Thanks for the info on this Rashad.  This is very useful to know, and I will be keeping it in mind.  I'm going to try once again at a scene that I wanted to do but couldn't do to lack of skill, memory and computing power.  It seems simple, but I've never done anything quite like it.

 

As for the road, well, let's say I like to work on a grand scale and have no temperment or skill at painting terrain at this time.  Most of mine consist of creating simple terrains then creating many dupes that I modify to get what I'm looking for.  The idea I have is similar to this, but doing it in gravel and heavy woods, similar to what is below:

 

 

I've seen the other terrain road videos and tuts.  I've used it once or twice with mild success.  Of course my texturing skills aren't good as I've not figured out how to paint them worth a darn, even something like a road or door.

Well, time to figure out more workarounds and familiarization.  See if I can pull off that scene I wanted.