Better Zoom
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- 👍 0.0% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #198 of 246 forge mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
!(https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/cached_images/d11bf8db9347a4aa7c37ec13b08ce17ddd41aef2.png) Better Zoom v2. 9, allows you to zoom smoothly with wheel scrolling and hotkeys. It offers a simple and efficent zoom with customizations. All of that without any mixin/asm, in order to improve the speed.
The goal of this mod is to provide a simple & suitable zoom with both wheel and hotkeys smooth zooming. No fancy or complicated parameters included. It still offers customizations (see screenshots below) on a Configuration GUI while running without any mixin or any additional library.
It's also meant to be simple, compatible but still including all the necessary features, without fancy stuff.
!(https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/cached_images/1e4103784c708e242ed05f27b3306cec0917ef32_0.webp)
Press "c" by default to toggle zoom. (Configurable keybind)
Press "+"/"-" or scroll with wheel to zoom in/out (Configurable)
!(https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/cached_images/46e970f7ee4273f3bf2aabe3519a436369c420c5_0.webp) ## Default configuration GUI (Forge 1. 20. 1 reference): (open with 'V' keybind by default) and at mods/config...) !(https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/cached_images/69b6c36e48eca15bcfe741fa23a4529dd741dfb9_0.webp)
You can configure:
- "Zoom Increment" - How much zoom it increments per scroll wheel. (useful to zoom/dezoom very quickly)
- "Mouse Sensitivity" - The mouse sensitivity that will be multiplited by when you zoom. (adjust as you need so the camera doesn't move too fast when zooming a lot)
- "Hold to Zoom" - Require to hold the zoom keybind in order to keep zooming
- "Smooth Zoom" - A real Smooth Fade in/out when zooming
- "Auto Adjust" - Adjust the mouse sensitivty automatically according to the zoom level
- "Easing Factor" - Easing factor for the smooth transitions. Lowers = slower/smoother
- "Disable Bobbing while zooming" - Disable the bob biew/bobbing while zooming
(Tooltips are avilable ingame for more informations)
## Custom keybinds: ## !(https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/cached_images/8235416e703d982470b91de297fb30a8fb5e80b5.png) !(https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/cached_images/c16287f029416b4b487ba47357c64a4362fb7a09_0.webp) Translations are available for French and English. Feel free to suggest better ond, or add translations on github!
Issues for suggestions/bugs: https://github.com/AwesomeHippo/BetterZoom/issues
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- Feel free to add this in any modpack published on curseforge! This is highly appreciated.
The code is open source : https://github.com/AwesomeHippo/BetterZoom under MIT license and the mod is available on curseforge: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/better-zoom
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Minecraft Mods
- Author
- AwesomeHippo
- Version
- 2.7.0
- Downloads
- 566,101
- Endorsements
- 7
- Category
- forge
- Created
- 8/10/2025
- Updated
- 9/8/2025
- Game Versions
- 1.21.1
- Tags
- game-mechanics, optimization, utility
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Which Minecraft Mods versions does Better Zoom support?
The author lists 1.21.1. Other versions may work but are untested by the author.
What is the latest version of Better Zoom?
Version 2.7.0, published 2025-09-08 with 566,101 downloads recorded at the source.
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