function gadget:GetInfo()
    return {
        name      = "feature placer",
        desc      = "Spawns Features and Units",
        author    = "Gnome, Smoth",
        date      = "August 2008, updated 7/11/2014",
        license   = "PD",
        layer     = 0,
        enabled   = true  --  loaded by default?
    }
end

if (not gadgetHandler:IsSyncedCode()) then
  return false
end

-- these are here because I like the way they look
local   spSetUnitNeutral        = Spring.SetUnitNeutral
local   spSetUnitBlocking       = Spring.SetUnitBlocking
local   spSetUnitRotation       = Spring.SetUnitRotation
local   spSetUnitLosState       = Spring.SetUnitLosState
local   spSetUnitAlwaysVisible  = Spring.SetUnitAlwaysVisible
local   spCreateUnit            = Spring.CreateUnit
local   spGetGaiaTeamID         = Spring.GetGaiaTeamID
local   spCreateFeature         = Spring.CreateFeature
local   spGetGroundHeight       = Spring.GetGroundHeight
local   spEcho                  = Spring.Echo

local   featurecfg
local   featureslist    = {}
local   buildinglist    = {}
local   unitlist        = {}

local   rotationMultiplier  = math.pi / 32768

if VFS.FileExists("config/featureconfig.lua") then
    featurecfg = VFS.Include("config/featureconfig.lua")

    featureslist    = featurecfg.objectlist
    buildinglist    = featurecfg.buildinglist
    unitlist        = featurecfg.unitlist
else
    spEcho("No gamename specific features loaded")
end


if ( featurecfg ~= nil ) then
    gaiaTeamID = spGetGaiaTeamID()

    if ( featureslist ) then
        for _,fDef in pairs(featureslist) do
            if FeatureDefNames[fDef.name] then
                    spCreateFeature(fDef.name, fDef.x, spGetGroundHeight(fDef.x,fDef.z)+5, fDef.z, fDef.rot)
            else
                spEcho("featureplacer warning: invalid feature name", fDef.name)
            end
        end
    end

    if ( unitlist ) then
        for _,uDef in pairs(unitlist) do
            if UnitDefNames[uDef.name] then
                local unitId = spCreateUnit(uDef.name, uDef.x, 0, uDef.z, 0, gaiaTeamID)
                if unitId ~= nil then
                    spSetUnitRotation(unitId, 0, -uDef.rot * rotationMultiplier, 0)
                    spSetUnitNeutral(unitId,true)
                    spSetUnitBlocking(unitId,true)
                    spSetUnitAlwaysVisible(unitId,true)
                    spSetUnitLosState(unitId,0,{los=true, prevLos=true, contRadar=true, radar=true})
                end
            else
                spEcho("featureplacer warning: invalid unit def name", bDef.name)
            end
        end
    end

    if ( buildinglist ) then
        for _,bDef in pairs(buildinglist) do
            if UnitDefNames[bDef.name] then
                local buildingId = spCreateUnit(bDef.name, bDef.x, 0, bDef.z, bDef.rot, gaiaTeamID)
                if buildingId ~= nil then
                    spSetUnitNeutral(buildingId,true)
                    spSetUnitBlocking(buildingId,true)
                    spSetUnitAlwaysVisible(buildingId,true)
                    spSetUnitLosState(buildingId,0,{los=true, prevLos=true, contRadar=true, radar=true})
                end
            else
                spEcho("featureplacer warning: invalid building def name", bDef.name)
            end
        end
    end
end