaces
		Water
		WeatherPresets
	FlatLand
UI					Contains UI layouts, fonts, textures and sounds
	Data
	Fonts
	Imagesets
	Layouts
	Materials
	Styles
	Textures
WBData					Contains Workbench-related data like custom components icons
Worlds					Contains worlds
	Eden