When disabled, only more distant and more significant objects and landscape will be reflected nearby objects will not reflect in the water. If you prefer crisp and more 'mirror-like' reflections, then disable this option.įull Scene Reflections: When enabled (ticked), all scenery is reflected in the water. When disabled, it removes the softening effect - see the screenshot comparison above, noting the reflection of the bridge on the right in particular is much more jagged with soft reflections off.
This will lower FPS and also reduce the apparent reflection quality, but can look more realistic. Soft Reflections: When enabled (ticked), this option softens water reflections, making them hazier.
Note that you can further adjust the quality of water reflections using the iWaterReflectWidth and iWaterReflectHeight variables covered in the Advanced Tweaking section. Notice in particular that even at Low Reflection Quality, the image appears more realistic than when Reflections are completely disabled, so if you're struggling for FPS, reducing Reflection Quality might be a better compromise than disabling it altogether. The available options are High, Medium and Low, and as the screenshot comparison further above shows, the lower this setting, the more blurry and indistinct reflections will appear, though FPS will improve in water areas. Reflection Quality: This setting determines the quality (detailing) of reflections cast on the surface of water, if the Water Reflections option is ticked. If Water Reflections is disabled (unticked), all reflection-related settings as noted above will also become greyed out as they will no longer have any effect. If unticked, all reflections are removed from the surface of water as shown in the final 'Off' screenshot in the comparison above - this will noticeably improve FPS around water areas at the cost of realism. If this option is ticked, such reflections are shown - with the quality of the reflection determined by a combination of the Reflection Quality, Soft Reflections, Full Scene Reflections and Full Detail Reflection settings below. Water Reflections: Water reflections show mirror images of nearby objects on the surface of bodies of water.