ShoulderSurfing
Revamped over-the-shoulder F5 third-person camera view
Features
- Over-the-shoulder camera
- Hotkeys to move the camera (Default: arrow keys, page up and page down, O to swap shoulders)
- Corrective cross-hair positioning if dynamic crosshair is enabled
- Hide player if the camera gets too close to it
- Client-side only
Installation
Forge
Prerequisites
- Make sure Minecraft Forge is installed
Manual
- Navigate to "..\.minecraft\mods"
- Copy the "ShoulderSurfing-Forge-[VERSION].jar"
- Follow the steps below
Launcher Settings
- Select forge as your profile
- Launch Minecraft
- Join a world or server
- Use "arrow keys", "page up" and "page down" to adjust the perspective ("O" to swap shoulder)
Fabric
Prerequisites
- Make sure Fabric is installed
- Make sure Fabric API is installed
- Make sure Forge Config API Port is installed
Manual
- Navigate to "..\.minecraft\mods"
- Copy the "ShoulderSurfing-Fabric-[VERSION].jar"
- Follow the steps below
Launcher Settings
- Select fabric as your profile
- Launch Minecraft
- Join a world or server
- Use "arrow keys", "page up" and "page down" to adjust the perspective ("O" to swap shoulder)
Configuration
- ≥ 1.13: Manual: "..\.minecraft\config\shouldersurfing.toml"
- ≤ 1.12: Ingame: Mods -> ShoulderSurfing -> Config (Manual: "..\.minecraft\config\shouldersurfing.cfg")
Troubleshooting
- Optifine:
- 1.15: Shaders will be offset because of compatibility issues
- 1.15-1.16.1: The crosshair will not render in 3pp because of compatibility issues
- ≤ 1.14: Set "Render Quality" to "1.0x" for Shader Pack "(internal)" and switch back to Shader Pack "OFF"
- BetterCombat: Set "Enable 1PP Crosshair" to "false" and "Override Mod Crosshairs" to "true"
FAQ
Q: Is this client-side only?
A: Yes.
Q: Can you port feature x to version y?
A: No.
Q: Can you port this to quilt, liteloader, rift, etc.?
A: No.
Q: Can you make the player always aim at where the crosshair is pointing at?
A: No, as it would break server compatibility.
Q: Can i add this to my modpack ?
A: Yes.
License
MIT License, Original project by Sabar: Minecraft Forum, GitHub