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

-- 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 gadgetHandler:IsSyncedCode() then
    --SYNCED
    function gadget:GamePreload()
        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
    end
end