cinematic-zoom

The mod swaps the usual instant field-of-view jump for a hold-to-zoom motion. While the default C key is held, the camera narrows to a tight 50% FOV and letterbox bars slide in; when the key is released, the world and the bars ease back smoothly. Zoom speed is tied to real time rather than to frame rate, so the motion stays fluid on slower machines, and sensitivity scales down as the zoom tightens so aiming at a far target does not overshoot it.

Opening a menu releases the zoom cleanly, and the mod does not stack with the vanilla spyglass. Zoom amount, animation speed, letterbox bar height, bar opacity and mouse sensitivity are configurable through Mod Menu, and the key can be rebound under the Controls settings. The mod is built to give long-range PvP players and recorders a stable zoom and full-width bars with no leftover HUD elements, and it works without installing OptiFine.

The mod is client-side only, so servers run without it and players need only the Fabric build. Files are published for Fabric alone, across 14 release versions spanning 1.21.1 – 26.2. The code is released under the MIT License, but the project is not open source.