What is the best way to make a reflective water material?

Development World Creation
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I am having trouble getting water to look right. All i need is reflection, it doesn’t need translucency.
I tried copying the screen capture 2d setup like in the Reflections scene from the Content Examples, but when I scale the plane, the image distorts.

Any ideas?

What would be the advantage or disadvantages of using screen capture cube?

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what field of view should the scene capture 2d be set on?

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Here is a great tutorial on how to create a simple water material with reflection! Hope this helps

Thanks!