How To Change 3rd Person View In Minecraft

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Third person view as seen from the front of the role player

Tertiary person view is a viewpoint from exterior of the player in which the photographic camera does not show the player's eye level, but instead shows from behind the player.

Activating [ ]

Third person view can be activated by pressing F5 (or fn+F5 on some computers). Pressing F5 in one case will brandish the back of the player in third person view, twice will display their forepart, and three times revert back to offset person view.

If the role player suffocates while in this mode, the camera will switch dorsum to first person view. This does non utilise to Pocket Edition.

A third person face view can also be seen while the inventory is open, the histrion there will always be facing towards the cursor.

Display [ ]

When in third person view, the player tin can be viewed at an angle of 0 degrees and from the front of the player at 180 degrees (Y axis) when the mouse is leveled with the ground.

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History [ ]

Indev
February 18, 2010		The player can now be seen in the previously solid blackness square in the inventory.
Alpha
1.0.14		Pressing `F5` now switches the view to tertiary person view. When in tertiary person view, the player is off middle by one block to the left.
1.0.14		Because mobs await at the camera and not the thespian's caput, in third person view they look at the wrong location.
1.0.17		The player is now centered when in third person view.
i.ii.0		Holding `F1` while in third person view now causes the front of the player to be shown.
Beta
1.3		The front of the player is no longer shown past belongings `F1` while in third person view.
Official release
1.0.0	Beta ane.ix-pre5	The debugging view manipulation known in the lawmaking every bit the "deadmau5 photographic camera"^[1] was accidentally enabled.
		This feature causes the keys `Y`, `H`, `U`, `O`, `I`, `K`, `J`, `L`, `N`, and `M` to change the camera position in a variety of ways, and pressing `F9` freezes the view. Pressing two functionally connected keys at the same time volition revert the view back to normal, except pressing `U`+`O`.
		This feature was only added for deadmau5.^[1]
	Beta i.9-pre6	The deadmau5 camera was removed.
		Pressing `F5` twice now switches the camera to the front end of the actor, while it now takes a third press of `F5` to switch back into showtime person view.
1.2.ane	12w08a	The deadmau5 camera was accidentally added again.^[2]
	12w08a	The sides of the actor'southward head may now be shown when rotating the view using the deadmau5 camera.
	1.2-pre	The deadmau5 camera was removed once again.
Pocket Edition Blastoff
0.1.2		Added an choice for third person view.
0.12.one	build 6	Added the front end 3rd person view.