I'm wondering how you change the name of a unit through the editor. I looked through the data editor but could not find an option for chaning the unit's name.

Go into the Data Editor.

Search for "Hydralisk".

Click the Hydralisk field.

Now, search for "Hydralisk" in the table view for the actual Hydralisk data field.

You'll find it's name. Change it.

BTW, the Name field is in grey, I believe, and near the bottom of the table view.

Thanks.

Another way to do it, is double click the Hydralisk (or whichever you're changing) when selecting the unit and replacing Hydralisk with what you want. Messing with the ID under it isn't necessary though.

Ex.

If I may piggyback off of this topic... I've tried duplicating a unit and renaming the dupe, but it renames the original as well. How do I prevent this?

I'm not sure what you are doing that causes this but it should not happen. Make sure you are not changing the TextKey of the name and not setting the ids to the same thing.

I've had this happen before alot, usually when duplicating units that can morph (upgrade, burrow, etc). Usually duplicating the unit, saving the map and reloading it will stop it. I assume it's a bug.