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# AI Droppod Spawner

Spawns an AI unit using a Banished droppod. The object boundary must intersect the nav mesh, to see the Nav Mesh data toggle the *Nav Mesh Visualization* to ON in the **Tool Settings** menu. Up to 32 AI units can exist at a time, but runtime budgets may decrease this limit.

## Remarks

Once the AI unit has exited the pod, it will overload and destroy itself. If an object obstructs the entry path of the droppod, it will phase through it and deliver the AI unit to where it intersects with the nav mesh.

## Object Properties

### Unit 1 Selection

| Property | Description                                               |
| -------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| Unit     | The AI unit to spawn in this slot.                        |
| Weapon   | The weapon that will be used by the AI unit in this slot. |

### Squad Behaviors

| Property        | Description                                                                                                 |
| --------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Set Deaf        | If enabled, the spawned AI units will not perceive audio cues such as gunfire.                              |
| Set Blind       | If enabled, the spawned AI units will not perceive visual cues such as the player walking in front of them. |
| Set Inactive    | If enabled, the spawned AI units will not make any behavior decisions or be active.                         |
| Set Magic Sight | If enabled, the spawned AI units will be able to see enemies through walls and terrain.                     |

### Spawn Logic

| Property            | Description                                                                                                                                      |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Triggered by Script | If enabled, the spawner will not automatically spawn AI units and will instead wait for a script call to activate it.                            |
| Initial Spawn Delay | The number of seconds into the round before the AI units spawn. Set to 0 to cause the units to spawn immediately.                                |
| Squad Label         | The Squad Label used by the spawned AI units. Each spawner will spawn AI units as a squad and nodegraph can use these labels to identify squads. |

### AI Zone

| Property     | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| ------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| AI Move Zone | The AI Move Zone that the spawner's AI units will be assigned to. Linking a zone will allow the spawner's AI units to move and fight outside the vicinity of the spawner. To cancel a link, select this AI spawner from the list of options. |

**Contributors**

Mr. Admirals


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