diff -ru freeciv-May-28/client/gui-gtk/mapview.c freeciv/client/gui-gtk/mapview.c
--- freeciv-May-28/client/gui-gtk/mapview.c	Wed May 29 21:59:40 2002
+++ freeciv/client/gui-gtk/mapview.c	Thu May 30 00:39:48 2002
@@ -1974,12 +1974,12 @@
 static void dither_tile(GdkDrawable *pixmap, struct Sprite **dither,
 			int canvas_x, int canvas_y,
 			int offset_x, int offset_y,
-			int width, int height, int fog)
+			int width, int height, int fog, int which)
 {
   if (!width || !height)
     return;
 
-  gdk_gc_set_clip_mask(civ_gc, sprites.dither_tile->mask);
+  gdk_gc_set_clip_mask(civ_gc, sprites.multi_dither_tile[which]->mask);
   gdk_gc_set_clip_origin(civ_gc, canvas_x, canvas_y);
   assert(offset_x == 0 || offset_x == NORMAL_TILE_WIDTH/2);
   assert(offset_y == 0 || offset_y == NORMAL_TILE_HEIGHT/2);
@@ -2030,7 +2030,7 @@
 
   if (fog) {
     gdk_gc_set_clip_origin(fill_tile_gc, canvas_x, canvas_y);
-    gdk_gc_set_clip_mask(fill_tile_gc, sprites.dither_tile->mask);
+    gdk_gc_set_clip_mask(fill_tile_gc, sprites.multi_dither_tile[which]->mask);
     gdk_gc_set_foreground(fill_tile_gc, colors_standard[COLOR_STD_BLACK]);
     gdk_gc_set_stipple(fill_tile_gc, black50);
 
@@ -2158,7 +2158,7 @@
     /*** Dither base terrain ***/
     if (draw_terrain)
       dither_tile(pm, dither, canvas_x, canvas_y,
-		  offset_x, offset_y, width, height, fog);
+		  offset_x, offset_y, width, height, fog, ((x%3) * 3) + (y%3));
   }
 
   /*** Rest of terrain and specials ***/
diff -ru freeciv-May-28/client/tilespec.c freeciv/client/tilespec.c
--- freeciv-May-28/client/tilespec.c	Wed May 29 21:59:40 2002
+++ freeciv/client/tilespec.c	Thu May 30 00:38:08 2002
@@ -460,6 +460,15 @@
   if (is_isometric) {
     SET_SPRITE(black_tile, "t.black_tile");
     SET_SPRITE(dither_tile, "t.dither_tile");
+    SET_SPRITE_ALT(multi_dither_tile[0], "t.multi_dither_tile_0x0", "t.dither_tile");
+    SET_SPRITE_ALT(multi_dither_tile[1], "t.multi_dither_tile_0x1", "t.dither_tile");
+    SET_SPRITE_ALT(multi_dither_tile[2], "t.multi_dither_tile_0x2", "t.dither_tile");
+    SET_SPRITE_ALT(multi_dither_tile[3], "t.multi_dither_tile_1x0", "t.dither_tile");
+    SET_SPRITE_ALT(multi_dither_tile[4], "t.multi_dither_tile_1x1", "t.dither_tile");
+    SET_SPRITE_ALT(multi_dither_tile[5], "t.multi_dither_tile_1x2", "t.dither_tile");
+    SET_SPRITE_ALT(multi_dither_tile[6], "t.multi_dither_tile_2x0", "t.dither_tile");
+    SET_SPRITE_ALT(multi_dither_tile[7], "t.multi_dither_tile_2x1", "t.dither_tile");
+    SET_SPRITE_ALT(multi_dither_tile[8], "t.multi_dither_tile_2x2", "t.dither_tile");
     SET_SPRITE(coast_color, "t.coast_color");
   }
 
