function Player(){

    //========================
    // Properties related networking
    //========================
    this.id = "1";

    //These are used in moving us around later
    this.old_state = {};
    this.cur_state = {};
    this.state_time = new Date().getTime()


    //Our local history of inputs
    this.key_inputs = [];
    this.inputs = [];


    //========================
    // Properties related to the world
    //========================
    this.playerspeed = 1;

    this.submap_size = 32;

    //view mao size
    this.view_map_radius = 1

    //current surrounding buffer
    this.view_map = { "xorigin": 0, "yorigin": 0, "xoffset" : 0, "xoffset" : 0,  "background" : [], "detail" : [] };
    //surrounding buffer used fgor switching
    this.buffer_view_map = { "xorigin": 0, "yorigin": 0, "xoffset" : 0, "xoffset" : 0,  "background" : [], "detail" : [] };

    //relative to teh visible view port
    this.view_relative_pos = {
        x : 0,
        y : 0
    };

    //absolute character position in the world
    this.global_pos = {
        x : 0,
        y : 0
    };

    //relative to the current submao
    this.submap_pos = {
        x : 0,
        y : 0
    };

    //submap as supplied by terrain generator
    this.submap = {
        x : 0,
        y : 0
    };

    //covertion functions
    this.submap_to_global = function(submap, pos)
    {
        return {
            x : this.submap.x * this.submap_size + this.submap_pos.x,
            y : this.submap.y * this.submap_size + this.submap_pos.y
        }
    }

    this.global_to_submap = function(pos)
    {
        return {
            submap : {
                x : Math.floor(pos.x / this.submap_size),
                y : Math.floor(pos.y / this.submap_size),
            },

            submap_pos : {
                x : (pos.x % this.submap_size),
                y : (pos.y % this.submap_size),
            }
        }
    }


    // sets the current view map of the player
    // stitches the surrounding submaps in one to be used for rendering
    this.set_view_map = function(map)
    {

        var n = this.view_map_radius;
        for(var i = this.submap.x-n; i <= this.submap.x+n; i++)
            for(var j = this.submap.y-n; j <= this.submap.y+n; j++)
                map.load_submap(i,j);

        for(var i = this.submap.x-n; i <= this.submap.x+n; i++){
            for(var j = this.submap.y-n; j <= this.submap.y+n; j++){
                var smap = map.submaps[i][j]["map"]["content"];

                //add backgrounds
                this.view_map["background"] = this.view_map["background"].concat(smap["background"]);
                //add detail
                this.view_map["detail"] = this.view_map["detail"].concat(smap["detail"]);


            }
        }

        this.view_map["xoffset"] = this.view_map["background"][0]["x"];
        this.view_map["yoffset"] = this.view_map["background"][0]["y"];
        this.view_map["xorigin"] = this.submap.x;
        this.view_map["yorigin"] = this.submap.y;
    }

    //create a buffered view map for the given coords
    this.fill_buffer_view_map = function(map, new_submap_x, new_submap_y)
    {

        var n = this.view_map_radius;
        for(var i = new_submap_x-n; i <= new_submap_x-n+n; i++)
            for(var j = new_submap_y-n; j <= new_submap_y+n; j++)
                map.load_submap(i,j);


        for(var i = new_submap_x-n; i <= new_submap_x-n+n; i++){
            for(var j = new_submap_y-n; j <= new_submap_y+n; j++){
                var smap = map.submaps[i][j]["map"]["content"];

                //add backgrounds
                this.buffer_view_map["background"] = this.buffer_view_map["background"].concat(smap["background"]);
                //add detail
                this.buffer_view_map["detail"] = this.buffer_view_map["detail"].concat(smap["detail"]);


            }
        }

        this.buffer_view_map["xoffset"] = this.buffer_view_map["background"][0]["x"];
        this.buffer_view_map["yoffset"] = this.buffer_view_map["background"][0]["y"];
        this.buffer_view_map["xorigin"] = this.submap.x;
        this.buffer_view_map["yorigin"] = this.submap.y;

    }

    this.switch_view_maps = function()
    {
        var t = this.view_map;
        this.view_map = this.buffer_view_map;
        this.buffer_view_map = t;
        t = undefined;
    }

}