Mods / BetterFPCamera

Tags: #Other #Tweak
Author: Pseudonym_Tim
Side: Client
Created: Sep 12th 2024 at 5:41 AM
Last modified: Jan 10th at 5:07 PM
Downloads: 6851
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Recommended download (for Vintage Story 1.21.0-pre.1 - 1.21.6):
BetterFPCamera v1.4.0.zip  1-click install


This mod enhances first person immersion by introducing a more dynamic and interesting camera!

More dynamic/immersive first person camera
- Adds movement-based camera tilt
- Adds horizontal head bobbing effect
- Adds directional camera tilt when taking damage, based on hit direction

Adds new configurable camera shake effects for first-person view:
- Camera shake when breaking blocks
- Camera shake when placing blocks
- Camera shake when dropping items
- Camera shake when taking damage, scaled by damage amount
- Camera shake when throwing spears, stones, snowballs, and beenades
- Camera shake when shooting bows

Improves/fixes death camera
- Adds a death camera tilt/roll effect as if your character is actually lying on the ground
- Hides first-person hands while dead and restores them on revive to avoid clipping
- Locks camera yaw to player body yaw while dead, you can no longer spin your body around while dying!

 

Should work fine with immersive first person mode enabled, and should not affect the third person camera in any way
Uses a configuration file that you may modify if you wish to change anything!
Reported to be compatible with the Bullseye mod!

Mod Version Mod IdentifierFor Game version Downloads Released Changelog Download 1-click mod install*
1.4.0 betterfpcamera
1.21.0-pre.1 - 1.21.6
1392 Jan 10th at 5:07 PM BetterFPCamera v1.4.0.zip 1-click install

Updated the mod to work with the latest game version (v1.21.0)!

+ Added new screenshake effects for throwing snowballs, beenades, and stones

* Fixed screenshake occurring when you haven't even actually thrown a spear or shot the bow

* Fixed hurt screenshake occurring upon being damaged from special EnumDamageSource types, these are now ignored...

1.3.0 betterfpcamera
1.20.0-pre.0 - 1.20.0-rc.6
3801 Dec 27th 2024 at 10:59 PM BetterFPCamera v1.3.0.zip 1-click install

* Fixed crashing due to unused outdated API calls and null references, updated to Vintage Story v1.20.0
+ Added screenshake when firing a bow (ItemBow)
+ Added screenshake when throwing a spear (ItemSpear)

1.2.0 betterfpcamera
1.19.0-pre.0 - 1.19.8
923 Sep 26th 2024 at 1:22 PM BetterFPCamera v1.2.0.zip 1-click install

* Fixed an issue where the sky would rotate along with the camera
* Flipped the player movement camera tilt direction

1.1.0 betterfpcamera
1.19.0-pre.0 - 1.19.8
351 Sep 16th 2024 at 11:24 AM BetterFPCamera v1.1.0.zip 1-click install

+ Added screenshake for placing blocks

+ Added screenshake for breaking blocks

+ Added screenshake for dropping/throwing out items

* Improved Player Death Camera: (The player's hand model is now hidden to prevent clipping issues, the player can no longer rotate left or right after dying, and a new view roll effect simulates the player lying on the ground.)

1.0.0 betterfpcamera
1.19.0-pre.0 - 1.19.8
381 Sep 12th 2024 at 6:18 AM BetterFPCamera v1.0.0.zip 1-click install

Initial release!

+ Added dynamic camera tilting

+ Added damage-based screenshake

+ Added enhanced headbobbing animation


27 Comments (oldest first | newest first)

Vari_Ares, Feb 7th at 4:36 PM

Hi, the mod is broken for the new 1.22 can you please update it ? :c <3

Pants_Bandit, Jan 14th at 3:20 AM (modified Jan 14th at 3:22 AM)

Holy shit I don't think you understand how good this mod is. "Reported to be compatible with the Bullseye mod!" did you know that this is fully compatible with the entirety of the combat overhaul series, and not only that it so far with minimal testing, has made it so that immersive first person now works 100% with little to no glitches..... this is awesome

Edit: wait a minute i can't aim down lmao, I can look down, just not aim down, other than that I can aim forward which is good enough and kind of immersive.