@@ -663,6 +672,27 @@
 
   sprites.city.tile_wall = NULL;    /* no place to initialize this variable */
   sprites.city.tile = NULL;         /* no place to initialize this variable */
+
+  /* These may or may not be here, so we accept NULLs if they're not.
+     We'll just remember the possibility at runtime */
+  for(i=0; i<T_LAST; i++){
+    sprites.tx.eyecandy[i][0]=sprites.tx.eyecandy[i][1]=NULL;
+  }
+  sprites.tx.eyecandy[T_ARCTIC][0] =  hash_lookup_data(sprite_hash, "ec.arctic1");
+  sprites.tx.eyecandy[T_ARCTIC][1] =  hash_lookup_data(sprite_hash, "ec.arctic2");
+  sprites.tx.eyecandy[T_DESERT][0] =  hash_lookup_data(sprite_hash, "ec.desert1");
+  sprites.tx.eyecandy[T_DESERT][1] =  hash_lookup_data(sprite_hash, "ec.desert2");
+  sprites.tx.eyecandy[T_GRASSLAND][0] =  hash_lookup_data(sprite_hash, "ec.grass1");
+  sprites.tx.eyecandy[T_GRASSLAND][1] =  hash_lookup_data(sprite_hash, "ec.grass2");
+  sprites.tx.eyecandy[T_JUNGLE][0] =  hash_lookup_data(sprite_hash, "ec.jungle1");
+  sprites.tx.eyecandy[T_JUNGLE][1] =  hash_lookup_data(sprite_hash, "ec.jungle2");
+  sprites.tx.eyecandy[T_PLAINS][0] =  hash_lookup_data(sprite_hash, "ec.plains1");
+  sprites.tx.eyecandy[T_PLAINS][1] =  hash_lookup_data(sprite_hash, "ec.plains2");
+  sprites.tx.eyecandy[T_SWAMP][0] =  hash_lookup_data(sprite_hash, "ec.swamp1");
+  sprites.tx.eyecandy[T_SWAMP][1] =  hash_lookup_data(sprite_hash, "ec.swamp2");
+  sprites.tx.eyecandy[T_TUNDRA][0] =  hash_lookup_data(sprite_hash, "ec.tundra1");
+  sprites.tx.eyecandy[T_TUNDRA][1] =  hash_lookup_data(sprite_hash, "ec.tundra2");
+
 }
 
 /**********************************************************************
@@ -1195,6 +1225,15 @@
 			    || ttype_near[DIR8_WEST] == T_OCEAN);
       	*sprs++ = sprites.tx.spec_river[tileno];
       }
+    }
+    /*The final formula is pretty random -- I don't want any visible pattern, but I do want
+      it to be deterministic.  Where the eyecandy goes doesn't matter, but it shouldn't shift
+      around with each redraw */
+    if (sprites.tx.eyecandy[ttype][0] && !tspecial && ((x*512+y)*(x*512+y))%5==1){
+      *sprs++ = sprites.tx.eyecandy[ttype][0];
+    }
+    if (sprites.tx.eyecandy[ttype][1] && !tspecial && ((y*512+x)*(y*512+x))%5==1){
+      *sprs++ = sprites.tx.eyecandy[ttype][1];
     }
   } else {
     *solid_bg = 1;
diff -ru freeciv-May-28/client/tilespec.h freeciv/client/tilespec.h
--- freeciv-May-28/client/tilespec.h	Wed May 29 21:59:40 2002
+++ freeciv/client/tilespec.h	Thu May 30 00:28:07 2002
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
 
     *black_tile,      /* only used for isometric view */
     *dither_tile,     /* only used for isometric view */
+    *multi_dither_tile[9],
     *coast_color;     /* only used for isometric view */
   struct {
     struct Sprite
@@ -172,6 +173,7 @@
       *spec_river[NUM_DIRECTION_NSEW],
       *darkness[NUM_DIRECTION_NSEW],         /* first unused */
       *river_outlet[4],		/* indexed by enum direction4 */
+      *eyecandy[T_LAST][2],
       /* for isometric */
       *spec_forest[NUM_DIRECTION_NSEW],
       *spec_mountain[NUM_DIRECTION_NSEW],