# How can I increase the rendering of the reflection distance?

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-can-i-increase-the-rendering-of-the-reflection-distance/2276645>\
**Category:** Rendering\
**Tags:** Console, Reflections, distance-fields, distance, unreal-engine, Lumen, question\
**Created:** [January 14, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-can-i-increase-the-rendering-of-the-reflection-distance/2276645 "2025-01-14T14:55:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![zpghost](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@zpghost](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/zpghost)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-can-i-increase-the-rendering-of-the-reflection-distance/2276645/1 "2025-01-14T14:55:28Z")

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Please suggest a console command to increase the distance of reflection rendering in lumen.

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**Author:** ![brs-sebascova](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/brs-sebascova/32/1052483_2.png) [@brs-sebascova](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/brs-sebascova)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-can-i-increase-the-rendering-of-the-reflection-distance/2276645/2 "2025-01-14T15:18:45Z")

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Hello there @zpghost!

A similar thread covered this inquiry, please check the solution here:

> [@Increase Lumen render distance?](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/increase-lumen-render-distance/272714/15):
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> The following worked for me in my use case: Enable “Use Hardware Ray Tracing” in project settings. Restart if required. These console commands: r.LumenScene.FarField 1 r.RayTracing.Culling.Radius 100000 (couldn’t go beyond this number) Extras: r.LumenScene.FarField.FarFieldDitherScale 10000 (helps soften the edge of where lumen reflections kick in) r.Lumen.Reflections.ScreenTraces 0 (gets rid of the jarring transition between lumen and screen scace reflections, which can look quite dif…

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**Author:** ![zpghost](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@zpghost](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/zpghost)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-can-i-increase-the-rendering-of-the-reflection-distance/2276645/3 "2025-01-14T15:32:00Z")

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I tried all the commands that were specified, the maximum I could achieve is to soften the boundaries, the reflection distance remains the same

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**Author:** ![zpghost](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@zpghost](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/zpghost)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-can-i-increase-the-rendering-of-the-reflection-distance/2276645/4 "2025-01-14T15:41:08Z")

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Increasing this parameter in postprocess helped:  
 ![image](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/6/c/7/6c74dab925ffea38fb45cab83c750b4a66b16363.png)

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**Author:** ![system](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/7/1/3/713c9d3f58553f0de89543d76a8a3a2779dc9fa4.png) [@system](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-can-i-increase-the-rendering-of-the-reflection-distance/2276645/5 "2025-02-13T15:41:50Z")

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