Highlight what is causing "Obstruction"

Nothing has been more frustrating that trying to figure out what is obstructing what I am trying to place. Whether that's raising the water level or trying to place a path it could say "Obstructed" and then highlight whatever it is causing that. Literally spend two hours trying to find what was blocking the water levels.
 
A hundred thumbs up for this one! Pathing and water are the most frustrating aspects of the game because of mysterious obstructions. I really like your idea to highlight the obstruction(s). That would help a lot.
 
Honestly I don't think anything is obstructing these things, I think they're just buggy. A bit like the "terrain is too uneven" message when putting paths on slopes. Sometimes it's true, there's something there that you can fix, but sometimes there's nothing and you have to erase what you're doing and start over as a workaround.

At one point I was trying to build an indoor viewing gallery. I had the path aligned to the grid, which was lined up to the barrier perfectly (used a grid-piece as a guide for the fence), and the game was happy to let me place the path along the whole length of the barrier except on the very corner. I removed the fence out of the way, put the path down, and then I was able to move the fence literally back to the exact same spot (I added the fence back in using angle snap, so I know it was the exact same spot). It's very annoying. If I can put the barrier against the path, why can't I put the path against the barrier?
 
I think pathing has been improved since Planet Coaster.

The following things block the placing of water:
  • animals
  • paths to close to the edge, or to close above the water (when building a bridge).
  • barriers that are not waterproof prevent placement of water.

Agreed, making adjustments is not easy when you already done most of the work.
 
I find that toggling the Flatten Terrain on or off sometimes fixes the issue for me too.
I don't know what it is about that particular setting but turning it off or on sometimes lets you place the thing where before it was "Obstructed"
 
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