Shadows are really dark

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This is my first post here, so hello!

I have a problem with my level, and it is that the light source casts really hard shadows, so there’s two things I don’t like: There’s no blending between light and shadow, and shadows are really dark, almost pitch black if you look to them from a lightened place. AO in materials seems to be ok, and I have a skylight, but I don’t know what to do with it.

I’ve already searched for help, and all threads say that placing a skylight will fix it, but I can’t find any solution, it’s still dark no matter what.

Please, can anyone help me with this?

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Are the lights stationary or movable? Have you built lighting? Follow the basic tutorials regarding lighting, they should get you through.

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Add a skylight.

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It looks like your objects may not have the lightmap UV’s setup properly, some of those pillars should definitely be illuminated to some degree.