diff --git a/Core/GameEngineDevice/Source/W3DDevice/GameClient/W3DView.cpp b/Core/GameEngineDevice/Source/W3DDevice/GameClient/W3DView.cpp
index 3bd8aeb262c..41104973ccc 100644
--- a/Core/GameEngineDevice/Source/W3DDevice/GameClient/W3DView.cpp
+++ b/Core/GameEngineDevice/Source/W3DDevice/GameClient/W3DView.cpp
@@ -2278,6 +2278,13 @@ void W3DView::setDefaultView(Real pitch, Real angle, Real maxHeight)
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void W3DView::setHeightAboveGround(Real z)
 {
+#if defined(GENERALS_ONLINE)
+	if (ThePlayerList && ThePlayerList->getLocalPlayer() && ThePlayerList->getLocalPlayer()->isPlayerObserver())
+	{
+		m_maxHeightAboveGround = (float)GENERALS_ONLINE_MAX_LOBBY_CAMERA_ZOOM;
+	}
+#endif
+
 	View::setHeightAboveGround(z);
 
 	stopDoingScriptedCamera();