CrossbowZoom

CrossbowZoom

BetterArchery's zoom, for every crossbow. Hold BetterArchery's zoom key (right mouse by default) with

any crossbow and the camera zooms exactly as it does for a drawn bow: the same zoom factor, speed,

sounds and zoom-out.

Why

BetterArchery zooms only while a bow is being drawn. A crossbow never draws, so on its own it never

zooms. No BetterArchery setting changes that. CrossbowZoom fills the gap without faking a draw, so a

crossbow still gets no walk slowdown and no bow-draw pose.

What it does

• Zoom while the key is held, whether the crossbow is loaded or reloading. Release the key and

BetterArchery zooms back out as usual.

• Right-click zooms instead of blocking while a crossbow is held. Bows are unchanged. The same

press also no longer stands you up from a chair or steers autorun while a crossbow zooms.

• Only in play: with the inventory, map, chat or a menu open, right-click does what the game

normally does and the camera does not zoom.

• Every crossbow is covered: vanilla, and crossbows added by other mods. A crossbow is any

bow-type weapon that has to be reloaded, so nothing depends on item names.

• Uses BetterArchery's own settings. [Bow Zoom] in ishid4.mods.betterarchery.cfg controls it:

Enable Bow Zoom, Zoom Factor, Bow Zoom Constant Time, Bow Zoom Hotkey, Enable Bow Zoom SFX.

CrossbowZoom has no config of its own.

Setup

• Needs BetterArchery (2.0.2) and BepInEx 5.
• Client-only. Nothing is synced or saved. Every player who wants the zoom installs it; it does

nothing on a dedicated server.

Limits

• Automatic Bow Zoom stays bow-only. With it on, BetterArchery zooms out whenever nothing is being

drawn, so CrossbowZoom stays off to avoid a zoom that never progresses.

• No gamepad zoom. BetterArchery's zoom reads a keyboard or mouse key, and so does this.
• If a BetterArchery update renames its zoom internals, CrossbowZoom logs one error at startup and

does nothing. Crossbows just don't zoom; the camera is never left half-driven.