http://i.imgur.com/EDZLG.png

Rarely, its like this:

The sprite is made up of the hull, the bridge, sometimes a seperate antenna or tower, etc. so there are multiple layers. If you want the whole pic you have to select the sprites for all of them. usually they are numbered 0000 through 0035 if i recall correctly. so select all the 0001 sprites for instance, not the sinking ones though, and merge those.

Has anyone else had any trouble running SPRing v0.5.1 on Windows 7?

I have tried it on two computers, one 32 bit the other 64 bit. Both should have the correct versions of Java R.E. 6 for offline use. Both running Win 7 Home Premium, and think I tried SPRing before and after install of SP1 for Win 7.

One PC gives error when trying to export the BMP, the other PC gives same or different error when importing edited file of same name.

I had SPRing v0.5.1 working on the same 32 bit PC with Win XP SP2, before hard drive trouble. Any ideas to help get it to work with Win 7 would be great! Think I tried all the Compatibility Modes.

I know how to get SPRing started, but then I look in the ship sprites for a certain ship. I select the ship I want to edit, and I get a certain number in my bitmap folder.

When I try to merge the sprites, as you say, it says no sprites are selected.

How do I select them?