# Massive reflection noise

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/massive-reflection-noise/485402>\
**Category:** Rendering\
**Tags:** Reflections, planar-reflection, unreal-engine, question\
**Created:** [June 26, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/massive-reflection-noise/485402 "2021-06-26T18:03:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![telurico23](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@telurico23](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/telurico23)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/massive-reflection-noise/485402/1 "2021-06-26T18:03:07Z")

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I am experiencing very bad reflection artifacts and noise. I couldn’t find a solution. Tried UE4, UE5 and it’s still the same  
Reflection behaves like stripes when reflecting a tree. Or it gets really noisy in easy reflections like a wall getting reflected.  
Thanks in advance!

![342484-noise.jpg](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/0/b/1/0b124f262e39cf6c97dd2caa75e630ca0938da0e.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Shadowriver](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Shadowriver](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Shadowriver)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/massive-reflection-noise/485402/2 "2021-06-26T18:14:55Z")

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Thats because limitation of screen space refection, with it only things on screen can be reflected. you can read it here, you might want to use diffrent reflection types:

> **[Why are my reflections acting weirdly](https://forums.unrealengine.com/questions/912191/view.html)**
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> I started playing around in UE4 and i got some problems with the reflections which I cant solve

Also Lumen reflection in UE5 is known to be broken right now it’s work in progress.

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**Author:** ![telurico23](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@telurico23](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/telurico23)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2021, 12:34am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/massive-reflection-noise/485402/3 "2021-06-28T00:34:19Z")

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Thanks I checked it out and tried using planar reflections and glass material. It worked, but I only can make one plane at a time, which is not very useful for realtime. I am trying now in UE5 with lumen, looking to make it usable for more than one reflections.