I tried to do this by setting the weapon behavior to "Appear on Target Unit", and making the primary weapon flingy spawn multiple image overlays. To mark their offsets, I made a separate *.LO file. The iscript is as follows:
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# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# This header is used by images.dat entries:
# 978 OpticFlareLarge (thingyTmeFlshL.grp)
# 977 OpticFlareMedium (thingyTmeFlshM.grp)
# 976 OpticFlareSmall (thingyTmeFlshS.grp)
.headerstart
IsId 391
Type 2
Init OpticalFlareHitInit
Death OpticalFlareHitDeath
GndAttkInit OpticalFlareHitDeath ## [NONE]
AirAttkInit [NONE]
.headerend
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
OpticalFlareHitInit:
dogrddamage ##
playfram 0
wait 1
playfram 1
wait 1
playfram 2
wait 1
playfram 3
wait 1
playfram 4
wait 1
playfram 5
wait 1
playfram 6
wait 1
playfram 7
wait 1
playfram 8
wait 1
goto OpticalFlareHitDeath
OpticalFlareHitDeath:
wait 1
end
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# This header is used by images.dat entries:
# 147 Scarab (protosssapper.grp)
.headerstart
IsId 160
Type 2
Init ScarabInit
Death ScarabDeath
GndAttkInit ScarabDeath ## [NONE]
AirAttkInit [NONE]
.headerend
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
ScarabInit:
wait 1
sigorder 1
wait 1
ScarabDeath:
imgol 976 0 0
imguluselo 976 0 0
imguluselo 976 0 1
wait 1
imguluselo 976 0 2
imguluselo 976 0 3
imguluselo 976 0 4
imguluselo 976 0 5
wait 1
imguluselo 976 0 6
imguluselo 976 0 7
imguluselo 976 0 8
imguluselo 976 0 9
wait 1
imguluselo 976 0 10
imguluselo 976 0 11
wait 1
end
Now, the weapon looks as expected in-game, but instead of dealing splash damage along the X-shape, all of the attacks are focused on the center of the target. Does anyone have ideas on how to fix this problem?