====== The Sprites Option in the Property Sheets Box ======
The //sprites// option allows a sprite representing a landscape type to be added, modified.  In addition, the picture illustrating the landscape type changed.  The option opens up a new //sprites// box as well as eight new buttons

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===== The Sprites Box =====
The //sprite// box presents the available graphics files for each sprite representing the highlighted landscape type in the //LandscapeTypes// box.  There may be multiple options (i.e., picture files) for each landscape types.
===== Sprites Buttons =====
{{:editor:buttonplus_copy.png|}}**Add Sprite.**  This button allows the addition of a new option (i.e., graphics file) in the //sprite// box to represent the highlighted landscape type in the //LandscapeTypes// box.

{{:editor:buttondraw.png|}}**Select as Pencil.**  When an option (i.e., graphics file) is highlighted in the //Sprite// box, this button activates the [[editor:drawing_tool|drawing tool]].  If the [[editor:map|map ]]button is then pressed, the selected option (i.e., graphics file) can be used to paint terrain in the //map// window. 


{{:editor:buttonblue_copy.png|}}     {{:editor:buttonblue_copy.png|}}     {{:editor:buttonblue_copy.png|}}**Graphics Buttons**  These three unlabeled buttons modify how a sprite appears on the hex.  The right-most button allows a graphic file to be chosen as the __base sprite__ of the selected landscape type.  The center button places an __optional sprite__ on the underlying sprite to modify the underlying layer.  The left-most button adds an additional graphics file- __an over sprite__- that extends slightly beyond the original hex.  The __over sprite__ is used to represent objects like the peak of a mountain that rises above the hex.  The effect of these three buttons and their related sprites is illustrated in this [[editor:sprite overlay example|sprite overlay example]].

{{:editor:buttonblock.png|}}**Plot Last**.  This button triggers a function that determines whether the __optional sprite__ in the sprite Buttons (i.e., the middle button) is visible or not.  If set to //true//, the __optional sprite__  is visible; if set to //false// the __optional sprite__ will not be visible.

{{:editor:buttonblock.png|}}**OverIsTop**  This button triggers a function that determines whether the __over sprite__  in the sprite Buttons (i.e., the left-most button) is visible or not.  If set to //true//, the __over sprite__  is visible; if set to //false// the __over sprite__  will not be visible.

{{:editor:buttonblue_copy.png|}}**Landscape Image**.  This button is used to change the image used to illustrate the hex during the game.