Help with water? Water obstructed.

[NachoB]

Hi.

does anyone know what things obstruct the water?

I removed the water to edit the terrain and give more depth to my otters so they can dive. When i wanted to place it back it doesn't allow me to go back to the previous level it was but a lower level and it says obstructed. I have no idea what it could be because i only edited the depth of the terrain and nothing else. Didn't changed the barriers and i only removed the path to be able to edit the terrain close to the barrier but even if i try to refill the water without the path it says obstructed.

 

[Veah]

Hi.

does anyone know what things obstruct the water?

I removed the water to edit the terrain and give more depth to my otters to they can dive. When i wanted to place it back it doesn't allow me to go back to the previous level it was but a lower level and it says obstructed. I have no idea what it could be because i only edited the depth of the terrain and nothing else. Didn't changed the barriers and i only removed the path to be able to edit the terrain close to the barrier but even if i try to refill the water without the path it says obstructed.

Nearby structures can obstruct water even if they are not touching it. Maybe post a pic?

 

[NachoB]

Nearby structures can obstruct water even if they are not touching it. Maybe post a pic?

Ok i'll try to post a pick, has a lot of foliage covering it though so might not be so clear.

I didn't add any structures that weren't there before though.

EDIT: added the pic. Second pic is where the water level was before and where i want it back.

 

[NachoB]

I removed everything and i still can't place it back at that level

PS: yes my enclosures are ugly under all that fancy decoration

 

[Veah]

Try rising a bit more the glass fences, maybe they can't contain the water level?

 

[NachoB]

Try rising a bit more the glass fences, maybe they can't contain the water level?

I'll try it but they were containing it before and i didn't changed them. I'll do it though. Thanks!

 

[NachoB]

Solved! It was indeed the barrier height. Thanks @Veah !

 

[Moonfox]

It would be so insanely helpful if they could - either in an update or in a future version of the game - add a feature where an obstruction is highlighted. Telling me something's blocked is just frustrating when I have to guess if it's water, terrain or an object, and then guess at which bit is blocking me.

Glad you got your issue solved, Nacho!

 

[NachoB]

It would be so insanely helpful if they could - either in an update or in a future version of the game - add a feature where an obstruction is highlighted. Telling me something's blocked is just frustrating when I have to guess if it's water, terrain or an object, and then guess at which bit is blocking me.

Glad you got your issue solved, Nacho!

Yes. Is so annoying having to guess what is the problem and is not always that obvious. The same thing would be useful for the Transversable area. I have no idea why my otters can't go through a passage they were able to walk through before. I tried removing every close by object and amoothing the terrain to see if that fixed it but i can't find what exaclty is causing the issue.

 

[SanRazo]

Yes. Is so annoying having to guess what is the problem and is not always that obvious. The same thing would be useful for the Transversable area. I have no idea why my otters can't go through a passage they were able to walk through before. I tried removing every close by object and amoothing the terrain to see if that fixed it but i can't find what exaclty is causing the issue.

Sometimes they update the animals hitboxes in updates and it changes everything

 

[NachoB]

Sometimes they update the animals hitboxes in updates and it changes everything

Umm but there wasn't any updates. One day they were able to go into that area and the next they weren't anymore.

I change foliage and rocks all the time because i'm kind of obsessive pero they don't seem to be the issue.

 

[Aramar]

Yes. Is so annoying having to guess what is the problem and is not always that obvious. The same thing would be useful for the Transversable area. I have no idea why my otters can't go through a passage they were able to walk through before. I tried removing every close by object and amoothing the terrain to see if that fixed it but i can't find what exaclty is causing the issue.

This happened to me a couple of times too. Once it was because I added a sticker to a wall, then the animal couldn't walk through the gap. Other time it was the poop of the animal what was blocking the gap