TPS Camera for Kenshi — Direct Control Companion

Third-person camera plugin that locks the camera behind your selected character when Direct Control's V-Mode is active, transforming Kenshi from an RTS into an action RPG.

Controls

Key	Action
V	Toggle TPS camera (synced with Direct Control)
Right Mouse + Move	Orbit camera around character
Mouse Wheel	Zoom in / out

Features

• Camera-relative movement — Rotating the camera changes your WASD movement direction, just like a real TPS game
• Smooth follow — Camera smoothly interpolates to prevent jarring movement
• Zoom control — Mouse wheel zooms between 3x and 25x distance
• Loot UI suspend — Camera pauses during loot/trade interactions
• Save/load safety — Camera state resets cleanly on game reload

Requirements

• Kenshi (Steam)
• RE_Kenshi mod loader (v0.3.1+)
• Direct Control (recommended)

Building

Requires Visual Studio 2019+ with the Visual C++ 2010 (v100) x64 compiler. Open TPSCameraPlugin.sln, set to Release x64, and build.

Installation

1. Copy the TPSCameraPlugin/ folder to [Kenshi install dir]/mods/TPSCameraPlugin/
2. Copy the built TPSCameraPlugin.dll into that folder
3. Enable the mod via Kenshi's Mods tab (requires RE_Kenshi)

License

GPL-3.0