Why am I unable to place water?

[faolanthehedgehog]

I placed an indent in the land, but the damn thing shows up red, not allowing me to place the water. There's nothing obstructing it.

[kadraws]

Are you trying to place the water line too high?

[The Queen Badass]

You have to smooth around the edges, I believe. Maybe your indent is just too deep and/or small.

[dorianmode]

You don't need to smooth the edges. Try digging too deep to try it out for starters.

[faolanthehedgehog]

Well, let's see. The water line being too high couldn't be the issue because I've made smaller, shallower ponds for other exhibits (I'm making a bigger, deeper pond for Nile Monitors), and yet the water isn't too deep (I've made deeper in an earlier park that got corrupted). I did smooth the edges, but that didn't help.

I did finally manage to get the lake in after a LOT of fiddling and fussing, but it would be useful to know what's stopping a lake from being made for future reference. The game doesn't notify you what the issue is.

[Kotli]

I had the same problem in the tutorial map with the lake for the tigers. I just wouldn't fill it until I clicked a spot that it accepted no idea what that spot worked and the other didnt.

[Nova]

If you have animals in the area that are wandering in to the water area they will block you from adding water.

[jfoytek]

The indent may cause the water to touch a road... level is off so this does not happen.