Simple Cinematic Camera
Simple Cinematic Camera is a spirtual successor to GCam that uses more modern methods and scripting. CBA is required as the camera is activated by a CBA keybind. If you load ACE, you will see it in your self-interact menu as Cinematic Camera.
Ctrl + Shift + B is the default keybind to open the HUD. All controls are now re-bindable as of v1.2!
My Discord: https://discord.gg/KNGavKdbWZ
Current version: 1.7 (28 May 2026)
Notable Features
If you’re used to GCam, here’s some things this mod improves on:
• The camera runs locally on your client. Even if the server is running at 5 FPS, your camera moves at your client’s FPS and remains unaffected.
• 6-DOF movement: Move diagonally, change elevation, and roll the camera simultaneously without locking up like GCam.
• Position, rotation, FOV, and speed are all interpolated for a smooth, professional look but you can customize the responsiveness heavily.
• Includes Look-At, Orientation lock (match player rotation), and Altitude lock (move without climbing or descending).
• Modern HUD: A 3-stage interface (Full Info, top/bottom bars, or fully hidden)
• Smart Target List: Scroll through and select Players or AI in the UI, then actually switch the camera to them.
• Fully rebindable keys, TFAR/ACRE spectator audio support, and single-player Time Dilation (Slow-motion) control.
Report any issues to me via the comment section or chat channel in the Discord.
Notes:
• You can rebind the Activation key and change sensitivities under Addon Controls and Addon Options under [Bro] Simple Cinematic Camera. If you aren’t running ACE, you NEED to use the keybind to activate it, there is no scroll option for it.
• If the timescale + and – keys on NUMPAD aren’t working, rebind them, you probably have a mod that’s somehow conflicting with those keys so you’ll have to re-bind.
• Leave the whitelist empty if you don’t know what you’re doing! This is to allow server owners to limit its usage ON THE SERVER to only an allowed group of people, and the server has to run the mod if that’s the case so it can have the setting.
• If you change the keybinds, make sure to exit and re-enter the camera for them to take effect and show properly on the HUD.
License:
Arma Public License Share Alike (APL-SA)
https://www.bohemia.net/community/licenses/arma-public-license-sa
Disclaimer: The camera script and controls (simplecam.sqf and simplecam_key.sqf) was made using Google Gemini 3 Pro Preview for the bulk of the math and scripting, and then tweaked by me to meet the mod’s usability and experience I had in mind. I’ve checked it over and it’s not some typical broken AI slop script. This is actually a working utility. AI wasn’t used for anything else, as is the standard for all my other mods.
Source code available on Github: https://github.com/Brominum/Bro_SimpleCam
If you know what you’re doing, please feel free to open issues or submit pull requests there if you can fix/add something and it works flawlessly.
