Shoulder Surfing: Iron's Spells Integration
by Ellet
With Iron's Spells 'n Spellbooks cast from a book or scroll, Shoulder Surfing: Iron's Spells Integration keeps the player looking at the crosshair target during the cast.
What it does
Spells cast through the official spell books and scroll items can leave the camera pointed straight ahead instead of at the crosshair target. This integration calls ShoulderSurfingImpl.lookAtCrosshairTarget before the scroll's use method runs, so the player faces the crosshair target whether or not the camera is decoupled from the character.
The fix applies whether a player uses a controller or keyboard and mouse, and it is useful even without a controller, because the camera is coupled to the character. It works through the callback that Shoulder Surfing Reloaded provides to identify when the player is aiming, and it is tested alongside Epic Fight.
Two required dependencies are needed: Iron's Spells 'n Spellbooks and Shoulder Surfing Reloaded. The mod runs on the client only, so servers do not need to install it, and it is released under the MIT License with source code on GitHub. Builds are published for Forge and NeoForge, for 1.20.1 and 1.21.1.
Key features
Crosshair aiming on cast
The player faces the crosshair target when casting a spell, including quick casts from the spell book.
Scroll item support
Casting through a scroll item with a right click is covered, so both casting methods behave the same way.
Internal API use
Spell casting is hooked through internal methods, because the official Iron's Spells API covers only a few server-side events.
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 2
Questions
Does the integration need Shoulder Surfing Reloaded?
Do servers need this mod installed?
Which loaders and versions does it support?
Does it work without a controller?
In the catalog
Shoulder Surfing: Iron's Spells Integration is one of 3,545 Optimization mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,441 Optimization mods for Forge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
A simple client-side mod that integrates Shoulder Surfing Reloaded and Iron's Spells 'n Spellbooks, making the camera automatically follow your crosshair whenever you cast a spell—via spellbooks, normal spells, or quick cast. Compatible with controller mods. This isn't an official Shoulder Surfing Reloaded addon, so…
Official listing
- Owner
- Ellet
- Published
- 2025-10-13
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-01-07
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15