Course Properties Window
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The Course Properties Window displays an editable collection of properties that describe the track as a whole; not just individual parts. The controls on this Window are as follows:

Page Selector
At the top of the window are two boxes, one labeled "Track ID" and the other labeled "Misc." This is the page selector, which will allow you to view more properties within the same window. Simply clicking on these boxes will present you with the approperiate page of properties.

Text and Description Boxes
The boxes labeled "Name," "Description" and "Japanese Description" are special controls for text entry that allow you to input text as it will appear in the game. Click on a box to set focus, and use the keyboard to type normal text.

Only in the Description boxes can lowercase letters "c," "r" and "s" be used. Hold SHIFT to input these. Other characters that are not available on the keyboard can be inputted by selecting them from the Special Characters box. The Japanese Katakana ideographs can only be inputed into Description fields, and the Greek letters can only be inputed into the Name field.

Source
The Source box documents where the track came from. This is where you should put any credits, including copyright notices.

Music
The Music boxes are used to select which music should play during gameplay on the given course. There are two drop-down menus; one for ROM and one for Expansion Kit. There are different selections in each due to each software's ability to play musics.

Musics only available in ROM:
• Title
• Menu
• Records
• Race Results
• GP Ending
• Credits
• Death Race

Musics only available in Expansion Kit:
• Rainbow Road
• Big Foot
• Japon
• Regeneration
• Roller Coaster

Venue and Sky
The Venue and Sky boxes determine the graphical qualities of the scenery. Venue changes track textures where Sky changes the sky color.

Horizon
Horizon elements sit on the horizon line in-game and add to the decorative qualities of a course. There can be up to 6 elements at a time. Click the Add button in order to create one, and the Delete button to remove one. Image is the exact picture that will show for the element. Angle specifies the heading (counter-clockwise from -Z) in degrees that the image will display.

A preview is available for these images, but will only be shown once textures have been loaded. For information on loading textures, see the File Menu page.

Statistics
The Statistics frame shows various pieces of information about the course currently loaded into the editor. It displays the following information:

CTL Points:
    The number of Control Points in the course
Course Length:
    The length of the course in meters. Does not perfectly
    correspond with lengths reported by the Expansion Kit.
Lap Line:
    The segment of the course at the end of which will be
    the lap line. This is usually Segment 1.
Dash Plates:
    The number of Dash Plates on the course
Jump Plates:
    The number of Jump Plates on the course
Widgets:
    The total number of structures, gates and other decorations on the course

ROM Friendly and EK Friendly:
These are special detections where the editor software will determine, to the best of its ability, if the course can be played in the ROM and/or Expansion Kit. The following checks are performed to determine these values:

ROM Friendly will be False if:
• The number of Dash Plates > 20
• The number of Jump Plates > 4
• The number of Trap fields > 8
• The number of Widgets > 20
• Any Segment has Pit Area in the Center

EK Friendly will be False if:
• The number of Dash Plates > 32
• The number of Jump Plates > 8
• The number of Trap fields > 8
• The number of Widgets > 16
• The course is longer than 25,000 meters
• Any Control Point's X or Z values are < -1,500 or > 1,500
• Any Control Point's Y value is > 500
• Any Control Point has a non-integer coordinate or width
• Any Control Point's banking is not a multiple of 3
• Segment 1 is not of type Normal - Venue Finish Stretch
• Any Segment but Segment 1 is of type Normal - Venue Finish Stretch
• Segments of type Pipe, Cylinder and Half Pipe have anything but Dash Plates
• Segments of type No Track have anything on them
• Zones are present on Control Points < 40 meters wide
• Venue is GP Ending