Hello, I am trying create an environment where players can hide in the shadows.
Basically I want everything to be black unless a light is shining on it.

I've created a map without any ambient or sunlight
I've also created models without emissive or specular lighting
when I load a model I set it as unlit.

while everything looks darker than normal, I can still see all the model entities as if lit from above by some hidden light.

I found a partial solution: if I turn off diffuse lighting for the models, they show as completely black.
however, they are always black even if a dynamic light is shining close to them.

any ideas?

simply do not set unlit for your character model, set its ambient to 0, use only diffuse.

Thanks
I tried that but it still shows some lighting.
here is my game play view with no lights at all:

Is that specular lighting that needs to be changed the model material not that model creation ? I'm not sure.

ent_mtlset (my, mtl_shaded ,1);

or maybe


EDIT Final

There is no need in any of those materials, or UNLIT flags.
Go throw this steps carefully (TESTED):
It's tested and it works. If it doesn't work for you, then you've made something wrong.

Greets

Malice:
if diffuse is greater than 0 there is a glow without lights
if diffuse is less than 100 the objects don't show up well in light.

3run:
I've already set the sunlight to 0
there are no lights present at all.

LewyT@ you've made something wrong then. Have you applied a custom shader on those models, or what?

if you don't need the sun you can try: vec_fill(sun_color, 0);

Kartoffel: vec_fill(sun_color, 0); worked!!
3run: no shaders, I don't know how to do shaders yet.