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@nevjmac: Go

Thanks! I don't know how I'd never seen that markup language before, but it's intuitive and awesome.

And yes, the baneling model is actually attaching to the Marine's head and animating. It's easier to see in full-screen =)
I'd likely play with the scale or try a different attachment point to make it more visible in a production map.

EDIT: Thanks for the formatting help, nevjmac! =)

I had fun putting this together, even if it's not quite as polished as I'd like. I learned a fair bit about not only weapons and missiles, but also the creation of complex debuffs.

The "Creep Injector" weapon does light damage on impact, then 2 ticks of periodic damage before jumping to another nearby unit (or vanishing if no new host is available). If the damage would kill the unit, it will instead explode dealing 50 damage in a small AoE. The Overseer may continue to attack and create additional jumping debuffs.

A cute little baneling appears to terrorize the victim for the duration of the effect.

Actors-

• Creeping Death (Tip: Modify from Zeratul's "Void Prison Model" Actor)
  
  • Actor Type: Model
    
  • Parent: ModelAddition
    
  • Auto Scale Factor: 0.75
    
  • Host Site Operations: SOpAttachHead
    
  • Model: Baneling
    

Events:

• ActorCreation
  
  • AnimBrackStart BSD Birth Stand Death
    
• ActorOrphan
  
  • Destroy
    
• AnimBracketState.*.AfterClosing
  
  • AnimName BSD
    
  • Destroy
    
• Behavior.CreepingDeath.On
  
  • Create
    
• Behavior.CreepingDeath.Off
  
  • AnimBracketStop BSD
    

This actor will create the "attached baneling" visual effect on the target.

Behaviors-

• Creeping Death
  
  • Duration: 1.1
    
  • Period: 0.5
    
  • Period Count: 2
    
  • Effect - Initial: Creeping Death (Attack Damage)
    
  • Effect - Periodic: Creeping Death (Period Damage)
    
  • Effect - Final: Creeping Death (Burst Search)
    
  • Expire Effect: Creeping Death (Jump)
    

This Behavior pretty much drives the weapon.

Effects-

Effects that occur when the weapon is fired, in rough chronological order.

• Creeping Death (Launch Missile)
  
  • Ammo Unit: Baneling
    
  • Impact Effect: Creeping Death (Apply Behavior)
    
  • Movers: Corruption (Unnamed)
    

• Creeping Death (Apply Behavior)
  
  • Behavior: Creeping Death
    
  • Validators: (CDIsDebuffed)
    

• Creeping Death (Period Damage)
  
  • Amount: 5
    
  • Death: Disintegrate
    

• Creeping Death (Jump)
  
  • Effect Type: Search Area
    
  • Areas + (360):(-1):(5):(0):(Creeping Death (Apply Behavior))
    

• Creeping Death (Burst Search)
  
  • Effect Type: Search Area
    
  • Areas + (360):(-1):(2):(0):(Creeping Death (Burst Damage))
    
  • Validators: (CDLife5OrLess)
    

• Creeping Death (Burst Damage)
  
  • Amount: 50
    
  • Death: Disintegrate
    

Validators-

• CDIsDebuffed
  
  • Type: Unit Compare Behavior Count
    
  • Behavior: Creeping Death
    
  • Compare: Less Than
    
  • Value: 1
    

Used in the logic that prevents debuffs from bouncing to an already-debuffed unit..

• CDLife5OrLess
  
  • Type: Unit Compare Vital
    
  • Compare: Less Than
    
  • Value: 6
    

Used in the logic that determines if the debuff jumps or explodes.

Weapons-

• Overseer - Creep Injector
  
  • Damage Display Effect: Creeping Death (Period Damage)
    
  • Effect: Creeping Death (Launch Missile)
    
  • Period: 1.1
    

Quote from A1win: Go

I might try again after a while, I've been learning quite a lot about the data editor by talking on the IRC channel. :x

You can totally pull it off with creative use of Actor Events. I'd take a crack at it myself, but I don't have enough time left after working on my own submission. Don't give up!

Ooh, I like this.

Will have to try and do something outside the box here when I get home from work =)