Lighting problems: hard shadows or no complete darkness

How do I get complete darkness in some areas, and much softer shadows in others?

In my 3D world, I can’t get complete darkness unless I turn off “Affects World”. When I do turn it off, there’s hard shadows that are completely black. And that’s the skylight.
And yes, I have a post process volume infinite extended, and exposure is on manual.
1st picture is “Affects world off”, next are “affects world on”, shows I get very hard shadows when it’s off, but when it’s on I can’t get complete darkness.




I have all connections to the outside blocked off in this last picture.

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Just some ideas. Is your skylight movable? If not, setting to movable could help to get a darker room.

Yes, it is moveable.