Marquitos, Nov 27th 2025 at 10:26 PM

update please, i love the mod!

Beedy, Nov 8th 2025 at 1:51 AM

Paddington03 The game already has a setting to enable that. It is called "immersive first person ..." 

Paddington03, Nov 2nd 2025 at 2:57 PM

if i look down do i get to see my legs?

 

eerino, Oct 28th 2025 at 6:56 AM

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Tsubame, Sep 4th 2025 at 5:37 PM

Tasshroom33 I tried it out only for about an hour and didn't notice any issues. So I think it works at least on a surface level.

Tasshroom33, Aug 28th 2025 at 10:41 AM

Anyone have luck with this on 1.21.0? Love this mod.

MagentaLizard, Jul 1st 2025 at 3:07 AM

can i see my tootsies tho?

Lobo_Um_Louco, May 24th 2025 at 10:50 PM

So, you can use your mod as a cheat because if I rest my head on a dirt wall I can very well see through the walls and look down

Spleen, May 21st 2025 at 10:59 PM

Hey, love the mod! I noticed today that distant player nametags jump all over the screen when moving around. ...Just a minor thing I noticed that I thought I should share; although I understand it might be harder than it's worth to fix. Regardless, great mod!

Vari_Ares, Apr 23rd 2025 at 8:23 PM

Thx for the update of the mod !! <3

Apro, Mar 28th 2025 at 5:37 PM

Does anyone know why this mods zeroes my fps from time to time?

GoblinKing, Mar 2nd 2025 at 11:59 PM

Amazing mod, pairs great with verticality climbing/crawling mod

washaa, Dec 30th 2024 at 3:35 PM

Great mod, thank you.

Xorberax, Dec 28th 2024 at 8:50 PM

Insane, this looks and feels so good! Outstanding work :)

Pseudonym_Tim , Dec 27th 2024 at 11:02 PM

Vari_Ares Sorry for the wait, just released a new update that should work for the latest game version! Thanks for the kind words!

Vari_Ares, Dec 5th 2024 at 7:44 PM

Hi, the mod is broken for 1.20 can u fix it please ? I LOVE IT SO MUCH !!! <3

aleksand, Nov 4th 2024 at 1:06 PM

In love with this. Thank you for making this mod. Could I request a seperate config line for strafing roll? I prefer having forwards and backwards movement remain default, and only affect the camera on left/right strafing!

Pseudonym_Tim , Sep 17th 2024 at 2:03 PM

Zanklev Hmm, yeah I think I'll reverse the tilting and add an option in the mod config for people who may prefer the way is currently is now

Zanklev, Sep 17th 2024 at 6:30 AM

Looks great but it would probably be better if it tilted into your turn instead of away from it

Hunter118, Sep 13th 2024 at 10:11 PM

Note for everyone, if u want the head to tilt in the direction of where your going put a negavtive valvue in the tilt strength, in the config. Dont know if this affects the other kinds of tilts.

Cheecken, Sep 12th 2024 at 1:15 PM

I essentially tested out the mod before it was published here. I like it a lot as it makes movement feel a bit more dynamic and as someone who plays in immersive first person mode from time to time, I felt no obstructions in terms of camera movement messing up the player model or vice versa. 

If you are a fan of retro FPS cameras, such as the first person feel of Quake games, I think the mod is a perfect addition to your game 😁 

Pseudonym_Tim , Sep 12th 2024 at 11:19 AM

RuneScholar Glad to hear! I did work directly with camera matrices in the code to ensure that this mod would likely work on most versions of the game and with other mods

RuneScholar, Sep 12th 2024 at 11:12 AM

I had a compatibility concern, so I went ahead and tested it, and would just like to report that the mod seems to have no incompatibilities with the Bullseye mod.

Pseudonym_Tim , Sep 12th 2024 at 10:52 AM

MRGOOSE Yeah, in retrospect that probably would have been a good idea!

MRGOOSE, Sep 12th 2024 at 9:37 AM

can you add a video so we can know what it looks like?