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DropPod

The marks a drop pod leaves on the ground where it touches down.

Case-sensitive spelling

INI keys distinguish uppercase and lowercase letters. Droppod is a different setting.

Specification
Applies to
global rules
File
rules.ini
Section
[AudioVisual]
Value
typelist
When omitted
(empty)
rules.ini
[AudioVisual]
DropPod=MYPOD_NE,MYPOD_NW,MYPOD_SE,MYPOD_SW ; AnimTypes registered in [Animations]

One entry is created at the landing cell on the frame the passenger is successfully placed there. Touchdown covers the slot each of the four approach directions selects and what happens when the list is empty; a blocked touchdown destroys the passenger and creates nothing from this list at all.

A name that the [Animations] list does not register is created here instead of being rejected. The stock list ends with two such names, DROPPODY and DROPPODY2, so the marks the south-east and south-west approaches select come into being from this assignment alone.

This is not the TeamType flag. Droppod with a lowercase second p is a separate key.