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NOTE: Use the shortcut buttons to help you through the process. ctrl + c is to copy something, ctrl + f is to find something in the ini, and ctrl + v is to paste your copied material.

First open up your 'data' folder. I suggest becoming familiar with all the different areas in it. You will be using this when you are making a map.ini file.

Next, find the gondor fighter. It should be under data\ini\object\goodfaction. Also locate the horde for this unit also. This should be under the same category but you have to look for it since they combine hordes into one section. You are probably wondering what is the difference between a horde and unit. Well, a unit's ini has all the models and animations for it plus this is where all the upgrades, weaponsets, health, and other things are defined. The horde on the other hand, is used to describe how many units are in a horde, the command points for the entire horde, and other things.

Going back to the Gondor fighter, let's first change their health to 500. If you scroll down the unit's ini, you should find the module for it. We want to replace the module of it so in your map.ini, you should have something like this.
              

Code

Object GondorFighter ReplaceModule ModuleTag_02     Body = ActiveBody ModuleTag_GondorFighterHealth         CheerRadius      = EMOTION_CHEER_RADIUS         MaxHealth = 500         MaxHealthDamaged = 250         BurningDeathBehavior = Yes         BurningDeathFX = FX_InfantryBurningFlame     End End End

There health has now been changed for the map. For any module, you can do one of three things: AddModule, ReplaceModule, or RemoveModule. Note that whenever you add or replace a module, you must rename the moduletag. I changed ModuleTag_02 to ModuleTag_GondorFighter in the above code. Also notice that there is an extra end also in the code. For add and replace module, you must put an 'end' after you finished the body.

Let's change the command points for the unit now. All you simply do is change the command points with a number you desire. But it must be done in both the horde and unit to match correctly. Here's how it will look .
              

Code

Object GondorFighter CommandPoints = 1 End Object GondorFighterHorde CommandPoints = 12 End

For command points, you must multiply how many you have in a horde for their commandpoints. Since there are twelve of them in a horde (or at least I think there is) then with our new command point from the unit, it should be twelve.

How about changing the speed of the unit? Their speed is defined by their locomoter set. Again, you must change what's in both the horde and unit. For the unit you should find their locomotor set to look something like this:
              

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LocomotorSet         Locomotor = HumanLocomotor         Condition = SET_NORMAL         Speed     = NORMAL_GOOD_FAST_MEMBER_SPEED     End

Copy the words NORMAL_GOOD_FAST_MEMBER_SPEED with your shortcut and go to the gamedata.ini category under data\ini\gamedata.ini. Hit ctrl +f and paste in your copied words . It should locate the words and have the number 55 defined by it. Let's say we want the unit to move even quicker (let's say 65) so in your map.ini you would have:
              

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Object GondorFighter LocomotorSet         Locomotor = HumanLocomotor         Condition = SET_NORMAL         Speed     = 65     End

We must also make the change for the horde. For the horde, you always make the speed five less than the unit. This is so that if a unit fall behind in the horde, they can catch up. Here's the locomotor set for the horde.
              

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Object GondorFighterHorde LocomotorSet         Locomotor = HumanLocomotor         Condition = SET_NORMAL         Speed     = 60     End

That's a brief introduction to some things you can do with units. You don't have to keep defining the same object over and over, I just did it to break it down. This is how it should look completed in your map.ini.
              

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Object GondorFighter CommandPoints = 1 ReplaceModule ModuleTag_02          Body = ActiveBody ModuleTag_GondorFighter                      MaxHealth = 500          End         End LocomotorSet         Locomotor = HumanLocomotor         Condition = SET_NORMAL         Speed     = 65     End End Object GondorFighterHorde CommandPoints = 12 LocomotorSet         Locomotor = HumanLocomotor         Condition = SET_NORMAL         Speed     = 60     End End

There are other things I can show you, such as changing armor, weapons, command sets, and number of units in a horde. But first, figure out what I did in this tutorial and I try it on a unit of your own ;)

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