CMDCam Fabric
by rPersival
With CMDCam Fabric, a player can record camera paths in a scene, play them back as smooth animations and share the saved scenes as JSON.
What it does
CMDCam Fabric is a Fabric port of the CMDCam camera tool. Players press P to add a point along a camera path and press U to start an animation that runs for a default of 10 seconds. Paths can roll, follow block entities and blend between points with several interpolation curves. Scenes are saved in the cam save-scenes JSON format, so a saved file can be sent to another player and loaded again.
The mod works in single-player and on multiplayer servers. Only the client needs it, so a server can run without it while players who install it gain the camera tools. CreativeCore must be installed alongside it. The code is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only. Files are published for 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, and the latest build, 2.1.3, targets 1.21.1 and was released on 2025-06-13.
Key features
Scene saving
Camera paths are stored as scenes and written to JSON, so they can be kept and shared between players.
Smooth camera paths
Points on a path are joined with interpolation curves, producing smooth movement between recorded positions.
Roll rotation
The camera can rotate around its view axis along a path, not only pan and tilt.
Block entity targeting
The camera can be aimed at or follow a block entity while the animation plays.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Recording a short clip
A player adds points with P, sets the animation with U and plays back a scene of roughly 10 seconds.
Sharing a scene
A saved scene can be exported as JSON and loaded by another player who has the mod installed.
Who it’s for: Players who make short camera movements or film builds in Minecraft, in single-player worlds or on multiplayer servers.
How it compares
CinematicTools is a Fabric mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, and it runs on both client and server. No Hurt Cam is client-side only and open source under the MIT License, with files for 1.18 – 1.20.4, and it disables the hurt camera shake rather than recording paths.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMDCam Fabric | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client required, server optional | 2025-06-13 |
| CinematicTools | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-04-08 |
| No Hurt Cam | Fabric | 1.18 – 1.20.4 | Client-side only | 2024-05-14 |
Questions
Does CMDCam Fabric need CreativeCore?
Does the server need CMDCam Fabric?
Which game versions does CMDCam Fabric support?
In the catalog
CMDCam Fabric is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
This port was created for the Kreate Modpack.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/cmdcam-fabric
- Owner
- rPersival
- Published
- 2025-02-26
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-06-13
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15