ShoulderSurfing

Revamped over-the-shoulder F5 third-person camera view

Features

Over-the-shoulder camera
Hotkeys to move the camera a bit (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

Download

Compiled binaries can be found on Curseforge

Installation

Download ShoulderSurfing or build from source

Prerequisites

Make sure Minecraft Forge is installed

Manual

Navigate to ..\.minecraft\mods
Copy the ShoulderSurfing-[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)

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 fabric, liteloader, rift, etc ?
A: No

Q: Can you make the player 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

Support

Only the latest game version will be supported and updated with new features

License

MIT License, Original project by Sabar: Minecraft Forum, GitHub

sirgallifrey / ShoulderSurfing