in PTC it works with
SPOFS management number, sprite character, maximal sprite character, delay
The maximal sprite is the number of increments made with the sprite, it will go from the normal number up to normalNumber+maxNumber
It only indicates the increment, not the number of the last sprite
In smiletool there is probably a number indicating the number of the selected sprite. When the "0 sprite" is number 8 and the inc. number is 4, the SPANIM command will display sprite 8,9,10,11 and 12 (8+4=12..)