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Now obviously those upgrades don't exist, so you'll need to create them. I don't see the point in posting out many lines of basic code, as I think it'll insult your intelligence. Basically just make clones of the following upgrade though:

              

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Upgrade Upgrade_WeaponVariation1 Type                = OBJECT End

Now that's done, the next part is to actually make the stats change dependent on the upgrades. For this I use an #include file (to save myself repeating the same code in every INI). This #include (called statvariation.inc) contains the following code:

              

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Behavior = WeaponSetUpgrade ModuleTag_WeaponVariation1         TriggeredBy             = Upgrade_WeaponVariation1         WeaponCondition         = WEAPONSET_CREATE_A_HERO_WS_01     End          Behavior = WeaponSetUpgrade ModuleTag_WeaponVariation2         TriggeredBy             = Upgrade_WeaponVariation2         WeaponCondition         = WEAPONSET_CREATE_A_HERO_WS_02     End          Behavior = WeaponSetUpgrade ModuleTag_WeaponVariation3         TriggeredBy             = Upgrade_WeaponVariation3         WeaponCondition         = WEAPONSET_CREATE_A_HERO_WS_03     End          Behavior = WeaponSetUpgrade ModuleTag_WeaponVariation4         TriggeredBy             = Upgrade_WeaponVariation4         WeaponCondition         = WEAPONSET_CREATE_A_HERO_WS_04     End          Behavior = WeaponSetUpgrade ModuleTag_WeaponVariation5         TriggeredBy             = Upgrade_WeaponVariation5         WeaponCondition         = WEAPONSET_CREATE_A_HERO_WS_05     End          Behavior = AttributeModifierUpgrade ModuleTag_ArmourVariation1         TriggeredBy = Upgrade_ArmourVariation1         AttributeModifier = ArmourVariation1     End          Behavior = AttributeModifierUpgrade ModuleTag_ArmourVariation2         TriggeredBy = Upgrade_ArmourVariation2         AttributeModifier = ArmourVariation2     End          Behavior = AttributeModifierUpgrade ModuleTag_ArmourVariation3         TriggeredBy = Upgrade_ArmourVariation3         AttributeModifier = ArmourVariation3     End          Behavior = AttributeModifierUpgrade ModuleTag_ArmourVariation4         TriggeredBy = Upgrade_ArmourVariation4         AttributeModifier = ArmourVariation4     End          Behavior = AttributeModifierUpgrade ModuleTag_ArmourVariation5         TriggeredBy = Upgrade_ArmourVariation5         AttributeModifier = ArmourVariation5     End          Behavior = AttributeModifierUpgrade ModuleTag_HealthVariation1         TriggeredBy = Upgrade_HealthVariation1         AttributeModifier = HealthVariation1     End          Behavior = AttributeModifierUpgrade ModuleTag_HealthVariation2         TriggeredBy = Upgrade_HealthVariation2         AttributeModifier = HealthVariation2     End          Behavior = AttributeModifierUpgrade ModuleTag_HealthVariation3         TriggeredBy = Upgrade_HealthVariation3         AttributeModifier = HealthVariation3     End          Behavior = AttributeModifierUpgrade ModuleTag_HealthVariation4         TriggeredBy = Upgrade_HealthVariation4         AttributeModifier = HealthVariation4     End          Behavior = AttributeModifierUpgrade ModuleTag_HealthVariation5         TriggeredBy = Upgrade_HealthVariation5         AttributeModifier = HealthVariation5     End

The 'weapon' variable actually triggers a new weapon, so that units can get varying levels of accuracy/attack speed/poison damage etc. The same could be done for 'armour', but I was too lazy to make so many armour sets. 'Armour' and 'health' trigger simple attribute modifiers which give small positive/negative bonuses to the unit.

Now it's no good just leaving this include file around and not referencing it, so I saved it to the standard includes folder and put the following in the INI:

              

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#include "..\..\..\includes\StatVariation.inc"

That whole step isn't fully required (or possible for BFME1 modders), but it's just a nice way of making your task easier.

You need to set up the attributemodifiers/weapons now, so I have this code in attributemodifers.ini:

              

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ModifierList ArmourVariation1     Category = LEVEL     Modifier = ARMOR 10%     Duration = 0 End ModifierList ArmourVariation2     Category = LEVEL     Modifier = ARMOR 20%     Duration = 0 End ModifierList ArmourVariation3     Category = LEVEL     Modifier = ARMOR -10%     Duration = 0 End ModifierList ArmourVariation4     Category = LEVEL     Modifier = ARMOR -20%     Duration = 0 End ModifierList ArmourVariation5     Category = LEVEL     Modifier = ARMOR 5%     Duration = 0 End ModifierList HealthVariation1     Category = LEVEL     Modifier = HEALTH_MULT 105%     Duration = 0 End ModifierList HealthVariation2     Category = LEVEL     Modifier = HEALTH_MULT 110%     Duration = 0 End ModifierList HealthVariation3     Category = LEVEL     Modifier = HEALTH_MULT 95%     Duration = 0 End ModifierList HealthVariation4     Category = LEVEL     Modifier = HEALTH_MULT 90%     Duration = 0 End ModifierList HealthVariation5     Category = LEVEL     Modifier = HEALTH_MULT 115%     Duration = 0 End

Do whatever you want here, although note that if you use the 'HEALTH' modifier as opposed to 'HEALTH_MULT' then you can't use negative values (well you can, but it won't work).

For the last stage I want to set up the weapons:

              

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WeaponSet         Conditions = None         Weapon = PRIMARY DoriathWarriorSword         AutoChooseSources = PRIMARY FROM_PLAYER FROM_SCRIPT FROM_AI     End     WeaponSet         Conditions             = WEAPONSET_CREATE_A_HERO_WS_01                 Weapon                 = PRIMARY DoriathWarriorSword1         AutoChooseSources     = PRIMARY FROM_PLAYER FROM_SCRIPT FROM_AI     End     WeaponSet         Conditions             = WEAPONSET_CREATE_A_HERO_WS_02                 Weapon                 = PRIMARY DoriathWarriorSword2         AutoChooseSources     = PRIMARY FROM_PLAYER FROM_SCRIPT FROM_AI     End     WeaponSet         Conditions             = WEAPONSET_CREATE_A_HERO_WS_03                 Weapon                 = PRIMARY DoriathWarriorSword3         AutoChooseSources     = PRIMARY FROM_PLAYER FROM_SCRIPT FROM_AI     End     WeaponSet         Conditions             = WEAPONSET_CREATE_A_HERO_WS_04                 Weapon                 = PRIMARY DoriathWarriorSword4         AutoChooseSources     = PRIMARY FROM_PLAYER FROM_SCRIPT FROM_AI     End     WeaponSet         Conditions             = WEAPONSET_CREATE_A_HERO_WS_05                 Weapon                 = PRIMARY DoriathWarriorSword5         AutoChooseSources     = PRIMARY FROM_PLAYER FROM_SCRIPT FROM_AI     End

This basically links to 6 different items in weapon.ini, dependant on the Conditions (defined earlier in statvariations.inc). Feel free to alter these weapons as much (or as little) as you like. Generally I do the following:

Melee units - Varying levels of damage, occassional changes of DamageTypes to make them more/less effective.
Archer units - Different accuracy ratings as well as varying levels of damage. Means you might get a really skilled marksman who can't deal much damage alongside a poorly skilled one who deals heavy damage.
Evil units - Some randomly get poisoned weapons.

And that's all. Nothing too complicated here, it's basically just 'teaching an old dog new tricks', using old code in new and exciting ways.

Feel free to use this in anyway you see fit.