How do I keep my Alpacas inside an enclosure? I'm getting " Cannot rope Alpaca: No enclosed pen"

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I'm trying to keep my Alpacas inside an enclosed space. I built a fence area, and a "pen", but I still have 2 problems:

How do I keep my Alpacas enclosed?

EDIT

The problem was that the sandbag prevented my enclosure to become an enclosure

For the record, proper walls can be used to enclose pens, just not sandbags. You can even make an adjacent building with a door to serve as a barn, for the animals to sleep at night (a must for colder biomes). It's also smart to feed them indoors since food won't deteriorate if placed under a roof (but may still rot if not frozen). — Amarth, Commented Dec 9, 2022 at 20:32

Rapitor · Accepted Answer · 2022-11-01 20:44:10Z

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Are you sure the area you are trying to use as a pen is actually considered one? Or the Pen Marker you use allows for alpacas in its rules?

Going by your screenshot it looks like 2 visible possibilities: The wall on the bottom is confusing the pen and/or you are missing the fence gate.

I don't know if you have zone highlighting enabled, but if it was and the pen was recognized, it would be showing.

answered Nov 1, 2022 at 20:44

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the problem was indeed that the sandbag wall was preventing the area from becoming an eclosure
– andrerpena
Commented Nov 1, 2022 at 21:32
"I don't know if you have zone highlighting enabled" -> I was confused about this. The option "Toggle visibility of zones" does not show pen enclosures. The way to show it is to click on the pen itself.
– andrerpena
Commented Nov 1, 2022 at 21:35
Thank you Rapitor
– andrerpena
Commented Nov 1, 2022 at 21:36

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