Freelook For Clients
A client-side mod for Quilt and Fabric that adds a freelook keybind, allowing you to observe your surroundings without turning your character.
This is NOT a freecam mod! Freecam lets you detach your camera from your player and move it around as though you were in spectator mode, whereas freelook only serves to decouple the direction you're looking from the direction you're aiming.
Comparison to other freelook mods
As of writing, I could find two other freelook mods for Fabric/Quilt on Modrinth. The following table compares the features of these mods with each other and this mod:
| Freelook | Perspektive | Freelook For Clients | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minecraft version support | 1.19.4 only | 1.17 onwards | 1.18.2 onwards (Excluding 1.19 & 1.19.1) |
| Choose between toggle or hold controls | Via config | Via keybinds | Via keybinds |
| Third person support | Via config, interacts unintuitively with vanilla controls | Over-the-shoulder only: No support for first-person or looking-at-camera | Via vanilla controls |
| Interpolation to prevent disorientation | No | No | Yes |
| Action bar message to prevent confusion | No | No | Yes |
| First-person arm/held item rotation to visualise character orientation | No | No | Yes |
| Changing third-person camera distance | No | Yes | No (Outside the scope of the mod) |
License
Freelook For Clients is licenced under the Apache 2.0 license.
An example of using freelook to watch out for threats while mining. Without freelook, you would have to stare at the obsidian while mining it, unable to see your surroundings. Using third-person is entirely optional.
An example of using freelook while flying with an elytra. You can pitch up to slow your descent, and then use freelook to survey the landscape. Without freelook, it's challenging to observe things while flying without crashing into them.
| Version | Minecraft | Loader | Download |
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Freelook For Clients 1.0.0+1.19.3 Onwards (Fabric) 1.0.0+1.19.3_onwards-fabric |
1.19.3, 1.19.4, 1.20, 1.20.1
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fabric
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Freelook For Clients 1.0.0+1.19.2 (Fabric) 1.0.0+1.19.2-fabric |
1.19.2
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fabric
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Freelook For Clients 1.0.0+1.18.2 (Fabric) 1.0.0+1.18.2-fabric |
1.18.2
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fabric
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Freelook For Clients 1.0.0+1.19.3 Onwards (Quilt) 1.0.0+1.19.3_onwards-quilt |
1.19.3, 1.19.4, 1.20, 1.20.1
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quilt
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Freelook For Clients 1.0.0+1.19.2 (Quilt) 1.0.0+1.19.2-quilt |
1.19.2
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quilt
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Download |
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Freelook For Clients 1.0.0+1.18.2 (Quilt) 1.0.0+1.18.2-quilt |
1.18.2
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quilt
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Download |