BTA Freecam
by kirisoup
BTA Freecam lets a player detach the camera from their character and fly it around the world for inspecting builds and machines.
What it does
Freecam is a camera mode. Toggling it sends the view out of the player's body so the camera can move freely, and toggling it again resets the camera position and rotation. A separate Toggle Freecam Control option hands movement back to the player character while the camera stays detached. The camera position is stored as an offset from the player's camera rather than as an absolute position, which is the approach most other freecam mods take. The player model stays visible from the freecam view, and the camera can be placed too close to a hidden spot, which is a known catch.
The mod is client-side only, so only the client needs it and servers run without it. It requires BTA Babric, the only dependency, and the pre-built BTA instance that includes Fabric Loader can be obtained from the author's GitHub. Freecam is considered cheating on some servers, so a player should ask the server owner before using it. The mod is published for b1.7.3 only, and snapshot builds are also published.
Key features
Detached camera
The camera moves independently of the player, so a builder can look at a structure from any angle.
Control switch
Toggle Freecam Control returns movement to the player character while the camera remains detached.
Visible player model
The player model stays visible in the freecam view, aligned with how other freecam mods show it.
Reset on exit
Toggling freecam off resets the position and rotation, and re-enabling it is prevented while the key is held.
Use cases
Inspecting builds
A player can fly the camera over a finished build or a machine layout to check it from above or from the side.
Who it’s for: Players who want to look around a base or machine setup without moving their character, provided the server allows freecam.
How it compares
Camera Man is a client and server mod under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, which also makes the player model visible, so players on servers that run it see the same model. BTA Freecam is client-side only and is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, so players join without installing anything on the server side.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BTA Freecam | BTA Babric | b1.7.3 | Client-side only | 2026-08-02 |
| Camera Man | BTA Babric | b1.7.3 | Client and server | 2025-06-22 |
Questions
Does BTA Freecam need another mod to run?
Can freecam be used on any server?
Which game version does BTA Freecam support?
In the catalog
BTA Freecam is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder. 567 mods support Minecraft b1.7.3.
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What the author says
A client-only mod for Better Than Adventure!, which allows you to control your camera isolated from your player, making it a convenient tool for inspecting builds and machines. Please note that freecam might be consdered cheating on some servers, therefore please make sure that it is allowed by the rules, or ask the…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/bta-freecam
- Owner
- kirisoup
- Published
- 2026-07-23
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-02
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15