terrain modification failed

[Katterhatter]

when are they going to fix this issue? I haven't been able to play the game in a long time due to every gameplay option having this issue. yes i have tried turning things on and off, no im not placing near a barrier and yes everything is flat. I just want to be able to play the DLC my partner bought me as a gift, but with this bug I can't. I had put in a ticket for it too on the website, they never commented on it and let it expire, like the others. ugh

[grampers62]

It depends on what you are trying to place for that warning.
I would assume that you would be speaking of placing a path. It sounds like you have tried tuning flatten terrain on and off as well as tunneling, yes?
And you understand about needing space between habitat and path.
Do you have scenery collisions disabled?
Some time this warning is a general thing for path placement faults faults. Some things to check would be when placing a tee on a path what's going on on the other side of that junction, Also think about slight changes to where the path meets. Some of the time the game just cant find the right type of piece to use and we need to do things that change things some. also note that the true edge needs of a path are a full one meter, so one can use a one meter building block to see if that might be the issue near objects and cliffs.

[Katterhatter]

yea, i would even try placing a path in the middle of no where, and I couldnt :( i could only do free style (nongrid) placement and I couldn't do any sort of level change, ie going down or up

[grampers62]

Okay.
Begin by verifying game files in steam.
Open steam library and right click on planet zoo and select properties. in the window that pops up select local files and click on verify game files.
This is often needed after adding DLC and some updates.

[LaChouette]

Take a screenshot of the cog tab when trying to place a path.

Taking a look at the issue tracker, it seems to me you never put any screenshot of your issue, of the various path settings you used. For most people, the path system works fine. For every single person I've seen complaining before, the issue was a ticked box that would prevent them from placing their path, as intended by the game.
Your issue is not documented well at all, why would it not expire? Your steps to reproduce don't help at all. If "after a while of playing try to place more paths" was enough, more people would have this issue. And with no screenshots to prove you didn't mess something up, you're not giving any proof this is actually a bug.

[grampers62]

There is a bug/glitch that causes path placement to fail within a zoo that was never fixed in Planet coaster. In this bug an errant path piece will randomly place it's self in the park and no other paths can be placed till that path tile is found and removed. But that would only be in one park/zoo not the entire game.