Needs "Downstream" as option for river current

The environment settings for rivers could benefit by including "downstream" as an option for direction of current. As matters now stand, one can only select a compass direction, and this makes rivers quite unrealistic. For example, navigating down the Rhine one proceeds in a generally NNW direction, but with so many river bends setting the current to, say a fixed 320º, the program generates a very implausible right-angle current depending on vessel heading. Simulating true downstream flow, with the occasional eddies, bank effects, etc would more closely replicate the real-world experience.

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