Small red icon?

[choronr]

I noted the small red icon (under the compass) while maneuvering around in a terrain. Had this several times before. Probably appears because I'm running into an obstruction. However, what sometimes appears as a fairly flat area, I still get the icon while lowering the camera. Are there other reasons for the icon to pop up?

[Oshyan]

It is intended to show when you are under terrain. Sometimes being under the terrain is not obvious from the 3D preview itself; it may look like you are above it, but in fact you are under/inside. I am not certain the "under preview" indicator is always accurate at smaller scales, but in general it is.

- Oshyan

[choronr]

Thanks Oshyan. In my situation, It appears I'm well above the terrain.

Will keep navigating until I find a good POV.

[Matt]

Sometimes horizontal displacement will fool the system into thinking you're under the terrain when you're not, or vice versa.

Matt

[choronr]

Thanks Matt, thought I was losing my mind.

[Dune]

When in doubt about being inside a rocky wall or you want the camera just off a canyon wall or something it's quite easy to have a look at the camera from another POV. But don't click the left camera setting button then!

[choronr]

When in doubt about being inside a rocky wall or you want the camera just off a canyon wall or something it's quite easy to have a look at the camera from another POV. But don't click the left camera setting button then!

Could you detail this explanation just a bit more Ulco?

[Dune]

Just move your viewpoint away from the render camera in the preview and turn around to see the render camera. Then see where it's at. Does that explain it?

[choronr]

Thanks Ulco, I'll give that a try.