Arma 2:OA 3d editor camera issues

[trevormcneill 1]

so i was going to use the 3d editor to build an fob and for some reason when i select 'edit in 3d' it drops the camera to the ground and it wont go up and it it just follows the terrain. i have tried restarting the game and that didn't work please help.(i am using mods, but i haven't had this problem before so i know its not because of them but if you want i can include a list of the mods.

[Ezcoo 47]

At least in A2 (no idea about CO, haven't tested) the camera/POV in 3d editor is always set on the altitude of sea level, even if you place the camera on the highest place on the map. It's kind of stuck on the ground; the actual position of camera is on the sea level but the camera doesn't go underground. What you have to do, is to hold Q (hold left shift too to make the movement faster) to lift the camera. It takes often a moment before the altitude becomes higher than the altitude of ground, that gets the camera to "take off". The higher altitude the position you've set has, the longer it'll take before the camera takes off, because the movement of camera has always the same speed (except when using the high speed mode by pressing left shift or slo-mo by pressing left ctrl).

If you have joystick or other stuff that is binded to altitude adjustment in controls menu, make sure that it's not interfering. For example, I set my throttle to 50 % to neutralize the effect, because otherwise it keeps decreasing or increasing the altitude of the POV.