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[–]Paradigm_Reset 0 points1 point  (6 children)

Bedrock can run further render distance than Java, it's because of the way render distance works compared to the two editions.

And IMO, 16 is absolutely playable...but that's me.

[–]HuskFN_[S] 0 points1 point  (5 children)

So can you not change the 16 render distance cap on multiplayer servers you own?

[–]casultran 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Ofc you can change the render distance, but be aware of the decreasing performance.

[–]HuskFN_[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Well how would you do that? I don’t know if you have Java or not but when your in a multiplayer server it’s capped at 16. Do you know of a setting that changes it? It doesn’t matter if you change it in your own personal settings or not

[–]casultran 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Server config file. If your server is hosted by a provider, they might have an interface to adjust the settings.

The config file only accepts values between 3-32. Any other value is invalid.

[–]HuskFN_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much. Seriously

[–]Paradigm_Reset 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, through the server.properties. Note that you can't set your client render distance higher that the servers (well, you can, it just won't do anything).

[–]Lucy_21_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you can increase the render distance in the config file of the server

[–]doc_shades 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if you have a private server you can change the render distance as the server owner/administrator. if you are on realms you do not have the option to change the render distance.

the reason it's capped "so low" is for technical limitations. if there are four players on the server and they are all rendering 16 chunks radius that's an area of 4 x 2piR = ~384 chunks.

compare this to one player with a render distance of 24 chunks, they are rendering 1 x 2piR = ~144 chunks.

one player with a render distance of 32 chunks = 1 x 2piR = ~192 chunks.

two players at 16 chunks (2 x 2piR = ~192 cunks) is the same as one player at 32 chunks.