An application to track competitive tonnage

conura · 07-10-18, 03:30 PM

Hey all,

I'm a web developer for a job and was thinking of something that could be cool that is quite common in flight simulation.

Is there an app which lets users install a mod to which exports tonnage sunk / sub position etc to an external service or website? I was thinking, if this data is available via an API in the game, I could create a leader board / competitive website to let people compare tonnage rates (or cooperate in a macro style). If coordinates are available and accurate, peoples locations and routes could be tracked on a map showing who destroyed what, and where they did it.

Has anything like this been done before - any idea if the data can be extracted?

Thanks

Chad · 07-10-18, 06:47 PM

Ha, great idea and welcome to SUBSIM.

We had something exactly like this around ~2001 - 2003 with the WolfPack League (WPL) where the scores were entered by a Battle Reporter (BR) who took special training and participated in the online battle between the Silent Hunter 2 and Destroyer Command players. As far as I know though, none of this data was saved from the glory days, but I do remember over 10,000 registered users at one point!

Eichhörnchen · 07-11-18, 12:28 AM

Hey, welcome to Subsim, conura. I hope somebody helps you further your suggestion, buddy

07-10-18, 03:30 PM	#1
conura Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2018 Posts: 14 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	An application to track competitive tonnage Hey all, I'm a web developer for a job and was thinking of something that could be cool that is quite common in flight simulation. Is there an app which lets users install a mod to which exports tonnage sunk / sub position etc to an external service or website? I was thinking, if this data is available via an API in the game, I could create a leader board / competitive website to let people compare tonnage rates (or cooperate in a macro style). If coordinates are available and accurate, peoples locations and routes could be tracked on a map showing who destroyed what, and where they did it. Has anything like this been done before - any idea if the data can be extracted? Thanks

07-10-18, 06:47 PM	#2
Chad ACE Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Kansas City Posts: 1,274 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	Ha, great idea and welcome to SUBSIM. We had something exactly like this around ~2001 - 2003 with the WolfPack League (WPL) where the scores were entered by a Battle Reporter (BR) who took special training and participated in the online battle between the Silent Hunter 2 and Destroyer Command players. As far as I know though, none of this data was saved from the glory days, but I do remember over 10,000 registered users at one point! __________________

07-11-18, 12:28 AM	#3
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,741 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Hey, welcome to Subsim, conura. I hope somebody helps you further your suggestion, buddy __________________