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Formations are very common throughout bfme. They allow for differing positions of your units to give them a tactical advantage in certain situations.
Of course you know how these work if you play the game at all. But coding them in can be a trick.

In this tutorial I will explain how to add the porcupine formation to MordorPikeman (A new unit I added. Basically just a re-named Uruk Pikeman.) This is assuming you know the basics and be fully able to code in a functional Unit and Horde.

To do so you will have to edit the following files:

CommandSet.ini
MordorPikemanHorde.ini

The first thing you'll have to do is make absolutely sure your horde works to its fullest prior to doing this.

Then open evilfactionhordes.ini, Find IsengardPikemanHorde.

At the bottom of the horde you'll find this:

              

Code

ChildObject IsengardPikemanHordePorcupine IsengardPikemanHorde     ; Note - for alternate formations, all info outside of the Contain Behavior module is ignored.     ; Any modifications need to be done via the Attribute Modifiers in the contain module.     Behavior = HordeContain ModuleTag_HordeContain         ObjectStatusOfContained =         InitialPayload = IsengardPikeman 10         Slots = 10         PassengerFilter = NONE +INFANTRY         ShowPips = No         ThisFormationIsTheMainFormation = No    ;Used to determine which armorset to use (and anything else we want!)                  ; Banner Carrier info                 ;BannerCarriersAllowed    = IsengardBannerOrc                                        ; types of units that are allowed as banner carriers         ;BannerCarrierPosition    = UnitType:IsengardPikeman        Pos:X:15.0 Y:0.0        ; (DEFAULT) position of banner carrier for fighter horde              BannerCarriersAllowed    = IsengardBannerOrc            ; types of units that are allowed as banner carriers     BannerCarrierPosition    = UnitType:IsengardBannerOrc    Pos:X:27.0 Y:5.0    ; (DEFAULT) position of banner carrier for fighter horde                  RankInfo = RankNumber:1 UnitType:IsengardPikeman Position:X:22 Y:-32    Position:X:22 Y:-10    Position:X:22 Y:10    Position:X:22 Y:32         RankInfo = RankNumber:2 UnitType:IsengardPikeman Position:X:2 Y:-32    Position:X:2 Y:-10    Position:X:2 Y:10    Position:X:2 Y:32         RankInfo = RankNumber:3 UnitType:IsengardPikeman             Position:X:-22 Y:-10    Position:X:-22 Y:10             ComboHorde = Target:IsengardFighterHorde Result:IsengardFighterPikemanComboHorde InitiateVoice:UrukPikemanVoiceJoinAnybody     ComboHorde = Target:IsengardFighterHordeBlock Result:IsengardFighterPikemanComboHorde InitiateVoice:UrukPikemanVoiceJoinAnybody     ComboHorde = Target:IsengardUrukCrossbowHorde Result:IsengardCrossbowPikemanComboHorde InitiateVoice:UrukPikemanVoiceJoinAnybody     ComboHorde = Target:IsengardUrukCrossbowHordeWedgeFormation Result:IsengardCrossbowPikemanComboHorde InitiateVoice:UrukPikemanVoiceJoinAnybody         AlternateFormation = IsengardPikemanHorde         AttributeModifiers = IsengardPikemanHordePorcupineBonus         UsePorcupineBody = Yes         UseSlowHordeMovement = Yes     End End

This is a childobject of the original horde, but in a different arrangement, with a different speed, and with different stats. The rest is the same.

Copy this and put it at the bottom of MordorPikemanHorde.

Now, a lot of name changing. Use a find/replace to change all IsengardPikeman to MordorPikeman
(Do not change "AttributeModifiers = IsengardPikemanHordePorcupineBonus" unless you plan to make the bonus different.)

Essentially in the childobject, change all Isengard to Mordor. It should now look like:

              

Code

ChildObject MordorPikemanHordePorcupine MordorPikemanHorde ;(Must be the name of the original Horde.)     ; Note - for alternate formations, all info outside of the Contain Behavior module is ignored.     ; Any modifications need to be done via the Attribute Modifiers in the contain module.     Behavior = HordeContain ModuleTag_HordeContain         ObjectStatusOfContained =         InitialPayload = MordorPikeman 10         Slots = 10         PassengerFilter = NONE +INFANTRY         ShowPips = No         ThisFormationIsTheMainFormation = No    ;Used to determine which armorset to use (and anything else we want!)                  ; Banner Carrier info                 ;BannerCarriersAllowed    = MordorBannerOrc                                        ; types of units that are allowed as banner carriers         ;BannerCarrierPosition    = UnitType:MordorPikeman        Pos:X:15.0 Y:0.0        ; (DEFAULT) position of banner carrier for fighter horde              BannerCarriersAllowed    = MordorBannerOrc            ; types of units that are allowed as banner carriers     BannerCarrierPosition    = UnitType:MordorBannerOrc    Pos:X:27.0 Y:5.0    ; (DEFAULT) position of banner carrier for fighter horde                  RankInfo = RankNumber:1 UnitType:MordorPikeman Position:X:22 Y:-32    Position:X:22 Y:-10    Position:X:22 Y:10    Position:X:22 Y:32         RankInfo = RankNumber:2 UnitType:MordorPikeman Position:X:2 Y:-32    Position:X:2 Y:-10    Position:X:2 Y:10    Position:X:2 Y:32         RankInfo = RankNumber:3 UnitType:MordorPikeman             Position:X:-22 Y:-10    Position:X:-22 Y:10         ;(Comment these out. They define combo-hordes.) ;    ComboHorde = Target:IsengardFighterHorde Result:IsengardFighterPikemanComboHorde InitiateVoice:UrukPikemanVoiceJoinAnybody ;    ComboHorde = Target:IsengardFighterHordeBlock Result:IsengardFighterPikemanComboHorde InitiateVoice:UrukPikemanVoiceJoinAnybody ;    ComboHorde = Target:IsengardUrukCrossbowHorde Result:IsengardCrossbowPikemanComboHorde InitiateVoice:UrukPikemanVoiceJoinAnybody ;    ComboHorde = Target:IsengardUrukCrossbowHordeWedgeFormation Result:IsengardCrossbowPikemanComboHorde InitiateVoice:UrukPikemanVoiceJoinAnybody         AlternateFormation = MordorPikemanHorde         AttributeModifiers = IsengardPikemanHordePorcupineBonus         UsePorcupineBody = Yes         UseSlowHordeMovement = Yes     End End

Make sure this line states: "AlternateFormation = MordorPikemanHorde"
Now, in the MordorPikemanHorde make sure the alternate formation states: "AlternateFormation = MordorPikemanHordePorcupine"
This is important so the code will recognize that the two are interchangeable.

Now. The coding in the Horde code is done.

Open up CommandSet.ini

Find CommandSet IsengardPikemanHordeCommandSet
Copy the line     2 = Command_ToggleFormationPikeman

Add it to MordorPikemanHordeCommandSet.

Now, test.

There you go. Your Unit should now be able to toggle formation.