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(Realms) Set Render Distance as Function of Player Count

I'm assuming that the base render distance of 10-12 chunks for a Realm is based on the worst case scenario of all 10 players online simultaneously. A way to potentially incorporate a higher render distance without overtaxing hardware would be to increase the available render distance for fewer players in the Realm. While it may not be a linear relationship, this could greatly increase the experience for players that only run 2-5 people in their realm while still falling well under the "hardware allocation budget."

As a consumer I feel like I'm wasting money paying for a service that is designed for 10 players when I only usually play with 2-4 people, but am receiving hardware-based limitations as if there are 10 in my Realm.

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    Llevo más de medio año jugando en mi servidor y siempre pienso en las limitaciones al ver terrerno, me gustaría que mejoraras eso

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    I like this idea. I usually only play with one other person on my realm and they don't even have a system capable of a high render distance. Me at least being able to go to 16 chunks when we're both on a TEN PERSON realm should be more than possible. I'd appreciate 24, even. 10 people normally would be 100 chunks rendered, and between the two of us it would only be 26 at most if the render distance was increased.