Walkthroughs and Mods

[adrian_prince]

Hi all, I'm a latecomer to Combat Mission - I used to be a tabletop wargamer and Squad Leader player 30 years ago. I somehow missed this game when it came out and am just getting back into the saddle with it, loving the turn based system approach.
However I have a couple of questions, as follows:
Do the MODs that are out there introduce significant things, such as new vehicles, rather than just new camouflage/superficial alterations, if the former I'm interested in looking for the best archive to set up.
Are there any written walkthroughs for the various standard battles in the standard game? I've done the tutorials, but I'd love to know if there's any 'best of' approaches for the scenarios? I'd like to go through the games but be able to tap into other's experiences of the scenarios.
Thanks all!

[Patrus]

I don't think there are any mods that add new vehicles - from what I've read some time ago, it's very difficult / impossible to do as a mod, so there are only reskins. I'm not 100% sure, though.

Usually Hapless has some AARs for 2 campaigns in BFN, although they are in the video format. They are not walkthroughs in the sense, that they don't tell you exactly what to do (step by step), but he explains what tactics is he using and why:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYvL90uFbwhMIcDu7A8QTlY6QztwCnrVC

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYvL90uFbwhOw--8cwfOHQm-pCjITJxu7

[A Canadian Cat]

@Patrus is quite correct: CM mods are really just skins. There are some creative people who have changed models and animations but fundamentally they cannot create a new vehicle thing they can just make some visual tweaks to existing things.

If you want to look or a mod go here: https://www.thefewgoodmen.com/cm-mod-warehouse/

[Alexander]

I'm also curious about any walkthroughs. Some campaigns and scenarios are good but others just feel poorly designed. I'm sometimes not sure if I'm doing something wrong or is just bad design. I've been watching Usually Hapless and even he seems to be struggling with the Scottish Corridor campaign.

[Silver Rabbit]

A modder who goes by the handle 'Kohlenklau' who has 3D modelling skills has indeed created some early war vehicles and other items for his Barbarossa, France 1940 and Afrika scenarios. Such skills and contributions are rarities. Some modders have expanded the range of flavour objects, i.e. new models, including wrecked vehicles and civilian vehicles. But you need to comb through the Battlefront Community forum: https://community.battlefront.com/