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Tactical ChemLights Arma Reforger Mod

A realistic chemlight overhaul designed to make marking, signaling, and illumination feel more authentic on the battlefield.

6A30299A9208A635
Tactical ChemLights preview

Ranking

Popular#204590.3Falling#135978.5
32Serversrunning this mod
4Observed players nowon servers reporting this mod
3.4kEstimated player-hours (7d)7-day data
DeploymentTop 6%94.0ahead of 94% of tracked mods by servers running it
ActivityTop 15%84.7ahead of 85% of tracked mods by play on those servers
Popularity90.3deployment and activity combined
How those 32 installs happen100% traced
  • Not identified as a dependency31
  • Required by another mod1
Last 30 days
Servers, last 30 days
33 latest36 peak, 13 Oct7 low, 21 Sept

Servers reporting the mod in each hourly observation. Last 30 days.

Daily values
Servers, last 30 days, one row per day (UTC)
DayLastPeakLowObs.
19 Sept8987
20 Sept99824
21 Sept99724
22 Sept99724
23 Sept16161124
24 Sept14181424
25 Sept20201624
26 Sept22231924
27 Sept24241924
28 Sept25272224
29 Sept25272524
30 Sept24252124
1 Oct28282524
2 Oct24282324
3 Oct21252124
4 Oct24241824
5 Oct25272324
6 Oct25272424
7 Oct28282524
8 Oct28302724
9 Oct31322924
10 Oct31312824
11 Oct30312824
12 Oct33332924
13 Oct33363124
14 Oct31353124
15 Oct30322924
16 Oct31333024
17 Oct30342824
18 Oct33352924
19 Oct33343217
Observed players, last 30 days
6 latest96 peak, 17 Oct0 low, 19 Sept

Sampled player counts on servers reporting the mod; not unique players. Last 30 days.

Daily values
Observed players, last 30 days, one row per day (UTC)
DayLastPeakLowObs.
19 Sept2407
20 Sept1014024
21 Sept113024
22 Sept412024
23 Sept1616024
24 Sept2734024
25 Sept3143024
26 Sept4045024
27 Sept3561124
28 Sept2961124
29 Sept2955024
30 Sept3442024
1 Oct3552124
2 Oct2468024
3 Oct2037424
4 Oct3535224
5 Oct3054124
6 Oct1560224
7 Oct2057224
8 Oct3438024
9 Oct3652224
10 Oct3462224
11 Oct8083224
12 Oct2181024
13 Oct1956124
14 Oct2157224
15 Oct2671124
16 Oct4346324
17 Oct4396324
18 Oct7676024
19 Oct689017

Calculated Oct 19, 2026, 4:38 PM UTCDerived from observed server and mod activity. Trend positions describe recent observed change, not future adoption.

Summary

A realistic chemlight overhaul designed to make marking, signaling, and illumination feel more authentic on the battlefield.

Official Workshop description

This mod introduces enhanced chemlight behavior and presentation with a focus on realistic appearance, illumination, and tactical use. Chemlights are designed to provide a more immersive experience for night operations, navigation, marking positions, identifying friendly locations, and signaling. Features Realistic chemlight appearance and illumination (WIP) Improved nighttime visibility Tactical marking and signaling Designed for mil-sim and realistic gameplay Lightweight and easy to integrate into existing scenarios Whether you're marking an LZ, identifying a friendly position, marking a cleared building, or simply lighting up a dark environment, Tactical Chemlights add another layer of immersion to your operations.

License

COWBOY'S ARW-ND LICENSE v2.0 (Arma Reforger Workshop – No Redistribution / No Derivatives) Content: [MOD NAME] Licensor: Spacecowboy1511 Effective Date: [DATE] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLAIN-ENGLISH SUMMARY (non-binding) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You may play with this Content and host it on servers, as-is and unmodified. You may not reupload it, redistribute it, bundle it, monetize it, or share modified versions. Certain communities listed in Section 3 may not use it on servers at all. If you want to modify or redistribute anything, ask for written permission first (Section 6). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) DEFINITIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Licensor" means Spacecowboy1511, the author and rights holder of the Content. 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Servers running this mod

33

33 currently listed servers report Tactical ChemLights in its mod list. Showing the 5 with the most players.

View all 33 servers

Versions

4
published · approved · 1.25 MiB
published · approved · 1.14 MiB
published · approved · 804 KiB
published · approved · 3.95 MiB
1.1.4Game 1.8.0.13 · 1.25 MiB · Oct 4, 2026
Dependencies: 0Scenarios: 0PublishedApproved
No changelog text is available for this version.

config.json entry

{
  "modId": "6A30299A9208A635",
  "name": "Tactical ChemLights",
  "version": "1.1.4"
}

Use Tactical ChemLights on your server

Add Tactical ChemLights to the game.mods array of your server config.json. The config generator builds the full file, the mod manager keeps the mod list and its dependencies organized, and the config validator checks an existing config. The adding mods guide and mod dependencies guide walk through it step by step.

Fetch this mod from the API

The same metadata is available as JSON. See the API quickstart, the V2 reference, or the V1 reference.

GET https://api.reforgermods.net/v2/mods/6A30299A9208A635
GET https://api.reforgermods.net/v2/mods/6A30299A9208A635/versions

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