diff --git a/source/funkin/backend/chart/EventsData.hx b/source/funkin/backend/chart/EventsData.hx
index 397e46fb..38b49201 100644
--- a/source/funkin/backend/chart/EventsData.hx
+++ b/source/funkin/backend/chart/EventsData.hx
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ class EventsData {
 				type: TDropDown(['In', 'Out', 'InOut']),
 				defValue: "In"
 			},
-			{name: "Multiplicative?", type: TBool, defValue: false}
+			{name: "Multiplicative?", type: TBool, defValue: true},
+			{name: "Mode", type: TDropDown(['stage', 'direct']), defValue: "stage"}
 		],
 		"Camera Modulo Change" => [
 			{name: "Modulo Interval (Beats)", type: TInt(1, 9999999, 1), defValue: 4},
diff --git a/source/funkin/backend/chart/VSliceParser.hx b/source/funkin/backend/chart/VSliceParser.hx
index f970a38a..c0bcf5bb 100644
--- a/source/funkin/backend/chart/VSliceParser.hx
+++ b/source/funkin/backend/chart/VSliceParser.hx
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class VSliceParser {
 					result.events.push({
 						time: event.t,
 						name: "Camera Zoom",  // we dont support the direct mode since welp, its kind of useless here  - Nex
-						params: [values.ease != "INSTANT", values.zoom == null ? 1 : values.zoom, "camGame", values.duration == null ? 4 : values.duration, cneEase[0], cneEase[1], false]
+						params: [values.ease != "INSTANT", values.zoom == null ? 1 : values.zoom, "camGame", values.duration == null ? 4 : values.duration, cneEase[0], cneEase[1], false, values.mode]
 					});
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/source/funkin/game/PlayState.hx b/source/funkin/game/PlayState.hx
index a593a23e..b2e27a10 100644
--- a/source/funkin/game/PlayState.hx
+++ b/source/funkin/game/PlayState.hx
@@ -1488,8 +1488,10 @@ class PlayState extends MusicBeatState
 				var name = (event.params[2] == "camHUD" ? "camHUD" : "camGame") + ".zoom";  // avoiding having different values from these 2  - Nex
 				var tween = eventsTween.get(name);
 				if (tween != null) tween.cancel();
+				var ease = CoolUtil.flxeaseFromString(event.params[4], event.params[5]);
+				var direct = event.params[7] == 'direct';
 
-				var finalZoom:Float = event.params[1];
+				var finalZoom:Float = event.params[1] * (direct ? FlxCamera.defaultZoom : stage.defaultZoom);
 				if (event.params[6] == true) finalZoom *= cam.zoom;
 
 				if (event.params[0] == false) {
@@ -1497,7 +1499,7 @@ class PlayState extends MusicBeatState
 					if (cam == camHUD) defaultHudZoom = finalZoom;
 					else defaultCamZoom = finalZoom;
 				} else
-					eventsTween.set(name, FlxTween.tween(cam, {zoom: finalZoom}, (Conductor.stepCrochet / 1000) * event.params[3], {ease: CoolUtil.flxeaseFromString(event.params[4], event.params[5]), onUpdate: function(_) {
+					eventsTween.set(name, FlxTween.tween(cam, {zoom: finalZoom}, (Conductor.stepCrochet / 1000) * event.params[3], {ease: ease, onUpdate: function(_) {
 						if (cam == camHUD) defaultHudZoom = cam.zoom;
 						else defaultCamZoom = cam.zoom;
 					}}));
diff --git a/source/funkin/game/Stage.hx b/source/funkin/game/Stage.hx
index b8c62a61..35d926f7 100644
--- a/source/funkin/game/Stage.hx
+++ b/source/funkin/game/Stage.hx
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ class Stage extends FlxBasic implements IBeatReceiver {
 	public var characterPoses:Map<String, StageCharPos> = [];
 	public var xmlImportedScripts:Array<XMLImportedScriptInfo> = [];
 
+	public var defaultZoom:Float = 1.05;
+	public var startCam = new FlxPoint();
+
 	private var spritesParentFolder = "";
 
 	/**
@@ -63,14 +66,19 @@ class Stage extends FlxBasic implements IBeatReceiver {
 
 		var event = null;
 		if (stageXML != null) {
+			var parsed:Null<Float>;
+			if((parsed = Std.parseFloat(stageXML.getAtt("startCamPosX"))).isNotNull()) startCam.x = parsed;
+			if((parsed = Std.parseFloat(stageXML.getAtt("startCamPosY"))).isNotNull()) startCam.y = parsed;
+			if((parsed = Std.parseFloat(stageXML.getAtt("zoom"))).isNotNull()) defaultZoom = parsed;
+			
 			stageName = stageXML.getAtt("name").getDefault(stage);
 
-			if (PlayState.instance != null) {
-				var parsed:Null<Float>;
-				if(stageXML.has.startCamPosX && (parsed = Std.parseFloat(stageXML.att.startCamPosX)) != null) PlayState.instance.camFollow.x = parsed;
-				if(stageXML.has.startCamPosY && (parsed = Std.parseFloat(stageXML.att.startCamPosY)) != null) PlayState.instance.camFollow.y = parsed;
-				if(stageXML.has.zoom && (parsed = Std.parseFloat(stageXML.att.zoom)) != null) PlayState.instance.defaultCamZoom = parsed;
+			if (PlayState.instance == state) {
+				if(stageXML.has.startCamPosX) PlayState.instance.camFollow.x = startCam.x;
+				if(stageXML.has.startCamPosY) PlayState.instance.camFollow.y = startCam.y;
+				if(stageXML.has.zoom) PlayState.instance.defaultCamZoom = defaultZoom;
 			}
+
 			if (stageXML.has.folder) {
 				spritesParentFolder = stageXML.att.folder;
 				if (!spritesParentFolder.endsWith("/")) spritesParentFolder += "/";
@@ -333,6 +341,7 @@ class StageCharPos extends FlxObject {
 
 	public override function destroy() {
 		scale.put();
+		startCam.put();
 		super.destroy();
 	}