Pixelmon: Cinematic Camera

Pixelmon's standard battle camera stays wherever the player last left it, so the player has to drag the mouse around to find a usable angle while a Pokémon is being hit. This sidemod replaces that camera with a director that chooses its own framing and moves through the battle. When nothing is happening, the camera drifts around the battle in a slow circle, and it regularly switches between framings, going wide at some moments and tight at others.

When a move is picked, the camera settles into an over-the-shoulder view of the attacking Pokémon looking toward the opponent. Once the move goes off, the camera sweeps behind the attacker toward the target and settles close. Critical hits and heavy damage trigger a quick zoom in with a bit of shake, while faints, mega evolutions and dynamaxing each receive a dramatic composition of their own. Shake strength can be set per hit type in the config.

The mod requires Pixelmon and runs on client and server. Singleplayer needs no setup. A single config toggle switches the old manual camera back on for anyone who prefers it. The code is open source under the Apache License 2.0, and files are published for NeoForge 1.21.1 only, with the latest, 9.3.16.x.1, dated 2026-07-08.