Pen Marker not working?

[Ayla Alteria]

How do you use the pen marker? i have built a fence around (although the corners dont join as I cant figure out how) and I cant select which animal to pen there. its still saying it must be in an enclosed area to work. what am I missing?

[Raveyl]

The fence corners do not join seamlessly but that does not interfere with the enclosures' functions. Once I had all the fencing built (with a gate) and the pen marker built also, the area became a colored block (similar to a room) and is available to hold animals. Select the pen marker and a list should be there now to select which type of animal you want inside. Then, in time or when said animal shows up on your map, your worker whose animal husbandry priority is highest will go to rope the animal and bring it into the pen. Make sure you have a trough built, and make your animal feed at the campfire/stove. Do not store your feed on a stockpile as the workers won't feed the animals as of now if you do store the feed--hopefully that is fixed in future. That's what has worked for me in the last day of playing, hope it helps.

[Ayla Alteria]

Originally posted by Raveyl:

The fence corners do not join seamlessly but that does not interfere with the enclosures' functions. Once I had all the fencing built (with a gate) and the pen marker built also, the area became a colored block (similar to a room) and is available to hold animals. Select the pen marker and a list should be there now to select which type of animal you want inside. Then, in time or when said animal shows up on your map, your worker whose animal husbandry priority is highest will go to rope the animal and bring it into the pen. Make sure you have a trough built, and make your animal feed at the campfire/stove. Do not store your feed on a stockpile as the workers won't feed the animals as of now if you do store the feed--hopefully that is fixed in future. That's what has worked for me in the last day of playing, hope it helps.

hmm the area didnt become a coloured block for me, the corners are completely open, nowhere near joining, i wonder if i didnt place the fences right?

[Holce]

I have a pen that is closed by fences, building walls and cliffs. I don't think the visual of the fence matter for the pen. But if you try to change the visual of the fence elements to make the pen more beautifull, you may see a part of the fence where something is missing. Visualy you should be able to enclose it perfectly. If you can't maybe you need a fence in a corner.

[VANGUARD]

You can click on a fence/wall/roof tile and change its visual variation.
Fences for example have a corner variant.
Just change the fence to a corner tile and rotate it until it fits.

[Ayla Alteria]

Originally posted by Sceadugengan:

You can click on a fence/wall/roof tile and change its visual variation.
Fences for example have a corner variant.
Just change the fence to a corner tile and rotate it until it fits.

omg your amazing, i got it working before but the corners were like a T with a gap, had no idea thank you lol

[Bram]

Very annoying feature. They should list the exact requirements. I have 2 working pens. But im trying to build a dog house, that won't work because descriptions are horrible.

In my case a build a 6x2(inside) house with a barn door and a pen marker inside. The error message is "must be in an enclosed area". It clearly is, it even has a roof. So what is the error? Sloppy development..

Update: after searching on reddit: "a barn door cannot create a pen."

[Bloodcup]

Originally posted by Bram:

Very annoying feature. They should list the exact requirements. I have 2 working pens. But im trying to build a dog house, that won't work because descriptions are horrible.

In my case a build a 6x2(inside) house with a barn door and a pen marker inside. The error message is "must be in an enclosed area". It clearly is, it even has a roof. So what is the error? Sloppy development..

Update: after searching on reddit: "a barn door cannot create a pen."

exactly. animals can pass through barn doors therefore they don't count and an enclosure.

I build a little barn with barn doors, then fence around it on three sides with a gate. I put my pen marker just inside the gate.

[galadon3]

Originally posted by Bram:

Very annoying feature. They should list the exact requirements. I have 2 working pens. But im trying to build a dog house, that won't work because descriptions are horrible.

In my case a build a 6x2(inside) house with a barn door and a pen marker inside. The error message is "must be in an enclosed area". It clearly is, it even has a roof. So what is the error? Sloppy development..

Update: after searching on reddit: "a barn door cannot create a pen."

1. shouldn't be really a surprise that a door that clearly states in its description that it can't stop wandering animals is not fit to make an enclosure to hold in animals
2. dogs can't be held in a pen... check a pen-marker it has the option for any animal that can be held in a pen, dogs aren't there.

[ChaoticWisdom]

Originally posted by Bram:

Very annoying feature. They should list the exact requirements. I have 2 working pens. But im trying to build a dog house, that won't work because descriptions are horrible.

In my case a build a 6x2(inside) house with a barn door and a pen marker inside. The error message is "must be in an enclosed area". It clearly is, it even has a roof. So what is the error? Sloppy development..

Update: after searching on reddit: "a barn door cannot create a pen."

which makes absolutely zero sense

[SeVerin]

Locking this as it is a two year old thread. If you have issues with the pen functionality, make a new topic in bug subforum or F10 it. If you want to discuss it, open a new topic in t he general subforum.

All the best