RideLock
RideLock is a lightweight client-side Forge mod for Minecraft 1.12.2 designed to help keep your camera perspective in line with vehicles.
It was heavily inspired by the camera-locking logic in SmoothCoasters. While modern versions of Minecraft have great options for this, 1.12.2 was lacking an option for this. What it does
When you're sitting in a moving vehicle (minecarts, trains, etc.), RideLock calculates the motion of the entity and smoothly interpolates your camera to match the pitch and yaw of the track.
Features
- Toggleable: Hit F9 (default) to turn the lock on or off instantly.
- Client-Side Only: This does not need to be installed on the server.
Special thanks to Bergerhealer for the inspiration via SmoothCoasters (https://github.com/bergerhealer/SmoothCoasters/)
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.12.2
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as ridelock-1.0.2.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 5 KB
- Download link checked 10 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.