local function GetMaps()
	return util.JSONToTable( file.Read( "mapvote/maps.txt", "DATA" ) )
end

local function SaveMaps( maps )
	file.Write("mapvote/maps.txt", util.TableToJSON( maps ) )
end



local function GetLegacy()
	return util.JSONToTable( file.Read( "mapvote/legacy.txt", "DATA" ) )
end

local function SaveLegacy( maps )
	file.Write( "mapvote/legacy.txt", util.TableToJSON( maps ) )
end

local function GetExisting()

	for _, map in ipairs( file.Find( "maps/*.bsp", "GAME" ) ) do

		existing[map] = true --convert table to be indexed by map name.

	end

end

local function NewMap()

	return
	{
		PlayCount = 0,
		--all data in a new map goes here
	}

end

if not file.Exists( "maptvote/maps.txt", "DATA" ) then

	local maps = {}
	for _, map in ipairs( file.Find("maps/*.bsp", "GAME") ) do

		maps[map] = NewMap()

	end

	SaveMaps( maps )

end

local saved = GetMaps()
local legacy = GetLegacy()
local existing = GetExisting()

for map, data in pairs( saved ) do --get maps that are in the list but not on the server

	if not existing[map] then

		legacy[map] = data
		saved[map] = nil

	end

end

SaveLegacy( legacy )

for map in pairs( existing ) do --get maps on the server

	if not saved[map] then

		saved[map] = NewMap()

	end

end

SaveMaps( saved )