I set down some cows in a chunk and the render distance stops rendering them at 8 chunks while the slider is set to 18.
Even with the slider set to max 32 chunks, it still stops render cows and similar objects at about 8 chunks.
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There is a separate slider for the distance at which entities render called "Entity Distance". If you want to see cows from further away, set that slider to a higher value.
Thanks pine1needle, I didn't see this slider.
Suggestion: Move this slider next to the other "distance" sliders.
It may not function for rendering leaf decay either, but I can't tell as the Simulation Distance slider isn't functioning for the actual ability to decay leaves at any distance other than 8 chunks.