Direct Visuals

v0.2.2·Updated 2026-08-01

An Outward camera mod that unlocks your camera's full potential.

About this mod Author’s original text

Direct Visuals

Direct Visuals is a mod that replicates The Elder Scrolls' Third-Person camera style.

Features

  • Camera Zoom Adjustment
  • Character turns towards camera
  • Projectile skills automatically lock onto closest enemies.
  • Configurable features.

Bind the Lock Character to Camera, Zoom In & Zoom Out keys in the controls settings to use this mod.

Change Log

0.2.2

  • Removed spark from lock-on.

0.2.1

  • Fixed sleeping breaking when enabled.
  • Fixed lock logic.
  • Added configurations to adjust zoom speed and toggle auto-lock for skills.

REWRITE 0.2.0

  • Rewritten in a more performance-friendly way, system switched over to the Alternate Camera cheat mode for compatibility. All prior features still functional and many visual problems have been remedied.
  • Locking now active when weapon isn't drawn.

0.1.6

  • Auto-aim while character-locked now works on all projectile skills & spells

0.1.5

  • Added pistol aiming. (Special thanks to IggyTheMad!)

0.1.4 HOTFIX

  • Fixed mod versioning & formatting.

0.1.3

  • Locking the character is no longer required to be enabled to utilize the zoom feature & locking now allows several more actions to be performed correctly.

0.1.2

  • Zooming now works and the character now only locks when their weapon is drawn.

0.1.1

  • Initial release.

Contact

You may contact me through the Outward Modding Community Discord server.

Install & use Install: BepInEx plugin

  1. The archive from playbuff is the mod itself — usually a BepInEx plugin (a .dll or a plugin folder once unzipped).
  2. Recommended: use a community mod manager (such as r2modman) — pick this game, import the mod, and the manager sets up BepInEx and its dependencies for you.
  3. Manual route: install the BepInEx loader in the game folder, then drop the unzipped .dll or plugin folder into BepInEx/plugins/.
  4. Launch the game — the BepInEx console logs every plugin it loads; seeing this mod in the log means it is installed.

Mods with listed dependencies need those installed too, or they will not load. Options are usually changed in-game or in the plugin's config file.

Dependencies

Install these first, or the mod will not work:

sinai-dev-SideLoaderBepInEx-BepInExPack_Outward

File & checksum

Filename
Direct_Visuals-0.2.2.zip
File size
30.4 KiB