Terraining Lakes Help

[stavious]

I read the Lake Terraining tutorial and I've seen a lot of people doing the smooth water technique. The thing is it doesn't work for me when I try it. What am I doing wrong?
This is what I'm doing: I put in a large area of shallow water, then raise it all back up by one, so it's back to being the same level height as the rest of the ground. Then I take a large brush and lower everything. Only when I lower I never see any water, the ground just looks like a bowl, but it's empty of water . What's wrong with what I'm doing?

 

[Lord_Kakashi]

When i do this technique i always make the entire map Deep water from start and then use the "raise" tool, not the cliff raise tool!!

then i use that platou or whatever its called to make all the terrain the same height just a little above water surface, then when i want water somewhere i simply lower the terrain. (again not the cliff tool)

 

[stavious]

Thanx . But this isn't what is used in the toturial right?
I want to use that technique. What's the difference between what I'm doing and what is written?

 

[Lord_Kakashi]

Nothing i guess?

that other method never seems to work for me either, so i do it the other way instead

 

[stavious]

OK I'll try your way .

 

[Sirroelivan]

in the advanced menu, you have to set adjust waterlevels or something like that on (sorry don't have WE in front of me) that helped for me

 

[Amfidamant]

Just uncheck "Advanced -> Enforce water height limits"

 

[Chocobo]

Advanced, then something for enforce water height limits, I don't remember exactly.