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Originally Posted by Babul imo the best solution is to use your mentioned map-loader. imagine you get some maps from different sources (script, mta-map, custom format), then you will want to load them instantly - copying a file per ftp and then a simple /reloadobjects or better /scanmaps, combined with yor MTA parser will satify you. i can promise that coz iam using this method for 10k's of objects - works fine. the most awesome sideeffect is the option to script a /savepwn, /savemta or just your format to save objects (like 2nd position after moving, maybe vehicles, not to forget replaced textures?) - all stored in one location, where you can pick/delete a single file, or (let some1 else) update it.

Exactly, but then I figured why not go the extra mile and script a loader for SQL aswel. With any loader really all it comes down to is strip the lines to extract the basic data (x, y, z, rotation, ...) and store them for whatever reason you may need it, doing this with files or a database it really doesn't make that much of a difference. I did however prefer SQL because now I can make an online map uploader (which I plan on doing today).