# What can I do to make my world darker?

**URL:** <https://ask.vrchat.com/t/what-can-i-do-to-make-my-world-darker/27793>\
**Category:** Worlds\
**Tags:** lighting, world, udon, vrchat\
**Created:** [November 9, 2024, 7:05am UTC](https://ask.vrchat.com/t/what-can-i-do-to-make-my-world-darker/27793 "2024-11-09T07:05:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Rump](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/vrchat/user_avatar/ask.vrchat.com/rump/32/24462_2.png) [@Rump](https://ask.vrchat.com/u/Rump)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 7:05am UTC](https://ask.vrchat.com/t/what-can-i-do-to-make-my-world-darker/27793/1 "2024-11-09T07:05:30Z")

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Hey gang,

I’ve been making a world to sharpen my skills with Udon. I could use some help understanding **making a world darker**!

I’ve attached a video below that describes the issues I’m facing.

[](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V8S1s4Ig7M)

My best attempts still look too bright and it leaves the scene feeling flat and dull.

Below is an image that shows my environmental lighting setup so far:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/vrchat/original/3X/6/d/6d6d62d4f631a4478c312a681e913fae48e73faa.png)

Two things to note:

- I use Udon to swap the skybox to a pitch black material during night so that it (hopefully?) doesn’t add lighting to the scene.

- I’ve set the environment lighting source to gradient, and I’m interpolating between day/night sets of environmental light colors to achieve the transition.

I’m brand new to working with lighting in unity, so I could use any tips to achieve a higher quality darkness.

Bonus points if it’s something that I can toggle with scripts, because swapping lighting during gameplay is important for what I’m going for!

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**Author:** ![docteh](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/vrchat/user_avatar/ask.vrchat.com/docteh/32/12171_2.png) [@docteh](https://ask.vrchat.com/u/docteh)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://ask.vrchat.com/t/what-can-i-do-to-make-my-world-darker/27793/2 "2024-11-10T13:46:23Z")

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You can also swap reflection map with udon.

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**Author:** ![09glich](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/vrchat/user_avatar/ask.vrchat.com/09glich/32/44978_2.png) [@09glich](https://ask.vrchat.com/u/09glich)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 5:41pm UTC](https://ask.vrchat.com/t/what-can-i-do-to-make-my-world-darker/27793/3 "2026-09-09T17:41:57Z")

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If i had to guess your environmental reflections arent updating fast enough or at all. This might be fixable with a dynamic reflection probe.

I did not see that this was posted 2 years ago :D