How To Change Perspective Mode On Your Unturned Server

Controlling the camera perspective on your Unturned server can drastically change the feel of the game. Forcing first-person view creates a more immersive and hardcore survival experience, while allowing third-person makes for more relaxed gameplay. You can easily set these rules by tweaking a single line in your server configuration.

Important Warning: Always make sure your server is completely stopped before making configuration changes. Editing files while the server is running will cause your changes to be overwritten!

Editing Your Commands.dat File

To change the camera perspective rules, we need to edit the core commands file directly in your panel.

1. Log into your MintServers panel and click the Stop button.
2. Navigate to the Files tab on the left sidebar.
3. Click through the file manager to locate your Commands.dat file.
📁 Servers
📁 unturned (or your custom instance name)
📁 Server
📄 Commands.dat (Click to edit this file)
4. Click on Commands.dat to open the text editor.
5. Look for a line that says Perspective and change it. If you have a brand new server and the file is empty, simply type the command on a new line. Remember to use only a single space between the command and the setting, with no colons or equal signs. Here is how it should look:

Name My Awesome Server
Map PEI
Mode Easy
MaxPlayers 24
Perspective Both

6. Click the Save Content button at the top of the editor.
7. Return to the Console tab and Start your server.

Perspective Modes Explained

You have four different camera options to choose from. Make sure you spell them exactly as shown below when typing them into your Commands.dat file:

• Perspective Both: The default setting. Allows players to freely toggle between first-person and third-person view by pressing the H key.
• Perspective First: Locks all players into first-person view at all times. Great for hardcore roleplay or PvP servers to prevent players from peeking over walls.
• Perspective Third: Locks all players into third-person view at all times.
• Perspective Vehicle: Forces first-person view while on foot, but allows players to use third-person view while driving vehicles for better visibility.

If your camera perspective still hasn't changed in-game after following these steps, double-check your Commands.dat file to ensure you didn't accidentally misspell the setting. If you need any extra help, open a support ticket and our team will be happy to assist.