diff --git a/expcore/common.lua b/expcore/common.lua
index 1f7f6448..6cd27b56 100644
--- a/expcore/common.lua
+++ b/expcore/common.lua
@@ -135,4 +135,66 @@ function Public.ext_require(path,...)
     return Public.extract_keys(rtn,...)
 end
 
+--- Formats ticks into a time format - this is alot of work and will do later
+-- time denominations: D,H,M,S,T days,hours,minutes,seconds,ticks
+-- time prefixes (minutes as example): %m,%m,%M,%MM just the value, value with short tag, value with long tag
+-- adding a number after the prefix AND denomination will show that many decimal palaces
+-- examples: '%H %M' => '0H 0M'; '%MM and %SS3' => '0 Minutes and 0.000 Seconds'
+function Public.format_time(ticks,format)
+    local has_days, has_hours, has_minutes, has_seconds, has_ticks = false,false,false,false,false
+    local max_days, max_hours = ticks/5184000, ticks/216000
+    local max_minutes, max_seconds, max_ticks = ticks/3600, ticks/60, ticks
+    local days, hours = max_days, max_hours-math.floor(max_days)*5184000
+    local minutes, seconds = max_minutes-math.floor(max_hours)*216000, max_seconds-math.floor(max_minutes)*3600
+    local tags = {}
+    return 'Use format_time_simple currently WIP'
+end
+
+--- Formats tick into a time format, this format is predefined to either H:M:S; HH MM SS or H Hours M Minutes S seconds
+-- seconds are not required to be shown with option show_seconds = false, true to show them, default false
+-- show_sub_seconds will show three decimal places for the seconds
+-- long_format will use words rather than letters
+-- tagged is default to true when false it will remove all letters and use :
+-- @tparam ticks number the number of ticks that represents a time
+-- @tparam options table a table of options to use for the format
+function Public.format_time_simple(ticks,options)
+    -- Sets up the options
+    options = {
+        show_seconds = options.show_seconds or false,
+        show_sub_seconds = options.show_sub_seconds or false,
+        long_format = options.long_format or false,
+        tagged = options.tagged or true
+    }
+    -- Basic numbers that are used in calculations
+    local max_hours, max_minutes, max_seconds = ticks/216000, ticks/3600, ticks/60
+    local hours, minutes, seconds = max_hours, max_minutes-math.floor(max_hours)*216000, max_seconds-math.floor(max_minutes)*3600
+    -- Format options
+    local suffix = 'time-format.short-'
+    if options.long_format then
+        suffix = 'time-format.long-'
+    end
+    local div = 'time-format.simple-format-tagged'
+    if options.tagged then
+        div = 'time-format.simple-format-div'
+        suffix = false
+    end
+    -- The returned numbers in the right format
+    local rtn_hours, rtn_minutes, rtn_seconds = math.floor(hours), math.floor(minutes), math.floor(seconds)
+    if suffix then
+        rtn_hours = {suffix..'hours',rtn_hours}
+        rtn_minutes = {suffix..'minutes',rtn_minutes}
+        if options.show_sub_seconds then
+            rtn_seconds = {suffix..'seconds',string.format('%d03',seconds)}
+        else
+            rtn_seconds = {suffix..'seconds',rtn_seconds}
+        end
+    end
+    -- The final return is construed
+    local rtn = {div,rtn_hours,rtn_minutes}
+    if options.show_seconds then
+        rtn = {div,rtn,rtn_seconds}
+    end
+    return rtn
+end
+
 return Public
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diff --git a/locale/en/expcore.cfg b/locale/en/expcore.cfg
index b33e7ee3..6dbc9b41 100644
--- a/locale/en/expcore.cfg
+++ b/locale/en/expcore.cfg
@@ -14,4 +14,19 @@ invalid-param=Invalid Param "__1__"; __2__
 command-help=__1__ - __2__
 command-ran=Command Complete
 command-fail=Command failed to run: __1__
-command-error-log-format=[ERROR] command/__1__ :: __2__
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+command-error-log-format=[ERROR] command/__1__ :: __2__
+
+[time-format]
+simple-format-none=__1__
+simple-format-div=__1__:__2__
+simple-format-tagged=__1__ __2__
+long-days=__1__ __plural_for_parameter_1_{1=Day|rest=Days}__
+short-days=__1__D
+long-hours=__1__ __plural_for_parameter_1_{1=Hour|rest=Hours}__
+short-hours=__1__H
+long-minutes=__1__ __plural_for_parameter_1_{1=Minute|rest=Minutes}__
+short-minutes=__1__M
+long-seconds=__1__ __plural_for_parameter_1_{1=Second|rest=Seconds}__
+short-seconds=__1__S
+long-ticks=__1__ __plural_for_parameter_1_{1=Tick|rest=Ticks}__
+short-ticks=__1__T
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diff --git a/modules/addons/death-markers.lua b/modules/addons/death-markers.lua
index 616854b9..c161dc5a 100644
--- a/modules/addons/death-markers.lua
+++ b/modules/addons/death-markers.lua
@@ -3,5 +3,38 @@ local Game = require 'utils.game'
 local Global = require 'utils.global'
 local Commands = require 'expcore.commands'
 local config = require 'config.death_markers'
-local opt_require = ext_require('expcore.common','opt_require')
-opt_require 'config.command_auth_runtime_disable' -- if the file is present then we can disable the commands
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+local opt_require, format_time = ext_require('expcore.common','opt_require','format_time_simple')
+opt_require 'config.command_auth_runtime_disable' -- if the file is present then we can disable the commands rather than not load them
+
+local bodies = {
+    --{player_name='Cooldude2606',time_of_death='15H 15M',body=LuaEntity,tag=LuaCustomChartTag}
+}
+Global.register(bodies,function(tbl)
+    bodies = tbl
+end)
+
+--- Checks that all map tags are present and valid
+-- adds missing ones, deletes expired ones
+local function check_map_tags()
+
+end
+
+--- Teleports the owner of a body to the body
+local function teleport_player(body)
+
+end
+
+--- Teleports the items in a body to a certain position putting it in chests
+-- if there are no chests close by them some are created
+local function teleport_items(body,position)
+
+end
+
+Event.add(defines.events.on_player_died,function(event)
+
+end)
+
+local check_period = 60*60*5 -- five minutes
+Event.on_nth_tick(check_period,function(event)
+
+end)
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diff --git a/modules/commands/interface.lua b/modules/commands/interface.lua
index 24424ebf..da03fdd1 100644
--- a/modules/commands/interface.lua
+++ b/modules/commands/interface.lua
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ local Common = require 'expcore.common'
 -- modules that are loaded into the interface env to be accessed
 local interface_modules = {
     ['Game']='utils.game',
+    ['_C']=Common,
     ['Commands']=Commands,
     ['output']=Common.player_return,
     ['Group']='expcore.permission_groups'