To use these command, enter them into the game chat. (Not the Comms). This means: Press Enter. Type your command in the little text box on the bottom-left of the screen. Press enter to submit your command. Keep in mind that all these commands will work with '/ai' just the same as 'ai'.

Note: this page shows command usage in a specific format. For example:
ai <[s][l]> <number of ships>
The first pair of "<>" means that; the command should be used as "ai s"or "ai sl" or "ai l". The second pair of "<>" is the next argument that must be specified.
In short: Whenever a command on this page contains "<>"; it means that you have to specify a variable in place of the shown text. In places where a command shows "[ ]", it means that the argument is optional. So in case of "<[s][l]>": You must use an argument, either "s" or "l" or both.

• ai <[s][l]> <num> : Spawn hostile AI ships (from the prefabs). The usage of this command is shown in the mod description E.g. 'ai sl 5', 'ai s 1'
  
• ai off : Turn off all AI ships. All AI ships will stop moving and cease fire. This can be done to "pause" the game, or to prepare a larger wave before starting the fight.
  
• ai on : Turn on all AI ships. All the AI ships will resume chasing the target.
  
• ai clear : Removes all the active AI ships from the game.
  
• ai setspawn <x> <y> <z> : Sets where the ai will spawn. (If you're using the basic pilot, the new spawn should have clear line of sight to players.)
  
• ai randomspawn : Command set for automatically spawning AI at random times.See below.
  
• ai custom : Command set for using your own ships as AI ships. See below.
  
• ai help : shows this list in-game
  
• ai safety off : Disable the safety, allowing you to spawn however many ships you want!
  
• ai safety on : Enable the safety to ensure you do not spawn too many ships accidentally and crash your game
  
• ai count : Tells you how many AI ships are currently in the game.
  
• ai seeker <amount> : Spawn <amount> seeker missiles. They will blindly chase the nearest player, and explode on collision.
  
• ai authPlayer <playername> : Allow a player to execute '/ai' commands on your server. Only do this when you trust someone, because with this access they could, for example, spawn a million ships and crash your server.
  
• ai deAuthPlayer <playername> : Take away a players permissions. They will no longer be allowed to execute '/ai' commands
  
• ai speedlimit <maxSpeed> : Limits the speed at which the AI ships will move. Note that the ships will never move faster than allowed by the game itself, but rather can be instructed to move more slowly. Setting this to -1 will effectively disable the feature. e.g. /ai speedlimit 50

This feature lets you use your custom-built ships as AI ships. View the tutorial in this discussion. The tutorial also shows the shorter versions of these commands.

• ai custom list : Lists all currently saved ships
  
• ai custom spawn <id> : Spawns a certain ship from Mod memory into game. To get the available IDs use: ai custom list
  
• ai custom remove <id> : Removes a certain ship from AI memory. To get the available IDs use: ai custom list
  
• ai custom save : Shows a list of ships in the world which you can save and use as AI ships
  
• ai custom save <id> : Saves a specific ship to Mod memory so you can spawn it as AI later. To get the IDs, use: "ai custom save"

These commands will let you turn on/off the RandomSpawn feature. This feature will spawn AI ships automatically at certain intervals, and make them seek and destroy the nearest player.

• ai randomspawn off : This command will disable the automatic spawning. Will have no effect until randomspawn is turned on by the following command.
  
• ai randomspawn <[s][l]> <average spawn time in min> : This command will start random AI spawning. Specify the ship size flags, as well as the average time in minutes between spawns. e.g. ai randomspawn sl 5
  
• ai randomspawn amount <num ships per wave> : This command specifies how many ships should be spawned in every "wave". e.g. ai randomspawn amount 3

All ships spawned after issuing this command will have the specified pilot controlling them. This includes both prefab/random and custom spawns. The syntax of the "AI SetPilot" command is simple:

• ai setpilot <pilotType> : This command will set the pilot to be used by newly spawned ships.

A pilot is what I decided to call the algorithm controlling the ships' behavior and motion (pretty obvious). There are currently three different pilot types. Each have their advantages and their drawbacks.
List of pilot types that can be used:

• basic : This is the AI from before I rewrote the code. Yeah, it's the one that crashed into things (and you), didn't really move while in combat, and was generally not very intelligent. It is good at: better performance (you can have more, with less lag) and slightly better aim (it is easier to aim when you're not moving). RoE: They will always attack the nearest player.
  
• adv : This is the new AI I wrote. It is also the default. (i.e. before manually setting the pilot, all ships spawned will use this one) It is much more mobile. It also tries to avoid collision when possible (i.e. has all thrusters). It's aim is a little worst than the basic pilot's, but in my experience this one is more enjoyable. RoE: They will always attack the nearest player.
  
• ally : This pilot will follow the player who created it. It will attack the player's enemies when they get too close. It behaves much like the adv pilot, because it uses 90% of the same code. RoE: Allied ships will attack neutral (un-owned) ships. They will also attack factions, when the owner is not in a faction or if the owner's faction is at war with the target's faction. This behavior is based on the vanilla Turret behavior.