External View

# External View Reloaded A Forge / NeoForge mod for Minecraft 1.16.5+ based on [External View Reload](https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/external-view-reload). Provides adjustable third-person camera distance and optional long reach functionality. CurseForge: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/external-view Modrinth: https://modrinth.com/mod/external_view --- ## Features * Adjustable third-person camera distance (default: **Page Up / Page Down**) * Long Hand Mode (default: **K**) – increases interaction reach * Camera collision option (prevents clipping through blocks) * Fully configurable via TOML * Works client-only (with command fallback) * Optional server-side networking support * Permission API support * Languages: English, Russian, Simplified Chinese --- ## Configuration File: ```txt config/externalview-common.toml ``` ### Camera * `cameraSpeed` (default: `0.5`) – zoom step size * `viewDistance` (default: `56`) – maximum camera distance * `cameraCollision` (default: `true`) – prevent camera clipping ### Reach * `reach` (default: `40.0`) – reach in Long Hand Mode * `defaultReach` (default: `5.0`) – default reach (**vanilla = 5.0**) WARNING: Changing `defaultReach` may cause issues on some servers. ### Forge 1.16.5 Note Forge 1.16.5 config files do **not** support reliable hot reload. Some configuration changes may require a full game restart to take effect. --- ## Command Fallback (Client-only) Used when the server does **not** have the mod installed. ### Forge 1.16.5 ```toml blockReachCommand = "attribute @s forge:reach_distance base set {value}" ``` ### Forge 1.20.1 ```toml blockReachCommand = "attribute @s forge:block_reach base set {value}" entityReachCommand = "attribute @s forge:entity_reach base set {value}" ``` ### NeoForge 1.21+ ```toml blockReachCommand = "attribute @s minecraft:player.block_interaction_range base set {value}" entityReachCommand = "attribute @s minecraft:player.entity_interaction_range base set {value}" ``` * `{value}` will be replaced automatically * Invalid commands fallback to default values * Requires permission to use `/attribute` --- ## Server Compatibility ### Client-only * Uses commands to modify reach * Requires OP or permission from the server * Works on vanilla / Bukkit hybrid / most servers if `/attribute` is allowed ### With server installed * Uses custom network packets (more reliable) * Supports permission control * Automatically resets reach when permission is lost Permission node: ```txt externalview.reach ``` Default: OP only Compatible with permission systems such as: * LuckPerms * Forge Permission API * NeoForge Permission API --- ## Version Notes ### Forge 1.16.5 Uses Forge reach attribute: ```txt forge:reach_distance ``` ### Forge 1.20.1 Uses Forge reach attributes: ```txt forge:block_reach forge:entity_reach ``` ### NeoForge 1.21+ Uses vanilla player interaction range attributes: ```txt minecraft:player.block_interaction_range minecraft:player.entity_interaction_range ``` --- ## Notes * If `/attribute` is blocked, client-only mode will not work * Reach changes affect both block and entity interaction range * Command fallback mode is best-effort (no strict failure detection) * Supports hybrid servers such as Mohist and Youer --- ## License LGPL-2.1-or-later