Is the visibility distance smaller than in single player?

[Garquille]

If so, is it controllable?

I've been looking into the visibility factor when planning a huge area and this came across my mind.

 

[CommanderFluffy]

visibilty distance depends on your computer in multiplayer. in single player the map is local. thus no lag. in multiplayer its not local.

 

[Garquille]

The "Render Distance" options aren't universal values?


I took a comparison shot.

 

[CommanderFluffy]

what one is single player what one is multi? and the difference with these two is height.

 

[Garquille]

The first is our server.

I'll try to get a same-height capture.

 

[Garquille]

The original SMP picture is approximately 175 blocks from center to edge.

In this new single player picture, the distance was approximately 215 blocks.
So a ~40 block difference. I'm certain the margin of error is no more than 2, and since they both fall on multiples of 5's, I think they could be exact.

 

[CommanderFluffy]

yea i dont see much of a difference here.. doesnt bother me much though. havent played much single player anyways.

 

[mtp61975]

what texture pack did you use for those screenshots it looks awesome

 

[Garquille]

SMP's texture pack
http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=1021&t=235968

Here's a direct comparison of the 2 distances. The left pillar shows the server distance.
The difference isn't too harsh visually, but 40 blocks can be a big difference for how far apart some things can be if you want them to be visible from a certain point. Which is bitter sweet because it actually gives me parameters to work in
http://i55.tinypic.com/2dljhmw.jpg