Tuning Recipes #

Crisp mirror floor

• Material Smoothness ≈ 0.9-1.0.
• Intensity ≈ 0.8-1.2, Fresnel Power ≈ 2-3 (more face-on reflection).
• Use Backface Depth on; Max Steps 128-256 for long room-length reflections.

Subtle, realistic gloss

• Smoothness ≈ 0.5-0.75; let roughness blur the reflection naturally.
• Intensity ≈ 0.4-0.6, Fresnel Power ≈ 4-6 (reflection mostly at grazing angles).

Reflections cut off too early

• Raise Max Steps.
• Lower Edge Fade if the fade starts too far from the edge.
• Remember the target must be on screen - tilt the camera so the reflected geometry is visible.

Smear behind objects / doubled reflections

• Enable Use Backface Depth for true thickness.
• If it's off, lower Thickness until the smear disappears (but not so low that hits vanish).

Holes behind foreground objects

• Raise Gap Fill toward 6-8 to spread neighboring reflection across the gap (blurrier).
• Set Gap Fill to 0 if you prefer crisp reflections with visible gaps.