Kashrlyyk

I have searched the API documentation and have not found a "SetName" or a "SetCombatantName" method. So if I want to change the name of a combatant I have to create a new game variable?

But then again there is a "SetCombatantName"-Step in the event system.

gamingislove

You'll need to have the Combatant of the one you want to change the name (e.g. how to get it from a game object is explained here).
After that, you can simply call:

combatant.SetName(string newName);

Kashrlyyk

Then there is a bug in the search function of the http://api.orkframework.com/index.html website. Searching for "SetName" gives a "No Matches" result even though the "SetName" method is actually listed under "Combatant".

gamingislove

Because the search only searches for classes, not methods.