Modding Help what makes tiles have variations?

looked everywhere in tiles folder, couldn't find anything that makes a single tile kind have variants. Anyone have a clue?

 

You mean the ( "variants" : n, ) line in the material file? Or did you mean something else?

 

well I saw that. But that's it? Can 'variants' apply to other things such as objects, items, etc?

 

No, I think objects have a different system since they can be different sizes, whereas tiles are all uniform.

EDIT: You CAN have variants on tools and such. At least, the paint gun has variations for its image, but it is set up in a separate *.frames file. So it may be possible to cycle other tool's images as well.