Reflection Weirdness!

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So far my only complaint is an issue with water reflections.

For some reason my weapon is reflected in water no matter how far away I am, even looking at the ocean from miles away 😂 Other than that Im loving it!

[Unworthyboot]

Yeah, I noticed that too.

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Originally posted by Unworthyboot:

Yeah, I noticed that too.

Glad to know Im not the only one! Whats weird is it doesnt show up in screenshots

[Drugun]

This is a basic limitation of screen-space reflections. It simply mirrors your screen to make the reflection. I first noticed it in Crysis 3.

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Originally posted by Drugun:

This is a basic limitation of screen-space reflections. I first noticed it in Crysis 3.

Know any way to fix it?

[Drugun]

Originally posted by diz:

Know any way to fix it?

It can't really be fixed.

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Originally posted by Drugun:

Originally posted by diz:

Know any way to fix it?

It can't really be fixed.

Damn!

[Mannyrue]

Thought I was crazy, But glad to know it's not just me.

[Just Chill]

Originally posted by diz:

I first noticed it in Crysis 3.

Cry Engine has that issue too?

I first noticed it in Ark (Unreal Engine).
It's a pitty that Oblivion suffers from this too now, but I assume there is nothing that can be done about.
Problem persists since ages.

[[GT] Marth]

@Just Chill it's a drawback of the rendering technique, unrelated to what engine it is

[Forkie]

Originally posted by Drugun:

Originally posted by diz:

Know any way to fix it?

It can't really be fixed.

You can turn Screen-space reflections off in the settings though. That gets rid of the issue.

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deactivate screen space reflections

[John Hunter]

That's what screen space reflections do. This happens in a lot of games that use screen space reflections. If the game has ray traced reflections, that would fix it.

[PixelPusher]

Originally posted by John Hunter:

If the game has ray traced reflections, that would fix it.

Yes. It also would run even better and smoother than it already does /s

[Alex Pigeon]

Unreal engine is notorious for the absolutely ugliest water reflections in games that don't use RT or regular reflection techniques, it destroys the immersion in a nanosecond

[MechBFP]

I will never understand a developer who enables screen space reflections in a game, looks at the results, and is like "perfect, ship it!". Apparently they have never seen a body of water in their entire life.