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Originally Posted by Telcontar
The problem is, like Ultimate Newbie said, that to make the parser take into account that a planet has moved since the scan was taken, the database would have to store database dump information from every tick, which isn't really an option.
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If you contact me after the round starts, I might be able to help you out with that. The F-Crew tools store database dump information for every tick, so I'm sure I could come up with some kind of web service for you to query - something like planetname.php?x=1&y=2&z=3&tick=100 where it would just return the planet name for you for that tick.
Another alternative would be to allow anonymous query access onto one of the databases that just stores planet data in a queryable form - would need to think more carefully about that because obviously you could probably spam the database and cause considerable harm :/
Just a thought - shoot me up once the round has started and we might be able to work something out.