[CzechTexan]

hey there Mandrill, good to see you again. I've been using the technique you described for rivers on the Caucasus map. Rivers do need a border if they're surrounded by cultivated fields and other textures. Naturally, real rivers will have heavily wooded or dense vegetation bordering them. I think I've been using the texture that's used for the Bessarabia map's rivers and I think it's the one you were using on your Belorussia map. I did all this painting by hand, clicking along the rivers, painting and adding other textures to make it look more natural and help blend in....usually cultivated fields or pastures textures.

One problem I noticed if I don't have other surrounding textures is that it will leave a "triangle" looking pattern along the river with pointed edges. There is a lot of work and time involved but that's the only way to make things look more natural.

I've only done this for part of the Caucasus map so far because I'm concentrating on only 1/4 of the large map. Other rivers don't have a border and only have a plain texture that looks like grassy plains. But this type of plain border might be appropriate for some areas which naturally have fewer trees.